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Hokitika Guardian, 16 March 1921, Page 2

The Public Service Commissione notifies examination for shorthand wri ters and typists in May 1921. Messrs W. Ale Kay and Son no tip that a shipment of Henderson’s hat have arrived, also latest London ant Paris models. Now showing in our dress depart ment—All wool French Amazon cloth check worsteds, Colonial tweeds, 5911101 wide from 13s fid, fine, navy serges, etc Select vour costume material early.— Addisons.—Ad vt, WOLFE’S SCHNAPPS—AgreoabI and. beneficial, A tonic beverage.

Boys and men’s clothing at Addisons J Stylish boxed suits, £0 10; tweed t trousers from 22s fid ; boys’ tweed sports n suits, overcoats, odd knickers in all t sizes.—Advt. * Xoniinations for all events at the Hokitika races on Master Wednesday (a ' fortnight hence) close on Friday night > at !) o°elock. The programme which in- 1 dudes two trotting races has a total t value of £7OO. During the week ended noon on Mon- , day 35 cases of infectious and other , notifiable disease were reported in the _ Canterbury-Westland Health District, ; as follows :—Duller: Scarlet fever 3. (Jvev: Tuberculosis 2. North Canterbury: Scarlet fever 5, diphtheria 10, ( enteric 1, tuberculosis 5, poliomyelitis 2. Ashburton: Tuberculosis 1, poliomyelitis 1. South Canterbury : Scarlet fever 1, pneumonia 1, poliomyelitis 2, varicella 1. '| At the last meeting of the Nelson ■ Acclimatisation Society, the reports in- ’ ! dicated that deer are plentiful, and 1 a very successful season is anticipated. ' Licenses for stalking-are being taken ! out freely. In regard to opossums, the council of the Society is recommending the Government to allow an open sea- ’ j son in the Nelson district in June next. - I Now that the nights are becoming 1 1 colder one naturally looks lor more bed 2 ' coverings. Our stocks of, blankets and - : quilts will solve the difficulty for you. t Prices arc right.—Addisons. Advt. Wellington correspondent states no 11 i steps will he taken regarding the issue ' I of 1, writ for the Patca by-election till , | towards the end of this week, as there 1 is no possibility of the elected member * j taking bis seat this session, therefore, there is no need to hurry the proceeding. The Prime Minister will then a move for the issue of a writ, which will ’’ |, c returnable within twenty-eight days, ' t so tlio election will take place in about 0 three weeks’ time.

A Wellington business man, who has just returned from a visit to the bedd-ing-Awahuri district, says that one farmer sold his lambs for Is each, as he had no feed left for them—nor bad his neighbours—and be could not sell to ••freeze,” as there was no space available at the works. One man in the same district bought (50 sheep for 30s, and hawked them round for a day, retailing them for Is (sd. He sold 40 out of the (50 in the day, and reckoned he had done a good days work. From Gisborne it is learned that sheep are being sold as low as !2s (id a head. Ladies—Now is the best time to consult us about your new hat. Do not leave your Easter order too late. Con--1 suit our milliner at once and obtain j satisfaction.—Addisons.— Advt. I

Old residents will remember that tlm ( native grayling (upokororo) used to ! come into the Taranaki streams in the autumn to spawn in the fresh water, , savs a New Plymouth paper. During the migration up the river much good j sport was obtained in taking this lively , little fish on the rod. A local angle! | was whipping the t\aikakaiho the othei j evening when lie secured a fine specimen of the upokororo on the fly. The . fish was in spendid condition, and ( weighed 11b, Ordinarily it does not j weigh over halt a pound. It is under- | stood that the upokororo has not been seen in Taranaki streams for about twenty years. Down in price—Findlay’s sheetings < in all widths are down. Our prices J have immediately dropped to suit tin* market. Trade experts anticipate a rising market within six months, so now is the time to replenish your stock.—Addisons. —Advt. From the early days in New Zea-

land’s history up to the present small detachments "of the military have been on guard at the gates .of Government House, Wellington, whenever the King’s representative lias been in residence there. His Excellency the Go-vernor-General, Admiral Lord Jellicoe, ill pursuance of his policy ot doing away with a great deal of the ceremonial attached to his office, has dispensed with a military guard, and in future the work of guarding the Vice-Regal portals will form part of the duties of the civil police. In military circles on Friday a “Dominion” reporter learned that as a matter of fact, oil account of economies recently effected, there is not now in Wellington a sufficient permanent personnel to maintain the establishment of the guard with all its old-time cereI mony, and that the change noted above would take place immediately. Prices now near to pre-war, halfprice days, bast days of sale commence Saturday, .March 12th and ending Monday, March 21st. Drapery prices right down to bedrock; goods that you need every day now marked to half usual prices. Great preparations have been made to make this our greatest bargain sale. Prices now lower than ever. Hosts ol big bargains throng the store. Sale days are neaiing the end, and we urge you to shop to-day and secure the pick of our half price bargains.—McGruer and Co., j Hokitika and Greymouth.—Advt. ! To wash clothes clean without rubbing use about fioz pure GOLDEN RUBBING LAUNDRY HELP Results will delight you.—Dee. Bros, grocers. Thickness of tread is a big feature of NORTH BRITISH SOLTD TYRES for all types of trucks. Replacements are very small indeed. Schroder and Co. have much pleasure in announcing the arrival of their first shipment of millinery in velours, beavers, velskin, and the newest fancy straws. Also splendid assortment of furs, Coney plush coats and the latest in tweed coats, jumpers. Inspection invited.—Advt. Arriving from Nelson a consignment of 200 i eases of tomatoes, os to 7s, aeeording to variety ; 50 cases Jonathan apples (JOlbs) 9s (id. Paterson, Michel and Co., Ltd., phone 2.—Advt. We are making a splendid display of seasonable novelties in the millinery, fancy and dress department. We shall he pleased to see you, and an early visit is deSi’-able. Schroder and Co.— Advt. If your Sparklet Syphon is out of order send for new Rubber Washers and Bin, enclosing three-pence in stamps for postage. Bulbs now procurable all Dealers. Shetland piul o<> M Ltd., Web lingteo 4

Down in price—Our prices are clown | t 0 suit tlio market value. Horrockses and Crewdson’s calicoes, Clark’s cottons, etc. Call to-day at Addisons.— Advt. In answer to a pica, for lenient treatment for a prisoner who admitted hav- , jng embezzled a sum of some £4OO from his employers in the hope of making good his gambling losses, the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) remarked at Wellington on Friday, says the “Post”: —“Some people seem to think . at the present time that bookmaker is ] a man to lie honoured, a man who should not punished, but the bookmaker is ruining hundreds of our young people. So bookmaking and racing go on, as if everything was right and proper, but the community pays and the weak ones suffer.” Old Parliamentarians were properly shocked yesterday when the new Ser-geant-at-Arms with a startling disregard of procedure and Parliamentary usage took on himself to announce in stentorian tones the arrival of the Usher of the Black Rod with a message from his' Excellency the Governor-Gen-eral (says Friday’s “Dominion”). The sergeant being a man of stalwart proportions, quite obscured the Usher of the Black Rod as he strode up the gangway, tho dignified officer of the Upper Chamber sinking into comparative insignificance. What staggered the older members, however, in connexion with the unwonted innovation of the Sergeant-at-Arms was that that functionary is not permitted to speak on the floor of the House. It is true that each day at the opening of proceedings he does announce the arrival of “Mr Speaker,” but he does so from a por- , tion of the Chamber which, under the peculiar usage -of Parliamentary etiquette, is not considered a portion of the House. In bygone days when Par- J liamentary forms and’ procedure were | jealously cherished, the ceremonial of the summons of the Usher of the Black Rod to members to attend his Excellency in “another place” was treated with respectful solemnity. To-day much of the old-time dignity of Parliament is missing—-forms and ceremonial aie growing out of fashion. An ideal spirit for both sexes. — WOLFE’S SCHNAPPS. 11l l> il l Mllll If—i