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Hokitika Guardian, 6 July 1918, Page 2

The annual meeting of the Hokitika High School Board will he hold on Wednesday, July 10th at 3 p.m. The Afinister for Defence .(the lion. Sir James Allen) received official advice that the 38th. Reinforcements reached a port of call, all well .

Cabinet has given instructions for the printing of the Defence Expenditure Commission’s report, which will then be available for the press.

An interesting article “Blatchford looks at the map” forms one of the features of to-day’s supplement, and is of special interest at the present juncture.

The monthly send-off to the reinforcernents for Trentham will take place at the Town Hall on Wednesday week, 17th inst. Air. L. F. do Berry, VicePresident of the Overseas Club, will he tin* Chairman for the evening. A specially Good musical programme is in preparation;

Tt will he seen'that Westland and Grey ar» about to drop into a friendly rivalry for patriotic purposes. An article on the subject appears in" this issue. The competition is in regard to a copper copper trail between Hokitika and Greymouth and the event should create not only a lot of interest hut also much needed money for patriotic work.

In the “New Zealand Herald” appeared an open letter from John Brennan, administrator of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Auckland, to the Rev. Howard Elliott, and the executive of the P.P.A., challenging the latter to appear in a public tribunal in the Auckland Town Hall to prove t-ho statements of the P.P.'A. regarding the canons and tenets of the Roman jGathblio Church. If the statements of the P.P.A., are proved correct, the sum of £SOO is to be paid to the Red Cross funds. The 'Rev. Howard Elliott, at a meeting at Hamilton on Thursday intimated that the challenge would be answered.

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The crew of the s.s Paeroa arrived his morning from Okarito. The boat s left in charge of one of the firemen, . until the channel is workable. A Wellington mail came in last cvenng, the first since Saturday night, comprising matter posted on Tuesday and Wednesday morning. The earlier mails arc still on their way somewhere or ather. Some British engineers, says M. Andre Todescq iu the Paris “Journal,” wore surprised by an advance of shock troops when blowing up tho last of the ! canal bridges at Merville. The captain ; in command of the sappers leaped upon the grenades piled in the middle of tho , bridge and kept the enemy at hay, hut j his men, seeing that to lire the pile, ' would kill their officer, hesitated. “Fire, boys,” shouted the captain, without turning lps head, and he died there with the Germans. German poison gas has given the shell of the cocoa nut a humane ns well as commercial value. Thousands of cocoanuts are being shipped from Porto Rico so that the shells may be used in the manufacture of gas masks for American troops in France. The shell of the edeoanut, it- was found, after much experimentation, could be made into a high-grade of charcoal. This charcoal, it is said, is a valuable antidote for poison gases. When our troops retook Ncuve (says a correspondent) for the first time, tlicv found two babies in the trenches, who it was afterwards found, had been rescued from the village by our men under heavy shell fire and taken there for securitv. Apparently the Germans had not heeded the babies during their brief occupation of these trenches, amt thov are now in a. British hospital and finite flourishing. After a recent bombing raid two of our signallers were found killed side, by side, and lying botween them unhurt was n child whom thov had clearly placed there for pro lection during the attack.

Smoke and steam wore seen to be issuing from Mount Ruapehu on Saturday morning says the Ohakune coriospomlent of the Auckland “Herald.” People at Waiouru saw smoke arising in the early hours, while from Ohakune a volume of steam was observed. 'Hie position where the. steam is rising is north of the. Matterhorn, nearly half-way between there and the centre of the mountain, and those who know the topography of tho vicinity are of opinion that it is from the hot Lake at the top. Ruapehu is at present, wearing its midwinter mantle of snow, and is very heavily coated down to the snow-line.

There are three special classes in connection with the- technical instruction school now being opened here that the promoters arc desirous of seeing filled in addition to those already announced to commence next week. I hev are physical culture lor both sexes; mechanical engineering, and cookery. In each ease good instruction can he given, and it is hoped that those who should he interested will awake to the opportunity now offering a.nd seize it without delay. The director, Mr. L. F. de Berry will be pleased to give all possible information on application Some enquiry is being made about aii algebra class, and this will he started with a minimum of eight pupils, bor other subjects it is only a matter of seeing students and the. director will do his best to meet the demand.

Lieutenant Frank Moore of Jolinsonville, writing from Palestine on April -22, pays : —“We are resting on the east bank of the Jordan to recuperate our horses after some severe going on th opposite, bank. We swim them in the river and in the Head Sea. Tho latter is so salt that nothing living can drown. A man can float in its waters jn a sitting position with his legs crossed. The lei tility of the alleged beautiful valley ot the river Jordan is mythical. The east hank is bare of cultivation, and the west, is little improved. However there is plenty of water, often too much, if the country were in the hands of people sufficiently energetic to use it.

In n circular letter forwarded to First Division men, aged 44, 45, and 46, the Director of Recruiting states that one of the duties placed upon Now Zealand is the holding and guarding of Samoa. But on the other hand every physical fit recruit is required for the West front or for the Near 'East, and men of this class cannot bo used for purely gariison work in Samoa. Under these conditions the Director of Recruiting makes an appeal to physically fit First Divison men, who have been .classed C2 on aceount of age to volunteer for service with the Samoan Force The pay and com i lions of service are the Bame aR * n foreign service branch of the Expeditionary’ Force. The death of Mr Antonio Masciorini took place at his residence Fitzherbert Street yesterday afternoon after an illness extending over a considerable period. The deceased, who was a native of Switzerland and 76 years off age, came to the colonies about 60 years ago. He was one of the first to take out a miner’s right at Goldsboroughat the time of the rush and followed mining pursuits there, for many years. Some venrs ago he came to Hokitika to reside" He was a fine type ol the old pioneer and was held in respect by a wide circles of friends. He leaves a family of five, 1 son (Jules serving at the front) and four daughters, (Mrs ! Jackson of Wellington South Mrs. Sceterini of Otira. Mrs John Boyd ol Riniu, and Mrs Wool, at present m Hokitika). Mrs Masciorini predeceased her husband over twenty years ago. The funeral is taking place to Stafford • cemetery to-morrow afternoon. ! Special attention is called to a lino of men’s working shirts, slightly soiled, at specially reduced prices, at Misses Addison, Hamilton Street. —Advt. j No cold is NAZOL proof. And no couch or cold remedy is so economical 'as NAZOL. Eightcenpence buys 60 doses more than three a penny. ! Winter ills and winter chills fade be- ' fore the margic warmth of a North British Hot Water Bottle. Look for the “Unique” Stopper. I Better than mixtures or syrups is NAZOL—the money-saving remedy for coughs and colds. Ready for use when bought. No cold is NAZOL-proof. For Influenza take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Never fails. 1/6, 2/6, Eighteen-pence spent on NAZOL will keep yon fn'O from colds this W inter, i Take on sugar or inhale. Sixty doses ' Is fid. Get NAZOL to-day. We are now clearing the whole of our millinerv nt half-price—Come and see our costumes that are being cleared at 35s and 45s for cash to make room for a heavy stock secured at pre-war prices. Come early and secure the plums. F. Schroder and Co.—Advt 1 The unique feature of the “Unique” brand Hot Water Bottle is that it is easily filled without ‘spitting’ and never cracks, leaks (If breaks at- the joints. All chemists.

I All winter inTlh’ncry to bo cleared at greatly reduced prices at Mrs J Lloyds.

'Hie West Coast Caledonian Society have forwarded £l2/10/- to Scotland towards the bravo Highland Fund.

The Von. Archdeacon aud Mrs York intend leaving Greymouth for Blenheim on Tuesday next. Tho Rev. J. R. and Airs .Rogers are expeoted to arrive in Greymouth next Wednesday. The Archdeacon will preach his farewell sermons to-morrow.

At Denniston on Thursday Mr, J. L. Ward’s fivo-rooined cottage was completely destroyed by fire. The cause is believed to be a miner’s lamp left alight on a duchess. Insurances were : —building £75, and furniture £50., both in tho Commercial.

The latest news regarding tho coach service is that the road is now practically clear to Arthur’s Pass; hut it will be some days vet before the train ser. vice from Arthur’s-Pass to Christchurch will be in working order as far as ca nbe seen at present.' The usual train will leave Otira this morning, but there will be no coach service.—Argus.

mo Chief Postmaster advised this morning that lie ad been requested to sen., all mail matter through to Greymouth hv the midday train, when it will be sent on to Otira by the 4.20 p.m train. There is apparently every prospect of the mails being packed over to Arthur’s Pass on Sunuav.

Air. J. Nimmo, of Tavlorville, has received advice that his brother, Private Thomas Nimmo, who left with the Main Body, has been awarded the Military Alcdal. Private Nimmo, who has seen service at both Gallipoli and France, was wounded some time ago, hut latest advices to hand state that ho had joined up again and was still going strong, the Alilitary Aredal being evidently the reward of his latest doings at the front.

Curtis, second steward of the Wimmera, who was in a bunk down aft, which was blown into the deck head, was shot clean through the -partition of another cabin. He knocked his way hack through the wreckage and found his pasage blocked by a companion way* which was so barricaded that his onlywav to get clear was jo smash in the glass windows and to pull down the iron bars. All this time the water was rushing in. He was blinded by the smoke. When lie managed to scramble to the deck the. water was pouring down the aft hatch, up the walls of which he had climbed. When he did get to the deck he was just in time to catch the last boat.

The Afararoa had a very rough trip from Lyttelton to Wellington on Monday night. Lyttelton was left at 6.45 p.m. on Monday, the usual but owing to the wind, the rain and the mist progress was very slow. The sea was running exceedingly high and the ship was continuously being swept by it. Water made its way into the firemen’s guarters, which at the end of the. trip were flooded. Tho stewards’ storeroom also was washed out and in some of the ways on the lower docks pools of water collected. The Afararoa did not make for shelter, hut was kept battling along, and she berthed at Wellington at 4.55 p.m. about ten hours overdue. The passengers, among whom were n number of recruits appeared to be little tho worse for their unpleasant trip .

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