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Hokitika Guardian, 25 August 1921, Page 2

Messrs J. Ballantyne and Co. make a special announcement of their stocks ol tobralco. The Chief Postmaster reports the ferry mail madd a close connection with, tlic AYest Const express this morning, and some bags of mail were left behind at Christchurch. A meeting of the Pirates football Club will be held in Mclntosh's Club rooms on Saturday night at 7.30 o clock. AH accounts to be rendered to 11. Wells before the meeting.—Advt. A charming selection ol spring mil-, liner.v lias been opened up at Mrs J. Lloyd’s. On Saturday, Aug. 27th, we are having our show of high class Paris models, ready-to-wears and untrimmed shapes. Come along and choose yours 1 before the pick lias gone. The many friends of Mr and Mrs - F. Wood of Westport, will regret to • bear of the death, in her 23rd year, ol their oniv daughter, Miss Ethel Wood, ’ who passed away in the Holler Hospital. The deceased was a member of -the 1 clerical staff of the Btiller County I Council. | A ball will be held in the Public Hall, ( Kanieri to-morrow (Friday) evening in aid of the funds of the Hokitika Beautifying Association. Good music and ’ ; good floor. Admission: Gentjpmen 2s; ladies Is.—Advt. Monday was a. full day of sunshine with 10 hours 20 minutes recorded. . Tuesday bad just a few minutes short . 1 of ten hours, while yesterday was also | another good day, and to-dav has also opened well, a remarkable contrast to ' the weather m the end of last week. The atmosphere has been very clear and the days most pleasant. The social at Kanieri Public Hall tomorrow evening, arranged by local Indies in aid of the funds of the Beautify* ing Society promises to be a pronounced success. The music, M.C., a lid sop- | per will be all that is desired, and danj <rrs will have a splendid time. It be- | loves all lovers of the Society and of | dancing to roll up and make tho function a. great success. Shilling sale, four days only, com- ■ [noticing Friday, Aug. 26tli. and ending , Tuesday, Aug. 30th. The final kick of the greatest sale we ever bad. The great no profit event which takes Hokitika by storm. This time greater quantities, bigger bargains. See big price list of bargains circulating through this newspaper Friday. Don’t miss this the mighty and magnificent top dog of all sales. Doors open 9 o’clock. Get down early. MoGrtier and Co., Hoki- | lika and Greymouth,- Advt, I Now that spring cleaning is the order I of the day, we would draw your nt--1 tention to our new stock of linoleums, ’ carpet runners, hearth rugs, squares ! and hangings. These are decidedly well I worth your inspection at Schroder art l Co’s.—Advt. In the summer season plenty of sharks are to be found bear the shores i'ii the coast of New Zealand. The I question is worth considering whether these “tigers of the sea” may not have' a commercial value. In the American “Export Journal” there appears a pic—i ture of catching sharks, and underneath it are the words, “Tanning slmrk ' skins as a leather substitute has become an important industry in the United States.” A Chinese steward, who sailed from Sydney on the steamer Victoria for liong-Kong on August 4, was considerably enlightened as to the wiles of confidence men, hut made poorer by €390. He made the acquaintance of two men. They learned that, the Chinese had read'money, and suggested to him that it would be considerably enhanced in value if he were to change the notes into gnh l On learning when the Victoria was to sail, the men made an appointment for the transaction to take place. The steward turned up at a house mentioned, and he was met outside by the magsmen. Then he handed over the bundle of notes, and was told to “wait there” while the men went inside, ft dawned upon the Chinese after a long wait that the bargain was becoming rather onesided, and he told the police.’ The Southern 'Cross, the boat of •’ Melanesian .Mission, will not make her usual trip in September, unless L’o'JOt is realised between this and the 15th of next month. Preaching at the Cathedral recently, Archdeacon llaggitt explained that the cause was not the falling off of offerings, hut abnormal expenses e.g., extensive repairs to the boat, high prices of stores during the war and a loss of nearly Clooo incurred by the outbreak of influenza in the Islands last year, necessitating an a;ld : - ( tional trip. The Southern Cross was, of course, the very bond of the mission It joined together the mission from end to end, and was the connecting link between the home liases and the battlefrimt. Our missionaries out there, our representatives in the fighting line, with the teachers and the hoys at the schools < must have tho stores that were carried 1 in the boat. For Children’s Hacking Cough, j Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. A gobd thing has many imitations. : tinier “NAZUL” by name. Refuse 1 -nt.»ft Mutes No cold is Nazol proof, J niiiii "” UlJl * |

Advice lias been received of the death on Sunday of Mrs Walter Panckliurst, formerly of Greymouth. Deceased, who has resided in New Plymouth for some years, leaves a sorrowing husband and three children to mourn their loss. , Just arrived, second lot of Spring and Summer Millinery. Also our indent order of coat frocks, “the very latest, - ’ besides costumes that are, never out of date, at very moderate price. An early inspection is urgently requested; for many were too late to get suited out of the first shipment of millinery. F . Schroder and Co. —Advt. Some idea of the effect of. Prohibition upon the character of the liquor that continues to mitigate the theoretical drought is conveyed by a letter recently. received by a‘Christchurch importer of American periodicals. The American exporter sent the following explanation of a shortage in the last shipment “We had the very unfortunate experience of having 200:00 dollars’ worth of periodicals almost completely destroyed in the express office eii route to us. As you know, the States are going through the first stages of Prohibitum, and this was a ease where a carload of so-called ‘bootleg’ exploded, thus causing the damage to our consignment. “Simply marvellous how “NO-RUB-BING” Laundry Help acts up to its good name.” From all stores.—Advt.