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Hokitika Guardian, 27 January 1921, Page 2

Stephens Bros, are now holding their clearing sale. Call early, bargains galore.

The Wahine’s mails connected with tin West Coast express at Christchurch tin's morning.

The Railway Department notify that on Wednesday next on the occasion of the X.Z. Diggers Company entertainment at the Princess Theatre, the evening train to Ross-will bo delayed until 10.30 p.m., to enable southern residents to attend and return home the same evening.

The Canterbury Progress League has oranised a visit to the Lake Coleridge power station on Saturday, when the Minister of Public Works will he present also. Mr Evans of the Westland Power Hoard, who left for Christchurch to-day will he one of the visiting guests also for the purpose of inspecting the power development works and of gleaning other general information relating to the power supply in Canterbury.

At the Hokitika tennis courts <" Saturday last a presentation was made to .Mrs McCarthy, who for the past year has been an active member of the Club, and who has now left to reside in Greymouth. The President, Mr Perliam, in making the presentation, which consisted of a silver cake basket and sugar bowl, referred to the good work done by Mr and Mrs McCarthy since joining the club, and expressed wgrei 33 loss of such energetic and useful members, at the same time wishing them every success in the future. A committee meeting was subsequently held at which the resignations of Mr W. P. McCarthy as Secretary, and Mrs McCarthy as a member of the committee were accepted with regret. Miss Moore was elected Secretary and Mrs MdCaskill to the vacancy on the committee. All round benefits for everybody. Great Stock-taking Sale at the Hokitika Novelty Bazaar commencing Saturday .January 29th. for ono week only. Every article reduced.—Advt. Children like WADE’S WORM El OS. The finest remedy for that prevalent complaint—worms.

j Notice of two strayed mares 'at Back Creek appears in this issue. ! An important meeting of the Druid’s Ijodge will be held in the Lodge Room, Town Hall this evening at 7.30 o’clock.

„ During the twelve months ended November 20th, 1920, produce valued at £463,001 was exported from Greymouth against £328,276 wor tli for the corresponding period in 1919. Hokitika exported £62,003 as against £49,469.

Tenders for the cartage of timber for the Gillum’s Gully Sawmill Company from the mill to skids at Arahura, are invited in this issue, closing on Saturday February sth., with Mr G. E. D. Seale, Secretary. Stafford St.

Lieutenant-Colonel N. Shepherd, son of Mrs G. IE Shepherd, of Roller Road, Reef ton, and son-in-law of Mr E. J. Smith, who had applied for a commission in the Imperial Army, received a cable stating tlrnt his application had been favourably considered. ‘ So far the Lieut-Colonel has not received any advice as to where he will he stationed, hut it is thought that India will be his destination.

Mr J. C. B. Mason, bee culture adviser to the British Government*, in.the course of a lecture at Marple, said it was a fact that those who had suffered from bee stings did not suffer from rheumatism. The wife of a friend of his was bedridden with rheumatism, and lie told his friend that she must get herself stung by bees. She did so. At first she was only able to have three stings per day. Then she got to twelve stings, and finally she did not suffer from stings at all, and she was cured of rheumatism. During the war lie found a number of soldiers suffering from rheumatism, and lie got them to he stung with bees and everyone of them was cured. He had known cases of shell shock also to be cured by bee stings. It was formac acid which was injected into the body hy a bee sting.

The following reply, addressed to the County Council, has been received from the Prime Minister relative to his proposed trip to the West Coast:—“T have to acknowledge, receipt of your letter of the 18th inst., forwarding copy of a resolution passed at a recent meeting of vour Council, inviting me to visit the West Coast during my proposed trip to the South Island. 1 have to thank you

for extending the invitation, and 1 am hoping to he able to include the West Coast in my itinerary for the proposed trip to the South Island, commencing early in February. The details of my tour, however, have not yet been finally arranged and I regret therefore that I mil unable to state definitely whether I shall he able to give myself the pleasure of visiting the Coast. If lam able to arrange it, 1 shall he glad to lot you know a little later on. (Signed)— Yours faithfully, W. Massey.

Some mention lias been made in recent cablegrams of arterial roads .schemes in Groat Britain on which employment is being provided for out-of-work ex-service men. These undertakings are on an impressive scale. It was reported in November last that schemes of road construction and improvement had been arranged with 24 provinicial authorities. The estimated cost of individual schemes ranges from £IBOO to more than half a million sterling. The scheme for which, arrangements had been made in November provide for an aggregate expenditure of upwards of two millions sterling. Of the total cost of each scheme, 50 t e cent- will he borne by the Ministry of Transport, which is prepared to lend the remainder at “Treasury rate of interest,” repayable in five annual instillments. Precedence will he given to ex-service men in each district. In order to prevent the absorption of floating casual labour in the work, a week’s registration at a Labour .Exchange is mndtt a condition ot employment.

We are satisfied that the name ot Mrs J. Mcßeath will he held in everlasting esteem for her unswerving enthusiasm for NO RUBBING Laundry Help, the abolisher of washboard slavery.

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