Thoughts For The Times

Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1920, Page 2

Thoughts For The Times

What we owe to Aviators. The Duke of York, at tlie dinner to the “First Hundred British Aviators”: “J am a very indifferent pilot, but I have flown sufficiently to realise what difficulties had to be overcome by these men, and wliat courage was needed to surmount them. Even in a well-timed and well-tested machine, after a course of instfuctipji frpm a very experienced pilot, and thus with the margin of danger reduced to a. iniuimuip, there have been occasion—l cannot deny it—when I was glad to get down, and I take offmy hat to our honoured guests, for their pluck. The foresight and initiative of our first hundred pilots made it possible, when the Great War broke out, for Great Britain to overtake, and eventually surpass, our more ready and better prepared enemy, and to gain finally the wonderful air supremacy which we possessed at the time of the Armis- : tice, and which, I trust, we will never lose. AA r e as a nation owe these men a verv large meed thanks for the pioneer work they carried carried out n a matter of such national importance at such a heavy personal risk, and I am proud to have the privilege of meeting them, and glad to have the opportunity of paying them a small part of the great honour due to them.”

Mesßrs W. Jeffries and Co notify entries for their spring stock sale at Hari Hari on Sept. 29th. Messrs M. Houston and Co. notify entries for their store stock sale at ltitnu on Monday September 27.

The annual general meeting of members of the Weßtland Miners’ Association will be held at Rimu on Saturday next at 8 p.m. The death is reported from Greymouth of Mr A. A. Adams-, until lately Rector'of the Greyinouth District High School, which took place last evening. He was a native of Ireland, and had been in Greyinouth for over 30 years. Besides a widow, lie leaves one son, Captain Alan Adams, now in England, who saw active service during the war, and who formerly: was a noted footballers, having represented Otago and the West Coast, many times and being a brilliant three-quarter. His stepsons, Messrs T. and J. Harry (the latter, of whom was present when the end came) were also formerly prominent athletes in Grey-mouth. The late Mr Adams had reached the age of 63 years. A man whom the police at Greymouth took into custody on Sunday- on account of his peculiar behaviour was yesterday brought before Mr H. C. Harley, J.P., at the local Court on a charge of attempted suicide. The police stated he was a married man, with two children, and belonged to another part of the Dominion. He had tried to drown himself on Sunday about 6 a.m. in a creek at South Beach by remaining face downwards in shallow water. Some residents in the locality had pulled him out of the creek. On Sergt. Rawle’s application a remand for a week for medical attention for the unfortunate man was granted.

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Advance showing of spring fashions. Tastefully designed models in millinery iust opened for your inspection at Schroder’s. Also ready to wears, flowers and sports coats —all of the very latest. Select early before the pick is gone at Schroder’s.—Advt.