Thoughts For The Times

Hokitika Guardian, 16 August 1921, Page 2

Thoughts For The Times

A Film Protest. American films will always predominate in numbers and our market- will always be flooded with them. But at least we can see that those which preach | a lower standard that that of the true j American and the true Englishman j shall not he. dumped here and shown broadcast to our people .

The annual meeting of the Hokitika Bowling Club will be held in the pavilion to-morrow evening at 7 o’clock sharp. | A notice in connection with Hun 439, Okarito laigoon, of interest to property owners in the locality, appears in this issue. i .Messrs W. Jeffries and Co. notify a c store stock sale at Arahura yards on | .Monday next after the ordinary fat , ] stock sale. | Messrs M. Houston and Co announce j the sale by auction on Sept 7th on behalf of Messrs Ferguson Bros, of the whole of their first class herd of forty choice dairy cows, due in Sept-Oet; also . a dozen good milk cans. The weekly euchre tournament and dance will be held in St -Mary’s Club rooms to-morrow (Wednesday') evening! at 8 o’clock. Good prizes, supper pro- j vided. Admission Is.—Advt. j Owing to floods the upward mail from Far South to Weheka, did not connect with the south mail that arrived this morning. The delayed mail will not therefore reach Hokitika till next week. Thursday Night! At All Saints Schoolroom. Grand fancy dress masquerade dance is being held by the Girls Hefcjthfire Club. Good Music. Good Hour. Grand March at 8 p.m. sharp. Supper provided. AdmissionLadies a plate. Gents Is.—Advt. Many were drowned on the North Coast (N.S.W.) in this last record flood yet the death-roll would have been bigger luit for hundreds of heroic bits of rescue work, most of which will never be recorded, a “Bulletin” contributor says. Mary Staunton is a slip of a girl living with her parents at Knox I a: . Miirmillumbah. They were marooned, and when a rescue boat arrived it could not get close enough to the house, so this gii;l swam out to the boat, not once, lmt four times and each time carried with her a younger brother or sister. Another Murwillumbah girl, Linda Hess swam across the rushing waters of the flooded street from her home to the -Australian Hotel twice j and each time carried a younger sister on her back. A little later she sumlarl.v rescued two other children, and I only laughed in the Australian way * when praised for it. The flood swept away all her own belongings, and she was left with only the dress she swam l in ' “Stranded” is the heading of an editorial article in the August issue of “Quick March” in regard to the sad plight of many ex-soldier settlers on the" land. “They staked their savings and undertook liabilities in the confidence that wool and meat would not ‘slum])’, states “Quick March.” “For this feeling of confidence they can point to Parliament aml_ the Government and to the public as a whole, those struggling settlers "ill now need whatever considerations the members o‘ the Government and others van give it enable them to win their way throng’ these very difficult times. The position 1 of these men is well worth saving, not only for their own sake but for the community's benefit. The collapse ol these producers would be a misfortune to the Dominion. There would be not ■ only the immediate loss of productive - power, but in many cases the crash i would impair H>e efficiency of the men > who would l e leaving the land and he > ginning a new tattle with a load < < debt and heavy anxiety.” Mothers 1 protect your little one* t from colds and coughs. Give them - “NAZOL” on sugar. Sprinkle haby’s , pillow. Safe and pleasant. 1 For Children’s Hacking Cough, AVoods’ Great Peppermint Cure. 1 An ideal spirit for both sexes WOLFF'S SCII NAP P L | Carry it in your pocket. “NAZOL” | protects from colds, coughs and son i | throats. Penetrating, pleasant,, safi | and convenient Is fid buys fit) doses.