LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 April 1920, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

The family of the late Mrs Nolan insert a notice of thanks in this issue.

A fine bag of twenty-three trout, says the “Press,” caught at Rakaia recently by Messrs Denby and Holmes, is one of the best catches of the season. Hie heaviest fish was just under twenty pounds. The funeral of the late Mr Felix Restano of Rimu took place yesterday after noon and was attended by many old friends. The Rev. Dean Tubman conducted the service at the graveside.

The funeral of the late Mrs Andrew Nola ntook place yesterday afternoon, leaving St. Mary’s Church where requiem mass was celebrated in tbe morning by the Rev. Dean Tubman, who •also conducted the service at the graveside. Four sons of the deceased acted a.s pall-bearers.

In connection with the visit of His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, on the 13th May, the Chief Post Office Hokitika, will he closed until 10 a.in. Mails will be received and despatched as usual. The attendance in the Telegraph room and Telephone Exchange will be as usual, the staff being reduced as circumstances permit. Mr W. Robinson of Messrs Robinson and Sons, of the Hokitika Motor Garage, arrived from Christchurch last evening with a fine new sc-ven sealer eight cylinder Oldsmobile motor ear. It is of the latest model and has many improvements, the car being specially secured for lengthy touring journeys. Tho firm have secured the agency for this line machine and will bo glad to give full information to inquirers.

At a meeting of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, a letter was received from the Westland Chamber of Commerce suggesting that the new Minister of Public Works should be invited to visit Arthur’s Pass Tunnel works as soon as possible, and that a conference of' representatives of Canterbury and the West Coast be held with him to see what could be done to assist jin the early completion of the work, ft was decided to communicate with the Progress League with the object of inviting various Associations to be represented on the occasion. The two sloops, Laburnum and Veronica, which have been offered by the Admiralty to the New Zealand Government, and are now under consideration of the latter, were built during the war. They have both seen convoy ana mine-sweeping service, as well as patrol duties. The Laburnum is at Queenstown undergoing refitting and tho Veronica is in Pembroke Dockyard. There is nothing definite yet about the date of their departure or their commissioning. Sub-Lieutenant- A. B. Ferguson (Auckland) has been appointed to the Veronica from the Renown.