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Hokitika Guardian, 19 September 1922, Page 2

North Island mails and passengers connected with tlie AA’est Const express at Christchurch this moining. The Westland Branch of tlie Canterbury Progress League moots at the County Chambers at 7.30 o’clock to-' night. A full attendance of members is invited.

Alost of the dairv factories in the district are now well underway for the new season. According to all accounts the mild winter is responsible for good spring feed, and the cows are coming in in good profit. The returns for the opening of the season arc said to he quite satisfactory, promising a greatly increased yield of butter and cheese for the season, in most eases.

In connection with the A. and P. f ompeti liens published yesterday through an omission in the copy supplied the result,of the swedes', t acre competition should have read —D. AYcir

Kokatahi) quality 12; evenness of crop 4 : freedom from weeds, 7; size and spacing, 7; weight, 32. Total 62 points, Ist. R, Houliston (Koiterangi) quality II ; evenness of crop 3; freedom from weeds, S; size and spacing. 7; Weight, 23; total, 52 points, 2nd.

I The Minister of Alines assmo.l AAest ('oast members in the House that the Alines Department intended making a i start shortly ill prospecting the Hokitika district. Tile proposal was that a party of prospectors with a skilled mining geologist should he employed in the I AVestland area, provided that the local ! ho lies who would receive goldfields revenue, would pay part of the cost. This lie considered a fair proposition, which he would submit to the people of the district.

How quickly d> opossums multiply? Tiiis point gave i ise to some expiessions of opinion at AA'ednesday night's meeting of the AA’ellington Acclimatisation Society, states the “l’ost”. The chairman (Air L. O. H. Tripp) s id that opossums were not supposed to •breed more than one a year, hut according to another member, some of the animals are inclined to overstep the mark a little. This member said that he had recently seen a photograph of an opossum carrying five young ones on her hack. Tiler? was little doubt, ho said, that opossums were a pest in seine pails of the country. In the AA'anganui district for instance, great, damage had been done to tin nip crops, and the j animals were so numerous that they could I"? very easily caught. Air E. J. : C. AA’iflin said ho thought that the farmers, in complaining of the opossum pest, were going a little too far; the opossum was not such a nuisance as j thev were trying to make out. The i chairman said that lie thought opcs- | sums should b? protected in large hush : areas, but tlie protection should lie withdrawn when the animals came out of the bush into the open country. Splendid lot of calico, are now selling at much below former prices, bought at a big discount at Schroder and C’o’s. Crepes from Is Od per yard. | Aleu’s sox Is fid per pair. Forfar 2s j per yard. New millinery all marked at j "very- moderate price at Schroder’s.— ! Advt.

Don’t- forget to call at Paterson and ! 'Lloyd’s (late Patersons’) opposite Nnj lional Bank, Revell St. Our values are j "right. All colours in Jap crepes Is 7^d; i heavy double white sheets 22s 6d per j pair. Single 12s 6d. An inspection ! will convince you that our prices are i beyond comparison. Agents for C. Tay. j lor and Co., Expert Dyers and Dry J French Cleaners. All classes of work j done. Satisfaction guaranteed. Afail | orders promptly attended to and money ; cheerfully refunded if goods are unsatis- , factory. Box 86. Hokitika.—Advt.

j For Children’s Hacking Cough, j Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. , Just arrived, our third lot of spring 1 and summer millinery, new summer frocks, foulards, ratines, and voiles. ' These are marked at verv moderate urice. AA’e have also on show splendid lot of linoleums, carpet runners, matj ingsr hearth and door mats at much . below usual price for spring cleaning jor complete furnishing. Inspection j cordiallv invited. Schroder and ; Advt.

Eggs are at their lowest price. N«w’« the time to “put down” a plentiful sunnlv for future use. Use SHARLAND’S “A10A” BRAND EGG PRFKERA T ATIA T E. Effective, clean, economical.

\ sure nnd pleasant specific for removing worms js Wfifip’9 Worm Figs. ~4dvt ,

A full meeting of the Kiwi Football Club (both Senior and Junior) Is being held in the Kiwi Shed to-morrow ) (Wednesday) evening at 7 o'clock. Every member is requested to attend. Business important.—Advt.

j There will lie on view at the shop of : J. Look, Kanieri, a shew Hereford bullock, bred and fattened by Mr W. Diedrich at his Upper Hokitika Station, from Thursday morning next the ; 19th. till Saturday morning. Toe earcase which is of great quality is estimated to weigh about 13001bs.

Men’s tweed caps 8s 9d, stylish fur felt hats from 25s Gd, velours from 39s 6d, denim’s from 7s lid, men’s pyjamas fro 12s Gd, rainproof coats fro 60s, boy’s garhadine trench coats from 37s Gd. Also a fine assortment of box suits, cashmere Jin. hose, ties, etc, at W. H. Stopforth’s oppositt W. E. Williams, chemist.—Advt.