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Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1924, Page 2

Newman's Motors have cars runiiitq to the dance which is being held in tin Tairea Hall, Arahura. this evening. .Messrs Ailken and Wood are cxjeolcd h.e k from their trip home ahold the el: I , I the week. I lie Hokitika hire lirigad • desire t, aek in w ledge with th inks a donntim "I L'-5 I loin the Trustees e! the .lewi-I ."synagogue. A meeting ol the Kaoieri Cricket ( lull is advertised to ho held ill tin i el lie Hall. Kanieri, to-iin>rrou wining at 7.A1l o'clock. The Borough Council is giving necessary attention to several foot pathleading to locations where building.are extending. A considerable amount of gravelling is also being done. II is notiiied in this is, no that the b ounty mu: il w ill h->1 ■ I a special meeting on the l ltli. | lex. to confirm u s| c -ial i filer iv'-iling to Kakajotahi P.'i'lg- It an. No

Imi in- i It.- i Ih- rif I. ■■ml 111 -■ .• II .I'. II -Mil l I'■ l .0 I 111- S:ili- SI . 1 1 1:1 ill 1 :111 *I \ 11 n I ill. ’I In- new wnlerinurse into the hill had the effort til catching tlm hulk of the water from the hack Hat. with the result that a greatly diminished i|iiantiiy n! water passed don n Hall St. and Healey St. drains. The Hooding of lower Hampden St. should now lie a thing of the p.isl. The (iillection of Customs’ duties at the three West Coast ports was: Grcymouth £12.1 to at a cost of £2 I Is Hid; Hokitika {.'22.837 at a mst of Cl 7s Id; Westport. £”!),!)!)8 at a cost, of £3 Is Id. Apart from the city ports where the duty collected exceeded a million, the cost of collection at Hokitika was the lowest in the Dominion. All's Alary Cash inn. telii tof Constable .Marlin Ca.-hion. formerly stationed at Hokitika and other tentles on the West Coast, died at Alnsterton hist week. She was 7(1 yiais of age. and leaves a family of one son and two daughters- Air A. ('. fashion, suh-edi-tor of •■'lhi* Worker". Sydney. Sister Alary Alagdalon of Killian, and .Miss Alice Cushion, of Alnsterton.

From the experience of the reccii Hood water in the hack portion of tin town, and the fact that the Sale St drain is acting so clfectivcly and re lieving other drains of so much water the Borough authorities export that i will lie possible to elfcet considerahh saving in the proposed works regardin': the piping nf Heale.v St. drain. Tin l’eale.v St. drain is to l.e taken moos l Whitcomb.' Square to Tudor 'Street, ti assist in draining the area there, whirl will he available for residences. Tin existing bridge over the Heale.v creel; in Hark St. will be done away with and it is to he replaced by a cum re it pipe culvert. The water course itsell is to lie straightened and kept in line with Henley St. ultimately to pass through Whitcoinhe Square.

Between I and 2 o'clock yesterday morning a .small livo-ronmcd cottage at TCokiri. occupied by Air Gibbs, who is well known in the distiict, was burnt to the ground. When Air Gibbs returned last night between 10 and 1().:10 o'clock, everything was safe. He was awakened by his dog. which was Hooping by his: bedside, pawing him and whining. Me had barely time to throw a few clothes out of the window, and make a hasty exit before the fire reached where lie had lain. Air Gild s ' ist about £7 in notes. There was n small insurame on the house and lurniture, nml his los- will he heavy. Had it not been tor the dog. Air Gibbs would probably have lost his life, as he state- that he was sleeping very .soundly, when the dog invoke him. lie was the only occupant of the house. tept the dog.

Cables received last week suggc.-B-od agate (lie possibility <>f an Imperial Conferenie at tlie end of the year, though Smith A.!rica could not -see its wav to l«o ivp'o-ented hv a Minister. This report has < onsidorably puzzled New Zealand Ministers, who had 1..-rill-ed the impression that nothing <d the kind was tanteinplated. Further inquiries shew tliaL there is no intention to hold a confelome of Ministers this year in London. What South Africa is discussing is its representation on a committee which was suggested at last Imperial Conferenie to consider e-onomit matters uffeeting the hinj-iro. The committee has not yet functioned hut it is expected that it "ill he set up shortly and that New Zealand will have representation, though it will not he necessary to send a Minister to England for the purpose. For Bronchial Coughs, take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure

Mails and passengers front the North Island l»y the ferry steamer connected with the West Coast express at Christchurch this morning. The Westland County Coumil invites tenders for the stijiplv of .'IOO cubic yards i f gravel for Ferguson road, Tn-ter-Waiigauui. Tenders close on the 1-ltli. iust•. The All Black footl;allcr.s continue their matches this week. On W cd-ne-g'ay they will play Cornwall and next Fa tu I'd a v meet Somersetshiie, A gl'iilld hall will he held in Tairea Htill."'Arahura on Tuesday, Sept. Kith. Admission free. Music by Bonetti's .la 7.7. Band. All friends welcome.— Advt. Mr ,|. 11. Grilliths met with a serious accident en Saturday .last at the Giau*itv bins, ami sustained very severe injnri s to the head ami hack. He was admitted to the \\e.si;.<rt Hospital. All members and supporters of the [excelsior F.C. are requested to attend a meeting at Keller’s Club Booms tomorrow (Wednesday) evening at . o’clock sharp. As business is most impartaul every lneiuher must he preseut. —Advt.

The death took plate yesterday at 1 ji.m. of Mrs .lambs wife of Mr Frank ,lai iks. engineer nt- the t»rey Biter Hospital and formerly of Brunner. F.ailv in the morning she had a violent heart srizuie. and although nn ;li-,-a I aid was se uivd p:oni|.tlv. death ensued The deceased was a native (if Martmi. and was oil ycais of age. Her family consists of two daughters, Mrs F. Bo'-'e (C ilideii) and Mis Maud .I(IC( lbs..

Mr Cuthkert Priest for many years a resident of the West ( oast, died ,'cs-

terda.v morning at Chertsie.v. vanterImry. Deceased wits a resident of Arthurs!..win for many years when the eld Maori mill was in full winking older, and later went to Kumar.i and P.uat;,pll where he continued sawmill work, lie afterwards was farming at P toinanii. eventually selling net and taking Up his residence in Canterbury. Ills wife died .-ome yea's ago, and his only son was killed at the war. lie leaves three (laughters. Mrs Hurn.m !(Kunuira), M's M. Kelly (( he-1- :-y). and Mrs ('. I .arson ((Ireymouth'. The Kokatahi mail and | as-en;_er

car when mining to town lasi week (rashed into the side tailing i-f a small bridge, the car capsizing int i the creek below. There Wire -hue |.o--.eoge s wlio were extriiateii with some diliieilltv. hot es aped foi innately without serious inju. v. ’1 he car tell into a soft iiiniass breaking the la’l. end avoiding aho .serious injury to the car. Help was leadil.v at hand to assist in relieving those in distress. As is usual with sin h events the accident. hap| coed it. a moment of t.me. and it was indeed fi,i lunate that these in the ( ar e.s: a] eil so lucl:::,v-. At (■Teymeuth tn-mo: row- al tel noon West Coasters will he able to ace the Chinese f’nivorsity Soccer team ill nrlien against a West Coast team. Ihe visiting ( hinose team have been rei cit ing a splendid ie:ej tioii at all the (Ciilres and they have given a line exI ositi.ui of the Assficialion game. To many So :er is an unknown game, hut it i:. always inlcic ting to the onlooker, and the opj ort unity to sic the Chinese tisilu.s in J.'a.v against a West ( ~ast team is .one to le largely avail. I n! t i-iuori.. a . S; vial trains and special car -crvii cs ale i.olilied <u that there will lie no lack of oj.port unity to travel to ami liem (I reynioul h mi tie 1 s.icial in asioii. ’I lie post il I r.igl. inline by lb: llokitika Mnnici|al Band will he In Id on Sunday evening next, when the hand will renih r a sele led |ii. g: a iiiiue. assisted lit i titer vo a! and iitslrmnenlal ill lists. I hi' j, the third t f thi.-e | oj>u--1.->r i nuerts anil it i- the intention ol the land to reiuiei a fourth in a short, time, dheie will be on admission charge hut an.wuic'vi di tj osed may as--i-.l b.v | ke-iiig a -mall ■'omitinn in the i .|l -i-( ion I iv •ol llv d' or. 11 i-; a l -1 lie- i'.l-■■■! J-..,, o| lie- I .ml l. ti- il ];•■; I lie lo|b '.i nr* Sunday. 'I he question as to the future trend of jo ii e.s for 11121-L’o season for butter. ( bet v, "o I ami mutton, is a most inleiesling one. Kx| cris .say that we •an baldly ex, e. t that the high price of ii rut years will be permanently maintain. .1. I.et us hope. however, thill they are wiong. 11l this coimerlien. the 1 .(‘.si advite is to pioditrc more Irom our high juiced land. New Zealand, as a country, may lie said i.i le only just ( eminentdug to touch upon the fringe of its carrying c nparity—that is when (enquired to Denmark, llol'an'l. and many other (ountries where they grow tremendus aieas of Mangels. Swedes. Carrots, Turnips and iithc r forage crops to curry them through their hard winters. We are K mini!-d of these facts by Messrs (Vxijers. the w ell-kl.o ii Seed Browers ( 1 Wellington. 'I he | reduce el Coo|iel’s Seeds have again l/.eu wonderfully suceessful at Palmeslnn. liawera. Ilamiltoii. Dunedin. Oamarii etc., in

fa t they may he said to hate | ractieally swept the loan!. Ale-.srs .Mitchell Bros., winners of the most points prize for the .70 guinea cup at Palmerston North, recently staged some dozens of superb exhibits, all of which were grown from, (’.taper's Seeds, with the exception r.f one exhibit, and this was grown from seed supplied by a firm outside of X.Z. Ale-s:s .Mitchell Bros.' crop of Cooper's Prize-winner Mange! intently inspected while growing. by a large party of farmers, and weighed in the presence of a number of experts, proved to le over Hi I tons per a' ie. These facts speak in eloquent proof of the superiority of the X.Z. Firm's Seeds.

French, Swiss and English knitted wool costumes, jumpers, juniper frocks in silk, silk and wool, and fine wools is another prominent feature tit Schroder and C'o’s .Spiring show, now on. Inspection cordially invited. Evening frocks and flowers a speciality at Schroder’s emporium.—Advt.

Special fashion display at AlcGruer’s, Hokitika. One week only, commenced Tlmrsdnv. Sept. Illli. Fa-hioii’.-very latest in millinery modes, costumes, frocks, fancy silks, latest dress materials, etc., a show equal to any city show. Our prices are much lower. AleGruer's, Hokitika and Greymouth.—Advt. Keep the kiddies free from coughs and colds with “XAZOI..” Soothes relieves, penetrates; Is fid for P.O doses. For Influenza, take Woods’ Great Peppermint Core. Keep influenza at hay by taking "XAZOL.” Its soothing, penetrating healing properties, give instant relief to coughs and colds. Is (id for (10 doses