LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 July 1918, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

Mr A. H. Folley, who since his return from the front resumed his duties at the Land and Survey Office, Hokitika, has received notice of transfer to Napier.

The popular weekly Euchre Tournament- and dance at the St. Mary’s Club rooms will be Held to-morrow (Wednesday), evening; Good prizes, supper and good music for dance.—Advt. The Hon. G. W. Russeel says that regulations, under tho Social Hygiene Act of 1917 will bo gazetted in a.few days. Directly this ha's been clone, steps will be taken to invite applications for the appointment of women patrols for the four principal cities.

The American in England afford? cause for much perplexity and astonishment to his English kinsmen (says a New York paper). A Yankee soldier was being shown over an old church where hundreds of i>eoplo were buried. “A great many people sleep .between these walls,” said the guide, indicating the inscription-covered floor with a sweep of the and. “So?”, Saul the Sammy. “Same way over in our country. Why don’t von get a more interesting preacher P The New Zealand Times says—Tin police made a raid on a city- hotel on Thursday night last, and interrupted what is alleged to have been a quiet little game of poker. As a result, it is understood that a member of Parliament and a few friends may appear ii court to answer charges following or the raid. It is said that one of the gamesters is a well-known member o' Parliament, who at one time held Cabinet rank.

The “Sharpies Suction-Feed Cream Separators” (the world’s best), at widely varying speeds, aecomplisho? the record skim of -001-3 per cent-. It skims clean at .widely varying speeds of handle; no other docs. It delivers unchanging cream at varying speeds: no other does. Its capacity may be increased at. will by turning the handle faster; no other can A whole train of important advantages, which no other Separator manufactured, has or car have, came into existence with, and are incorporated in this wonderful SuctionFeed Separator. No troublesome discs to wash.—Mark Sprot and Co., Grej,mouth, sole Representatives for the West Coast.—Advt.

The party of gentlemen who so kindly donated part of their “bag” of rabbits (17) to the “Copper Trail” will he pleased to learn that the bunnies have been turned into coppers (12s 9d worth between 5 and G yards o the “Long, Long Trail” between here and Greymouth. The challenge to a battle of coppers between the sister towns having been accepted thing l should he lively during the next _ few weeks. A diagram of the “Trail .is or view in the “Don” windows and nr doubt will he closely watched from week to week. The rate of progress is to be shown thereon by means of smal flags, the positions to he changed n possible weekly.

He is a New Zealander of fourteen years’ residence. He has just returned from a visit to Australia (sav s the Feilding “Star”). Ho was filling his pipe from a packet, of tobacco be had bought hero in Feilding. “See that!” he cried, as he pushed the packet under our nose. “Cost me one-and three, here. Oh, I’m nut kicking against Feilding. Same price all over New Zealand. It’s the exploiters I’m kicking against.,- That same packet costs only a shilling over in Australia. Why the three-pence difference ? Ask the exploiters—blame your Board of Trade. * Now, listen ; Over in Australia, the merchants jumped up the price | of butter. The public protested to ■ the Price of Commodities Commission set un by the Federal Government, as a sort of Cost-of-Living Appeal Board. That is what the New Zealand Board of Trado is supposed to be. But docs it Ido anything? I ask you.”