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Hokitika Guardian, 6 August 1917, Page 2

A number ol young ladies are organising n: local benefit in aid of the funds of tho Y.M.C.A - Tho quarterly meeting of the Westland Chamber of Commerce takes place at tho County Chambers at 7.30 o’clock to-morrow evening. The public are invited to attend. Papers will be read and discussed at tho meeting. Tho “Christchurch Press” is informed that the Captain W. G. Borrie, 1 M. 8., of tho Medical Corps, whose name appeared in the recent list printed of the members of the Now Zealand Force, who were inentioniMl i- Sir Douglas Haig's despatch issued by the War Offico on June Ist., is Captain Borrie, a son of the late Rev. David Borrie, Presbyterian Minister, of Dunedin, and formerly of Hokitika. The week-end efforts of tho Lady Liverpool Committee to raise money towards the Christmas parcel fund wore opened very successfully on Saturday. Miss Mandl and Mrs Evans were for tho day in joint charge of the depot, and business was brisk throughout the afternoon and evening. Many willing helpers sent in gifts of all kinds, mostly for household use, and these found a ready sale. ' Home-made bread was in special de- , mand, while gifts of dressed poum.v, I meat, and all kinds of produce found : ready buyers. The takings for the day j were over £lB, quite an excellent start, as the stock was only arranged for within forty-eight hours. For tnis ; week-end, Mosdames Brocklelmrst and Breeze will be in charge, and gifts of all kinds for sale will be very welcome, and may be sent to the depot or left with the managers. The committee has decided to hold a monstei euobre evening at the Town Hall on Wednesday, week, when St. Mary s Club are asked to join forces in tho object of further augmenting the comforts’ fund.

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The Now Zealand Clothing Factory draw attention to their reliable footwear, especially heavy working boots. The Kapitea dredge cleaned up on Saturday for five .) ! dredging, which returned 28 ozs. 3dwts of gold. Messrs W. Holley and A. Breeze leave overland to-morrow to take up Home Sendee duties in Camp. All accounts owing by the late Patrick Connelly, of Rimu, are requested to bo forwarded to Mrs Harley, Rimu. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cameron will hear with regret of the death of their infant son, Donald, which took place yesterday. The little one had been ailing since birth/ The Worksop dredge cleaned up on Friday for a return of 24 ozs of gold for 103 hours’ work . The smallness of the return is accounted for by the fact the dredgo is working through tailings to new ground. The Town Band under Conductor C. Ross visited Westland Hospital yesterday afternoon and played a number oi selections in the grounds. There was a largo attendance of the public the fine day assisting to bring the people Mr O. It. E. Horton, licensee sharebroker, has been appointed broker roi W'estland for tho W r estland Farmers’ Co-operative Limestone Company, and has been allotted 2000 shares for disposal.

■At the Magistrate’s Court, Hokitika, this morning before Messrs H. M. Coulson and H. L. Michel, Justices, a resident* of Ruatapu on a charge of drunkenness and of using obscene language was convicted without fine on the first charge, and convicted and fined £1 on the second charge, in default 48 hours imprisonment. The death of Mrs Jamieson (nee ■Miss Mary Kennedy), took place at her residence, Guinness street, Greymouth on Saturday after a snort illness. The deceased leaves behind to mourn her loss a husband, two brouieis (Jaok and Martin Kennedy) and one sister (Mrs P.'Galligan). The deceased was well and favourably known, being a native of G-reymouth. The Lyttelton “Times” referring to the issue of the Westland Advisory Committee appointed under the national efficiency sohome of a circular urging resident in the district to grow potatoes says Mr. J. A. Frosuca, the Canterbury Commissioner expressed his appreciation of the committee’s action and said that the members of the committee evidently realised the national position.

The deatlwif Mr. George E. Lawes, son of the late Edward Lawes, and nephew of Mr. Wrn. O’Kane, of High. Street, Grey mouth, took place recently at Sydney. Ho was a native of Stafford (West Const' years of age, and formerly had followed tho occupation of butcher. He had worked aboard a troopship prior to his death, having apparently been in tlje best of health. Four sisters and a brother alo left.

The Tolharmomcs gave an hour and a half programme on Saturday to an immense crowd in Greymouth. Tho Company proved themselves thoroughly efficient' in every detail their music’ being highly apreciated from the beginning to the ond. Yesterday afternoon they gave a sacred programme to a good audience in the Opera House. One of the prominent items was a vocal solo hv C’aptl Jns Hawkes in a voice described by a man with many years experience of controlling —oatrical companies as one of the clearest and richest voices over lie heard. They give their concert in the Princess Theatre to-morrow night, at 8 p.m. Box plan, at Brownes.

A . Dunedin correspondent sa.rrf strong dissatisfaction was expressed by the Balelutha branch of the-Farm-er's Union with the attitude of Mr. Acbeson, iS. M.', at the Assessment Court, which was held to bo antagonistic to farmers. It was alleged that the idea of the Magistrate seemed to he to force objectors to put a selling value on their farms or else withdraw their objection. It was resolved, “That this meeting of farmers, -bcni& desirous of upholding the dignity of our Courts regrets having to draw the attention of the Minister of Justice to the arbitrary, and unjust manner in which Mr. Acheson conducted the proceedings n.t, a sitting of the Assessment - Court at Balelutha.” It was further decided to petition to have the Magistrate renioved from the district.

Complaint lias been made to the “Evening Post" by several correspondents that the public are being called upon in some cases to p’av extra prices for tea and tobacco since tlie delivery of tho Budget on "Wednesday night. One correspondent states that when he was asked to pay 1s 2d for a packet of a- particular brand of cigarettes which he* had always been able to buy for Is, he was informed by tho shopkeeper that ho had been obliged to increase the price because officers of tho Customs Department had that morning gone round to the tobacco shops in the city and collected the extra duty on stocks of tobacco, including cigarettes. Enquiries maue -> the Customhouse »show that the Department has not taken any steps to collect on stocks already in merchants’ or retailers’ hands, the additional duty imposed by Parliament on "Wednesday night. •A new scheme for reaching our soldiers on active service with gifts from their friends in New Zealand has just been set on foot by the Y.M.C.A. The plan is that threepenny coupons in neat little booklets that can conveniently be enclosed in a letter be offered for sale in New Zealand for transmission to men at the front. These coupons are redeemable in goods at the Y-M.O.A. canteens, which are to u» found praotioally wherever the soldiers are. An initial order for 100,000 of these booklets, some containing ten and some containing 20 coupons, has already been supplied. The Post Office has consented to undertake the distribution of the coupons without fee or .deduction of any kind, and within a few days booklets will be available at any of the 800 moneyorder offices throughout the Dominion. They wear out slowly.—THE NORTH BRITISH HOT WATER BOTTLE with the patent “Unique” Stopper.—the sign of satisfaction. Their merit gives pleasure to both dealer and buyer. For, Influenza take Woods’ Great keppennint 1 Cure. Never fails. 1/8, 51/6.