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Hokitika Guardian, 20 September 1923, Page 2

A community sing-song and ball will lie held! in the Blue Spur Hall on Friday evening. Everybody and a pleasant evening assurred.

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

There will not he any euchre tournament at the Soldiers’ Hall to-night. Ihe event being postponed for a week owing to the visit of the 11.5. A. Minstrels to Grcymouth to-night.

The funeral of the lale Archibald little took place yesterday afternoon. There was a large gathering of friends to pay a last mark of respect to the memory of deceased. The llev. P. B. Fraser conducted the service at the graveside. Many floral tributes were placed on the grave.

'pi,,. 11.5. A. Minstrels are appearing at file Opera House, (ireymmith, tonight. The large party is being tr«ns]sorted by motor cars, which, according to all accounts, are able to compete very effectively against the railways when‘it conies to a matter of special train arrangements.

At the County Chambers to-morrow evening at 7.30 o’clock, the Mining Committee of the County Council, and mo Local Bodies’ Conference meet the Inspector of Alines in regard to the Mines Department proposals for prospecting operations in the back country of Westland.

The “Grev River Argus” says the mortiw ot .Mo ' lers’ Trades Protection Guild held Tuesday was mainly occupied with routine business. One other proposal, however, was satisfactorily settled for Guild members. In future then* wil he no undercutting, and prices for timber will he the same at all Guild mills. No mention was made at tne meeting of any increase in price.

The annual Hibernian hall takes place on October 17tli. An energeue committee have the matter in hand and no doubt this year's function w.U eclipse anything ever attempted boj„ro. The Royal Orchestra is in charge , f the musical part of the social evening j,nd with the splendid floor and conveniences of the R.S.A. Hall, patrons are requested to keep the .lah m mind.

Mr 11. R. Muitram, of the Lands and Survey Department, who has heen_ engaged' in survey work in South Westland, for several months. Ims reported to the Chief Surveyor ot Westland (Mr W. T. Morpeth) that as n result of his investigations he has been able to lay out a line for a road between the Arnwata river, via the Waitoto to Turnbull river, a distance of about ten miles, almost on the level, and on solid ground, with plenty ol- good gravel, easy of access. The former road line laid out went through •> swamp, in places 12 feet deep, and would have necessitated a large amount of tillin''. Alt Afottrain also reports that a large area of bush and open swamp land in that vicinity can no easily drained.

The- number of opossum skins stampod liv Mr W. ('alter, slumping odieer in Hokitika tlii>> year was 1.327 for the Westland Acclimatisation district and .512 in the Grey district. In addition to those Mr llpolios of (ireymouth stamped 2,1110, ami there were about o|)!V) S otit either to Christchurch or Dunedin to lie stamped in those cities, thus making a total of approximately 9,000 From the Coast this season, while last year there wore only 023 Kltms stamped for the whole of the West Coast. While the revenue last year at Is a skin was C4f> 3s, this year it is about £-lbf>, a very marked increase. It is reported that there is quite a lot of illegal getting of shins but not so much ns has been the ease in former years. Trappers are, however, advised to play the game and it will be all the bettor for them in the end. By talcing opossums out. of season and saving their skins until the open season, they reduec the quality of consignments of skins sent in for auction, besides making the trappers liable to prosecution and a heavy penalty if eaugld taking the animals out of season. A good suggestion would be to compel all skins to bo stamped in the district where such skins were taken and then there could not be so much leakage or smuggling of skins away. Ford Cars: - King Oilers” are indispensable for Fords as they ensure automatic lubrication requiring no attention and ensuring correct level of oil in crank ease. H. B. M. Manning and Co., 7, Bedford Bow. Christchurch. —Advt.

Schroder and Co are again to the fore with the latest creations in millinery. To appreeiato them we respectfully solicit your inspection.—Advt.