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Hokitika Guardian, 5 December 1923, Page 2

Corn stouaoi: has been spoken ol often lien, as a necessity, but though its impel tain e was realised, the enterprise to pi-vide it was lacking. The new eom- ) any adjateiit to (.ass Square has met the situation reiy well, and not only will the stoiag.- le provided, hut the making of ice is to be a branch of the local factory. Kjecial plant and provision lias been made lor this pirc.diut. and tile Company will soon he turning out a commodity which at this season of tile year will i e in special demand. With regard to the ojkl stotage. there ate several a’. Clines hwo useful application, and it is not surprising to learn that, the local space available for rental is in demand already. It iiill be a useful reservoir for butchers and others, and in the uhilchnit season can he turned to special advantage, by holding file iisli for consumption over long periods and then releasing the delicacy at seasons of the year when a high price will he obtainable. These suggestions show the economic uses to which cold storage may he turned, and it is good to think that Hokitika will he well seivcd in this respect for the fiitiuo.

In connection with the preparations for the Exhibition to open here next Sat Urdu v week, it is very satisfactory to learn that the organisation in 10s|eet to the accommodation i|uestion is well advanced. Altetuly a number of people have been booked up, tint! there are applications coining in daily. The accommodation bureau is providing about 500 extra beds on top of the preparations made Itv the hotels and private lesidcnls. A largo number of visions will be here staying with friends and these are being accommodated outside the activities of the bureau. So that on the whole there will he a large amount of extra accommodation, and much more than was intended originally had the hostel proposition been gone on with. The arrangements now made seem to he preferable to the hostel proposal and certainly the ultimate results wnT'oe better all round. The success of the Exhibition.— it has been regarded always,—will bo governed by the amount of accommodation available ami with the extension made in that direction by the authorities, it is hoped nr, doubt, that matters will now be in f. way to command the success which the big project should offer under effective direction and organisation.