METEOROLOGICAL

Hokitika Guardian, 29 March 1923, Page 3

METEOROLOGICAL

The indications are lor westerly \vind“ moderate to strong prevailing. W. athc ivltmd.v to nvorea.'l. Expect a low bar,mi,'tii- pre.-urc. Barometer im-teadv. S'as rough, tides mocle'iate mi ell. orrsjTacriiFagijs* '•res. Er^3cJ»cs*c*3 HEVV <iE DL'PED GIRLS. HEREIN, Jam. 31. Dining the la-t few weeks a number of girl- have quietly entered the Cafe A-'oiia here, sat an immense time at one of the little tables, and then timid, iv ashed the manager whether he knew where a Herr Maier. from lngolstadt, was to he found. The question was asked by so many young women that the manager of the cafe, who knew nothing about Herr Maier, from lngolstadt, began to think that somebody was playing a rathoi : tnpid practical joke cm him. He fmalIv discovered that each of the girls who inquired for this mysterious Herr Maier was engag' d to him. and the help of the police was invited. A procession of disconsolate maidens went to i lie headquarters of the police, and each told the same story of a lieatitifttllv dressed man who laid pro-l:o-cd to her and pressed hi- -suit by the declaration that he had the most difficult tiling in derm any for a young couple to find—a flat. Each of the • drl- said he had hurst into tears and a-.-tired her that she was exactly like the girl for whom the flat had been exquisitely furni-hed the girl who died ami left him brokenhearted. Each girl had in her handbag a photograph of the late lamented given her bv Herr Maier with the tearful assurance that it was hi- most precious possession. Each confessed that she had in return given him her trinkets and waited for him in vain at the Cafe Astoria. Yesterday Herr .Maier was found by the police. They surpri-ed hint at the very moment l,e was relating his said story to yet another victim. He is a driver of a brewor's drav, and comes from Munich. His name is Paul lk'kiltit.