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Hokitika Guardian, 10 November 1921, Page 2

A Nkw Voiik coi ivs| miili’iit i i ti ll u - I til*' 111'"' restrictive imniigiutiiin law that hail come into force ; n l nitcd States in July stated that I In' ini. migration question there was always an cxtioiiH'ly live siihjeet, once those who w:int ehi'a]i Inhour ami those who don’t are in eoiitinua! eoillliet. Also there is ’the eolltiimnl fear among the “real Anierieans” of being swam Pi’ll hy the Kiiropean hordes. To a ad the ellliliee of being detained at I ill is Island, the horrors of which exist ihiell.v in the imagination, vast •nimhers of passengers on their way to < liina, Australia. New Zealand are landing at Quebec, and travelling tliroiigli fanada. instead of passing through .Vi w York, as they originally intend 'd. A number of Greeks and Turks were held up outside the three mile at the ell I of July, as they had exceeded their quota for that month and nn I to he landed in August to comply with the regulations. The angry South African wlin had eome to visit friends here, and was held up at ‘Kllis Island is perliaps a unii|ue ease of a passeng-r who. rather than appeal to Wash ligtou. turned round and went straight home a i'll in. When there are a lari'? number of s tee race passengers the whole ship has been held up and with it first and second-class passengers. who would ordinarily have been a"owed to land. Til this way tiresome delays have occurred and a good deal ol nervousness on the part of intending' visitors and immigrants has been occasioned. Kllis Island itself has its work cut out. -It is very much in 'he public eye, and its only safety lies in literal adherence to the law as it is able to interpret it. Dealing with thirty or forty nationalities, with almost **verv ease dill'ering a little from the last; involved in a network of not always coherent restrictions; having all the time to make new interpretations; it is not surprising that delays oeimr and protestations are many. ’I here is also extreme jealousy among the different nationalities and the upshot of « dispute often depends upon the degree of articulateness of the national. It is only necessary to remember the vexatious restrictions of British passport offices, and to magnify the problem many times to gain some idea of the difficulties which confront both the immigrant and the authorities in this Country,

Men’s wear at attractive prices is advertised by Addisons in this issue.

A Juvenile plain and fancy dress bail will be held in the Town Hall, Rimu. to-morrow (Friday) Evening.- Advt. The committee of the Westland A. and P. Association meet on Saturday at the County Chambers at 1 30 p.m. Business important.

Word was received last evening of tne death at Petmie of Mr Hugh Beveridge late proprietor of the l’u.-t Office Hotel Eoxtotl, dm 1 to pleurisy. Deceased "as a brollicr-in-law <4 Mrs .!. Tnker "t Aialoira.

In loiiueeiioii with Armistice Day eolehratioii. to-morrow (Friday! at 11 • i,'clock, by command of Hi- Maiesiy ! all work and locomotion is u> j cea-c lor a period of two minittos. lln : loebcll at No. 1 station will ring out | a peal during the period.

j The Catholic residents of Kokatalu district are notified that Mass will n#t : Ik celebrated there on Sunday next. 1 Nov. 13th. Due notice will be given l of the date of the next celebration. Mass will be celebrated at Kamen as usual oil Sunday. Nov. 20th., at 8.30

Master W, Hynes, the eleven-yetir-old -on of Mr and Mrs John Hynes oi Nel„,n Creek died at his home on Monday morning. Hegeasid cn.Urnc-ted measles ahont ten wombs ago; cumplteatioiis followed and he was admitted to the Grey Rivet Hospital about six weeks ago. Little could 'w dime for him and he. was removed to bis home on Sunday afternoon.

Mr P Morgan, Government Geolouist. while visiting Grcpmouth 'arlmr h, the week viewed the Morgan ream j,( point Elizabeth under the auspices of the Mines Department. The purpose of the geologist’s visit was, it is understood, to ascertain this particular seam’s mineral value. It is believed Hoit t.he decision arrived at was that i, i- futile to prospect any further as tlm seam apparently is all but worked out, Should this prove to be the case the authorities will draw the pillars mill conclude prospecting work at tinpoint.

Don’t forget to come along to t »• Supreme Hall this evening where the Excelsior Wind-Up Dance will be held If von do not dance come along and s( ,„' the decorations and listen to the famous Royal Orchestra rendering the latest tunes with plenty of jazzy stall thrown in. The supper arrangements havp been well carried out by a strong ladies’ committee and will b 0 all that can be desired. The floor will bo in the capable bands of the popular M.C. Mr Weir Sunnier. Ladies are cordially invited tn be present, while n. charge of ‘2s fid will lie made for gents to defray expenses. Dancing commences at 8.30 o’clock sharp. A good night’s entertainment is guaranteed.—Advt.

Mr E Tolhurst. who had for «"iue time keen employed in Messrs Mi afford and Blair’s sawmill nt I’afnra. d" d yesterday morning in the Grey Hospital after n very short illness. 'Dulate Mr Tolhurst was born in Tasmania about 57 years ago and in the eailj days was trading between Hobart and Greymouth. About 2.i or 30 years ago lie gave up seafaring life and since then had been employed at the mills. H«* was takt'ii suddenly ill few days in such a serious condition that- he was taken to hospital, and operated on in mediate, ly. He showed a slight im provoment after the operation and the nows of bis death came as a. surprise. The deceased bad an relatives hi New Zealand, but a sister resides m Victoria.

Further details of the "smugglers’ paradise” in the Bahama Islands are given by tlie ’‘New York Herald.” whose special correspondent spent several weeks in the little British archipelago seeing the mechanism of the great supply system for satisfying the parched American throat. ‘'Since, liquor became more than half of its total trade,” the correspondent adds, “the colony has become rich, and is the only British colony without .a public debt.” Settlement Point, at the extremity of the archipelago, which is only 45 miles from the American coast, is one of the chief smugglers’ haunts. “Forty or fifty motor-boats.” says the correspondent, “were riding at nneboi, and farther out lay two big schooners, which were formerly Massachusetts fishing craft. To all these were going steady streams of barrels and eases, Isinie by Negroes, men and women, who sang continually a weird chant. The smaller of the two schooners made C 135.000 this year.”

Forty thousand tons of the bones oi birds, testimony to the ruthless greed of man. wliiteu the beaches ot l.aysea Island a speck mi the I’acilie 700 miles north-west- of Hawaii. It hr: keen i ported to the United Stales Government by officers of a revenue cutter, which' has returned from a cruise of investigation. Vessels are being fitted out at Seattle to fetch the bones, which will be disposed of as fertiliser. Until a few years ago. uninhabited La.vsan bad been a secure breeding place for many varieties of sea birds, and nt one time the feathered population was estimated to number at least a million Then plume hunters fitted out expeditions to the place, and in a single season destroyed 300,000 birds. Their plumage found a ready market in China and Japan, and the island was being fast depopulated when a passing Government vessel was attracted by the huge piles of skin-stripped can-eases which littered the beaches, and drove the poachers off. Since then the birds have been more or lews successfully protected.