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Hokitika Guardian, 30 September 1921, Page 3

NEWS BY

A rather serious aceident happened (c Mrs Withers a couple of nights ago She tripped and fell while carrying aj i aiming knife in her hand, am! was Imcily cut alnmt the hand necessitating •cvcnd stitches being; put in.

Early this month a notification was made by the Board of Trade to merchants concerned that limited quantities of fowl wheat would he allowed importation into the Dominion, nrovided that certain conditions were conformed tc The hoard has considered the applications received, and has granted to most of the leading firms in tie- Dominion permits to import limited quantities. The hoard Has now decided that no imore permits will he recommended for the present. There will he an eclipse of the sun on October 2nd. and one of the mooli mi October 17th, hut neither phenomenon is visible in N’ewf Zealand. r l he phi net Mercury will set mi October Ist at 8.1 p.m., and on October loth at 8.81 p.m. ; it will lie some distance to the south of west, and, as it will ho during the earlier part of the nmntli brighter than any of the tiixed stars except Sirius and Canopus, it should he easily detected. Towards the close of the month it will move vary rapidly towards the Sum. w ith which body it will lie in conjunction on October .list. \ onus rises on October Ist at 4.45 am. and on October loth at -1.20 a ni. . Mars rises oil tlieso dates at -1.87 a.in. and 1.1 a.m. respectively ; Jupiter uses on October Ist at 5.22 a. lll. an-.l on i October loth at .1.40 a.m. Saturn rises 1 ,m these, dates at o.lfi a.m. and 4.25 a.m., respectively. Venus will b" in j conjunction with Mars on October 3rd l at 10.18 p.m.. with Saturn on October 22ml at 11.25 p.m.. and with Jupiter on, October 20th at 3.42 a.m. The ] losenee of these four planets should form a striking sped licit l in the eastern sky towards tin- middle ,if the month.