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Hokitika Guardian, 8 November 1921, Page 2

The linlii Kcddon. dredger, which recently completed a charter by Wanganui Harbour Hoard and overhaul at Wellington, returned to Westport on Friday, after an absence of eleven months. Next Thursday evening in the Supreme Hall a dance is being held tv the Excelsior Football Club to wind up the season. The arrangements are in tb,. hands of a strong committee, while the music will be supplied by the Royal Orchestra. Ladies are cordially invited while a charge of 2fl 6d will 1,0 made for gents. Advt. Mr Jamieson, a well-known Blackball resident, met last Saturday with a very serious qeeident. lie got bis leg very badly crushed by a vehicle, and bad to be conveyed tc llie (Ley lliver Hospital. It was there found necessary for the limb to be amputated, and the operation was performed on Saturday night by Dr Owen Johnston. Latest enquiries show that the sufferer is progressing quite as well as can lie expected. t

Mi .lames Timi Ti. mwits ii notice i” this iss«e. Xortli Island mails hv the Wahiuc connected with the West Const express at Ohristehureh this morning. The appointment of Serneant Charles John Kino to be Inililt' of the Magistrate's and Warden’s Court, at Hokitihn. vice B. l)n#voll (retired) is gazetted as from November 1. A lmrse belonoinp; to Messrs Andrews Bros., butchers was found dead in the stable on Monday mornino. having been choked to death apparently by the halter round its neck.

Two Westport youths mimed Hanson iiml Stevens, fell inrti the Holler Hirer from ono of the stringers of the crane wluu'f on Sunday, ami were nearly drowned, llotli were in a serious plight, as neither could swim, when Mr l.oe, oil the staif of the Km|iire Hotel, the only man in the vicinity, jumped in, without divesting either ot his clothes or lioots, and after great r!ifitcult y rescued first one hoy and then the other, hnth in an exhausted state, and .Mr Leo himself being likewise. His action was most plucky, and will doubtless he duly recognised.

Mr ,1. N. Xalder, Clerk to the Magistrate’s and Warden's Courts at Hokitika for the past twelve years has received notice ol transler to Gisborne. Mr Nalder has filled a number of o tiler public duties including Deputy Uegistrai of the Supreme Court Returning Officer for the elei-loral district of Westland and clerk to tic Westland Licensing Committee. Each and all of bis duties have been carried out in a manner that lias alwa.-s won general commendation, Mr Xnld -r being the most obliging and efficient of officers and bis departure will be greatly missed. In social circles be lias also made a niche that it will be hard to fill, lie has taken a keen interest in golf while lie lias been one of the mainstays of the llokit-ika Howling Club acting as secretary h*' a great many He is a fine player and won the singles championship last yeti' As secretary lie has done a very large amount of work for the Club. His departure will lie generally regretted, by a host of friends who recognise in him a capital public officer and a flee ►port. Mr Xalder will be succeeded at Hokitika by Mr A. filing of Stratford. and Mr T. Morgan or Reefton goes to Stratford.

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Air W. Bernhard issues -a chopping .-lia Benge to Air Phil Alartini in this ssue. The. monthly meeting (if the Westland County (i'Ouhcil took place this afternoon. To-morrow Night! In All Saints Schoolroom, the Girls' Hearthfire Club are having a Grand Wiml-1 p Dance. Good music is being supplied. Supper provided. Admission Is. Advt. Air .1. N. Xalder. who was called away to Wellington ton days ago owing to the sudden serious illness of fits son. is returning overland m-dny. There lias been u considerable improvement in bis son’s condition. At tbo Magistrate’s Court hi Beetion a defendant, in it tniMnfeiian'ec case, was ordered tb pay arrears at tho rate of 15s p'br week iii addition to tho weekly payment of 15s, in default six months’ imprisonment. West Coast items on the estimates include a grant to the howling green and tennis court at- I’uiianga, t'l*2, rendition ground, Riinaiiga, 177, dressing sheds, recreation ground. Denni's,oii. JL'IOO. memorial ot the late Sir A. Guinness, 1:200; subsidy drainage, La l-’ouinim- ( reek, Westland, C 500; Dike OmalH-re drainage, U 350-.

■ 1 1 Mr Samuel Hill. Of Kflrflmuß, passed , away in Westport Hospital on. Saturday at 200 p.in. Deceased had liven siiiiu- tine’ in the hospital. He was a native of Kara men. and is survived by a widow (a daughter of -Mr and MrsOgg. of Charleston) ami two children, aged respectively ti years ami -1 months, i The dentil look place at Westport J on Saturday of Mr John Flowerday, ' master mariner. Deceased was a na- j tive of Norfolk, England, and Imd been ( about 70 years in New Zealand. Had be lived lie would have celebrated his 90tli birthday this month. 11 is wile pie-| deceased him bv three years. There wnu no family. j Mr B. Dowell, bailiff at Hokitika, ik being retired as a result of the re-trinel.im-iit in the Government service'. lie retires at the end of’the month. Ml Dowell has been connectwith court service, for the past l-l \cars es;i-i-pt when on war service at ibe front. He also served in the South African wad. His duties ter- • initiate nt- the eml of the mouth. !

South Westland readers will ho inter, estod to know thot Messrs ('lesson end Co. Clirislchurill, will he opening out at Hard Hari I‘ublie Hall on Monday , Nov 7th. until Saturday Idth. In ad- j dition to taking orders for suits to j nioasure. the firm are offering men’s strong tweed working trousers at I.ts !V1 .men's sweaters Ids 6d, men’s shirts os lid. melt's underwear, ties, sox, etc., at speeial priees. Hoys’ tweed suits, ladies all wool tweed skirts ‘ids. hlonses. iuni|«'i's. otv. at less than shop priees.-- Advt. . Tl.e missiou at pre.-ou; being eondueled in Si Mary's Chuieii in Her fathers O’ I,vary and Vincent lias drawn exceptionally large eongrega- ; lions in both the morning and in the evening. In their sermons each even- j

injr the missionaries have dealt with many burning subjects of the present times. The subjects are arranged in a series of sermons, which have proved most interesting and instructive. The missionaries will speak each evening this week on subjects of similar iinIKirtance to those already dealt with, and the mission will conclude on next evening.

The value of the timber industry to New Zealand was demonstrated by (apt. Mclntosh Ellis, Director of Forestry, in a lecture at Auckland.. Captain Ellis said that the saw milling industry stood second on the fist ot employers for the Dominion, over 35,001) j people being directly dependent on it, j and its pay-roll totalled at least ! 111,5011,000 |x-r annum. For the last ycur the total value of the production wan CM.750,000, and for the previous year L’2,2<X>,ooo. The industry, with its capital investment of 12,1011,000, was second on the list of industries, and its value to the worker was shown by the f.-itt that the wages hill account-. <-d for a greater proportion of the production value than that ol any other industry in New Zealand—l>-> per ceat. I 1 L happened in the Napier did lie'. The sergeant laid just arrived, and .-is : first night was pouring wet. Tliere was ' a knock at the station door, and a i Maori of some twenty stone weight i was admitted. "Who do you want!"

"Von come my place. A mail thee ho annoy my wife ; won’t so away. Non come put him out." "Why don t you chuck him out yourself!' You’re hit; enough. “Mo no likee ; law say me assault him.’’ "Oh, well. I suppose I ail! have to no," said tho v sorgeant. "lie. far your place ?” "(Mi, iust up l! road." After travelling about a mile, stumbling into sumlry ditches, getting soaked through and rather warm in temper, the sergeant arrived, and found an iwidersi/.ed individual sitting over the tire and the Maori woman (certain I l\ looking distressed) sitting hack in a corner. No time was lost, no puestions asked—the unwelcome guest was taken by the scruff of the neck and unceremoniously tired out in?o the road. The sergeant: "Now, why the couldn’t you do that yourself and save me this journey?” The Maori: "Oh, me no likee. Him te bailiff.”—l s ’ >rv from the repertoire of Mr I’’. K. Hunt, S.M.

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