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Hokitika Guardian, 20 June 1923, Page 2

The engagement is announced or Miss E. Travers, school teacher, of Woodvillo, to Mr .). Soarle of Herepo, South Westland. The usual monthly meeting of tlio Westland Land Board is taking place this afternoon. Our report will appear to-morrow. The usual sittings of the Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts take place to-morrow morning. The business sheet is a lengthy one. The usual weekly euchre tournament of the Returned Soldiers’ Association will he held in Mrs Stow’s rooms or. Thursday evening. Good prizes and supper provided. Admission Is.— Advi. All entries lor tho Kokalahi Winter Show must be in the hands of the Secretaries this (Wednesday) night. The Public Hall is now ready lor the Show and though not complete, will prove a distinct advantage, enabling a far better display of the various en tries than was possible last year owing to the overcrowded building then used.

Twenty-eight eases of infectious diseases wero reported for the week ending noon on Monday in the Canterbury and West Const districts, the details being as follows:—Westland : diphtheria 3, scarlet fever 2; lnangahua: tuberculosis 1; Greymouth: diphtheria 1; North Canterbury: diphtheria 2; tuberculosis 3, scarlet lever 4, pneumonia I. hydatids 1, erysipelas 2, eclampsia 1 ; Ashburton : pneumonia 2 ; •South Canterbury: erysipelas 1, hydatids 1.

Tho National Dairy Association has received tho following cable message from its London office:—The butter market, is quiet.; New Zealand, salted 154 s to 1565; unsttlted, 156 s to 158 s; Australian, salted 126 s to 1365; Irish 116 sto 150 s; Danish 154 sto 150 s per ev.fi. Cheese—There is a better inquiry; New Zealand, white, 80s to 88s; coloured, 84s to 88s; Canadian, white, 80s to 88s; coloured, 81s to 80s per cwt.

Miss 'Elsie Prestidgc, the girl whom Albert Frederick Maxwell Kissel, the youth charged with the murder of J. H. T at Coldstieam, stated that he had shot- on tho same night that Mackenzie was killed, is resident in Christchurch and has not seen Kissel for over five years or even corresponded with him. Elio was in the same class as Kissel at St. Michael s School some years ago, Tho statement t-hat lie Intel shot Miss Prestidgc was made l>v Kissel to Mr R. J. Martin; the manager of tjho Coldstream Estate, at the. time lie admitted having shot. Mackenzie. Another allegation by Kissel that be had shot horses was also found to bo incorrect.

Tho new Commonwealth £1 notes, which came into circulation in Australia on the Ith inM. whilst retaining to some extent the general appearance of the present £1 note, is somewhat smaller in size, the exact measurements being 7in by 3in. The King’s head and the Australian coat of,arms both appear on the face of the note, whilst on the reverse side is a picture of Captain Cook landing at Botany Bay. The new issue is well protected against forgery by intricate printing and water-marked paper of the highest quality. The board of the Note Issue Department of the Commonwealth Bank has decided to gradually replace all the existing notes of the various denominations with new designs, all of which will he the same site, but will he readily distinguished by their different colouring. The present notes are distinguished by their size more titan their colour, and from tho public point of view the new notes being all one size will be a distinct improvement. F.aeh denomination will bear the King’s head and the Australian coat of arms, and will have on its reverse side a picture typical of Australia and covering tho various Australian essential industries. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Ft r Influenza, take