NEWS AND MOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 March 1923, Page 3

NEWS AND MOTES.

Some quick selling nU: place ;,t the Wang:, ill.i wo: | sale (States an exchange'. All Moody. selling for Alessi's Dalgety aid lm. Ltd., off: red 21i3 bit* in t hilly -ii ve minutes. an aventge of seven and a half lots per minnle a reeor.l. Mi A. t- *-* ( <>>>- no,, selling lor Me-sis Wright, StejiliciiM.n and ( Li,l., i.ffeied 219 lots in twenty-live minutes, an average of eight and three-quarter lets per minute. Both auctioneers received ail ovation from the bench ef buyers for their smart work. P'.ir the lii's; time in the history ol the W. FLA. in ( lu-Klelicr. li a botany <!a-s has been formed (states the ('liristeliiireli ‘'Ui'e--"l. I his was elbvieff on Monday' evening, when there was all al temlanec of twenty students. Mr ('. IL F'ouei'.iker. the tutor, stated that the class "tiuld use the Biological |.ill.oratory at Canterbury College cve:y eln*s night. Dr. ('. t biltun, Hector of the College, addressed the students, and at the close of his remarks l'.e showed sonic pholagi aplis m natural colours, of English and Swiss scenery. It was suggested taut field day > should li. organised during the perir;! tLe class v.its in se.-sion. An epidemic of scarlet fever has made its ajqiearauie in Otane (states tbc Napier ‘'Telegraph'') hut the cases at present, have been confined to the inmates of the St. Hilda's I Unu All Charles Goultor, the well-known Blenheim Jci-ey breeder, the otllor day gave a thousand guineas lor a merino ram from South Australia, inis ,-tales tiic “Express") i- claimed to be a record price.