LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1923, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

Messrs Mt-.Yiear mid Shannon announce* that they have re-opened their dining room, and meals can he obtained at (ill hours. All members of the R.S.A. .Minstrel Troupe and Orchestra are requested to In* at Clement’s Garage at 5 o’clock to-iiiniTuW afternoon lor the trip to K lima ra.

Never lick stamps; always use a sponge or some other means ol wetting the gummed hack. \\ ln*n chopping wood the other day (relnces the “Star”), an Aucklander met with a simple accident that might have had awkward results. A small hit ol wood flew up, as small bits have a habit of doing \ritli the usual blunt sort ol tomahawk that is to he toiiiid in the average household, ami 'mole a slight wiiuml on the knuckle of oik* ol his lingers. The wound was one of those small jagged nll'airs that splintered wood makes, and it lied freely. When lln* bleeding had subsided he stuck on a hit of the blank gummed paper that edges sheets of postage stamps. Having bled so freely, it might have been expected that the wound would heal up quickly, but it grew worse, tin* linger swelled I onsiilerahly. and, alter a day „v so had a very nasiv appearance. Strong measures were taken and gradually it got better, hut took a verv long while over it. The wood that caused the damage was perfectly (lean. the wound hied itscll clean, the owner ol tlu.* finger was in excellent health, am the only foreign matter that came near the wound was tin* gum ol the hack of the postage stamp paper.