TELEGRAMS

Hokitika Guardian, 8 July 1918, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

[l'Ktt I*RESS ASSOCIATION.—COI’YIIIGHT.J

THE SNOWED DISTRICT, j CHRISTCHURCH, July (>. • Some of tho residents in Arthur’s , Pass district are reported to he out of : provisions. It is hoped to reach those isolated places to-morrow. It is now a week since the last train, carrying supplies, went through to Arthur’s Pass. Supplies are also running very : low at Hamner Springs, were, nt latest reports, there are about four feet of snow. Attempts are still being • made to get provisions through to Lake : Coleridge. To-day, throughout Canterbury, was very mild with bright sunshine, and under these conditions the . snow will soon disappear. I BREAD PRICES. ! WELLINGTON, This Day. It is officially announced to-day that the Board of Trade has authorised the sale of bread in the city and suburbs of Wellington nt prices not exceeding the following:—For cash, over the counter, fivepence per two pound loaf, nett; and tenpence per four pound, nett. For private delivery, fiveponee half-penny, and elevenpence respectively; and the same - for delivery to hotels, restaurants and shipping, less two and a half per cent discount.

MOAN A ARRIVES. WELLINGTON, This Day. The Moan a’ arrived last evening from San Francisco after a fine weather trip, till two days off Wellington. She brought 1799 tons of cargo. During the vessel’s outward run to Frisco, v i sculler, J. Mellroy, aged 70, died when } three days out from the Paciiic slope

I THEATRE BURNED. f DURING PICTURE SHuW. 1 GISBORNE, This Day. i A fire destroyed Peacocks Theatre at Takaroka on Saturday night. The outbreak occurred during a picture entertainment. An employee was filling the tank attached to the engine when an explosion occurred. The audience escaped without injury. The building as valued at £2,500 and was insured for £1,400. STILL INTERRUPTED. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The Telegraph Department reports tat the lines on the East- Coast routeare still interrupted but it is hoped that communication will be established to-day, via Cheviot, which is the alternative route used as a contingency against a break-down of the main route. ELECTRIC LTOTTT RENEWED. ; CHRISTCHURCH. This Day. ’ Communication with Lake Coleridge is again established, a party getting through yesterday, and the electric current is now available on both lines to the city. SAVING THE SHEEP. CHRISTCHURCH This Day. Yesterday, 124 trucks of shc-sp from the snow covered Mackenzie County, ■ were railed from Fairlie,. and 100 , trucks to-day.