LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 November 1919, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

in another column it is announced that the Returned Soldiers Billiard room will" re-open Thursday evening. The Euchre Tournament which was to have been held - in St. Mary’s dull Rooms to-night has been postponed untill to-morrow night. The prizes have been donated and are of a valuable nature, including a load of wood. Several vocal and instrumental items have been arranged for. Supper and Dance will follow as usual. This is the second last tournament of the year.—Advt.

The Defence Department is advised that the transport Ruahine, which left England on November 3rd, i 9 due at Auckland, via the Cape of Good Ho|W route, about December 24th. The vessel is bringing 42 officers, 324 other ranks and three nurses, as well as nine officers and four other ranks of Imperial units. There are also on board the following civilians: 46 men, 141 women, and. 4 children.

The migration returns for October show that 2662 persons arrived in New Zealand ,against 1257 in October, 1918 Departures from New Zealand lastmonth totalled 1943, against 1094 in October of last year. Among last month’s arrivals were '57 Chinamen ard five Chinese women, 42 of the former and till of the latter landing at Wellington. Nine Chinamen left New Zealand in the same period. , r

During the week ended noon on Monday 67 cases of notifiable infectious diseases were reported in the Canterbury Health District as follows: —Grey : Diptheria 2, measles 1. South Canterbury : Scarlet fever 3, diphtheria 4, tuberculosis 1, influenza 1. Ashburton: Scarlet fever 1. Northi Canterbury: Scarlet fever 6, diphtheria 9, tubercnlos is 3, influenza 11, pneumonia 8, measles 15, puperperal septicaemia 1, lethargic encephalitis 1.

Mr Seddon M.P., continues to have a successful campaign in the northern part of the electorate. Private idvice says th e meeting at Otiqa was an unqualified success, Mr Seddon enhancing hi s reputation from every point of view The farming district gave him a very handsome reception th e gathering being a record. At the various sawmilling centres visited by Mr Seddon he met the people generally and received many ready promises of support. Mr Seddon is up the Grey Valley line to-day and is due to speak at Ngahere to-night. To-morrow (Thursday) night he is likely to have a very large meeting at the Town Hall, Gray ■ mouh.

Speaking in the Cathedral at Christchurch, his Lordship Bishop Julius dehlt trenchantly with the present day tendency of tEe people to “wobble” in religious matters—a tendency so much at variance with the old-fashioned customs. “In these days,” he said, “ you never know where a man is; he goes to the North Island as a churchman, and comes back a Seventh Duv Adventist, or he goes to Australia as a Christian and comes hack as a Mr. - hommedan.” He deplored this instability of purpose. Men did not so lightly change their religion in the olden times though there were, no doubt, men who sometimes dropped the active practice of religion.