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Hokitika Guardian, 8 April 1921, Page 2

Notice of lust scrip of the Kokatahi Dairy Factory Gov., Ltd., appears in this issue. A meeting of the Hokitika Fire Board will lie held on Monday, at 1.30 p.m. The business includes the appointment of niglitwatehman and stationkeeper. It is likely that On Sunday afternoon the motor drive beiyg arranged for the vice-regal party .will include a visit to Ross and Fergusons. The film censor (Mr William Joliffe), who lias non been in office for four and a half years, has in that period inspected upwards of 20 million feet of picture film.

The annual meeting of parishioners of All Saints’ Church litis been postponed from this (Friday) evening uptil the following Friday (April 15th).— Advt.'

Final notice is given that till butts and unsold tickets must be returned before noon to-morrow, otherwise tin t numbers will lie excluded from the drawing of the Westland Hospital WatMemorial Art Union, which takes place in the evening.

church parade of Cadets and Terri

torials will be bold

A euchre tournament will be held in the Public Hall, Kokatahi, on Wednesday, April 13th in aid of the Catholic Church fund, and will be followed by a dance. Admission to euchre Is; to dance, gentlemen Is. M. Mackinnon and L. Wallace, joint secretaries. — Advt.

The following will represent Cadets in their match with school to be played on Cass Square to-morrow afternoon at 1.30 p.m., its tt curtain raiser to the big match--Gibbons, Pierson, Glass. Wilson, Walker, Raine, llailc. Da.l,e, Perham, Thompson, Preston, Montagu, Nightingale, Kidd, King, Shore, and Haussmann. We tire 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 desrable. Schroder and Co.— Advt. Hundreds of thousands of motorists acclaim the unquestioned superiority of CLINCHER CROSS TYRES, under all road and climatic condition*, All garth ges can supply.

Messrs M. Houston anil Co. announce entries in this issue for their, stock sale at Hari Hari on Wednesday next, April 13th at 11 a.m. Miss Mary Stuart Seddon and Mrs B. B. Wood arrived on the Coast last evening for a short holiday visit. Ihe ladies,are expected here to-morrow. Admission to the luncheon at the Supreme Hall to-morrow will ho by ticket only, obtainable at the Town Clerk’s office. Upwards of thirty summons have been issued for hearing at the next Magistrate’s Court sittings, ;i fortnight hence, of charges of breaches oi the borough bye-laws—wandering cattle, riding a bicycle oil the footpath, and riding a bicycle at,, night without it light.

Ail invitation is being extended to Dr Holloway to deliver a public lecture on botany before lie takes his departure from Hokitika. As is wellknown Dr Holloway lots achieved special distinction in the particular branch of botany he is pursuing. The lecture will be given, most probably under tbo auspices of the Westland Progress League.

Now that sales of forequarters and hindquarters of mutton have iK'come a general business with till the Palmerston North auctioneers (writes N.Z. ‘‘Titu-s ’ correspondent), it will he of interest to consumers to know that the local butchers have declared a meat war on the auctioneers, and the outlook for a trade revival in competitive prices will lead to a welcome fall in prices. Some mitchers have already announced a reduction to 3d per lb. for forequarteis and 5d for hindquarters.

A sail bereavement has overtaken me jof the ministers who are coining to New Zealand to serve the Presbyterian

Church. The Rev. P. Gladstoii Hughes | 15. A., from the Welsh Presbyterian i Church, left the home country with his wife, and four children. On the linage Mrs Hughes's health, which bad , been rather indifferent became worse and she died a. few days after reaching Sydney. Mr Hughes is coming on to New Zealand by the Niagara, due to ■ leave Sydney on Thursday. 1 Stacks containing about 60 tons of - oaten sheaf were destroyed 'on Mi I--1 Rood’s property at Onga Onga the other day. The first had a peculiar : origin. Mr Rood was driving sheep through the paddock in which ‘he stacks were, when he was surprised to see tt fire start in the midst of the sheep. In a few minutes, helped by a breeze, the flames reached the stacks, land although dozens of helpers w* re ■ soon on the scene, the stacks could not he saved. Mr Rood thinks it box of matches had been dropped in the paddock, and the sheep treading on them . ignited them. The crop was not u>I sured. : At this week's meeting of the Canterbury Progress League, Mr G. H. Holford spoke on the question ol tt farmers’ school being held under the auspices ot the League tit Lincoln College (luring the slack season. He said that such a scheme had proved successful in the North Island at Bunkum. The Department of Agriculture and the Farmers’ Union had promised their support. He desired to know il the Council agreed to the executive continuing the organising work in connexion with the school. It was decided to empower the executive to go on with the arrangements for holding the school.

The “Otago Daily Times” has the following: Probably few weddings which have been held in Dunedin attracted so much interest as •one w hich was solemnised in First Church last night, the reason being that it was the first evening wedding to take place in a church in Dunedin. The novelty of the now inauguration, which became possible only by an amendment of the Marriage Act a few months ago, made a very striking appeal to the popular imagination, and this circumstance manifested itself by the crowded condition of the* church long before the ceremony was timed to begin, anil by the throngs which gathered outside the church to witness the arrival of the chief actors. In fact, so dense was the crowd in the vicinity of the church steps that the bride experienced some difficulty in gaining admission to her own wedding. The contracting parties were the daughter of a well-known local physician and a landowner from the North’lsland, and the ceremony, which passed off quite successfully, took the form of a “pink” wedding, which, our reporter understands, means that the bridal party were dressed in pink.

Will washboard slavery ever be tolerated in New Zealand again? No, never. No Rubbing has abolished that form of slavery for all time.—Mrs J. Mcßcath. agent for No Rubbing.

Splendid stock of new seasons goods just arrived at McGrtier’s. We are very pleased and well satisfied with the line styles and wide variety. There are autumn costumes, hats, frocks, coats,

skirtfancy goods, underwear, scarves,

In connection with the visit of His and hosiery in big variety. The quality Excellency, the Governor General, No. ~f the goods is higher and the puces (55 Coy. Senior Cadets are notified to more moderate than those that have parade to form a guard of honour; tall boon seen for many a day. McGruci in at the Drill Hall at 10.10 a.in. to- iin d Co., Hokitika and Greymouth.— morrow. On Sunday at 10.30 a.m. a Advt.

Schroder and Co. have much pleasure in announcing the arrival of the l *- 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.