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Hokitika Guardian, 14 November 1917, Page 2

Mr. P. Hondo and Family insert a notice of thanks in this issue. The Secretary reprts that the Mount Greenland Gold Quartz Mining Co. Ltd for the 13 weeks ending 29th October, 1917, treated 158 tons 15 cwt. for a return of £919 4s Gd. The total value of bullion obtained to date is £2,881 19s 9d. A dividend at the rate of 6d a share was paid on Ist October last. The result of the County Election proceedings to-day is expected to be known about 7 o’clock evening, and the recorded figures will be posted outside the County Chambers as soon as available. The formal declaration of the poll cannot be made till after the recount and scrutiny of the rolls tomorrow forenoon. There was a small entry of poultry at the. Christchurch sa'le.vards on Saturday, only 30Q birds being penned. The demand was not keen the pfiees were inclined to fall. Table chickens realised •>/- to 8/2, hens 4/- to 7/-, pullets 5/6 to 10'-, ducks 5/- to 8/-, geese 8/to 10/-. all per pair. Eggs are coming forward freely nod tlie demand is not.

.•qua! to tho supply. Canterbury Eire Circle first grades are 1/3, seconds 1/2per dozen. Are yon coughing and sneezing? Feel feverish and ill ? Have you got, it badlv in the nose and throat? “NAZOL” will put .von straight tn no tirna

The Canterbury Education Board is inviting applications for vacancies on the teaching staff. j Mr, Frank Gough of IVtzherbert Street announces in this issue that his Crown Rheumatism cure can be procured on application at the moderate price of 10/- per pint bottle. During shunting operations in the local railway yard this morning a couple of carriages became derailed owing to overrunning the points. Tho mishap some time to get the carriages hack on to the rails again. ' To-night at the Public Hall, Kanieri ' the pupils of St. Joseph’s School give their annual entertainment in aid of the funds. These annual gatherings are always enjoyableand to-niglit’s promises to be fully equal to the previous concerts. For the dance to follow the music will be supplied by Mr. Lawn. Included in recent casualty lists are— Died of Wounds, Private Michael F. Mullins (Mrs. F. Mullins, Greymouth, mother). Wounded Privat- James O’Malley (J. O’Malley, Otira, brother); severe cases, Corp. J. J. Coulson, Hokitika, Sergt. S. Pascoc Greymouth. The death took place at Westland Hospital vesterday of another very old resident of South Westland, Mr. Hans Mumnr passing away. Deceased who had been residing in Hokitika for some years, had formerly resided in the South where he was well known. He wa s a native of Denmark and 80 years of age.

i Another old resident of tho district, , in the person of James Myles, passed away at the Grey River hospital on Saturday last. The deceased, who had reached the age of 85, had of late yeai s been living i„ a hut at Gladstone Siding, until about a fortnight ago, when failing health compelled him to enter the hospital. H# was a native of Scotland and had no 'in the Dominion.

The Chief Postmaster advises that the Jackson-Hokitika motor mail service will be inaugurated from to-mor-row. This is g° oci news and the postal authorities are to he congratulated upon the celerity with which the matter, has been arranged. The new arrangement will he appreciated no doubt by the general public. Hokitika will now be brought into much closer touch with the outside world, a result the Railway Department might have brought to pass long ago, without forcing the .people to make other arrangements. \ A reminder is given to the ladies of

the town and district of the meeting at the Town Hall to-morrow afternoon, when representatives of the Y.M.C.A. will give an .address at 3 o’clock. At <? o’clock to-morrow evening in the same building the Mayor will preside, when a lantern lecture will be given b> Mr. Varney, who has just returned from the front, will recount a stirring story .of experiences and scenes in and about tlie firing line. At the btttei meeting a collection will he taken up ir aid of the Trench Comforts Fund. •a Amongst the list of battle honour.' figures the name of Second Lieutenant W. P. Aitken, who lia s been awarded the Military Cross. He is twentytwo years,, of age, and was educated at King's college. Before enlistmeni he was o n the staff of Messrs Bundh and Richmond, solicitors of Welling' ton. He is the second son of Mrs. R M. (Ait-ken. manager of the Waihi Paeroa Gold Extraction Company, am grandson of Mr Alex Aitken, foriporb county engineer at the Thames' am

afterwards engineer of the Government water-race in Kumar a. Shortly after the arrival of a ferry train at the wharf at Lyttelton on Monday evening, Airs Jeffries, a married woman oL about 50 years of age, fell from the wharf into the harbour. Air j. Carson, a watersider engaged in loading operations near the ferry steamer, who witnessed the accident, promptly jumped into the water and swam to the woman’s assistance, and succeeded in bringing her safely ashore, with the assistance of a lifebelt lowered from the wharf. On the woman’s being removed to the casualty ward for treatment, it was found that, though suffering from the effect s of her immersion in the water, her condition was not serious. Later in the evening she was making satisfactory progress towards recovery. ! The past month has been an exceptionally busy period for the Censor of Films (says the Wellington “Post”), owing to the more minute scrutiny of pictures now insisted on by the authorities, including many films which had been already released before ,the present thorough system of examination was adopted. The total number of feet of film examined by the Censor during 1 the month of October was 746,760, which was about 300,000 feet above the average monthly output for some time past. This is owing to the Afinister’s decision that all films on a circuit at the date of the institution of the censorship must be submitted for examination before the end of October. During the past month no fewer than 480 pictures were examined, of which five were turned down, absolutely,; and “cuts” were made in thirty-four. Tho total number of feet examined from the Ist of April lia s -bee:n 3,318,890. A very attractive programme is to he submitted at the farewell to the reinforcements at the Town Hall tonight, when Afr. L. F. d e Berry, Vice President of the Overseas Club will be the Chairman for the evening. The overture will he contributed by Messrs Lawn and Gibbons. Miss Graham will render a' solo, and Miss Davidson and Afrs Rowe a duet, Miss Hackell will recite some very fine patriotic lines entitled “The Chastening.” Mr. Irwin will give one of his popular solos. Afr. Ivon Wilson will sing ‘Afountain Lovers’ (Squires) and “Here’s to Love” (Sunshine Girl”), while Miss Ward’s classes at the State School will render some

scloos. Tho principal speakers will be the Mayor, (Mr. C. \. Perry) Sistei Dora, and Rev. T)r. Holloway, the last named speaking on behalf of the Churches Patriotic Union. All the recruits are invited to attend, together with all returned men, and those on leave. Seats will he specially reserved in the front. Subsequently the recruits soldiers and performers will he entertained at supper at the Overseas Club, where the Lady Liverpool Committee will present all tho men going into eamp, both Trontham and C.l. with camp requisites. One only and only one pure spirit— WOLFE’S SCHNAPPS.

Messrs Cl- H. Chapman and C. J. Nightingale, both of Hokitika, have been appointed members of the Hokitika Harbour Board by an Qrder-in-Couneil promulgated by the GovernorGeneral. The s- s - Paeroit got away from Okarito at 10 o’clock this morning with three passengers, one being a young lad with a crushed limb. Tho steamer will enter the port as early on the tide as possible, in order to get medical assistance for the young sufferer. Two ladies are included in the passenger list.

It is rumoured amongst shipping men (says the “Otago Daily Times”) that there is a likelihood of the Blackball Shipping Company commencing a weekly service between Auckland and Dunedin. If the rumour should prove to be true, the additional service will be welcomed by the merchants and manufacturers of Dunedin. The Railway Officers’ Institute has passed the following resolution: “That the representatives of the railway officers, assembled in council, have decided to endorse with all emphasis the action of the Grand Council of State Servants in their representations to the Government with a view to reduction of the high cost of living, and desire to impress upo n the Governmentand the Minister of Railways the urgent necessity of making a prompt and practical effort to reduce the price of necessary household commodities. The unanimous opinion of the railway officers is that the difficulties attached to this problem should not be insurmountable to the Government. This council further resolves that should the Government fail to reduce the cost of commodities to a degree commensurate with the wage-earners’ decreased expending power, it will use its best endeavours to obtain an increase in the salaries of its lower-paid members. The railway officers realise that in the pres-

ent conditions it is necessary for each j and every one of them to accept a I measure of sacrifice, but they emphatically object to he sacrificed for the benefit of the, profiteer.” j A little more light which was let in on German methods in getting and hold ing foreign trade by some utterances r 0 eently of Mr. W. W. Rutherford chairman of the Roumanian Consolidated [Oil Fields, who has for 16 years repre- • seined the Vest Derby Division of Liverpool in the House of Commons, is I not. without value to exporters this country. He at first referred to the young Germans trained in schools of commerce who, because they were willing to work at nominal salaries, obtained" positions in English banks and business offices. These fellows made it their principal vocation to forward the details of British business to a central commercial intelligence department at Berlin. But much more cleverness was ' shown in another direction. Very nearly all of the reinsurance was in the hands of the Germans, especialy ma--1 rine .reinsurance. That business brought them in close association with all the English and foreign insurance concerns, and in the course of it they were able to lgarn the destinaton of all goods, the names of ,the manfaeturers, merchants and- buyers, the prices - paid, and alb'information relating to ' the cargo. These data were sent to a • Foreign Trade Committee at Berlin and - . were made use of for the benefit of - German mnawfaoturers and traders. I The scheme was simply an adaption ’ of the German spy system applied to l ! commerce instead of t° Governmental ot ■ nolitical matters.

Having just completed a large purchase of Ladies’ Hats at a very favourable price, we are now offering them to you at very much reduced prices. Early inspection -invited.—F. Schroder and Co.—Advt. 1

Wanted.—A Taxi owner who is keen to save money, to try Clincher Cross Tvres, the ail-British tyre—not the cheapest hut the least, expensive. WOLFE’S SCHNAPPS, invaluable to the traveller.

YOU CAN DEPEND ON IT tbr* if yon require the GENUINE SANDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT vou will not he benefited, but yon will be safe from the harmful effects of the common eucalyptus oils and the so-called “extracts.” The importance of thisi is brought home forcibly by the report in the. Sfelbourne 4 ‘Age, An* crust sth, 1916, of poisoning of about 30 girls by eucalyptus lollies, which ;ov evidently made from the common eucalyptus. SANDER’S EXTRACT can always be relied upon. It prevents meningitis, and all other infectious diseases sniffed up the nose or on three drops of sugar. Applied to ulcers, it gives prompt relief and cures permanently. Colds, bronchitis, lung trouble, rheumatism, neuralgia. are banished bv it, SANDER’S EXTRACT is beneficial in so many affections that no household can afford to be without it. Specially refined and prepared by Sander’s process it hag no harmful by-ef-fects; you run no risk with SANDER’S EXTRACT.