LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 April 1923, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

A meeting of the Foiled Football Club will be held, to-night at H p.m. A grand ball will ha held in the Public Hall, Knkatahi, on Wednesday, May 2nd.. in aid of the building fill'd. 'l’ll i; will be the last dance liehl there before rebuilding operations e .milieu: e.

A eorrspoiidenL of the Grey “Argil-" referring to tar Arthur’s Pa-s .1 unnel Works says: Ac Arthur's Pas- Liu work seems to ho very much behind, and it looks as if month.- will elapse before the tunnel is ready lor passenger traflie. Very few of the poles that are Li, carry the electric transmission wires are iu place, and the engine shed is only just, started. From enquiries made it, was learned that the electric uinipai.v who coni railed to iustal to*.* 'define appliances, has -iih-iet pen ion of the work, h seem-, too. that more men i mild he employed easily and a far greater spoilt attained. At the (Mira end tin: lack of | sties and littiugs i- also apparent ; and again tlm elm tl la installation is very mm h behind.

The Japanese arc pietly euto hit-i----t- men. One who obtained a situation with an English linn on trial was asked a lew days after his appointment by the cashier to write to a customer who had owed some money to the house for a long time and who socim*ti to have no intention oi pa,'jug. “Write briefly and politely, said the cashier, “hut. !c! him und-r----stand distinctly that vc expe't. b"n 1., pay the niuiiey w ithoul further delay." The letter was written, and on the follou-ino day came si cheque lor the amount due. The surprised cashier asked the new clerk lo show him a copy of the letter which bad been so elfectual. It ran thus: “Dear Sir.—lf you do not send us at once the money you owe Us, we shall be obliged to take steps which will cause you the utmost astonishment.— Respectfully your. . ’ The lone

seems to combine Oriental subtlety and British straightforwardness. Mr W. 1. 1.: >I a in, Christchurch, manager of the Xew /calami Di-ut-auce Coy., Ltd., will relire under the Company's superannuation scheme on lilst Al.iv. Mr linlani arrived in the Dominion from England in September, ISBII, for the purpose of engaging in farming, lint not finding the prospects encouraging, entered the Company s service at head olliee. Auckland, in February, ISS-1. Subsequently he became chief clerk at Xapier, chief clerk, acting and assistant manager at Wellington, and in December, ISito. was ajipoiuted manager tor Tasmania with headquarters at Launceston. Three years later lie became manager for Ol ago, and lor the last eight years has been manager for Canterbury and the West Coast. Although free, Air llolam does not intend to rot ire from active business habits at present, but will interest himself in the Trustee and Executor Department of the Company, for which he has been retained, with the tille ol I rust Officer and location in tie Company's CTiris:clninTi office.