LATE LOCALS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 November 1917, Page 3

LATE LOCALS

At St- Mary's Club Rooms this evening the Euchre tournament and dance will take place for which four valuabl e prizes are offered for com petition. Supper provided:—Advt. A. branch of the Labour Party js to be formed in Westland. Returned soldiers remember the efforts of the party on your behalf in the House.

, The Jaekson-Hokitika motor mail service is being inaugurated to-day by Mr. W. Gooch, who has acquired recently n fine six cylinder Buick motor car with all the latest fittings for the servim. ’l’lie mail will arrive here about 7 o’clock and will be handled at once by the Postal authorities.

’Extract from Mr. JP. C. Webb’s speech at Greymouth on Tuesday night—Tlic first session after the outbreak of war the big guns of both oartios in the House proclaimed a maximum pension of £1 ss. per week for incapaciated soldiers as fin e and liberal. There were sonic men in Parliamen who said it was positively disgraceful ancl inadequate. V few of them (Labour members) stonewalled the proposal and Sir .Tames Allen ori-two different occasions) said the country could not pay more, but within a wees. ,in spite of him and the big guns, the pension was increased to £1 15s. Mr. Webb claimed that only the real and lasting benefits a soldier could hope to obtain were through the Labour Party From this afternoon, for about a week, there will be on view in Mr. S. J. Preston’s window in Revell Street, a very interesting exhibition of woodwork. Tile articles on exhibition are the result- of a 66 hour course of instruction at, the Technical School to nunils of the fourth, fifth and sixth classes of Hokitika State School. The instructor. Mr. Judkins, is now eomnleting bi s first vear’s course of instruction at the local school, and the results of his tuition are to he seen to some extent- in the present display, .which parents and others interest ‘•iiould not fnjl to inspect. The articles comprise book shelves, reel stands, te-i tnvs. flower pot. stands, and many other useful articles for the liouse’’oVl.. The displayed articles are the nsoperty of the boys and are not for sale.

It is announced in this issue that Mr. W. Gooch lias now established a regular motor service between Jackson ••nd Hokitika, connecting with the Overland daily service from Christchurch on Tuestlnv and Thursday ovoniners. This service will run regularly and M»Gooch is prepared to arrange for special trips on other days to eonnecT with the overland service outward or inward, as well as tours to South Westland and other parts of the district. Mr. Goocli has a Buick car and a Marathon car alwavs at call, and the new garage at the Red Lion Hotel will be his headquarters, 'where orders may he left or seats hooked for trips to all parts of the district, day or night, and the service will he found a reliable one. Tlio business will he under the personal management of Mr. Gooch who is a careful and expert driver, anti has an, 'excellent knowledge of the roads and tour s in the Westland district.