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Hokitika Guardian, 15 August 1923, Page 2

\ll Saints Schoolroom —Sunday School Socitjl, Friday. August litli., at 1.30 p.m. Supper provided. Adults is; Children CL— Advt.

A meeting of the Hibernian Society will be held to-morrow (Thursday) evening at 8 o’clock sharp, at the Club rooms.” All members are requested to be present.—Advt.

Messrs \Y. Jeffries and Co. will bold an important auction sale ol turmtiire and effects in the mart to-morrow (Thursday) afternoon, at 2.30 o’clock In addition carpet squares, gumbonts and apples will also be sold.

Monster euchre Thursday night at Soldiers’ Club. Scaled envelopes containing valuable prizes; supper provided, followed by n special assembly night with novelty dances. Admission one shilling.—Advt. Messrs Win. IVrrv and Co. notify they are Westland agents for Eclipse Ecrtiliers, super-phosphates and basic slae for the New Zealand Refrigerating Coy of Chritchurch. Now m stock also all the best of grass and turnip seeds of the highest possible quality.

The Canterbury footballers lelt Westport- by car on Monday morning for Motiteka where they play to-day. On Saturday they meet the Nelson representatives end 011 Tuesday, Marlborough, returning to Christchurch, via Kaikoura. where they play the last game of the tour.

The R-v Dr Kennedy, ol Hokitika, was recently engaged in a tour ol Europe. visiting Lonnies, Lisieux. Augers, and Paris, and the. Belgian cities of Bruges, Ghent, Brussels, and Louvain. At the Belgian capital Dr Kennedy spent some time with relatives of bis who are residents of the ,-itv. while he found Louvain University restored. He is returning to New Zealand by way of America.

The death occurred at fit. 5 intent s Hospital, Melbourne, on Thursday, duly 5, of Lieutenant A. Malone, brother of Messrs M. Malone (beadmaster of the Runanga School and W. Malone (Greymouth). Deceased who was a native of No Town, and only -'l2 years of age, bad been away from the West Const about ten years, lie was a prominent athlete on the West Coast prior to that time. Deceased succumbed to a brief attack ol pneumonia, supervening on influenza. The usual weekly euchre mid 'lance took place at .St. Mary’s Club rooms on Monday evening. Tho attendance was large. The ladies’ first prize was won by Mrs 11. Fitzgerald, ami the second bv Mrs Sullivan. The gents’ first prize was won by the Rev bather Finiievty, mid the second by Mr 11. Konegasl. The. consolation prizes were, secured by Mrs Singer mid Mr Fitzpatrick. The winners of the lucky table were Messrs Dalv, Keating, Hall, and Myers. After supper, dancing was indulged in for a couple of hours, the music being capably supplied by Mr W. Joyce. Air E. Kearns bad charge of the Hour.

There has been a noticeable decrease in the number of jwrsons arrested for drunkenness, according to the annual report of the Commissioner of Police, last year's arrests numbering (5-IOD, a decrease of ‘ > :'l : .2, which is spread over the whole Dominion. This is the least number of persons arrested for this offence since 1899, and is less than half the number arrested in 1914 ml 1915 respectively. Serious crimes however, show an increase of 159 offences, of which 155 were burglaries, breaking into shops, etc. There were five murders, compared with ten in the previous year. Sexual offences show a decrease of fifty-nine on the previous year’s figures.

.Since the official opening of the Otira Tunnel there has been no mishap in connection with the electrical installation, and excellent results have ■ seen obtained in wet-king heavy trains ou the tip grade from Otira through tho tunnel. On one occasion, says a correspondent, I am informed, tho power station officials made tho experiment of sending a goods train through the tunnel before the boiler had roneheii r full working bead of steam. The train made the journey without delay, and during ihe run tho boilers not only provided tho necessary power, but in-n-eased the steam pressure to tho maximum, thus showing tho capacity of tho plant to deal with full traffic requirements. .Passenger trains _ have been so well filled since traffic commenced that it. is possible, if business is maintained, that further trains wilt lie put on during September.

Consulted ns to whether it was likoly that t-lio trade of Wellington would suffer much through the oixuiing of tlic Otirn Tunnel, ?\Tr John Myers (pro sideni of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce) is of the opinion that there will he very little change ill trade with the Coast. *T was 2 years a traveller on tl:o Const,” said Mr Myers, “ami I don’t think that the fact that there is now a railway through to Christchurch is going to make much difference commercially. Supposing an order wore received here from the Coast to-day, the goods would he shipped South tonight, and would cateli the train in Christchurch for Groymoutli in the morning in just the same time as though the goods were ordered in Christchurch. With postal orders the position is the same, ff we received an order to post teriain goods, thev would go forward to-night, and he in Greymouth or Hokitika to-morrow night. Christchurch could not do any Ivefter than that. Then it must he remembered that we are only 30 hours steam from the Grey, and the freight overland by rail will lie considerably more than hv steamer. We must see that the companies maintain a decent service between Wellington and the Coast. A good deal of our success in retaining the trade will depend on the regularity of the steamer services.”

Boilers el mined perfectly without injury by "Stopskale,” which will keep them perfectly free from oil, grease and scale and prevent pitting corrosion and galvanic action. R. P. .M. Manning and Co.. 5 Bedford Row, Christchurch.—Advt.