Thoughts For The Times

Hokitika Guardian, 26 November 1920, Page 2

Thoughts For The Times

Advantages of British Popudation. The urgent necessity of increasing the population and filling up the vast empty spaces of Australia is now more widely recognised than ever. The necessity of directing the overflow of the British Isles to the Dominions, instead of allowing it to drift to foreign countries, is also realised. Apart from sentiment, strong reasons for such a policy are furnished by the fact person in Australia is commercially worth to Britain six persons in say, America. That is to say, one Australian buys from Britain six times as much of her products as one American.

At St David’s Church, Sydenham, on Wednesday afternoon, the marriage of Mr Jas. Miller of ituatapu to Mjbs Bessie Good of Hokitika, was solemnised. The bridegroom was attended by his brother, Mr A. Miller, while Miss Celia Knight acted as bridesmaid. Mr Alf Good gave the bride away. After the ceremony afternoon tea with the usual-'toasts, was indulged in at the residence of the bride’s aunt, Mrs W. Jacobs, and in the evening the happy couple left for the North Island where the honeymoon will he spent “One event of moment happened at the Jubilee Home during the month,” ran a clause of the Institutions Committee’s report to the Canterbury Hospital Board. “One of the inmates— Veventy-three years of . age—entered into the bonds of matrimony with another—eighty years of age. From all reports the couple are very happy.” “How funny!” said a lady member of the board. Did you attend to give your blessing?” asked a member of the chairman. “Did you give the bride away?” asked another member. Mr H. Paterson was very insistent that the board should signalise the union by presenting the happy couple with a silver cup. The chairman (Mr H. J. Otley) replied that the board would follow' the usual procedure in regard to the presentation of a silver cup. Mr C. J. Frank, advertising manager of '“Table Talk’’.’ the pleading society journal of Melbourne, and the pioneer in Australasia of street snap-shots for the press, passed through Hokitika on Monday on his way to the Franz Josef and Fox glaciers. He has been detained at Ross on account of the flooded state of the rivers, but should get through to-morrow. Mr Frank is taking with him material for 300 photographs, and has been asked by the N.Z. Government Tourists’ Pureau to submit his pictures for approval. Any successful photographs should prove of value in bringing the scenic beauties of South Westland further under notice of the travelling public and prove a good advertisement for Ndiat district. On his reflurn our visitor/will take a number of large pictures on the road to Nelson from Reefton and down the Duller Gorge under order for advertising purposes.

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