Thoughts For The Times

Hokitika Guardian, 28 January 1921, Page 2

Thoughts For The Times

The Exercise Of Judgment,

She is a fortunate woman who can exercise judgment in the small as well as the big matters of life. , j Judgment is really the gift of being able to see people and things in their true perspective, of being able to guage right values. It is to a certain extent a natural gift but it can be cultivated by thinking before speaking, by weighing the “fors and against” of a. case carefully instead of jumping to conclusions, and by gaining a knowledge ( and understanding of human nature.

Messrs J. Ballantyne and Co., of Christchurch, notify tlioir annual sale is now on. * The State Collieries combined picnic will take place at Cass Square Hokitika on Feb 12th. Trains will leave Rewanui at 8. 3() a.m. In one instance yesterday a defendant in one of the Stamp Act prosecuj tion stated that.be had missed the train j at Greymouth that morning and had come down by car at a cost of £4. The Magistrate in inflicting a fine said lie { had made the fine a nominal one in view | of the expense the defendant had been put to.

A strange occurrence, the first of its kind to happen in Invercargill and probably without parallel in the Dominion, took place at Mr George Gibbs’s wood and coal yard at Gladstone on oaturctay forenoon (says the "Southland Times”). An electric wire, which conveys the current necessary to operate a circular saw in the yard, became broken and the current was conducted along the damp roofing and was earthed. The ground was saturated with the previous night’s rain and an innocent and unsuspecting horse which advanced within the danger zone, had its career cut short with startling suddenness. The horse’s shoes apparently made a good “connexion” with the charged ground and after a fit of trembling the horse collapsed and died. Mr Gibbs saw the horse fall and dashed forward, but as soon as lie touched its body lie was hurled hack violently several yards, receiving a bad shock. A lad, who also went forward to assist, touched the horse’s shoe, and met with’a similar fate, and it was deemed wise to leave any further deal- r ings in electric current to an expert. 1 One was summoned, and the danger was removed. i

Great reductions in silks, crepe do chine must go 13/6 per yard, worth 19/6; georgette 9/11 yard; gold embroidered ninon 9/11 yd. only. Men’s linen collars 1j- each; Boys underwear 3/- each. All our washing prints suitable for making shirts 1/6 per yard. These are some of the cash bargains offering at Schroders great clearing Sale now on.—Advt.