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Hokitika Guardian, 15 November 1924, Page 2

Alembers ill llu- .Municipal 1 ml are i'oiiiiiitli':! that a special practice will he hold at the hand mum to-morrow morning at 11 a.in. The Chief Postmaster advises that mails which left Wellington on 1 lilt. October, via San Francisco, arrived at l.ondon on the 12th November.

At tin 1 I'linee.xs Theatre on Sunday liielu the Municipal Rand will render the fourth snored concert of the series. This will he the last sacred concert this year and the programme will he longer than those previously given to allow the inclusion of several request items from previous concerts. In view of the splendid reception which these concerts have received r> - tlm public it is probable that they will he continued next year.

According to one repent there are over seventy applications Indeed for the twelve extra days racing for galloping allotted under the (laming Act. For the trotting permits there sue also a la roe number of applications Indeed. The Minister has referred the applications in the first instance to the Racing Conference and tin* Trotting Association. The special committees of these two bodies ale now deliberating on the matter. The recnmnieiiclations will, afterwards, la' considered by the lion. Minister of Internal Adairs.

Writing of the Newport match in which the- All Blacks scored a narrow victory by Id to 1 !>. A. .1. Ilarrop, says:—No team could have cone nearer to defeat without actually lo.iug a match than the All lilacks did to-dav. I do not. wish to see a name more exciting. The great crowd was almost delirious for the last till minutes of the match, and when Newport led 10-S with only live minutes to go. the All lilacks* task appeared hopeless. I cherished the secret hope that somethin;: might avert the threatened catastrophe, hut it was perilously near time when Svcnsun scored the winning try. While it is difficult to assign an exact cause of to-dav’s comparative failure. the forwards must hear much of the blame. Newport took a man cent of the scrum to mark Porter, so it was seven against seven. Our men did not appear to use their weight and they were also beaten in the loose. They seldom got the hall smartly to Mill, who wets continually harassed hv the opposing forwards. He did not make the best of the chances he did have, however. and there can he' no doubt that Dailey is a more effective half. Nepia wiiN below form early in the game, hut he clid some good work later. His risky habit of running with the hall has the meirt of helping to tire out the opposing forwards, who never know what he is going to do.

This season’s strawberries and raspberries will he arriving about Doeember, in bulk (111 b wooden buckets). The prices are strawberries, per lb lOd; Raspberries Is p>er lb with a charge of os for the buckets to he refunded on returning same. To avoid disappointment, intending buyers should place their orders now with Sfudley and Robson, Fruiterers, Greymouth.—Advt.

.See W. H. Stopforth’s special window display of hoys and youth’s canoe shirts. Great variety in striped Riverina plain Fuji silk etc. Price os lid to 11-s Cd.—Advt-.

Ensign Toomor and Lieut. Gray will lead the meetings tit the Salvation Army services to-morrow.

Roll up! Roll tip! To the Soldiers’ Hall to-night. Music by Eonetti’s .Jazz Band. Admission: Gents Is (id ; Ladies ls.—Advt.

Messrs M. Houston and Co., will sell by auction on Wednesday next at !2 p.m. on the premises corner of Weld and Mitzherheit Street, the whole of tlte furniture and effects in the estate of the late Miss Lucv Dale.

The Kxccl-dor Ball takes place in the R.S.A. Hull on Wednesday next and promises to he one of the most enjoyable held this season. The mu-ie is in the capable hands of Mr Lawn’s Orchestra. while the Hour and supper will be all that could be desired. Tbe price of admission is fixed at 2s Gd.—Advl.

Wo regret to report the death of Mrs Kidd, wife of Mr .). A. Kidd of .South Hokitika, which took place this morning about 11.30, after an illness extending over tbe last 12 months. She never properly recovered front the effects of the shock in connection with the lire at that time when their home ■was destroyed. Deceased was a native of County Armagh, Ireland and was o 7 years of ago. She loaves a bereaved husband (.nr .). A. Kidd tormerlv a well-nknwn guard in the railway and latteriv a dairyman at South llokitika'i. and two brothers (Mr R. McGirr of Groymouth and Mr G. McGirr of Gisborne) and two sisters Airs Burgess of Ashburton and -Mrs Tyson of Rotorua). Mrs ,). L. Turner of Weld Street is a niece.

'Pbe -powers ol the police when they find men on licensed premises after hours, and the extent of their rights in dealing with alleged olfondors. were brought into question at tin* Magistrate’s Court at Palmerston North during tin* hearing of a licensing ease. Mr L. Cohen elicited front the police witness that the six defendants in the case had been locked in the bar and brought out one by one to give an explanation. The witness said he had a right to do as lie had done, hut this Mr Cohen denied, asserting that he bail no legal right to do more than enquire tin* names and addresses of tbe defendants. The ollieer, he said, had no right whatever to demand any explanation from the men. The M:i<:istrate said that he did not ngrei* with Mr Cohen. While tin* police had no right to demand an explanation, tliev could ask for one. Counsel demurred and held to Ids point., further submitting that defendants wore, at the time of the alleged ollence. placed under illegal arrest.

French, Swiss and English knitted wool costumes, jumpers, jumper frocks in silk, silk and wool, and fine wools is another prominent feature at Schroder and Co’s Spring show, .now on. Inspection cordially invited. Evening frocks and flowers a speciality at Sell roller’s emporium.—Ailvt. Real Fuji Silk—-all pure Silk; 30in. wide. Price 2s lid yard; Silk laces and insertions for trimming same Id. Gd and ltd yard, in big demand for ladies’ underclothing, at McKay’s tbe Leading Drapers, Hokitika. —Advt. Try “Ton-ol” tbe liquid polish. Gives line surface to floors and furni;it re—smartens leather goods. Easy and economical.—Ad vt. Just to hand, a large consignment of Men’s and Youth's Box Suits in light and dark grey worsteds, navy serges etc. Prices tills to llOsat W. 11. iSlopfnrth's.— Advt.

Men's Palmer Knap denim working trousers 8s 11(1 pair; Colonial woollen working sox Is 3d per pair at McKay’s, The Leading Dra|K?rs, Hokitika.—Advt.