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Hokitika Guardian, 8 September 1923, Page 2

The monthly meeting of the Westland County Council takes place on Tuesday afternoon next at the usur.l lion r.

In another column it is autumn'od that K. O. Cholerton, the well-known optical specialist lias lately returned from abroad, and will be revisiting Hokitika early next year.

At Greyniouth on Monday the local Exhibition Committee will meet de'egates fiout tho Hokitika Executive in regard to accommodation matters : ud also as to steps to organise a Grey County court display at the Exhibit ni.

Special attractions at St. Mary’s Club rooms on Monday night include four valuable prizes and lucky table for the euchre, with Bonetti’s orchestra for tfie dance, including the “Excuse me, waltz.” Good supper. Everyone welcome. Admission Is.—Advt.

Saturday next will ho Soldiers’ .Sale Day at the depot, Re veil Street. The shop will he in charge of tho Men’s Committee which is appealing to all town and country friends to help with gifts for sale in aid <>l the R.S.A. building fund. An open air concert will lie arranged most likely fm the evening in question.

'['ho marriage took place in t-lio Methodist Church. West port on Wednesday of -Miss Vene "Phillips, of Peelstreet. to Mr H. Arnold, of tho Westport Coal Company’s stud’. The bride was attended by Miss L. Phillips as bridesmaid, and the bridegroom by Mr .1. Ancilrson af* best man. *bo Kc\ Pickering tied the nuptial knot. ino bride looked charming in a dress of crepe do eheiie. trimmed with lace ami pearl beads and wore a wreath ol orange blossoms. After the wedding ceremony, the bridal party adjourned to the residence of the bride’s parents, where a reception was held. As etidence of the happy couple s popidanty the church was crowded with wellwishers.

In the course of the recent celebrations in England of the centenary of the Bootham School, reference was more than once made to the scientific bent of the students’ studies. It is a curious fact (says the “Yorkshire Evening Post’’), that in proportion to their small numerical strength the Quakers have produced more Fellows of the Hoyal Society than any other body. The explanation, no doubt, lies in the fact that in the earlier days of the Society of Friends, the children were discouraged from taking any part in sports, and t’ cy turned their attention to natural history and scientific study. "Whatever the explanation tho fact remains that right on frosn the days of Peter Collinson, the famous botanist of tho early eighteenth century, and Hr John Fothergill, notable Yorkshire Quaker and physician, down to Lord Lister, the founder cl antiseptic surgery, and Sir Edward Taylor, the anthropologist, many distinguished names in the Royal society’s list of Fellows were Quakers. Tn addition to those mentioned above, other great scientists of this persuasion, many of them trained at York, were Sir Jonathan Hutchinson, surgeon and comparative pathologist, and a benefactor to Selby ; Lord Justice Sir Edward Fry, jurist and botanist; Professor Sylvanus Thompson. Joseph Jackson Lister, the microscopist, Joseph Rarcroft, Daniel Hanburv, and a host of others.

Dairymen; Got all tho cream by using “Ceres” Separator. In class by itself. Self-balancing, self-oiling, cleanest skimming, 16 to 144 gals. R-. P. AT. Alanning and Co., o Bedford Row - , Christchurch.—Advt.

Schroder and Co are again to the fore with the latest creations in millinery. To appreciate them we respectfully solicit your inspection.—Advt. WADE’S WORM FIGS eradicate worms of all descriptions. Pleasant, sure ana certain.

Girls! No need to hesitate; married life is one long holiday, tiijtnks to •‘NO-RUBBING’’ ' laundry fifty— Advt.

Owing to the Hospital Ball being held on Wednesday, Sept. 12th. tho Ingleside has been postponed to Sept. 19th.—Advt.

North Island mails and passengers by the ferry steamer connected with the West Coast express at Christchurch this morning.

Tho indications are for easterly winds moderate to strong and freshening and veering by east to north. Increasing haze and cloudiness for a change. Bnrometcr falling. Seas moderate. Messrs M. Houston and Co., will sell by auction on Wednesday next in tho mart at 2.30 p.m. a large quantity of almost new furniture, fuller particulars of which appear in another column. All who have kindly promised fruit for the Hospital Ball on Wednesday are requested to leave it with Mrs A. Benjamin or at the Masonic Hotel, on Monday or Tuesday nest.

At the annual meeting of the Westport Jockey Club the retiring President (Mr 11. T. l’arry) who, is taking up his residence in Hokitika, was elected a life member of the Club in recognition of past services.

Arrangements tor the Hospital Ball on Wednesday night at tho Drill Hall are now very complete. A large number of tickets have been disposed of and tb e ladies committee have everytning in order for a successful gathor-i-ng.

The Black water Mines, Ltd., crushed 3804 tons of stone, yielding l <55 tine ounces of gold of the value of JC-. ; Working expenses totalled £oulb. the working prolit was £27o<, development expenses were £658. capital £2i, net profit £2027. The gold is valued at f 4 8s per fine ounce.

Particulars of a very important sale to be held at Harilmri on Wednesday, 17th October, by Messrs YY . Jeffries anil C<>., appears in our columns today when the well-known freehold dairy farm of Mr 11. H. Adamson will be submitted to public auction.

To-night! to-night! Soldiers’ .Social Hall. Ladies’ Hockey Club big Sid" unlay night dance. Excellent floor, efficient M.C. Music by Bonetti’s first-class orchestra. The Koctton Football Club will be guests. Supper Dancing at 8.30. Admission 2,s and 1 s.—Advt.

One of Groymoutli’s oldest and best known hotels—'file Caledonian—on Mawhera Quay, is soon to go out ot existence, as a hotel at any rate, says the “Argus.” The license of this hotel has been bought, and it is understood endeavours are to be made to have it transferred to the Temperance Hotel, which no doubt will then change its name accordingly.

“This man is one of the biggest wasters in town,’* said counsel ill tho course of a maintenance case at the Magistrate’s Court, 'Wellington. “But lie paid £5 yesterday towards the support of his wife,” interjected His Worship. “He can pay more,” said counsel. “I saw him the other night going down town with two women leaning on to his arms, and they were all dead drunk.”

A remarkable coincidence attaches to the deaths of Mrs Elizabeth Barnes and Mr Andrew Jennings, a brother and sister—two well-known and esteemed Nelson colonists, in that their deaths were co-incidental almost to the minute. The deceased were both members of a well-known Nelson family. Their parents came out io Nelson in the Mary Aim and the family have lived there for some 82 years.

The opportunities that will lie afforded by the British and rim-r.-oP nial Kxliibition at Hokitika for manufacturers in Canterbury to bring their products prominently before the public of Ibe West Coast are being fully recognised, as is evidenced by tbe keen demand for space, which is repartee! hv the Canterbury agent for tho Exhibition. Mr I)phvs Home. “The exhibition space,"

Mi Iloare informed a reporter yesterday “is going very well, especially amongst Christchurch firms. From the applications already received, it is certain that most of the big firms in tlie city will lure presented. 1 anticipate that by the end of the present month, three weeks before applications for space will close, tin* space available for Canterbury cxhibiors will lie all taken. I rout advices T have received. a considerable amount of space has been applied for already by firms in parts of tlie Dominion outside ( anterbury. ’

Some heavy fines lately imposed for broaches of the Arms Act are in o\ei\ way justified, comments the “Dominion.” So also is the intimation given by Mr Page, S.M., in the local Magistrate’s Court that terms of imprisonment would have to Ik? imposed if this class of offence did not cease*. As a means of keeping weapons out of tho hands of undesirables and members of the criminal element to la* found in every community, and on other grounds the enforced registration of all firearms is a useful measure of public protection. The restrictions which go hand in hand with compulsory registration are not unduly stringent, and in view of the wide publicity given to the lawon the subject there is no excuse foi such breaches as have latelv been brought -under the notice of magistrates.

An old resident of Reef ton, Mrs Margaret Mahon, died at the hospital on Thursday evening. The deceased lad v had coni ractod the pre\ ailing epidemic about ten days ago, and was taken into the hospital a couple of davs prior to her death. She was GO years of age, a native of County Tipperary, Ireland, and came to tho West Coast about 4b years ago. She resided at Aliaurn for some time, and had been living at Soldier’s Road for the past 3b years. Her husband predeceased her some years ago, and she leaves a family of one daughter and four sons. Mrs Alc-Neill of Auckland, Mr P. Mahon of Wellington, AY. Mahon (Auckland), C. Alahon, and J. Mahon of the Railway Department, Reefton, as well as several grandchildren.

Tho Hospital Ball Committee met last evening to make final arrangements for the Ball next Wednesday evening. Everything points to the Ball being a very successful function and reports from every quarter indicate that there will he a very large attendance for which" the Committee is making special preparations. The decorating committee intend this year making a special feature of the decorations and the Drill Hall on Wednesday night should be a very gay scene. Entrance will lie by the Town Hall, dressing rooms being upstairs as usual. The Juvenile Dance on Thursday night will commence at 7.30 p.m. and supper will be served to the children at 9.1 b p.m. when a lucky hag will also be presented to each child. Mrs Smith of Smith and McLeod has presented four beautiful prizes for the children’s fancy costumes competition for which should be very keen. Admission for the Juvenile Dance will he children Is, adults 2s.

Radiator leaky? Use “Radorene.” Permanently repairs radiators without use of soldering iron. Takes only lewminutes. Circulation not impaired. 3s 9d post paid. It. P. AL Alanning and Co., 5 Bedford Row, Christchurch. —Advt.