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Hokitika Guardian, 4 April 1923, Page 2

The Westland Racing Club’s meeting is taking place on Hokitika racecourse to-dav in fine weather, with a large attendance.

A Pros Association message states that Mr William Parsonage, manager o: the James Mine (State) has been appointed Manager of the Blackball mine.

The train arrangements in connection with the Grey mouth Races at Omoto on Saturday, 7t.h. April, are advertised in this i-site. Special train fin- Greymouth will leave Ross 8.50 a.m.. Hokitika 10.0 a.m. Excursion tickets will ho Exiled to Greymouth.

A substitute for the Bailie system of printing for the blind has been introduced in France. The new system has characters similar to the roman alphabet, with the exception that the letters consist of a series of dots instead of full lines.

Timber kiln-dried in two days is possible hv a new French method. The lumber is piled in a series of tin) buildings, and lieale.l air containing an excess of oxygen is circulated through them. This method i' also effective in killing the germs that infest green lumber.

Automatic brakes for motor ears, which stop the vehicle in ease of collision, have been designed to prevent accidents when travelling at slow speeds. Three small cables arc stretched between the erdinary 'huniprs. In a collision at low speed those deflect, cutting out the ignition and operating the brake.

Running from New York City to Cherbourg, France ill 5 days 6 hours 13 minutes, the “Majestic” has established a new transatlantic record, according to the- White Star Line. The former best time was that made by the “Mauretania" on June 12, last year, when it ran the same ei ur-e in 5 days 8 hours !0 minutes. The average speed ol the ‘'Majestic - ’ was 28.31 miles an hour.

The attention of the sporting public is drawn to the axeman’s and athletic sports to ho held at Dari I lari on Media.*sdav. June Oih. with CBS in prize monev and two cups donated by Mr R'image for the Sheffield Handicap, and cup donated by Mr Mr K. Oxinan for the winner of the big chop. 1 lie two main items on the programme are a Sheffield 1211 yards. Cl 5 and cup; underhand chop,' lii-in log £2O and cup. The programme will be sent <mt when printed.

The Returned Soldiers’ Association will be organising its building fund campaign immediately. Jhe fust et'ut will occur on Saturday week which is earmarked as the initial Soldiers’ Saturday when gifts of various kinds will ho on sale at the depot to be established in Revel) St. The building scheme is being very generally approved, and it is considered that both the social hall ami the elul. rooms will prove a boon to the place in many ways.

There is a movement locally to or

gani.se a large horticultural show in Hokitika in late January next at the time the Exhibition is in progress. A meeting will la: bold this: month of hortieultnralists to consider the mattei, and so give ample time for gardens to prepare for the event. Fruit and vegetables would be provided for also on ,l,e prize schedule wlieih it is suggested might he drawn up early as a guide for growers, and the prize list prepared biter. Public notice will bo given of the date of the meeting.

Thor** was a mild sensation at Addington on Saturday jusi hetore the last race, caused* by a lire on the lop doth of The stewards’ stand. It is presumed that a lighted cigarette was dropped in one of the crevices, and tbe strong wind fanned it sufficiently to set tbe wood flooring alight. A hand extinguisher promptly put the flames out, hut if the happening had been an hour later, when all the buildings were deserted, the chances atv that the Metropolitan Club would again ho in need of a steward s stand.

Tu the course of an address at Awn kino Taranaki) on Thursday last, the Hon J. G. Coates, Minister of Public Works briefly touched on the High ways Bill, pointing out that the Highways Board came into operation next month. Multiplicity of local authorities did not loud Itsell to the construction of main roads, which all realised they must have. Provision had been made in the* Bill for six thousand miles of main road, which could he added to later. 11c lelieved that in time the Highways Board, given the assistance of Parliament, would eliminate the effect of multiplicity of local authorities and avoid the different standards of roads.

The* German Post Office have come to the conclusion that tho wireless telegraph is the simplest and cheapest means of distributing news from a central point. The post office administration have entered into an agreement with a news distributing agency for the circulation of market prices of stocks, prices of material, and so cm. Subscribers to the service pay 4.C00 marks per annum to the post office for installation and maintenance and a subscription for the news service to the press agency. Reception of news services which arc not snbsei cd for is partailly prevented by changing the figures which have to be decoded by the subscribers entitled to the particular service.

As Madamo Mciioro, the I ashion Furrier, is importing direct from England and America quality fur garments, her prices are exceedingly reasonable ami she is doing a huge business at her Salon, corner of Cashel and Colombo Streets, Christchurch. She welcomes enquiries from the Coast.—Advt.

A creditable reflcctirm! See how floors and furniture shine when polished with liquid “TAN-OL.”

A saving worth making. Our milliners- this season is the best for some years and the prices are jrotty. Models from .Ids, trimmed velours 32s fid, untrim mod fur velours 27s Cd. We are also showing a good range of woollen jumpers and cardigans. Our selection of marabouts is rhe best on the Coast. —A dd iso n s.—Advt.

A big burst in prices; Is Sale Is—the top dog of all sales for two days only at Mc-Gruers. Thursday and Saturday next. March 29th ami 31st. Bigger reductions, bigger variety than ever before. It is the great bargain fair that only McGruer’s can give. Thousands of articles worth from 2s to 60s each now all one price Is each. A few shillings will go a long way at this great Is Sale. MoGruer's, Hokitika and Greymouth.—Advt.

For Children’s Hacking Cough, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

The electrical; development of Ruasin’s water power is under consideration. The Tindereloped power is estimated at 20,000,000 horse-power.

An Order-in-Council was gazetted on Thursday lifting ns from September Ist next the embargo on the importation of goods from Germany, Austria, ana Hungary.

The annual meeting of the Arahura Football Club will bo held on Thursday night at Tokor's Hall, Arahura, at 8 o’clock. Business to elect officers and general.—Advt.

l)r It. B. P. -Aronson, formerly of Westport and Hokitika, who has been specialising in England and Austria, returned by the Buahine last week. It is his intention to proceed shortly to Sydney to take up a practice.

A meeting tf ladies willing to cooperate in the sale of poppies as a memorial of Anzao Day and for the benefit of the Returned Soldiers Unemployed Fund, will be held at the Town Hall at 3.30 o’clock on Friday afternoon. Airs Pony. Mayoress, will ['reside.

The “Public Service .Journal’’ in a lending article says:—“The retirement at the end of February of Air W. H. Morris, Public Service Commission: r, lias raised a multitude of queries as to the appointment of a successor and as we go to press the Government still leaves them unanswered. In the meantime the machinery of the Public Servile Act is being administered by Air P. Verscliafielt, Assistant Public Service Commissioner, who has been given an acting appointment. A more unsatisfactory state of a flairs could hardly be conceived and for its own credit’s sake the Government should be expected to make a permanent appointment without further delay.”

This is a true story of the Prince of Wales. One day an old man, whose sight was nearly gone, was standing on the island site in Piccadilly C'ireus f London), waiting for an opportunity to pass through the never-ending traffic. He was accosted by a young man, who offered his guidance. After crossing the roadway, his dim eyes noticed that several hats were raised as he readied the pavement, mid his young rescuer passed into the throng. A pas-er-hv approached the old gentleman, and asked him if lie knew who had helped him across, and he replied, ••Not in the least—but lie was exceedingly kind to me.’’ Then to his surprise he learn that it was the Prince of Wales.

Whether brown trout are suitubli for Northern rivers was discussed by the Auckland Acclimatisation Society. It was suggested that possibly the cause of the failure years ago to stock Northern rivers with this fish was the fact that not sufficient were put ill. There was a strong diversity of opinion as to whether Northern ri\ers were suitable for this lisli, aiut one member in condemning a certain stream, remaiked that it changed its course after Hooding. To this another member replied that ho had caught brown l mill in a place that was a turnip paddock three weeks earlier. ■•You have to become a brown trout fisherman before you can talk about it," was the observation made by one of those who held that the Northern rivers were suitable lor the raising ol brown trout.

Most people are wont to look upon a school teacher's lite as being a happy one. So it is at times—full at others no! so ; fur instance when they have to act the part of an amateur detective. One of these incidents occurred within 10ft miles oi Freetown ihe other day (states the "A\ itirarnpa Standard”). A pupil lost a small sum of money from her desk, and invest igations followed. The teacher asked the

"suspect” to turn out his pockets, ami in compliance with the old song about the hoe’s new breaks which possessed a pocket, out came "a nail, marble, hits ut string, liquorice, etc.” hut no money. "Open your mouth!" said the Sherlock Holmes, still no result. Noticing a slight swelling in the check I lie next instruct ion was to

"poke out your tongue”—with the result that the coin of the realm ••poked out" ton, and thus was another mystery solved! Evidently that pupil had read about the diving for pearls in the early days.

Woman has been called tho great Conservative, lull the new woman must be called the great Democrat. At tho International Council of Momen. which met at The Hague in May, the education Committee brought forward the proposal for a system whereby all classes of children must compulsorily attend the same school during a certain number of years ol their school life. The German delegate, Dr Gertrude Hatime, reported that, according Lo a new law in Germany, all children from six to ten years of age are obliged to attend the public elementary school. The same system lias been in force in Norway for some years. Representatives from the Netherlands, the Fniied States, the 1 lira ine, Greece, and South Africa explained the development of the same idea in their countries. The testimony of those present was ill favoni of the system, and it was explained that by a careful selection of teachers difficulties as to had habits of language and accent being acquired could be avoided.

Asked by tin* Sydney "Sun" what changes she noticed in Sydney, Miss Dora Wilcox, the New Zealand poetess, just back from London, remarked on its dullness after nightfall. "1 walked up George street from the quay the other night at half-pasi lit," she said.

"It struck me that the town was very badly lit, and seemed horribly dull. Everybody must have been sleeping innocently in their beds, and the empty streets struck me forcibly after Brussels. 1 noticed the difference from Ixmdon more in the daytime, and miss the really crowded thoroughfares. London's traffic surges, always, and occasionally there i- a break ; but in Sydnev there are pedestrians and vehicles for ever dribbling across tram lines. 1 get quite soared sometimes. Another thing; 1 find it terribly difficult to remember to think whether or not l should smoke a. cigarette. ?n London women smoke almost everywhere ; but here T scarcely ever see a cigarette abroad, and I am told with bated breath that I must he careful where I 'light up.’ lam not used to it, and as 1 dearly love a cigarette the restraint is making me feel quite virtuous.”

Just landed a consignment of 209 eases various varieties dessert ami cooking apples ; also GO \ cases tomatoes. —-Paterson, Michel and Co., Ltd. (Phone No 2.)—Advt.