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Hokitika Guardian, 2 March 1920, Page 2

The locally owned horses, Tantalus and Lady Middleton have gone forward to Nelson to compete at the meeting there on Thursday and Saturday of this week. The regular meeting of the Westland Chamber of Commerce takes place tonight at the County Chambers at 7.30 o’clock. A full attendance of members is invited. The auxiliary ketch Wakaiti now lying at the Hokitika wharf is advertised for sale in this issue. The little craft is in good running order and particulars can be had on communcating with Box 64, G.P.0., Hokitika. -Th© Postmaster Boss advises as fou Hows —The ( coach which should have left Waiho Gorge on Monday morning was held up yesterday by flooded river s 'and that there is little chance of t«e coach getting away before this aftei noon. Mr R. 15. Cranston, who arrived hero on •Saturday night, in connection with the Rimu Flat development proposals, was accompanied by Mr H. F. Toogood, engineer, who is to report on hydroelectric power propositions suitable for the working of the new Company’s properties. Addison’s draw attention to new goods which they have opened in all department's. Thdy have still more goods to arrive, but would advise customers to select early as the markets are becoming scarcer every week, and all floods still rapidly advancing in price. There were several useful side discussions at the War Memorial meeting last 1 night which brought out points and 1 matters indicating that, the citizens 1 take a very close interest in local af- ' ’airs For instance the desire for a new 1 IWn Hall set in a central site is a very f strong one ,and Government House Re- 1 serve opposite the clock tower was sug- l jested as a very appropriate place for he new edifice, which of course would je in more lasting material than wood. Another suggestion was an effective yet -cry inexpensive transformation of Cass Square to make it an ideal play-ground or children and a centre for the folk to ongregate. The desire to move the Exhirer's Monument from Cemetery Hill e o Cass Square also was generally apt ; roved. The meeting stuck to the ideas g o make the memorial non-utilitarian, nd to finance it by voluntary contri- „ utions. A proposal to levy a rate to met the cost was lost, and a suggestion ai i rase a loan was not entertained, y artieulars of the business done appears d( l another column. ns In a few days we shall ho ready with p. le latest creations, personally selected i the large centres, when we hope to tl nvc the pleasure of your visit to our nporium. Schroder and Co.—Advt. An ideal spirit for both sexes— dc /OLFE’S SCHNAPPS. yc

I | The Stratford election appeal is to j be heard on the sth of the month, and ] is expected to last two days. J Owing to the increased price received for hides, Mr M. J. Corbett, butcher, 1 has reduced the price of meat by Id per pound. A Westport paper says that | Recfton is going in great licks prepnrI ing for the Prince’s visit. The intention of the Prince to stay a night in Quarteopolis has sent the people fairly off their heads. | ‘“lt is a/ popular fallacy that the la- | bourer is not a skilled man,” said Mr : Reardon at the Wellington Conciliation Council sitting. “The navvy is a skilled man.” ‘Ho is not skilled but experienced,” was Air Grenfell’s rejoinder. “There is no shame in hard work,” said Mr Grenfell at the sitting of the AVellington Conciliation Council. “There is—under the sordid conditions existing at the present,” retorted Mr Campbell. A Press Association message from Christchurch states that Dr Thacker has received a letter from Sir AVilliam Fraser, stating that the Union Steam Ship Company has agreed to members of Parliament travelling between AVellington and Lyttelton free on production of ■ tlieir passes. A proposal to start a new evening nespaper in Auckland lias taken shape A number of well-known business men are interested in the venture, and a ■ , site lias already been procured. It is ; stated that the new journal will have 1 prohibition leanings, but that it will ’ be non-party. 1 The coming item of interest to lovers of music in Hokitika is the Irish Na- ’ tional Concert to be staged in the Prinecss Theatre on the night of 16th [ Alarch. The programme is second to none put., before a local audience and judging by the sale of tickets nothing but success’ awaits the Com. mittee’is efforts. « p Up to the present 320 have ; been received for the Dominion Rifle As- , sociation’s meeting, which is to open at , Trentham on March 4th. It is thought that the number will be brought up to 400 before the meeting opens. Among r those who have already entered are a number of the best-known shots in the } Dominion. They include Sergeant Love day who won the King’s Prize at Bisley last year, and Rifleman R. J. King, the i present holder of the Dominion Championship Belt. s Hoarding has definitely been proved B to be the cause of the sugar sliortt age. This is affirmed by Mr. P. Hally a member of tlie Board of Trade, who has been visiting Greymouth to arrange for an improved distribution of sugar. j There is «s much sugar now produced , as there was years ago, before any k shortage existed, and according to B Mr Hally the Colonial Sugar Company are putting out 200 tons a day and that was tlieir maximum at any period. Peo- , pie have been hoarding and thus have j caused the shortage. They antic-i-----f pated higher prices but made a mistake. c When the s.s. Maheno was being t cleared for* departure from Auckland Detective Gourley had his suspicions j aroused by the bulkiness of the lun- . clicon bags of some watersiders who _ had been engaged loading the ship. He invited a couple of the men to show j him the contents of tlieir bags, and 3 the discovery led the detectives 'to , suggest that ship’s stores were being taken homo. In each of tlie bags inj spcctcd was ton pounds of grapes, , while in another were four sheep’s tongues, an ox tongue, and 21b ox . clieek, presumably taken from the fresh stores that had just been put on the Maheno. As a consequence three men, AA’illiam Bond (So), Henry B. 3 Lning (27), and George Seymour (4(2),, l will come before the court on Friday > to answer charges of theft of ship’s 3 stores. . When you ask for SMARLAND’S FLUID MAGNESIA don’t take nnything “just ns good,” but get SIIABLANDS. T!p < ’| that money cm buy. During the holidays remember Danie Crawfords Red Star Whisky is the best Mark Sprot and Co. wholesale agents —Advt. Nows the chance to forget rising prices and tlie “Cost of Living” and to rovel in timely bargains. This is the opportunity to give the laugh at your worries, to enjoy a happy period of savings instead of thinking about expenses. Lay in solid supplies so that you may be able to snap your fingers at rising costs. Read these merry bargain time examples.—Frocks, costumes and blouses, all to be cleared at half price: ladies smart washing costumes, nicely trimmed, stitching with fancy pearl, and self covered buttons. Usual prices 1 49s 6d to Gss, now 19s 6d to 29s 6d; lad. ; ies white gabardine skirts, smart styles, * usual price 22s Gd, price to clear 9s lid. f McGieur and Co., the Spot Cash Dra- 1 pors ,Greymouth, Rcefton and Hold- ‘ opportunit yto give the laugh at your t tika.—Advt. s t ii i—i wir rrirwKJirtvwai \