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Hokitika Guardian, 5 July 1921, Page 2

Paoimsmox is having a mixed experience in ike I'nitcd Steps, where il : - oii as it were.'a world trial. Ill* latest accounts h.v cable do not inch *at that the absolute enforcement of pt"’bibit ion is having the eddying >’li u t i liiiincd for it at Lite outset. I lie 10.-s of liberty is living bewailed in a Lu l whose hoast is liberty. 1 lie stern enforcement ol the law has not suppr: ■ - ed illicit drinking, and out ol the- an derground vice, serious development.' arc taking place. Ihe host that :s being said in it- favour is the stamping out of the saloons. It would appear, hu.v ever, that Fnitcd States has gone ■ far in too great a httpry in this matte:. National prohibition is a -cry sweep!!"; change, and so vast r transformation over so wide an area and ponuhitimi is hound to create results., many of wh oil will present tin* unexpected. ‘■■peed is tfie note to life and living in Amort

and a fast moving people will not at eepl tamely the cheeking of their lib" ties in a wholesale wav. It is rath.* typical of mankind in general i' v '

nrohihition of any kind is in the main resented. It is better to mow in a more restricted way. and regulation serves a better puniose for quiet enforcement of tlu* law in t ho direction ot :i set reform. Tn New Zealand the question is being handled more sanely. There is the limitation of hours and the regulation of the trade under spex-i----lir conditions. Even those milder forms of administration are not being o'served as completely as they should, i which shows how irksome restrictive j legislation is to the individual. Human j nature is complex, and for that reason : views with alarm and spirited nbjec- ; tinn the curtailment of those privilege's j w hich if fancies can host he determine'! I, v its own free will. But communities and not individuals have to lie legislated for. and the exceptions have to submit to the laws made for Hie average man. 1 , Tilt*, problem of dellatinn is the greatest e-onoma* issue of tin* limes, and it is not iraiving easily soluble. An exchange asks : What is the problem ? In its lnrg"r scope, the problem is lo reduce in equitable proportions the nriecs that a man receives for what he sell-; and the ! rices he nays for what he buys. Reduel on is necessary, and if the law of siqplv and demand orerated freely and without inferlrroueo. :,rrha ;s He* lest way woeld he to simnlv let things Like them- course ing a virtue of necessity. But the virI ••(• of a system ! '*: t is interfered wit h. temporarily, at every turn, by private interests, is a very qualified sort ol virtue, hence the jus! ileal ion for Slate interference with prices, as a corrective of private interference. Vow. however the downward course of tie- tide ol collation is sweeping with it almost everything. including the revenues of sD'B’s. wherefore the British Government is recoiling from coal and agricultural subsidies, and the New Zealand Government’s last butter subsidy (generally regarded as purely political) is not likely In be renoatod. With the shunning of subsidies l>v impoverished Governments, the situation is being lelt lo won: out its own way, and wo do not know Ih-il much can now he done to rectify the anomalous '■o ,, rs'' of hdlal'on —*- garded as a whole. Tf. however ■ economists can find any bettor way ~f regulating the fall in wages pro • 1 • to Hu* fall of ether things, so as to or re stability without inequity, the readt will he worth while. Prices generally are out of hand hut the price of labour may yet he eased in its descent, in the interests of economic fairness and soejal i.’olicite.l content,

The usual Fire Brigade practice takes dace to-night at 8 o’clock.

Messrs R. Macklcy and Co. storekeepers, Kokatahi have a notice in this issue in reference to overdue accounts. Mr A. B. Spiers of Kttmare, agent for Westland for Dodge motor ears notifies big reductions in price and invites enquiries. T he monthly meeting ol Hie Westland County Council took place this afternoon. Our report will appear to-tnor- . row. • The ferry boat mail from \\ ellingtoii connected by means of it motor car sort ice with the West Coast exptess, out of Christchurch this morning. i A reminder is given ol the euchre leiirnameitt and dance to be held in the Koile-.-angi public Hal! on Thursday next July 7th. Ladies first prize a silk blouse; Cents, three pairs of sucks. Advl. | The total amount of coal exported from (■ rev moil lit la.-t week ’.was •»••!', 9, Intis 9 ewt composed as follows: Blackball I t |0 urns 18 ewt. Beef!on 134 tons i | , Popnro.'i 819 tons ~> cwi. Point Eli•-.ih.etii 273 ams it iwi. Bierwith lIS t. us 17 e vl, Ihtddeley 1 !2 tons 17 ewt, mid )!:•:;(er 99 tons IB ewt. 'Thai i the he**) thing ! have hoard to-day," declared tin* ilou C. J. Ran \| i not ei tor l*.t 1 uea tio ti) at the Aiattut J , i 'anierhun ). after he-aring the . j,,* |, v-it-i r'glti hands tubed, do|.i:e H e oath of a!legianee to King ~,,,] jC|:ipil e. He eong. at ttlated the headmistress, Miss il a rland. mi t his demo ns; rat ion of Tiyaify, and on the way in which the l nee verses of Hie Natimia! Aot'.om were sung. ,- (; ns toe reminded that on to- | in,now (TVednesday) evening, a special | f’.re Tournament and dance is to t ,.j ;t . jjive at St. Mary’s Club Rooms. !'xe. J, nt prh'es have been kindly donat- j ( ,J, foj- the ladies, a hot water hag. He gents a side of mutton. A sp'-eid feature will be the lucky table for which four prizes have been kindly donated. Play commences at eight Jock sharp. Admission \dvt.

The following cable has been forwardid hy*Mr W. 11. Bennett, acting Dominjou secretary of the Protestant Rolitieal Association, to the lion Mr Massey:— -The Protestant Politicai Association ;I,,,sis you as Hie Dominion representai j v(, a: the Imperial Conference to urge L,e :-ppre. sioti of,the Irish rebellion a,,|| ; am:- nance of the integrity of our j Empire. Good wishes.

'idu- settlers of Wataroa and \\ nitangi <; ,iJ in l)i* very well leased at the prn.-peet of the Education | )e| al t imuit | king a,*tion with regard, to a m*w building at Matainui. The m*w s liool . will have a roll of aim' l holars. and no doubt the pestt jj | ~ an allramive one B> the t<:c ,! - oig profession. The new m bool is f> iiu ilt by the Canterbury Education Board.

A . oiing girl who was cycling on the footpath at \\ hatattpoko one ailernoon reeentiv, was accosted by a police olfier in plain clothes, whom she mistook a civilian trying to have a joke with ’ ( >r (slates the Poverty Bay Herald). When the police ohb-er stopped her and ,a id, -I’m afraid I wiil have to take your name and ndiTiess,” she qllieklv 'responded, • , C*h, tin. you cannot do that ; I’m a daughter ol Inspector Cassells.” Tho audacity ot the “hlutl pu,coked a nmr of laughter from tho police otlieer. w’.o happened |o he the ius-ieetii., and he was still laughing .H.iui the young impostor jumped on j t .,- heiveh* and quickly rode aw ay.

Next Saturday at Hokitika a font th grade re]), game wiil he played between teams representing the local suitunion and the Grey union. Tho On-> lentil is as foil lows: MeGinley (Marist). J. Griil'en (Marist). Brown (Stars). Lake (Marist). Williams (Stars), A. Jamieson (luited). MeK,umey (Marist). Heinz (State School) Hogan (Marist). King (Marist). Bartow (Stars), Weaver (Fnitcd). Carruthers (State School), Tiudale (l nitedi Emergencies. Backs: Machcjeski (Mari t). Cotter (Marist). forwards: Fleming (State School), Sliannahan (‘Marist) .

A list ol eeiiieteries lit which New Zealanders art* buried in Groat RiiInilt. was elteioseil with a copy o! the annual report ol (he* Australian Natives’ Association, London, tabled at a meeting of the Wellington B.S.A. \ section of the report dealt with the pilgrimages made to soldiers' graves cut Anzae Day. The chief cemeteries, with tin- numbers ol New Zeatatiders buried there, are:- Oxford, 9: Net ley Hants). | 1 ; I!reckon'mi st (I lants), 93 ; Brookwood (Surrey), 117; Cammek Chase (Stall.), 73: Plymouth, 22; (Y.ilorJ (Wills.), (il!; Tidworth i Wilts.', BP.

Walton-on-Thames, 18. One memhei of the N.Z. Army Nursing Staff is buried in England -at Tiilwofth nuliiarv cemetery. Wiltshire

The seismograph record ol the enrihclll:the on Wednesday morning lots heett developed by Dr C. It. Adams, Cov- ( rimtetti Astronomer, who states that tin' epieent re ot i lio source ol the earthquake was so close to Wellington 1’■ »t it is impossible to tell Irom the record anything more llutn the time :tl which the shake occurred. The location of an epicentre depends on calculations in which factors are the time occupied hy the travel of the diHeronL waves from the epicentre to the recording instrument. When these points are close together there is no noticeable diflerritte in these limes, and that is the cast' with the records under discussion. time of the tirse im|)uls<' recorded was •it). 1 , minutes past 1 o’clock. Dr \dams has received a cable message from Sydney which places the epicentre at fort v miles south-east of \apiei. The sensation of the season ; great fall in Home prices. Schroder’s ready money having secured enormous coni essions, are now able to place thousands of pounds worth of bargains at lowdr price than any other film. Inspection invited. Schroder and Co. Advt. When baby snuffles or sneezes, sprinkle pillow or nightgown with “NAZOL.” Instantly relieves and soothes. ■jv. o f. u . larger air space provided in Clincher Cycle Tyres lengthens the life of the tyre, reduces road shocks, lessens the puncture rink, adds to T°ur rumf-ort. All ovele dealer?-

T: e first aid i-las os will be postponed 1 join to-niglil, until Thursday night, at S o’clock.—Advt.

Among th(> recent acquisitions ol the' Christchurch Museum are a revolver, case and ammunition formerly used hy the gold escort on the Wes! Coast, presented hy'.Mr H. T. Dyer, of St Albans, and a specimen of a grayling, presented by Mr (1. A. Wood. The war-cry of the .Springbok footballers, who will shortly visit New Zealand, is as follows:- “Inkonia ni uai . Nvati. Mo-o-o.” It is coupled up in a scries of gutturals, and means, “What sort of cattle are these? Big hacks, \ cvily.” t'mler the Police Offences Act U provided that a man charged with being an ineorrfgihle rogue may, it he so desires, stand his trial at the Supreme Court. Most men charged with this genteel stale elect to be dealt with ; summarily • but some surprise was cre--1 an d in the Magistrate’s Court, Wellington, when Patrick Smith, alias Nolan, , stated his preference to lie tried by a jury. Cnlcss Smith reconsiders his decision he will have to sojourn in the colls until the next criminal sessions. Discussing financial matters put to him at Auckland, Mr Harold Dcaudiaiup, chairman of directors ol the 15 ink’of New Zealand, stated in reply ,o a question that it would be fatal to adopt any artificial means al regulating the rate of interest. Money, like water, was hound sooner or later to find its own level. If it could _ho more profitably employed outside New . Zealand ii would undoubtedly go <”‘l--1 side He mentioned that one company during the past year had transferred | twtrl.v 1)200,000 to Australia, where m i could get from to 1 per cent more I than in New Zealand, and have the ! benefit <>f a slightly lower rate of taxai tin*.

\t the meeting on Thursday oi the Poller Licensing Committee, members t ,„nplained that the regulations of the Health Department in regard to small comitrv hotels were too stringent. If some of the Department’s requisitions were carried out, it would mean the entire reconstruction of the building. The demands made l»y the Department were framed in Christchurch, and the city standard was not applicable to small country hotels. No less than twelve demands were made regarding one small hotel, including a hot water service, concrete floors, new bathrooms etc. It was also pointed out that the insecure tenure was a difficulty license's had to face. They could nut I • expected to make extensive improvements with the possibility of Prohibition being carried.' Tt licensees bad a five nr ten years’ tenure, they would have more confidence. The cbairm: u (Mr Maunsell. S.M.) remarked that if tlv Health Department insisted on condemning hotels which were mreeieri by the borer, he was alrai'l it would mean the extinction of practically every hotel on the West Coast.

Heyward’s big Christchurch fire salvage stocks bought i roin Lloyds, the big Insurance Coy. at 33 J% oil London prices. In consequence one of the

world’s biggest salvage sales commences Saturday. July Ist. Water, fire and smoke damaged goods at paltry prices. You cannot possibly miss this great buying advantage. The Insurance Coy s big loss is your gain. Doors open at 10 a.m. ( McGurr and Co., Hokitika and Oreymon:' • -Adv^.

It is hotter t ■ he circus watching the dirt, grease end paint fly from mechanics’ overalls wh.cn “NO RUBBING” Laundry Help gets to work.— John Parkhili, agent for “NO RUBBING.” For Coughs and Colds, never fails. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. The welcome slump in price lias come at last. .So while it lasts you will always find our price the lowest. Thou sands of pounds worth are being sacrificial by u \ to make room for thousand? more lung-tins already secured from die worlds mnikets. \ isit bchrodei am' Co. It will pay you. Advt.

North British Solid Truck Tyre; cany the bulk of New Zealand's lienvj loads, in all weathers, on al! classes ol roads. Fitted by 11. Smith, Mot.n Garage; Greyrnoutli. local ag> uts.