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Hokitika Guardian, 4 October 1919, Page 2

A line of silk knitted sports coats ill all colours, at Mrs J. Lloyds. Mr and Mrs T. W. Boare, formerly of Hokitika, are now on a visit from Australia, and at present are staying in Christchurch. Mr and Mrs Bear© will visit the Coast shortly, and will spend a few weeks holiday in this district. Sir Joseph Ward has just completed 32 years’ of service os a member of the New Zealand Parliament. He was first elected a representative of Awarua in September, 1887, and has represented the some electorate ever since. It is expected that the electric light installation for the town of Hokitika will bo effected early in the New Year. A supply of hardwood poles from. Australia are expected very shortly, and on arrival the reticulation of the town will be undertaken.

Don’t forget to call at „ Stephen’s Bros., to-night and vieiv their Summer hats and silk costumes, all going at very reasonable prices.—Advt.

Owing to the increase in the price of coal, Messrs J. C. Malfroy and Co., have decided to reduce the price of firewood. Apply for prices at trie mill, Three Mile, or office, Hokitika.—Advt.

Mr P. Ryder, general manager' for the West Coast Farmers’ Co-operative Lime Supply Company, ut Ross, has visited the Inangahua Valley, and Coal Creek districts with the object of furthering the Company’s’interests and those of the settlers requiring lime for agricultural purposes.

i The Hokitika Savings Bank is again I a subscriber to the latest war loan, tho contribution to the victory loan running into four figures. Altogether the Hokitika. Savings Bank now has £20,000 .! invested in the .government war loans, a very creditable piece of business for i tlio community.

Mr T. W. Duff, County Chairman, who is now in Wellington, has arranged through the Mines Department for a special grant of £4OO to assist the Council in putting Humphreys road in order. The work will be put in hand as soon as the proposals for the work are approved by the inspecting officer.

Chambers dredge at Humphreys continues to get improving returns in its weekly washings. For three or four weeks the average was above 30ozs pciwashing. This week’s washing ran 1o [ 41 ozs, and with the improving ground t the dredge is now reaching the returns 1 should be more satisfactory still. Mill. O. Speed is the dredge master, and Mr D. Ziman is the managing director | for this Company. Tiie Westland County Council has arj ranged with the trustees of the Hoj kitika Saings Bank to borrow up to ' £3,500 by way of a debenture loan for the proposals put forward in connection with County works in the southern district more particularly in the ! Inter-Wanganui locality. The idea of lending to a local body for the develop- ! ment of the district is a happy one, and is .the kind of practical assistt ance in the way of helping the general I advancement which while being of advantage to the institution in letting out accumulated funds, also secures a 'rood investment in interest earning securities for the benefit of the hank. i The social to Privates Harry Sandle, H. Blackmun, and G. Byrne at Stafford this week was a pronounced suc- ; cess from every point of view. The Chairman, Mr Hugh Linklater, extended a hearty welcome home to the guests, and congratulated them on the part they played while on active service; The Chairman then presented each soldier with a beautifully illuminat ; ed address on behalf of the residents of Stafford district. Mr M. Fitzgerald I (Goldsborougli), and Mr H. Sandle, also spoko endorsing tile Chairman’s remarks. Each guest replied in suitable terms. The gathering was very enjoyable and proceedings went on merrily till 4 a.m.

On Thursday night tho Municipal Band accorded a welcome home to their conducor, Mr C. B. Ross and other members of the.band from active service, at the Supreme Hall. There was a large gathering present and the evening was very enjoyable. Music, song and dancing provided a very pleasant programme. During the proceedings the Mayor on behalf of the band, presented Mr Ross with a sewing machine which was in tile nature of a wedding gift.

Mr IV. E. Richards who had been act-

i ing conductor during Mr Boss’ absence . was presented wih a Morris chair—this r hieing a surprise presentation. Both . gentlemen returned thanks for the - valuable gifts received. 5 . It is understood that the settlers of the Inter-Wanganui district are agreeable to the acceptance of the loan ! proposals for the work-s put forward by ’ the Westland County Council. These t j works include the completion or extension * I of Petersen road to the Poerua river, the 1 ‘ clearing of about a mile of La Fontaine ; Creek to dry up the country traversed by Petersen road, and the building of ' j a small stock bridge at Lower La Fou- ’ ' taine. The clearing of the creek just ' mentioned will have an important ef- ‘ ■ feet on the swamp lands as well as the roaded country, as it is expected to ’ j lower the water level four or five feet. ( On return, the County Chairman, Mr ! Duff, accompanied by the member for j Biding, will visit the district to put - the loan proposals formally before the ’ • ratepayers. The works wil he done on 1 ! very easy terms to the setters—the ' ; local body finds the principal and the ' j residents have to pay interest only du- ' j ring the currency of the loan. j Yesterday an inquest was concluded ' on an inmate of the Mental Hospital ! who had been a patient there for all hut 50 years. The deceased was an ; Italian by birth, and entered the institution from the Goldsborough district ; in November 1869. He was tlien 28 years 1 of ago so that at the time of his ! death he had reached the ripe age cf I 78. When he entered the institution lie ! was a very active young man, and played a prominent part in assisting to remove the native forest which in those years of the Coast, surrounded the buildings. As a young man he came ' out to Australia with an Italian hand, and then the lure of the West Coast gold rush in the -sixties brought him to the Coast. He was a brickmaker by calling, and was an admirable worker, and put in many years of efficient i work at the local institution. Of late ' years he lias been past work, and the

evening of his days ended in quietness and repose. The cause of death was senility and heart disease. He was a very tractable patient and was a favorite with all with whom lie came in contact. “Trifles by being despised grow great.” Especially now, a- cold seems trifling at first. If ignored, it gets hold of the whole system and serious complications are liable to follow. This is more likely to happen in summer when colds come unexpectedly. That’s all the more reason why you must have Baxter’s Lung Preserver handy. A dose at the beginning and all is well. A course when a summer cold has hold of you, and the trouble is quickly dispelled. Thousands praise “Baxters.” Tiou will too—after one bottle. Order it today.—it is grand. 2s 6d buys a largo size bottle from Chemist or store.

Mr Clutha McKenzie, is to be married next week at Auckland ,to Miss Doris Sawyer, of Windsor Forrest, Eng land. Corporal McKenzie was blinded at Gallipoli when serving with the Anzacs.

On Tuesday next at St. Mary’s, Addington, Miss Otlilie Seddoa Bean, second daughter of Canon and Mrs Bean, will be married to Captain John McArthur of the N.Z.E.F., who lately returned from active service. Tho newly wedded axe to take up their residence in -Southland.

Mr 0. Y. Davies, while working at Cederman’s foundry yesterday met with a nasty accident, his hand catching in some gearing machinery. The first finger of the right hand was severed just above the second joint. Medical aid 'was promptly secured and the patient made as comfortable as possible. At a meeting of Ellesmere County the delegates were unanimously in favour of the erection of an obelisk or monu ment, on a site fronting the County Office, as a peace memorial, and a re; solution tb that effect was carried. It was decided to aim at raising not less than £2OOO, some of those present being of the opinion that a larger sum would be needed.

The London correspondent of the Press, writftig under date, July 25th, says:—Mrs R. J. Seddon, with Miss Seddon and Lieutenant Stuart Seddon, left for France on Monday, with the intention of visiting the grave of Captain R. J. S. Seddon, on the Somme. Mrs and Miss Seddon have visited Walton and Oatlands Hospitals and were present with Lieutenant Seddon at the garden party at Buckingham Palace last Friday, when they were “presented” to their Majesties.

The trustees of the Hokitika Savings Bank at a meeting yesterday, placed on record an appreciative motion in regard to the many services of Mr J. J. Clarke of the firm of Duncan and Coy. Mr Clarke is leaving the district almost immediately and it was resolred to send Mr Clarke a letter of thanks for his past interest in the welfare of tho institution, as well as a more tangible expression of appreciation for the valued services rendered over a term of years to the institution.

The death occurred very suddenly at Napier on the Ist inst. at the residence of Mr L. H. Mac Hardy, Blackhead, of Mr Frank Moeller, who had been a prominent figure in Napier for the oast twenty-Seven years as host of the Masonic Hotel. He had always shown a great interest in hospital affairs, and was for a time Chairman of the Board. He always took a lively interest in public affairs during the war, and took up the cause of the returned soldiers with ardour, being greatly instrumental in founding the Napier Soldiers’ Club. He was a consistent and enthusiastic supporter of every patriotic fund and object, and by his death Napier loses a loyal and public spirited citizen.

The ignorance dislayed by people of the Old Country in respect to this Dominion was exemplified by Chaplain Crick, of H.M.S. New Zealand, in an address at Auckland on Sunday. He said that for a long time all he knew about it was that its map was the last in the atlas; and that it was uncomfortably overcrowded with sheep. (Laughter). The last letter he had received from Home while in New Zealand expressed a wish that he would have a merry Christmas here. “The writer,” he said, “evidently thinks it takes correspondence six months to get here.” The achievements of New Zealand troops in the war had removed this ignorance. Before leaving home a British officer of high rank had said to him :— 1 ‘ln the line the New Zealanders are magnificent, and out of it they ara gentlemen every time.”

I A 'tribute to Catholic soldiers- who fell in the great War was paid the other day by Dean Cahill at the unveiling of the Sacred Heart College roll of honour, (says Monday’.* Auckland “Herald). “The Catholic schools,” said the dean, “are an Essential part of the Church’s organisation. In these schools the teacher looks after the body and soul of the child and trains complete citizens. The boys of Sacred Heart College are to be found in every walk of life in every part of the Dominion, young men leading moral lives and preserving the ideals of their college. The facts of the ready response of young Catholics to the army were not generally known, said the dean. “Jingoism is not part of our creed,” he added. “These hoys were away fighting for some who had remained at home t° carry on a war against our teaching orders. Catholics have no monopoly of patriotism, hut the roll of honour goes to show that the young Catholics did their part in the war.”

Stationery bargains.—Manilla envelopes Is hundred, 9s 6d thousand; superior white envelopes, 50 for Is; college exercise hook, size 8 x 10J, 32 pages 4 for Is; the Gordon exercise book 6J x 8£ 49 pages, 3 for Is; Egypt writing tablet, 1\ x 9, 50 sheets, special value, 9d each. McGruer and Co., Cash Drapers, Hokitika and Greymouth.—Advt. Lose no time in getting “NAZOL.” Clears ont colds and catarrh in doublequick time. Costs less than a ha’penny a dose.