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Hokitika Guardian, 20 September 1917, Page 2

Owing to no ground being available, the Hokitika Senior Cadet football team will not visit Greymouth on Saturday. i Your chance of a bargain as Misses Addison are clearing out a lino of three dozen pair damaged kid gloves at reduced prices. Advt. Tenders are invited for tho painting the roof of residence, at St. John’s • Church Stafford, receivable up to the 26th inst. The weather moderated last night, though the light rain continued. The rivers in the district, are still running .very swiftly though not as high as yesterday. Residents of Kokatahi and Koiterangi who have promised gifts to the Liverpool depot for Saturday next, are informed that Mr. R. Mackley has Kindly consented to carry same to town free of charge. Tho depot will be under the direction of Mesdames Roberts and Mai froy and other representatives -;f iho Literary Club for the benefit of the trench comforts fund.

Mr. J. Hewer, of Hari Rari, has collected £4 os for the Returned SolJiers’ ’Building Fund. The contributors were: W. Thiele, E. Kirby, J. Ferguson, each 20s; J. Hewer, 10s; W. Punch, A McArthur, H. H. each ss, H.H Adamson, W. Burns each 2s 6d; total £4 os. The amount has been handed to the Hon. Treasurer of the fund, Mr. A. A. Andrewes, Overseas Club.

Pritchard’s Tenth Ballot sale is now in quick motion as every lino has got to l)e cleared at ballot prices. You will find remnants ol' sheetings, prints, calicos, Flannelettes, etc., at half their usual value to meet with a quick sale. We shall lose money by this’ transaction , but we are prepared to do this, besides thoroughly emptying our fixtures. Come and see the bargains lor your self at TV. J. Pritchard’s Pevell Street.

Some tiino ago the miners at Blackball ceased work because the employers refused to meet the demands of the bin-bovs for increased payments. The men were prosecuted for a breach of the Arbitration Act, but- the ease was dismissed the Magistrate holding that the agreement under which the men were working was not vaLid. Fresh proceedings are now being instituted under the Labour Disputes Investiga tion Act, which applies to in dustrial bodies which itni not bound by awards or agreements. The case will be heard towards the end of this month at Greymouth A peculiar occurrence took place ii the storeroom of a local grocer’6 shoi the other day (reports \ the Nelsor “Colonist”). A cat had been shut ir the room for the purpose of catchinp rates. On entering the compartment later the occupier was surprised to find his cat with its head jammed inside a jam bottle, and on closer examination was somewhat startled to notice that there was also in the bottle a young rat. The matter of extricating the cat, a valued one, waS accomplished without breaking the bottle. The rat, when cut off by his natural enemy from his only means of escape, sought refuge in the bottle, the mouth of which was just' sufficiently large to allow the cat’s head to enter. Misses Addiso* have a range of charming white voile sample blouses prettily embroidered, tucked and finished with inlet beading. Also a few choice crepo-de-ohines in becoming styles.—Advt.