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Hokitika Guardian, 27 December 1924, Page 2

Train arrangement's for races at Oroymoiith on 30th. and 31st. December. and Ist., 2nd and 3rd. .January, and for Caledonian sports at Jhikilika on Ist. January are advertised in this issue. At the Police Cnju'l yesterday morning. a resident of Throe Mile on a charge of being drunk and using obscene language was sentenced to I I days' imprisonment. The h anilienps for the first day’s races of the Clreyinouth Jockey Club’s meeting will be declared this evening. A crop lain cs lor the first day close at noun on Mondav

Tlin Black water Minos, Lid., report for the month of December is ns fellows:- Tons crushed, JlOfS ; yield, 1 .702 line ounces; total value of yield at Cl 8 s per line ounce, £0873. The Rowling Club progressive pairs oil Xmas Day were commenced in the morning, two games being played liefore the dinner adjournment. The green was in capital order and some interesting play took place. The rain that commenced to fall about 1 o’clock and continued steadily during the

afternoon caused play to he abandoned for the day. The lirehell rang out an alarm of fire on Xmas morning at 3.fi1l o’clock, a caravan lint for placing on a motor lorry that was stored on a timber skid at the wharf, opposite Tancred St. being found on lire. The hut was completely gutted. The lire was apparently the work of an incendiary. There I was a small muster of the Brigade and one line of hose soon disposed of the outbreak.

Painting Time: Springtime is painting time. Paint with “ Fibrine” ; best protective for iron and steel work, resists acids and heat sueor-ssfully. Covering capacity double ordinary paints. It. P. M. Manning and Co., 5 Bedford Row, Christchurch. —Advt. Less rub, more shine with ‘‘Tan-oi” —the liquid polish for furniture, floors, and leather goods. Also in paste form. —Advt.

Suggestions for Christmas gifts at Schroder’s: Table-linen, frocks, hats, scarfs, wraps, Spanish shawls, h.k.f's, Peter-pan collars, travelling hampers and trunks, luncheon baskets, bathing dresses, rubber capes, rubber bathing caps, silk hose, gloves, men’s ties, sox, shirts braces. All would be suitable gifts at Schroder’s, who have the largest selection.—Advt.

The ears of Newman's Motors Ltd, will he running to Lake Kanieri tomorrow at 10 a.in. and 2 p.m.

Newman’s Motors Ltd., will have cars running to the Greymouth races on Tuesday next leaving the garage at 10 a.m. The Canterbury Education Hoard are inviting tenders for additions to the school at Watnron. Specifications can he seen at the. “Guardian” Office. Tenders close on Monday at fj o’clock for the purchase of the launches etc., of the Acclimatisation Society, at Lake Kanieri. There was a popular dance at .he Soldiers’ Hall last night. Another dance will he held this evening. Good music and an efficient MX', give patnuis a pleasurable evening. The ■iroceeds are in aid of the K.S.A. hall. A Wellington correspondent wired •oil Tuesday night: Shopkeepers in Wellington have had had luck with the weather. The last three or four days of last week were atrocious, and Christ, mas shopping was ] radically at a standstill. Monday gave promise of being fine, and crowds thronged the shops, and the shop assistants were kept extremely busy. The weather today is unfavourable, hut people are ,'braving the weather and getting through with their Christmas shopping. The main city shops will probably show •satisfactory returns, hut the small shopkeepers must suffer.

Christmas Eve proved a very line and pleasant evening, and there was a large crowd in the streets till a late hour. The shops generally appeared to he doing a lucrative trade, and considerable improvement on the month’s takings over last year are reported l*y several linns. After midnight tbe •Municipal Band visited all milts of the town playing carols. Their efforts were continued till about 9 a.ill. and later they tisited the Mental Hospital. Christmas morning broke fine though i In,llly. The sun came out for a while in (he morning hut towards noon the clouds gathered with a north west •wind, and about I o'clock rain began tn fall which continued to get heavier as the afternoon wore on and continued during the eveiiing. when it gradually cleared, and Boxing Day broke fine, though cloudy.

Hrivate word was received here yesterday of the death in Kidding of Mr H. .1. Kelly, solicitor of that town. Mr Kelly was the third son of the late Mr Thomas Kelly of Awatuna and was articled by Mr .lames Hark of this town, lie afterwards removed to Invercargill finally opening a practice in Kidding which he carried on successfully up tn the time of his death. He leaves a widow (nee Miss .Smith of Hokitika) and one son, also four brothers Mr -lack, Miclc, and Laurence-of Awatuna. and Joseph of Ruatapu anil one sister Mrs Yorke of Ohakline. To them the sympathy of a large circle of friends is extended.

Overheard at the Races: “X.iy. Mick, "hat's all this, this talk in the papers about this mm.eying.” "Ah, sure Hat, ’uve gat it all wrung—it's not called moncylngoe at all. it's mcn-o-luguc they mane.” ‘ And what the divil does that mane thin?” “Well Hal. it manes a spalpeen •■nines on in the stage and sits down at the pinner and begins a hit of a blarney "id himself, and wliinivor he makes a hit of a mistake, he thumps mighty hard on the pinner so as you won’t he after lindin’ him out.” “Begorra Mirk, you knot hate they Scotch for iiivinlins; hut it takes an Oirishman to find ihim out. I hey till me there's a great moneyluggist at the Opei v House on New Year noiglit ; faith I’ll go and hear him : will you have a _ Thanks! Don't mind if I do.” Advt. There is a man in a New South Wales gaol who bitterly realises that fate can inflict greater punishment on a wrongdoer than any man-made law. One night in October he was found lying on the footpath outside a suburban hotel. The manager of the hotel had heard a window being forced. then an explosion, anil Infer had seen the pros!rate man. The police "ere called and found a jemiiiy and other housebreaking material in the man's possession. His right hand had been blown off. and Ins left eye destroyed. Reduced to pitiahlonoss by his injuiies, the man admitted that these bail been the result of the explosion of a dynamite cap lie "as carry with a plug of gelignite. Records showed that the man had previous convictions, and was even thou out on license in respect to an unoxpired sentence.

Bov’s Xmas suits from 2is Gd to fifls Gd all sizes at W. 11. Stopforth’s ltevell St.—Advt. 30 Pairs all solid leather South African field hoots, all sizes, black 2-ls Gd. tan 2-7 s Gd., at Ilalleiistcin’fi, ltevell St.—Advt. Messrs Kortegast Bros, of Gibson Quay, the well-known aerated waters manufacturers, have secured a special line in summer drinks. “Jiisfmto” (it’s just fruit that’s all) is a wholesome health giving fruit, in n liquid form, a product that is not merely a luxury. It is supplied in three true fruit flavours, orange, lemon and lime. —Advt. Special reductions on carpets at Schroder’s. Kidderminster 9 x 7.Gin US lOs ’ Axmiiister squares !) x !> LOG 10s, !) x 10. Gin CIS 10s, 10. G x 12 .C2l : Wilton squares 10,G x!) C 22 10s; vestibule carpet, Aminster 7.1! x 3 Dos; Wilton vestibule carpet 10. G x <1.(1 CS 10s; Persian vestibule runner 10. G x 1.0 £9 10s; Wilton hall carpet 7.1! x J.(! ,C 7 17s (Id; carpet runners 2s Gd, 7s Gd, Os Gd upwards. Endless variety in hearth rugs, from Jos (id, also sofa squares in velvet pile, Axmiiister and Persian squares, at every price at Schroder and Co., the leading carpet and lino. firm. Do not miss calling in al Schroder’s shop early.— Advt.