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Hokitika Guardian, 17 January 1924, Page 2

At the Magistrate's Court this morning a second offender charged with being drunk, was convicted and fined 10s. Mr W. Jeffries, J.P., presided.

Lady sup]H>i tcrs of the local Bowling Club able lo assist on Saturday in a general tea day, are requested to ring up Mrs W. W ilson. or Mrs llenjanlin as soon as convenient.

The following are ihe amounts paid to Government by the Reeftoit Jockey Club iii connection with iheif recent niee.ing:—Amusement Tax £4O Ills 9d, Stake Tax bl 72, Dividend Tax £OOO Os, Tn to, Privileges and Gates £O5l • mini ,1:1,17H 12s 9.

Colonel James Robert Purdy, M..IL, C.M., physician and surgeon, Director of Medical Services to the New Zealand Defence Forces, died at 'Wellington on Monday as the result of acme meningitis The late Colonel Purdy, who was sixty six vein's ol age. was horn in .Morpeth. Northumberland, England.

The follow ing is a list of w inning owners at the Inangahua Trotting tilth’s recent meeting: \Y. f. Lowe £1 ; )0, D. Met!rick £l2O, IV. J. Smith £BS, G. \V. Osbourne £75, V. W. Alburn £75, W. R. L. Ptiseoe £7O, J. Higgins £OS, J. I,nlor £O3, Paine Bros £25, J. Lor* gelly £22, J. Marshall £l2, C. Walsh £l2. J. Hodgetts £lO, J. J. Jarden £lO, F. Hiekenhottom £.B, W. S. Clark £8 ; total £BOO.

The following are the handicaps for the cycle road race, leaving the Suburban Hotel, Greymouth, for Hokitika at 1 o’clock on Saturday next:—(l) Gooch, (2) Best, 0!) Blackmon ser., <ll l„ Wilson, (5) Turtill, ((>) A. H. Woods, (7 1 Coxall 2min., (8) P. Leydon Minin., -9) H. Crook, (10k Barrowman, (11) P. Griffon dm in SOsees., (12) Mahan smin., (13) H. Woods, (14) J. Griffon Grnin., (15) A. A, Cook, (1(5) F Robson, (17) H. Haderoft 7min., (18) W. Page Sntin., (19) E. Mum-aster and (20) J. Lanini lOmin. The numbers before the riders’ names will he tho numbers used in the race.

Mr J. A. Murdoch has given notice to move at ihe next meeting ol the Westland County Council:—"That the Council recognises the economic benefits that would follow the fullest possible use of all sawmill tramways; and it will support as in the past, any constitutional action that nitty he taken with a view to the foregoing economic benefits ; but the Council deplores the utter lack of all sense of justice and equity shown by certain public bodies which advocate the violation of the rights of sawmillers, in the direction of vesting the control of their property in a Government Department, whose interests are at variance with, or who may have power to commercially compete with those whose property they seek to control; and this Council further affirms the principle that no plan’s property should he used against his will in any commercially competitive manner, or otherwise than in accordance with the conditions undei which such property was legally acquired.

Use KODAK BRITISH-MAD K FlLMS—th© dependable Film in the yellow box. Always uniform—the fastest Film made, and ortbochromatio. Repeated tests have proved that Kodak Films are unequalled. Take no chancos insist on Kodak Film-

The A. K. Elsie will sail for Bruce F>c.y r.n'd Oiruru on Saturday nifjf-t at 8 o’clock. The ordinary meeting of the Hibernian Society, which was t-o hero boon heid this evening. lias boon postponed till to-morrow, (Friday) evening.— Adrt. Pickpockets are at work in Crcymoutli and three thefts were reported tn the police last night, one theft being £6, another of £4 and a third ol a bunch of keys, all the thefts being made from men in the crowd outside Wirth's Circus.

Boiler-owners: Cut cost of boiler cleaning in half. Use “Mexican” Graphite. Ensures expeditious removal of scale by making it soft. Booklet from K. P. M. Manning and Co., 5 Bedford How, Christchurch.—Aclvt.

An inquest was held at the Maori Pali on Tuesday afternoon, touching the death of a young child, Kangi Mark. The District Coroner (Mr Evans) presided. Evidence was led which went to show that the child which was in tTie temporary keeping of Mr and Mrs P. George, was 2U months old. The. child was playing about near a creek in company with two older girls. Hie girls had occasion to go out to the road, and shortly after the young child was missed. It was feared at once that the infant had talleu into the crock, and a search revealed this to be so, as the body was found some live chains away tangled in some scrub. Eflorts to restore animation were without avail. A verdict of accidental death was returned.

“[ do not think that the change in the course of the river at Hokitika will be of any service to that town, or that the depth ol 15 loot now on the bar will remain long,” declared Captain F. \Y. Cox (harbor-master at Grey mouth), yesterday, when an “Argus” reporter drew his attention to the fact that the recent Hood that caused the river to change its course, from a fairly straight run to tin; mouth id the harbour, to the noith side under the wharves. '1 he trouble is,” continued Captain Cox “that the river when it ran straight to the hai . gave a fairly good scour and the result. was that there was always a tail' depth of water on th * bar. Now, however, the river in scouring along the waterfiont, will have to follow the curve in the north training wall, and will swing right across to the south wall, when it .readies the harbour mouth, thus losing all velocity and scouring power. The best thing they can have in Hokitika is the river in a central course to scour the bar. A little dredging will make a channel up to the wharves and will give ihem all the depth they will need to get small ships in. An’old K«ld dredge would do the work, and the silt could lie tipped over the north traini’ng wall, which it would thus strengthen considerably.” 1,0 Hoy, MacEogan, and other reliable oily canvas coats, from 67s {>! to 72s tid. Inspection invited. \\ . H* Stopfortli.—Advl.