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Hokitika Guardian, 11 July 1922, Page 2

Owing to the inclement weather, the llckitiku Ladies Hockey Chili’s dance, will he |KistiK)iied from this evening until Tuesday next, July 1 Sth.

Tlie Borough Council iroet on Friday. Owing to the public- meeting at 7.30 p.m.. the meeting trill he held at 7 p.m.

Mr T. O’Callaghan, teller at the G reynumtii branch of the Bank of Now Zealand, has received notice of his transfer to the head office of the Bank at Wellington.

All important meeting of the Excelsior Football Club, (senior and junior) will he held at McGregor’s Shed this evening at 7 o’clock sharp. All members are urgently requested to attend.—Advt.

Curling and skating is being indulg'd in at Oturahua (Otago Central). Pile weather has been very cold, water ins been frozen solid, and several curling and skating parties have been oi tiled.

The death occurred in Wellington on Tuesday last of Mrs C. A. Hutchison, wife of Mr T. Hutchison, who was formerly Stipendiary Magistrate in Wellington. Mrs fiptehisoji, who was 63 years of age, w«» a sister pf Mrs C, F. Vslltince, pf Kniuwiingl, fttyi of lies Ptevweo<|, Lnwer Suit

The usual weekly euchre and dance will he held at St Mary’s Club rooms on to-morrotv (Wednesday) evening, flood prizes, supper and dance. Admission Is.—Advt.

The following will represent Stars against Marists at 3 p.m. on Wednesday:—Wogan, Glass, Bale, Haussinan, .Mclntosh, Haile, Curtain, 1C Jones, Gibbons, l’edder, .McDonald (.2), Preston, Groufsky and Hall; emergencies, Gieancy, Aitkeu, l.ocliore.

•• We hear a great deal about the crowded syllabus at present, but I am convinced it is onlv half as heavy as it was in 1900,” said -Mr J. Caughley, Director of Education, during a lecture iie gave at Auckland. “ The intensity of studv which was needed to meet the exacting requirements of examintions required just twice as much work then as it docs now.”

The other evening a man who was evidently hungry located a meat safe of a well-known local refreshment room at Wanganui, and on making a hasty retreat got hung up on a barb wire fence. The assistants at the room, noticing his predicament, went to look for a policeman, but evidently in the meantime the fence or the pants of the safe emptier gave way, and before the officer of the law could he procured the' culprit had gone.

That there are other ways of killing a eat than by drowning it in milk, was brought out at the Magistrate’s Court at Auckland recently. The case in progress, concerned a bicycle which had been taken from an auction mart, and the auctioneer was giving evidence as to the precautions ho took against theft. "Why, there was a lady who came in and " pinched ” sixteen eggs, he said, "and my man saw her. Ho did not want to bring any proceedings against her, so lie purposely humped into her until the eggs were all .smashed. She went out with the mess running down her skirt,” he concluded.

Visit il.B.’s great winter sale now on! This is your opportunity to save. Whatever you spend at this sale is money well spent, because our prices are the lowest on the coast. Some of the bargains:—Boy’s golf hose ‘2s (3d, boys’ gloves Is lid, boys’ varsity suits 12s Gd, gills’ and women’s knitted and cashmere stockings 3s lid, best colonial sox (mill price) Is 9d, knitted underpants and singlets 7s Bd, negligee shirts (is 3d at the N.Z. Clothing Factory, largest outfitters in the Dominion Advt.

Allegations that he was an inveterate gambler were brought against a defendant in a judgment summons case at (he Magistrate’s Court at Timaru recently, and it scorned they were well founded when lie admitted to counsel for the prosecution that lie had a colic, tlon of totnlisator tickets, which represented a value'of 91154. It was pj■ ailed, however, that defendant had made a hobby of collecting them. ••They took a long time to collect,” he said. “No. you don’t,” interrupted his wife, "they are one year’s tickets.” The Magistrate, Mr Wvveru Wilson, said he thought they showed where defendant’s money went to. He would be ordered to pay the money owing, iti default thirty days' imprisonment.

A visitor to tin* Auckland Winter Show last week, and one of the principal speakers, was Air F. W. Wilbur, the American Consul-General, who has been visiting the various agricultural exhibitions ill tbe Dominion. “If you have anything to sell let people know it.” said Air Wilbur, iti the course of a statement on trade relations, between ti e American and New Zealand peoples.

• I am a firm * believer in advertising. )t does pay to advertise. It pays to advertise a country just as much as it does for a firm to advertise. If you have the goods—mind you, they must lie tbe right standard and quality—- «• 11. let peaple know that you have got them. it does not do to hide your light under a bushel, or, as someone has said, vnu will get hidden in the shuffle.”

Many are the tasks of the Public Works Department. One of the speakers at a gathering of the members of the staff held at Wellington last week recalled an incident in the early history of Westland. A man was to be hanged, and the local architect and district engineer of the Public Works Department were assigned the duty of preparing a scaffold. The Coast did not possess, an established convenience <T the kind at the time. The two olli- < ers designed a suitable structure, a Bel had it erected under their supervision. Then they spent an anxious afternoon studying the operation of the drop, with a. sack of potatoes in the leading role. The design proved all excellent one. and the Department’s overseer became so enthusiastic about the neatly finished appliance that it Was “with the greatest difficulty that he was prevented taking the second leading part next day.” He feared that a careless ha-ngmnn might cast some discredit upon tne Department.

The best way to make ends meet tli sc days is to buy wisely! Call at the "H. 8.” during the progress of the great winter sale, we have the right goods and the best assortment at the lowest prices on the Coast. -More bargains! Men's dress t>oots 24s 6d, men’s shooters 21s Gd, double sole pegged and riveted shooters 245. )\ omen’s glace derbys 255, women’s court and Oxford shoes 21s, Hoys’ quality IkkHs, Ills Del. and 18s 9d, men’s slippers !3s lid, ladies’ slippers 3s 6d at the N.Z. Clothing Factory, the largest outfitters in the Dominion.—Advt.

Speaking at a large gathering of the Early Settlers’ Association at Wellington iast week, the Hon. J. Clrimmond, M.4.C., said he had landed in 18G1 fro n Donkey’s (Sully, Castlemaine, with a pretty rough crowd of Australian miners, and had gone to the diggings at Gabriel’s Gully. He followed various rushes, including Ine Dunstan one. eventually going .to the Californian goldfields. Australians, in 1 hose days, weie regarded as a tough lot, rough to associate with, and the dogs were often put on to them. Hut they met with success on the goldfields. Those were not the present conventional days, and arguments were frequently settled outside, but generosity and straight-dealing predominated. The men of t'ce future in New Zealand must remember that the highest pinnacle of intellectual eminence was not worthy of racial attainment if the rugged virtues of the early settlers wore lost sight of. Telling of the jolly social and informal gatherings of the ’sixties, on one occasion, he said, he went to a society ball clad in a pair of white muslin trousers and a red flannel shirt.

Annual winter sale commenced Friday, .Tune 30th. the great event which puts all other attempts into insignificance. Every Department the greatest bargains that money can buy prevail. The low cut prices clearly indicate our intention to dispose of big stocks at the biggest sacrifices. Profit smashed goods, each and every article positively and substantilaly marked down for this .big winter clearance. For economy and satisfaction make our stores your shopping headquarters, McGruors (Westland), Ltd,, Hokitika and Gpeymoutk-—Advt, For Coughs and Colds, never fails. Woods’ Grart Foppsreiint Cure,

Messrs M. Houston and Co., notify that their auction sale on behalf of Mr W. P. Morgan of residence, furniture and effects on Wednesday has been postponed till next Thursday, July 13th. at 2 p.m.

Everything is genuinely reduced at the “1f.8.” sale. No sham sale this! Anything you buy shows a big reduction. Smart wide-end ties Is lid. Best lawn handkerchiefs 9d each. Men’s felt hats 8s lid, braces 2s Gd, denims 7s lid. tweed overs, raincoats, oilskins, oily canvas coats all down in price at the N.Z. Clothing Factory, largest outfitters in the Dominion.— Advt.

Sir Wm. Fraser, M.L.C., at a meeting cf the Early Settlers Association at Wellington last week, said that though an Otago man, lie was in Wellington in 18.58. Eighteen years' old when he landed here, he was much in'eie-ted in the almost natural state of Wellington, but left for the south after a fortnight. He mentioned that s 1 npk'opers in Dunedin never thought of taking in goods displayed outside overnight—such was the honesty of the eld days. He told of the early gold dinging rashes, and of how two men, i, ho ear. e across t! e l iver at Clyde to 1 is station to borrow bread, tea, and fl ur, left their claim with 841 b of gold, v lned at £4,(100. After 26 years in the ere constituency in the south, he felt h<» was an old identity,’’ if not a Wellington one. Under the new standing orders of the Legislative Council a somewhat novel system of electing a chairman of committees has been adopted, and on Thursday it was put into operation. The idea is said to be to eliminate all chance of Government influence. First of all, when the members assemble in the chamber, tile doors are locked. Papers containing the names of all the councillors are distributed and every councillor is hound to nominate three mouthers—not less than three and not more. The names of those nominated are road by the clerk. and it is then open for any who do not desire to stand for election to announce their withdrawal. If an election is necessnrv, the choice of the council is arrived at by a process oF elimination. If there are six candidates, when the vote is taken the one who received the fewest votes is eliminated and the other five go to the vote ngain. Then the fifth is eliminated, and so on. However, if at any stage one candidate, has a nmjoritv over all the others, he is at once declared elected. On this occstsion there sixteen nominations, hut all withdrew except the Hon 0. Samuel, who was therefore elected unopposed. Mr Samuel has now been chairman of committees for six years and the present appointment is lor- a term of three years.

The stoiv of an exciting man-hunt w j.ich took place in Wellington ouo evening was .related to Mr I*. K. Hunt, S.M., by Older Detective Kemp on Sntuida. morning, when Thomas Pauling, who appeared in the dock in a si.-.nowhnt battered condition, was callod upon to answer a charge °l stealing an overcoat from the shop of the New Zealand ('l)thing Factory. The Chief Detective stated that the accused had been seen t > snatch the overcoat, which was valued at at £3 155., from tl •> front of the shop, and make off with it. The line and cry was raised, and the fugitive was pursued. Con-s'-.hi- Do we on being informed of tlie reason fur the Marathon, started off scratch. The quarry made up Cuba s' rect, and at the turn into \ ivian street had a clear two lengths’ lead. Constable Dawe, who had cut down Ins fold in good style, caught the leader in Torv stioet, and a foot race was quickly turned into a eateh-as-catch-can wrestling match. Pauling desperately resisted arrest, and, slipping away from bis captors, the race was on ones? more. Constable Dawe, whose condition stood ' Ini in good stead, once again ran his man down, this t.me in Torv street. The haml-cuffs were snapped on, and the accused was marched off to the police station. On the application of the Chief Detec no, a remand was granted.

To-morrow (Wodnesdav) afternoon, Owing to a slip on tlio road near in the Mart at 2.30 p.ni.~ Messrs \V. AVnjnihinihi the motor car was unable Jeffries and Co. will sell by auction a to proceed to Ofirai to-day. It is poslnrge quantity of valuable furniture, in- siblo the block will be removed by eluding a valuable piano and also a Thursday. In consequence the overland Rover motor car, complete in every ' mails will not reach Hokitika this evenparticular, and in perfect running order

Hon. H. L. Michel M.L.C., who returned from Wellington on Saturday evening, is leaving for Wellington again on Thursday morning. Owing to the address-in-Reply debate in the Hons?, the Council adjourned for a week. j

The Postmaster at Hokitika advises that the Weheka- and Maintain, moils were held up yesterday at Waiho owing to heavy floods following 36 hours of very heavy rain. There was little < hope of the mails getting through today. i

The weather, which had been very fine for the past week, changed on Sunday night, and yesterday very heavyrain fell, the total recorded to 9 a.m. this morning amounting to 2.73 inches. As a result, there was a considerable flood in the river. Last evening a main sewer in Sewell street collapsed in on Gibson Quay, with the result that the drains leading thereto backed up and the streets adjacent were flooded for some hours,

In connection wit!) the suggestion to hold the annual hospital bdll in August, a meeting of all ladies willing to take part in the general arrangements will be held in the Hospital Board rooms to-morrow (Wednesday) evening at 7 o’clock sharp. All ladies willing to assist are requested to attend so that the movement can be inaugurated with, a good swing. The proceeds of the ball will be devoted towards the new wing building fund.

Another of the popular gatherings fo Community Sngging takes place in the Town Hall on Saturday evening next commencing *at 8.30 p.m. The leader on this occasion will be Mr W. 14. .Joyce who is preparing a capital programing for the occasion. There will be no charge for admission, but a colle'ction will be taken up at the door for the funds of the Hokitika Beautifying Association.