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Hokitika Guardian, 30 September 1921, Page 2

eil. Vjilik's won l l.aiw stores C--17s to C.'l 4s, medium stores C2 Is lo eO Ms, oootl wejmers L'l -Is lo Cl 12s (id, sumll wennors 12s lid to Cl, sows in )iiti to Co os.

Miss Moore (Hokitika) and Mrs .1. M’. Hannan (Greyinnutli) left yesterday morning to attend the New Zealand bailies’ Golf championship nicotine; at; llorotauiigy. j To-morrow night in the Supreme i Hall tile usual Saturday night dance j will be held by the Kiwi Football Club j Good 'Music. Good Hour. Admission Is.—Adrt. ! When the karaka blooms prolusely * it is a sign of a warm summer to I according to the Maori. Whether this, is so or whether it is the natural j effect or a mild winter and spring, the kurnkn trees are blossoming most won- i derl'ullv this year, states a North Island paper. | On Saturday, October Ist., Addisons are making a complete show ol all millinery, comprising models, straws, etc., specially selected by their London hovers, and extend a cordial invitation to all ladies to visit t' air showroom on that day. Town and country residents are invited to visit the new cash stores oC Aldridge and Adamson in Hevell St., who are making their opening display to-morrow. The general public will he pleased with the fine array of goods and be better pleased with the low prices quoted. .Mrs T. Merriman, a well-known resilient of lltinanga, and sister ol Mrs W. Cooper, of Hi 111 it. had the misfortune to sustain a fractured leg through a tall from a bicycle while cycling through the township about n..'V> on Wednesday evening. The sufferer has iamoved » the Grey-mouth Hospital, where she is progressing as Well as might he expected. In the course of a review of the position of the teaching staffs of education hoards and the employment of organising teachers the Minister of Kdueation stated that until recently Canterbury and Hawke’s May districts were overstaffed hut the, hoards in these districts voluntarily acted on information sup- ' plied to them by the Department and reduced their staffs to more reasonable dimensions, in fact (anteihury eotitemplated further reduction. Other ' districts were not overstaffed. ’ It is understood that as a. consequence of the recent- defalcations in the ofliee of the State Coal Department at Christchurch, whert a junior clerk was convicted of theft of a large sum, that an inquiry into the ollic-* system Uas resulted in the dismissal ot the manager ol the State f oal depot, Christchurch, the senior clerk, the auditor icsponsihle lor the ovei sight ot the particular accounts, and an accountant at the head ollice. One day lasi week, says the Lyttelton “’rimes.” Mr Orton Mradley. ot Charteris Mav. Mint out a man to collect some sand from the beach for his ilower garden from a (dare known nt the hav as William Anderson l’oiiit. While the man was engaged digging the sand he canto across the skeleton nf a Main i, the fingers of the tight band clasping a stone axe. Ihe axe, a very fine specimen, is being kept by Mi- Mradley. who stated that it was no unusual tiling years ago to find skeletons on the waterfront at Charteris May. . At Addington stock sales on Wednesday a good entry of fat pigs met with a iirm demand, and the values ot both polk and bacon were well up to recent prices. Values were:’—Choppers LI to its 10s. light haconcrs L 4 Ins to Ln IDs, heavy hiieoncrs Ln Ins to LI) Ins, extra heavy haconcrs to L 7 -"is, average price per ib !)cl, light porkers L.l Mis IO LI 10s, average price per 111 IOJd to 10<d. An unusually large numher of store pigs was forward, but the keen ness of the market was well maintain

'Plk* ouciire and ilsimv which was hold at St .Mary’s ('lull rooms last Wednesday evening, was again a great success. There was keen competition tor sealed envelope prizes, of which no less than eight were offered. The ladies’ first was won by Mrs W. Keller and the second by .Miss X. O’Connor. The gent’s first was won by Mr Thus. (•dcojy, and tin* second by Mr It. Uoherts. The consolation prizes went to Miss J. Sou lor and Mr (lon. Bakin. Mrs A. Leslie and Mr !\ Johnstone won the special prizes, winning 1 -nr and five games respectively. After slipper the ball was cleared and dancing kept up till midnight. Miss K lteid supplied the music, and Mr Breeze had charge of the floor. It was repored to the North Canterbury Hospital Hoard on Wednesday that Dr (J. -J. Blackmon*, Medical Director of Tuberculosis Institutions, had written stating that immigrants were arriving from London suflering from tuberculosis. The letter had been lurwaided to the Department of Health, calling attention to the apparent laxity at either the port of embarkation or on arrival in New Zealand. It was slat mI that one woman who had arrived in the Dominion had been suflering from tuberculosis, before leaving Kngland. She lnnl six children. Tin* chairman stated that old * one |hm*soii who arrived this year had been treated by tin* Board for the disease. Sin* had tome out to go into domestic service. When she left London, her medical certificate watf satisfactory. It was decided to bring the matter under the notice of the Direetor-deneral of Health, and of the health officer at

Christchurch. At the Magistrate's Court. Hokitika yesterday, before Mr \\ Meldrum S. M.. tin' lionrin*' was concluded of a case ]>:■ i-tty heard at lioss tin* pluvious ilny. This wis u chiim by 11. ('. lloulnlinn, oil behalf ol Crowley and Co. (Mr Murdoch) v. (1. mid A. Sutherland (Mr Hilkiiigton). for £92 195.. goods supplied. Defendants admitted a liability of til! odd. and claimed the statute of limitations for the halmce of tin’ account and also that the a<- ! count was contracted by tlieir parents, j .deceased, without their knowledge. Af- j ter hearing lengthy evidence, judgment | was given for tlti/fi/l, )daintilf being j non-suited for the balance, his Worship j station lie considered defendants ueie j not aware of and had not undertaken j the respossibility for the balance of the. account. Court costs C 3 (>*•. , counsels fee £2 12s were allowed plaintill'. J j Now that spl ine cleaning is the order of the day, we would draw your attention to our new stock of linoleum , j carpet runners, hearth rugs, squares and hangings. These are decidedly well worth your inspection at Schroder ai d £y>*s. — Advt, i Head eol<U, throat eolds 4 fhest colds, in,. qVtivklA vellev?d by ’'NAEOL.’ 1 iviiktirdihii iwul sofitWrig, W fIW h Mi

,\ meeting °I the Sehool Wnr Alenorinl Committee will !)•- li"l(l on Mnn|ay evening at 8 o’clock. A. Socket k, lon. See. —Advt. Whitebait came up the river m fil ”' liumkors ’yesterday ami a good many tins lull were netted during the day.. Die. catch this morning was not ncaily is large as yesterday*. \ meeting of the Kiwi Kootliall Mul, takes place in Mclntosh's dooms aj-niorrow evening at 7 o’clock sharp. \!| mcinhcrs must he present .is husi less is important. Messrs Dee Bros, wholesale nn-1 reail grocers, have pleasure in submit:ing their cash price list of goods, all ,1 a quality of the very host. Goods ivill he delivered to all parts of the listrict. There promises to be a very 1-ngt ittenihince at the Pirates hall at Hn»n „„ Monday cvenijig. All 'iters and friends arc requested to put in an ap]iearanee to mark appreciation of tie Cluh’s success. The following will represent Excelsior juniors in the match with Kokatahi juniors at Kokatahi to-moi row : Thomp.-Km Poirham, Harris, l'rcston Montagu (’2). Pierson. I.aicomhe. Butiaiul. Cibhons. Aitkcn. Mac.farlanc. ] Baird. Nightingale. MacDonald. Kubinson’s l.orry will leave the Pioneer Memorial at 1.1-3 sharp. Call along.at the Rivoli to-morrow and view our display of choicest fruits including pines, passions, bananas, mandarin*, tomatoes, pears, apples and Californian oranges and lemons. If you can’t call, ring up Rhone No 20 and your orders shall receive our prompt attention. —Advt. Correct corsets for lashionahle costumes, just in a shipment of Britain s best glove fitting rustless C.B. corsets. A style for every figure, comfortable to wear, absolutely correct in style. Stylish dressers should inspect the new model corsets now showing at MeCruer and Co., the leading drapers, Hokitika and Grey mouth. —Advt. The more ( profits you escape when buying, the letter it is for your pocket. Instances of this are given ill the following items. Strong working trousers warehouse price Bi/0, same retail 17.fi; navy drill work shirts 8,11. same retail 120; saddle tweed trousers 20/0; all wool sox 2,:5. 2/0. 2/0 pel' pair; ladies all wool tweed skirts all sizes 27/0; Mens all wool grey sweaters 12/0. East but not least. All Wool sac suits to measure with extra pair of trousers for eo, 10/-. If you wish for partieiiUrs w rite to Glasson's Cashel Street. Christchurch at the earliest opportunity. Money will lie refunded in any purchase not approved of. Advt.