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Hokitika Guardian, 22 March 1924, Page 2

Newman's Motors Cars will leave for Kaniori bake to-morrow (Sunday) at 10 a.m.. and 2 p.m. Special lares.

North Island mails and passengers liv the ferry steamer connected with tiic West Coast express at Christchurch this morning.

jicds and bedding left over Irom the Exhibition period, are on sale at Jeffries and Coy’s Mart, or at the County Chambers, at recent auction rates.

Over the week-end some members of the Returned Soldiers Association are visiting the local cemetery for the purpose of attending to the graves of fallen comrades—a very kindly and thoughtful action.

To-night! Soldiers’ Hall! To-night! Don’t forget the Kiwi Football Club’s usual Saturday night dance. Everybody assured oTa good time. Diluting at 9 o’clock sharp. Good floor. Music by Bonotti’# Jazz Band will he ali tiiat could be desired, Mr Bonetti having procured it lot of new music which he will introduce. Admission Is.—Advt.

We draw the attention of carriers and contractors to Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd’s., Horse Sale. The horses are from Canterbury and arc a "ellbred lot. All are broken to work and guaranteed, ’flic sale takes place on Wednesday Alarcli 2fith. and clients arc notified that the sale will commence at 1.30 p.m. sharp.

Tile Commissioner of Taxes draws the attention of taxpayers t<> tile notification appearing in to-day's issue that Returns of Land must he furnished not later than the Bth. April. Forms of return may he obtained at any postal money-order office; they "ill not he sent to taxpayers from the office of the Commissioner of Taxes unless written application is made for them. Lessees in occupation of land owned by Natives are required to furnish a return for land so occupied.

A meeting of Indies and gentlemen willing to co-operate in holding n monster bazaar and novelty entertainment in aid of the building fund for the R.S.A. Cluh will he held at 0,,. Soldiers’ Hall at 7.30 o’clock next Tuesday. The building when erected will provide a popular rendezvous for the men. There is a fine central site, and in conjunction with the popular hall, the building should be self-supporting. The community is committed to the erection of the Club room >v licit it is hoped to see completed during the year.

Boring operations for gold and to ascertain the depth of the alluvial, will be undertaken very shortly in the Donogluios district adjacent to Boss. The prospecting is being undertaken with a view ultimately to dredging the fiat, where in former years at the time of the dredging boom, a certain! amount of successful dredging was carried on. If the present proposals take shape, the dredging will be on a large scale utilising an electric dredge of considerable power and depth. The result of the prospecting will he awaited with interest.

Air A. H. Holmes, who is retiring from the position of registrar of the Supreme Court of Chr■istehureli, was presented with 11 cheque at tile annual meeting of the Canterbury I-aw Society on Thursday. This retirement will involve a considerable rc-shuflling <4 positions in Court circles, which wii probably extend to the (.'oast, it being understood that Air Afelndoe of (beymouth will bo one to move upwards on promotion

You will never know bow far a shilling can he stretched until you have visited AlcGruer’s famous one-price stunt Is sale Is. The right neiow all possible competition event which commences Friday, Alnroh 21st, and continues lor three days only. The final clearance of summer goods at the mad price of Is each. Buy much and save much, the bargains are mighty and many. Doors open at 0.30. AlcGruer’s, Hokitika and Greymouth.—Advt.

20 only Ladies woollen knitted frocks mole, fawn, blue, grey, white, putty etc., shades. Special bargain price for one week 29,s lid at Ale Kay’s, The Leading Drapers.—Advt. Just arrived:—Large consignment of choice dessert and cooking apples, Cox’s Orange, Jonathans, Alunro’s etc. Lowest prices. AT. Houston and Co.—Advt. 7LB TINS FOR FAMILIES. It- frequently happens that whole families take "Alaltexo” (Wilson’s Alalt Extract), and for the benefit of these, it is put up in 71b tins besides 1 and 21b jars. The 71b tins aro most economical. You get the best value when you obtain ''Alaltexo,” With or without Cod Livyr Oil. Chemists, stores. —Advt,

This is the last week of Paterson and Lloyd’s sale. Do net forget to call and inspect.—Advt.

11l the report of the Kiwi Football Club’s annual meeting the names of Messrs J. J. Breeze (senr.), and F. McCarthy were inadvertently omitted from the list of viee-Prcsidcnts.

Commencing oil Monday the 2-lth. instant, the hours of attendance in the Hokitika Telephone Exchange "ill he extended to run from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., except on Sundays and holidays.

Mr Isaac Brown, of Revel! Street, has donated £1 Is to the Beautifying Society. He wants the sum spent in assisting to carry on the work of tarscaling the roadway on Cass Square.

This week’s Auckland News contains special illustrations of the disastrous floods in Hawke's Bay, New Plymouth, Queen Carnival and a lot ot other miscellaneous illustrations. Copies it King’s, Stationer.

The Harvest Thanksgiving Services "ill he held in the Methodist Church to-morrow morning and evening. The soloist for the evening service is Miss -Myrtle Olsen. The annual sale will be held on Tuesday evening in St. Andrew’s Hall, when the Hokitika Orchestra will render a first class programme.

An outbreak of tire occurred in the State School, Waiuta, at 1.30 a.in. yesterday. Luckily, it was noticed by Mr Stewart and a friend, who gave the alarm, and the fire was quickly extinguished. The damage is confined to the flooring and joists around the fireplace. Had the fire gone unnoticed a few minutes longer, the building would have been completely destroyed.

Mr 11. L. Gibson, Railway Transport Officer at Invercargill, is shortly to transfer to Christchurch, where he will assume similar duties in succession to Mr E. P. Moir, who returns to Invercargill as eliiof clerk. Mr S. C. Doyle, statiomnastor at Waimangaroa Junction, on the 'Westport section will succeed Mr Gibson at 1 ransport Officer at Invercargill.

When Air (1 A. Green, New Zealand nurserymen's organising secretary, was in Ashburton recently his attention was drawn to diseased potatoes, which, though apparently social when dug lotted in the sack in a few days, "ith a particularly strong smell. Samples were later sent to iho Government s Biological 'Laboratory at "Wellington where examination disclosed the fact that the potatoes are infected by bacillus sohunicoarum, commonly known as mattery eye, wet rot, or haetcriosis. This disease is widespread throughout the Dominion, being especially prevalent at Pukekohe, where on occasions it causes serious loss. '1 he disease is introduced into clean land by planting infected seed tubers, and after a. diseased crop the organism may survive for several yea“s in the soil. It may he prevented by using clean ground and planting only seed tubers known to he free from infection, and also by ;l . long crop rotation of land that lias become infected.

Liquid “TAN-OL,” the quick polisher for floors, furniture and leather goods. Clean and easy to apply.