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Hokitika Guardian, 15 February 1924, Page 2

A notice of three strayed bullocks at Mahinaptia appears in this issue. Win. Berry and Sou, butchers. Weld Stieet. announce that they have any quantity of first-class lamb, fresh from the paddocks and customers can rely on getting good quality at reasonable prices. All classes of small goods made daily. The activities of the Repatriation 13:nncli ceased on December hist.. 1922, except for the seriously disabled. At that date 03.108 discharged soldiers had been assisted by advances totalling a! cm £2,330.000. while the amount recovered to December 31st.. 1923. was approximately £1.381.lo”. over il per cent, of the total loan advances.

The Wataroa district is sending up an extra large quota of lambs lor the Canterbury market this season. Some 1,500 are now on the road, while other mobs are coming forward from other centres. Over 3.0C0 iambs will be sent from South Westland this season. The drovers fee! the want of Kakapotahi bridge lately destroyed by flood. However, the bridge is to Ik* erected as soon as circumstances permit. Tt is certainly required urgently in connection with the development of South Westland.

Further price cuts fit McGruer s great clearing sale of summer stocks. Ladies' white cotton vests, short sleeves and sleeveless, were 2s Gd, 3s Gd, 4s Gd, now Is Gd, Is lid and 2s Gd. Ladies’ fancy striped and checked zephyrs, fancy voile, sponge cloth and foulard dresses, were 12s Gd to 29s Gd. now Gs lid, Ss lid and l’2s Gd. Pay a visit early. MeGruer’s the leading drapers, Hokitika and G revmouth.—-Ad vt.

Both given the knock-out by “NORUBBING” Laundry Help, hard work, and disease bacteria concealed in spiled (Nothing, It’s ]iygenic.—*A{M,

•Mr O'Brion M.P. returned from south last oTwang and proceeded to Groymouth. To-morrow Might! Soldiers’ Hall! Kiwi Football Club’s usual dance. Latest music: by Bonetti’s Jazz Band. Dancing at 0 o’clock sharp. Admission Is.—-Advt. Messes Mark Sprot and Co.. Greyirouth. advertise in (his issue that they have been instructed by Mrs IV. Dudley t osell her fa rm land, stock, etc., on the 28th. February at noon. Particulars iu another column. Men! 10 per cent reduction on all suits for cash, and for one week only, is the special offer for the opening of a genuine sale at W. 11. Stopforth’s. —Advt. The hour that Newman’s cars arc timed to leave the garage for the opening of the Dean C’arew Memorial Hoys’ School has been altered and the cars will now leave at 12 o’clock on Sunday, the 17th. The New Zealand Meat Producers Board has just received a cable from its representative in Melbourne advising that the number of lauibs exported from Australia during the

fortnight ended the Bth inst., was 21,3-8 carcases. |

Two rinks of Westport players who have been attending the howling tournament at Greyniouth are journeying to Hokitika to play the holders of the Ballinger Buckles, when an interesting game should take place. The lady friends of the local Club are reminded that a general tea day will he observed. The average number of guests staying at the Hermitage, Mount Cook, during January, approximated (>0 daily, and the figures so far for February exceed that number. Extended tracks are being made, not lor expert climbers, but for those who prefer easy and delightful walks which are not too great a tax upon then, powers. The Gre.vmoiuli correspondent of the ChrixLeliureh “Dress” says that one oi tlie benefits to be reaped bv the completion of the tunnel is indicated |,\ the action of Canterbury farmers who are railing 21 trucks of store cat tle lo the Coast, to arrive in Greyniouth on Sa'tuDlay. The cattle, of which there are about 200 head, have as their destination. Wataroa. where a large sale wit: he held on February 2ii. This development is probably due to tile shoring . of feed in Canterbury at present.

Commencing from ; next Monday (weather permitting) the Swimming Baths will be open to "bathers and mill okers from 7 to 9.30 every evening, nominal charge oi Oil for adults and ::d tor children "will ho made. Several enthusiasts, having expressed a wish to donate prizes for competition, there will he seveial races each evening. As some hundreds were unable to see the Carnival last Monday night, owing to tile wet weather, this will he a good opportunity tor them to see the swimmers at play. The powerful electric lights will he a special attraction.— Advt.

"1 am sorry 1 will not he able to v i -11 the British Ktnpirc l'.xhibitimi, hut there will he plenty of New Zealanders there, as I believe all the floats are booked up months ahead," said Air Allis cy at Gill istelmreh. licferivig to the New Zealand Court at the Exhibition. Air Massey said he he-

lp ved it would he a splendid display. The Dominion did imt merely intend to show visitors to the Exhibition what it ].induced, hut to tell them what the country "as doing. ’I hey would be told that ibis little Dilmiiiimi sent inert mutton and lamb into England tii:ti, all tlie other dominions put (ogvtlier. and also that it exported tMB.ndO.OOO worth of butter and choc;; last

There was a sudden scattering of ;,,iil. vegetables and nuts over La.i.btoii Quay, Wellington ill the vicinity of Brandon street about 9.30 on .Monday morning when a Ford motor truck driven by a Chinese lruiterer, collided with a tramcar. Tho truck had all the worst til the argument, ami looked a sorry wreck as it lay athwart the tracks, with the radiator hashed in, lamps and windscreen broken, one front wheel dished, and the tyre torn off. Some litllo difficulty was encountered iu removing it from the line of traffic, but with the aid of a rope, another lorry, and a willing band of helpers, the task w; s at length accomplished. Beyond a few scratches, the tramcar sustained little damage.

“ff New Zealand is to maintain her supremacy as a dairying country her farmers must live by the motto ’Breed, feed,, and weed,’” said a

well-known agriculturist to a group at lunch at Auckland. “I speak by the hook of forty years’ experience, and am convinced that ultimate success lies in the proper feeding and judicious culling of all dairy herds.” lie was enlarging upon the text of the plate of sirloin which lie happened to he negotiating. and emphatically scull ted the idea that heel' production would ever lie a Now Zealand market mainstay. "The Argentine, with its vast pampas producing alfalfa crops four times a year, and thousands of miles nearer the world’s markets, will for over prevent New Zealand from competing seriously in fat stock.” “Meantime,” the speaker added, “the Xew Zealand lmtcherv business, with stock at 2os per cwt, is literally and metaphorically in clover.”

The ambassadors of trade, commercial travellers “strike a true note” and ask for Bells’ Mild Yellow Label Whiskv. Thev know the goods. “Bell’s” is mild and clear. Mark Sprot and Co. Ltd., Greymouth, sole distributors.—Advt.

Hr 77. H. Stopforth announces in another column that -ho is holding ?. special cr.th sale for one Took only. Mr J. Tennont, jeweller, Hamilton Street, has a change of advertisement iu this issue, relating to moderately priced diamond engagement rings. A grand ball in aid of the Kokatahi Tennis Club is taking place this evening in the Kokatahi Public Hall, a,nd the weather being very propitious a large number of visitors should be attracted. The Westport News says that it is understood that ns soon as the Otira tunnel is handed over by the Public Works Department to the Railway Department. machinery at present at Otira will lie shifted to Westport for the speedy construction of the Duller Gorge railway. Factory Owners: Secure satisfaction; use "Gaudy's’’ Genuine llalata. Belting. Free from stretch ; unalfectcd by temperature, great tensile strength, runs perfectly straight. B. P. M. Manning and C’o., 5 Bedford Bow, Christchurch.—Advt.