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Hokitika Guardian, 2 September 1920, Page 3

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, An Assembly will be held in tb school-room South Spit every Frida; night at 8 o’clock, commencing to-mor row evening Sept. 3rd. Ladies 6< gents Is.—Advt. The 'Returned Soldiers Association an holding a grand ball in the Drill Shec on Wednesday next. Music by the Royal Orchestra, and very complete arrangements for a successful gathering are being made . News was receiVed yesterday that Mrs E. Gibson, wife of Mr Thomas Gibson, formerly a well known carpenter of Hokitika, of Auckland, died at hospital after six week’s illness, leaving a husband, a son and a daughter, also a brother and two sisters, the latter being Mrs S'- Wogan, and Mrs J. Taylor f of Hokitka. t T he card tournament and dance held' j Mary’s Club Rooms last evenirg was a pronounced success. The valuable prizes which were donated to the committee for competition proved a. big draw. The committee take this oppoi” tunity of thanking tne donors and also all those who sold tickets and all who helped in any' way to make the function a success. The first ladies’ prize "•as won by Mrs Taminelli and the second by Miss Bell, the consolation prize was won by Mrs A. Sumner. The win-, j •ner of the gent’s prizes were Mr J. I Freitas firstj Mr Geo. L,akin second and j Mr 0. J. Milton consolation prize. The ■ music for the dance was supplied by Misse s M. Giese, E. Reid, El. Heenan i and Mr Jas Hogan, bones. The floor was in charge of Messrs Thos Rouse ’ and Thos. Heenan. j An East Coast paper says it is under-. [ stood that the possibility of importing further quantities of Australian wheat, in order to make up a threatened deficit in the stocks of flour, is being considered by Cabinet. Under present con I ditions it is unlikely that importations will be made until December or January if it is possible to obtain the wheat in Australa. Another report states that Australia will not be asked to reply definitely to the New Zealand request until November, by which time Australian growers will know what the new crop is like, and how the prospects run in relation to their carry forward ■ of the last crop. The negotiations re- H ! late to a million bushels; that is what we are asking for. The message really means an assurance that the New Zealand Government are fortifying against a possible shortage of flour, and that, of course, is a. quiet bint to bakers and millers that they need not worry about hoarding. The charges made in connection with the Supreme Court and Magistrate’s Court of Isew Zealand have at last been merged in the flood of increased prices, They have stood firm for the past ten years or more, but from Wednesday a revised scale will come into operation. In the Magistrate’s Courts it may be roughly stated, the charges that are now Is will go up to 2s, and the other charges 2s to 3s, 3s to "s', is to 10s. The minimum solicitors’ fees for appearance in defended cases in which the amount involved is under £lO remain at a guinea, but in cases in which more than this amount is involved the charge will be two guineas, and the fee of one guinea that is now charged on chamber matters is to be £1 11s 6d. Expenses allowed to witnesses rue to go up roughly 20 per cent. Increases will also be made in Supreme Court charges, but details have not yet reached the local Supreme Court oflice, except in respect of divorce fees. These 1 will bo increased by about 33 1-3 per cent, on the average.