LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 November 1923, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

J. Kinvnn is on the limit for all cycling events on Cass- Square to-mor-row. There is no need for you to he without a bed for your guest dining the coining holiday sea-oil. We have made Special piovisimi to supply your needs and offer a ."{lt. wooden bedstead complete with wire mat ties/ for Jos. Tie chance for yr.n to obtain these bargains is yours for the waiting, ilarley and to., complete House 'Furnishers, (Ley. mouth. It was mentioned by Sir Thomas Allen, now in Wellington, I hat hotel waitresses in New Zealand received ."iSs per week- and tlieir keep, while in Australia their pay wa- ‘Jos. He pointed out that colliers and im-clianic- in England were not getting more than L'J n-r week. This factor had to be kept in view w'nen New Zealand was a-kiug for preferential tariff. Any preference as an indirect lax. He was a free trader, and they could not decide what was best lot England on the wurking (.1 any- particular dominion. The kind of protect ion New Zealand wanted was not wanted by ot her dominions, and so it went on. What England wauled wa- the host food that could be got at the cheapest pn-.-ible price.

Loungers in the Square. Palmerston North, were treated to a -tilling combat between two birds- a blackbird mid a thrush (says the Manawatu "Times’"). For many minutes they tonghi. the dusky one having the better ol the light. Dragging his opponent in an obscure corner he grasped the thrush's wings with his claws, preventing any movement. and then directed hi- beak to the other's eyes. A desperate -t niggle eii-ued, and when at last the thrush managed to clear himsell of the merciless clutches of hi- opponent, he Hnundercd aimlessly about, vainly trying to get bis bearin-.::-. lie crushed into a then in lo a shop window, before lie finally planed higher, and disappered . over tin- tops ol tlie adjacent buildings. The blackbird flew proudly to the top oi the nearest tree. and voiced bitriumph [,) the world.