LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 October 1917, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

A danco commencing at 8:30 p.m. will be held on Thursday at the Supreme Hall in connection with- Miss Moynihati’s dancing class. * Private Patrick Johnstone a brother of Mrs. D. Davidson is reported wounded. Ho left wit'll the 18th. Reinforcements and for’ a while was employed at the Greymouth Railway Workshops and previously' an attendant' at the Sea View Mental Hospital.

Messrs Pollock and Bevan announce t'lie auction sale on Saturday next 29th. October at 11 a.m. of that wellknown property Batson’s Hotel, Revpll Street, without reserve. The property is a well known one right in the Inis' ness centre of the town. Particulars appear in another column. At the monthly fleeting of the Westlland Accclimatisation Society last night the caretaker’s report complained of the recent damage done by the high waters of Lake Kanieri, which had

partially blocked and otherwise endangered the footbridge and endangered the fluming across Kanieri river. Dorothy Falls track had been flooded also. The excess of danger was attr'buted to the recent raising of tlie outfall of the lake carried out for mining purposes. Mr. F. B. Powell was present by invitation and explained that the rainfall had been abnormal last month, and in the hilly country was more copious than where high records were taken. The Hokitika river was exceptionally high at the same time. After discussing the matter it was resolved that a sub-committee visit Lake Kanieri with Mr. Powell and discuss the matter on the ground.