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Hokitika Guardian, 20 June 1922, Page 2

A notice in the estate of the late I’etcr Homle. of Hemic's Ferry, appears in tins issue.

North * Island mails and passengers connected with the West Const express at Christchurch this morning.

The Progress League meeting takes place to-night at the County Chambers at 7.30 o’clock. A full attendance of members is desired.

It was announced in last Thursday's “Gazette” that chicken-pox. or varicella lias hen removed from the list of infectious diseases notifiable under the Health Act. 1920.

Regulations '.azetted last week with regard to private mail-hags proscribes that “not more than one family may Use the .cunt private mail-hag, but correspondence addressed to mid sent by guests cf the hirer of a private mail-bag. his employees, and the families of the employees, may he enclosed therein. The hirer shall lie responsible for the postage of all unpaid letters enelrsed in his hag, and. for returning receipts for all those which may . he registered.”

The manlier in which land values have fluctuated i- well illustrated by the history of a property of 1500 acres some distance south ol Hamilton. Three years ago it. was bought for £45 .-i,n acre, the price when if was bought from the Government 12 •■ears before being £1 an at re, tmt it was then quite unimproved. Three months ago the owner offend the irorte-ngee £IO.OOO to “let him nut.” He replied liv offering to reduce the mortgage by £13.000 to “stav in.”

Just read this carefully! It you’re mind is made up about purchasing a n w pair of hoots or shoes in the near future, these prices must interest you. ’! ''ey’re the lowest on the Coast and the quality the best. Alcn’s stamhirdis?d black and tail derby hoots :’4s (Id, strong heel and toe plate boots 20s Od, Muellers 11s lid, Indies’ glace Ox for I shoes 21s. glace derby shoes 255. children’s shoes (7 to 0) Ills. (10 to 13) 10s (id, (1 to 2) 11s. At the New Zealand Ui. tiling Factory, largest outfitters in the Dominion.—Advt.

In the annual Defence report to Parliament mention is made of the fact that there are still eighty-six men who were entitled to war gratuities ranging from £l6O downwards who have made no application for the money. A belated applicant, the “Dominion" states turned up at the Defence .Office the other clay-and made his claim good Lo the gi'ntuilty the New (■<>- < iovernment rewarded the returned soldiers with on the termination of their service in the Expeditionary Force.

We regret to record the death of Mr (:. 1 Saiissnunm, of BritUm Street, which took place this morning at his residence about 9 o'clock, after an illness extending over five weeks. The c'e.-eased w;o n native of Silesia and 66 vonrs of age-, lie ramo to New Zealand about 40 years ago with the German Hand, and settled here, having been a well-known resident of the town _ ever since. For many years he was Valuer for the Westland County Council, and filled a number of semi-public offices. Deceased leaves a wife and family ot Mi sons and 2 who will lijiyo ttfe (.loop sympathy of a wido circle of friends in their trouble. The funeral will take place on Thursday afternoon.

Regarding matriculation examinations,''the Hon. C. J. Part- (Minister for Education), stated in Auckland that this year there were 4000 candidates, and the examinations were getting rather unwieldy. If it was good enough for the University to have internni examinations and degrees awarded <>n the reports of the professors, then it was good enough for some system of granting passes in matriculation cm the recommendation of a competent headaster. possibly assisted by an inspector. The headmaster knowbetter than anyone else who was entitled to go forward to the university. This would do away with the present overlapping and unwieldy system of matriculation examinations in this country.

Recent developments in tlie M’aihi mine at depth, particularly on the Edward roof, have been such that the future of the minimi industry on the; field looks distinctly brighter than for some vcars past. The operations which have disclosed these encouraging features, together with extensive exploratory work being carried on in other directions, have, however, involved the rompaii.v in such increased expenditure that latterly little or no margin of profit has remained from the mining and milling. Tn order to meet the high production costs, and to ensure a, margin of profit, the mnagement has decided to increase the monthly output. A start has been made to work the ftdl twenty-four hours with three shifts. Tt is understood that this will lead to the handling daily of an additional 100 tons of quartz which would increase the output by apnroximatelv 2100 tons for each fourweekly period. The money value of the yield, assuming that the ore gives an average of from 32s to 34s per ton, should he some £4OOO. Just landed—A large consignment of dessert and cooking apples in 401 b oases. Price 8s 6d to 10s according tq variety. Paterson, Miehel and (30.. T<td: > t 9,

A meeting in regard to the Robert 1 Burns memorial will be held at the County Chambers at 7.30 o’clock on Friday night next.

The Westland County Council is inviting tenders in this issue for constructing and draining thirty chains or Evans Road. Tenders close ou luesday, July 4th.

The record of bankruptcies for the Dominion for last month shows 89 business failures, the motor trade contributing 14, farmers 9, and labourers 7s. The tally of bankruptcies this year will be very much larger than for some years past.

The sale is recorded at New Flymouth, at 050 guineas of a six months Friesian bull out of Alcatra Clotilde l’ietje, which has yielded 850 pounds ot butter fat ill n little over eight months ibis season. The price is a Dominion record for anv breed. The vendor is Mr Vernon Marx, of Mnngatoki, ami the purchasers G. A. Merchant and Sens, Cardiff.

The death took place oil Sunday evening. of Mr das Simpson, an old and highly esteemed citizen of Westport. Deceased, though failing in health, had only heeli seriously ill for about a week. He'was a native of Scotland, and leaves a widow and a son and two married daughters. On Fridav hist the death took place at Westport, at his residence, Peel SI,, of Mr .John O'Cal high an. proprietor o the Uovflt Hotel, Westport. Deceased had been in ill-health for some time. He was it native of Distort .>l. Ireland. (>3 rears of age and had been 13 years in New Zealand. He is survived by a sorrowing widow and a grown-up family of foiy daughters and two .sons. The I.a dies Hockey Dance takes place in the Supreme Hall to-night. Air A. H. Lawn supplying the music. At the conclusion of McLean’s Pictures the Royal Orchestra,Jflili be in attendance to farewell thefp'violinist Air Flewellan who leaves fop Ore.Vmoiitli oil Wednes* day moriiiiigf Admission—Gentlemen 2s; Ladies Is. Supper provided.— Adrt. About two o’clock this morning a large blaze near Graham’s sawmill on the" Shallow Rush track lit up the surrsmndj ng place. It proved to he a large lot of silver pine posts that were on lire. Luckily the flames did not reach the sawmill itself. The I'ire Brigade authorities were advised of the outbreak, hut it was recognised that the Brigade could do no good if they had been called out. *

lii connection with the Social Hygiene Society Mrs H-obei'ts (President of the Canterbury. Women’s branch will give tlireri talks to girls in All Saints’ Schoolroom, on Wednesday at 7 p.ni., and on Thursday and Friday at 7.30 p.ni. All girls over 13 years are invited to attend. It ha s been decided to make a charge of 3d admission to help towards Mrs Roberts’ expenses.

The Committee of Ways and Means appointed by the late Conference of Local Bodies to go into the question of an Industrial Exhibition to be held here in January, 1924, to mark the diamond jubilee of the province, will meet at tlie County Chambers at 7.30 o'clock next Thursday evening. A draft report has been circulated among the numbers of thb Committed for cons'deration and will form the basis of discussion nt Thursday night’s meeting.

The capital spell of fine weather ex--1 ericiiced during the past, four weeks has had a somewhat unpleasant feature of late for housewives and others living in the country. There is a shortage of water for household and stuck purposes, generally, and many have to carry water for ordinary purposes. This is exceptional at this time of the year, the middle of the winter, to-morrow being tlie shortest day of tbe year. The sunshine recorded nt Hokitika for tbe past four weeks, over lflt) hours is something of «, record for tills period of tbe year. Though there have been fresh-', Jthe weather being.so dry. it has not been very cold at nights, while the sunshine lias proved delightful daily.

t tin* last meeting of Kinnnra Borough Council, tlu* Public Works Cuftimittee reported the water table on the Zig Zag Hoad had been denned out and a culvert in Main Street repaired. Tt was resolved on the motion of Cr Mnrtvn, seconded by the Mayor, that the Kesdient Engineer be written to on the had state of the Zig Zag road, and asked that something he done. It was resolved that 50 lengths of curbing lie. procured to repair the decayed portions of the kerbing in the main thoroughfares. It was resolved that in future the price for connections with the Borough Main used for power purposes he as follows, viz., one inch jet £5; two-inch iel £lO per year. :

To-day in every important town in New Zealand people know that tbe CTotbing Factory is the bouse for topmost values. The goods are always the l>ost and tbe prices as low as possible consistent with good quality. We buy direct from the manufacturers, thus saving the public tbe middleman's pr-fit ; every purchase made with us is a direct saving to you. For men’s suits, trousers, denims, overcoats, working shirts, hosiery, and general mercery (also all boys’ requirements) insist on hiving the best you’ll do this if thev’re branded H.B.—Advt.

If von pul on a pair of woollen (•loves «lion handling n soap bubble yon tun carry one in your hand. The soon Him is renNv an elastic substance of considerable toughness. If you care to do s-i von can blow bubbles that will last f°r years. Dissolve some of the eoll'doid of old photographic films in the liquid knmvi( as acetone, which is used largely for making aeroplane “dope.” Remove the coating of the film by steeping it for a minute or two .in hot water; then cut it into small pieces, and it will dissolve in the acetone. Unhides blown with a day pine should he shaken off gently on to a woollen surface, and allowed to harden for some hours. At the end of flint time they are tough enough to stand gentle handling. Tn a short time they take on a beautiful iridescent sheen like that of soap hubbies, and if kept under a glass hell they will last for a. long time. Special big purchase 3GO ladies’ woollen junipers in cream, pink. saxo. holio, black, black and white facings, fawn, rose, lemon, usual prices 19s Gd to 39s (id, special purchase price 9s lid, 12s 6d and lls Gd each. T.adies’ woollen frocks in fawn, navy, henna, rose, special purchase price 39s Gd. Children’s grey flannel dresses, fancv stitching, sizes 24in, now IGs Gd. 27in now 17 S Gd, 30in now 18s Gd, 33in now 19s Gd. 3Gin now 21s, 39in now 22s Gd. Do not pay double the prices elsewhere. McOruer and Co., ffokitika and Greymouth.—Advt. Advice to . motorists .-—Get “OIL DAG.” "rubricates even when there is no oil. Reduces wear, friction and carbonising. Prevents pitting of valves, improves compression. Manning Mpchinery Co., fi Bedford .Row, Christflmrch.