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Hokitika Guardian, 28 August 1924, Page 2

The ILK.A. Kucliro competition "i he resumed at the Soldiers’ Hall o Thursday evening next.

The 11 nil way Depart men! adverfis in this issue particulars of throng train services between ( hristehiirc and Greynioiilh on Monday*.

The friends of Mr and Mrs 11. Dennis of Doss, and f/irmerly of limit apu. wit hear with reticent ot tin* death oil I liesilav of their LI month* old daughter M.arv Agnes, alter a short illness.

The members of Westland Lodge N Si*. r.A.O.D. are hereby summoned t attend a i'cuial ccyt-ing to lie held i the Lodge Doom on Friday. the 2!Uli August at 7.H0 p.m. sharp to jeeciv (Irand Lodge Officers. Visiting bretli reu cordially invited. Dy order ot th A.D. Adrt.

Tim Childrens Dali tonight will.commence at 7..'10 p.m. with a Grand March. At s.3;i p.m. the Parade lor the judging ot the fancy costumes will he held, alter which slipper uill commence. The judges will lie the -a me as lor the liall last night, with the :uh'h ll vii o| Mrs I ri|iihart. Mrs Lyon is very kindly dmuting number of prize* to by awarded among I lie smaller children alter the mam prizes hate hem presented. Admivsion children 1-. adults •->.*. The Minister ot Kdueal ion niimmnoeil oil Tuesday that Cabinet had resolved to place on Ihe Estimate* a grant for L'.'iOO tor subsidies in aid ol country libraries. This amount will he distributed in sinail sums among the siiuillci count rv libraries oil the basis fixed by til,, regulations. 'lbis grant obtained lor some yrats prior to l!'2n. when the vote was withdrawn on the re(oiiimemlatiou of the Keom.mie. Coinmi ttco. An iunal prodigy i* ivporti*«l from IV Ar:iin;i, iu*ar (lishorm*. Ilu iiojMMtui- rxamin«*<! tlu* ><*h:>ol week. Two of the pupils oh'lai ill'll their proficiency. Hue ol them Abe* Ciltnan. is only eight years ol age Thw gill luu made wonder! ul progress In PJ22 shr was in the Maugaptlpi School, when she was at the top ol Standard I. Last year, on the remova of her i.arents to T.< Araron. -he *■:'

ter.ul <tamlard 11. Before a year oassed she was tit Standard 111., during the loliowidg iwelve nuu *he welti* through Standards l\.. ami \l. She is remaining till the of the year, when It i* Imped to her on lo the High School.

.Matters relating to tln* annual e-n----feremv ami demons! rat ton ol the New Zealand I'nitud Fire llligades’ Association to he held in i hrislehiireh in March next have beet recently advanced a stage. In April la*l a preliinittarv nuvliuf, wa» held at the oily

headquarters when an executive wtis set m> and other preliminary arrangetnwiits were made. Dining (.rand National Week the secretary of the F.F.HA. Mr T. (■'. Watts) was in Christchurch, and advautago was taken ol the opportunity to hold a meeting of the executive, which was attended by Mr Willi', aml at which the dralt programme for the demonstration was dismiss'd and was wgrved to. several matters of detail being left to the exeeittivi* i<» Tin* «1 rs»4 l has now hmi tlra-wti up, and has Imm*ii forwarded to the executive of Hie F.F.|j A. ler its approval. Permi"ioii Ini' been granted by die Miinslei ol Internal A flair.* (Hon D. F. Ilollard) lor the art union to he Itild in eoiinceiioii with, the detnoiisl ration.

Hairy Farmers: (let the be-t *-<'|>aialor at the lowest price. The "( ereis the latest improved Swedish machine. Clean skimmer, self-balancing howl, easy running. It. P- Al■ Planning and Co., ■ > liodtord How. flni-i church.—Advt. r,r Children’s Hacking Cough, U'o..ds Croat Peppermint Cure. 'l'll,, new spring and summer millinery showing at Schroder’s, comprise the Inti—»l models in imported trimmed millinery and ready-to-wcars. Vmr presume will be valued and in the meantime we ask your acceptance of otir sipprocintimi tnr - i"i jjivour^. Advt.