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Hokitika Guardian, 4 February 1925, Page 2

I .link out for McKay’s (treat Drapery Kale—Friday next at 11 a.in.—Advt. The Annual meeting of tjie Hokitika .Municipal Hand takes place to-night at 7.3op.m.—Advt. .Messrs M. Houston and Co. will sel hv Auction at Kanieri to-morrow (Thursday) afternoon properties in the estate of the late Airs Head, and immediately after on behalf of .Mr C. Hondo, Native reserve lease of ’OO acres and a T. H. I-. ol 100 acres. .Matters in regard to the gala day for the Beautifying Society are shaping themselves. The flower section of the day is going to he something special. Air Haile having enlisted much general support. The whole event will afford the people an opportunity to help themselves by assisting the Beautifying .Society financially. The only way to appreciate the extent of the money-savers offering at .McKay’s Great Sale is by inspection. Prices are being utterly smashed.— Advt."

The cost of preserving good health is becoming increasingly burdensome to the middle classes, said Lord Dawson of Penn, the King’s physician, m an address to the Insurance Institute of London. The more medical knowledge improved the larger the expense that fell upon the head of the family. He had known of families crippled for in years hv the heavy cost ol modern methods' of treating disease. Every familv spent far more nowadays on the care of the teeth, on the tonsils, and on the shape of the legs and the feet of the rising generation. ”If it were not so, should we tolerate the slioVt skirts which are in vogue to-day f” lie asked. The home was becoming less and less suitable as a place where illness could be treated. There was more need for institutional treatment. The arrival of a baby was looked upon by the domestic staff of a house as a matter of personal grievance. In very feuhomes would the servants tolerate illness. Clinics and hospitals were needed for middle-class families, hut care should he taken not to separate the patient from the attention of Ins family doctor. Unless some solution of the present difficulty were found, the alternative would ultimately be a nationalised medical service.

At AlcGruer’s Great Sale special values ladies’ overalls dark shades new styles, fast colours, now 4s lid and 5s lid ; ladies’ dark washing dresses (is lid and 7s lid; ladies’ white and navy cotton bloomers, now 2s Gd; ladies white and cotton vests Is Gd. Our prices are lower. AfcGruers, Hokitika and Greymouth.—Advt.

Boiler Owners: Use 11 Stopskale ” for cleaning. Keeps boiler free front oil, grease and scale, -prevents pitting, corrosion, galvanic action, Write forbooklet, ft, V. M, Momum a»u't cm.. 6 msibi't Tm, ehri«tehufeh : =Atm.

Marking an epoc in modern merclianUsing, McKay’s Great Summer -Sale starts on Friday.—Advt.

We were informed by Dr Buchanan to-day that there was nothing in the case referred to yesterday at the Mental Hospital, which was under observation.

Postponed ! —The dance advertised to :ake place in the One Mile Hall on Wednesday next, Feb. 11th. has been 11 do Hnite 1 y post pm l ied. Advt.

The following notifications of infectious diseases were received in the Can-terbury!-West-land health '.district- lot the week ended at noon on Monday: Canterbury— Scarlet fever 7, diphtheria 7, tuberculosis 7. poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis) J, syphilis 1. Westland—Diphtheria 3. poliomeylitis tis 1. gonorrhoea 1. Total 38.

Cabinet, at a meeting held at Wellington on Monday, decided upon important alterations to the Invercargill Court- buildings. The work will he carried out hv the Public Works Department. A new police station is to be provided at Andeson's Bay Dunedin. Repairs are to be made at the G'ri-y----moutli police station, and a new police station, estimated to cost £I7OO, is to bo erected at Otira.

All entries (except sporting) for the Westland A. and I. Show on the Hokitika racecourse close on Friday next with Mr .Jarman, secretary. There is a splendid schedule liberally endowed nith prize money and a very large entry is expected. Mr .Jarman will be in attendance at the office Hamilton Street each evening from 7 p.m. to ij p.m. to receive entries and give particulars to enquirers, etc.

An exceptionally good sale of fat sheep and tat cattle was held on Monday at the Preston Road Yards, Gieymouth. In some cases beet made Ills per l(!3!b, and the balance 3.)5. '1 lie iollo.ving were the sales: On account .1. Duggan (Xgahere), 11 tat ewes at -Kis Oil, one at HOs; Mrs Drcnnan (Ngahere) 25 fat ewes at 375; Preston Smith (Aliaura), 17 fat ewes at 30s; J. Ward (A ha ura), 18 fat owes at 355; A. Griffcn (Wainihinihi), 3 fat- bullocks at £lO 17s Oil. 3 at £9 7s Oil, 3 small prime at C 8 2s (id. -1 fat cows and one runner at £0 l'2s Oil; Cunningham Bros., (Wainihinihi), 4 fat cows at £7 10s, 2 vealers at 3 17s Oil, one at £2, one at 28s 6d , 4. Murphy (Kumara), 4. vealers at £l.

In connection with the provision of refreshments for the howling tournament commencing next week, on Monday. Mesdames Blank and J. 14. Wilson, with assistants,-will be in charge; on Tuesday Mesdames 11. A. Thompson and Benjamin and Miss Brute and assistants will have charge ; on Wednesday Mesdames Stevenson, A. 11. King and J. 11. Ward will have charge. These ladies will lie glad to have the assistance in the supply of refreshments. This year McKay’s Great Summer Sale will exceed your most extravagant expectations. Advt. Mr 11. Wutkinson. resident engineer, mil (he Count' Chairman (Mr E. A. Wells) and Mr Dull', Mat Stafford yesterday loronnon. regarding lira inane of water flowing into the township from Waimca Creek, the bed of which lias risen considerably ol late vc-ars. The present drain was inspected. and Mr Wutkinson agreed as soon as convenient to take levels to ascertain how the drainage might, he im-,,,-ovi'd. Meantime the drain is being overhauled, and will he cleared out. to effect a. hotter flow of water Subsequently the parly visited Slip Hill. Bake Kanieri road, where danger is threat ning by further slips. It was decided to watch the position and to include in the applications lor grants a vote lor the purpose of widening the road at different, points

If you have not paid Schroder and Co's Stock-taking Sale a visit, it will be vour neighbours’ gains—hundreds ol bargains daily offering. Now is tlio time to save money bv atten ting Schroder and Co's Stock-taking Sale. Call early.—Advt.

The prolonged delay in the depaitine of the Aloeraki from Alelhourno may cause Air Frank Tate, director of Kmtcaicu in Victoria, who has promised to ■ five the New Zealand educational authentic the benefit of his advice upon certain administration mailers, to enrol Ids visit to the Domuion. Kir ■ lames Parr stales that Air ini.c had only limited time to spend in New Zealand. and that he would have to lie hack" in Australia hv the middle of .March. He had honed to spend a month or six weeks in New Zealand, loft the shipping delays might/ cause mm to cancel his trip, which was now proolematical. Sir -lames remarked that possibly Air Tate might conic by way of Sydney. According to his original plans ho was to arrive in Wellington vesterdny. The most looked for event every year : s Al.cKay’s lingo Summer Sale. Next Friday it commences. —Advt. Yesterday, Air Wntkinson. of the public Works Department, inspected the Borough water works with the object of as<ortaining what might be done t.o give the .Mental Hospital an improved supply of water. A visit vas made to the intake in company .vitii Air Melvor, borough overseer, who ■jointed out certain facts in connection with the supply. Later, Alr AYatkinson saw the .Mayor, Air Perry, and said that it would appear. owing to the lowness of the lake and the lack ol pressure, the tjiumtity of water desired is not entering the pipe line. At the intake the pipe* is eight inches for over a. mile, hut the line is almost level, and is more in the nature of a Hume. Where the line changes from eight inch to six inch pipes, there was only about three inches of water in the large pipe. Air Wntkinson has obtained toe plans of the pipe line, and is going further into the matter before coming to a final opinion. In the alternon. accompanied by the Mayor, Grs. Alackay and Evans. Air AYatkinson paid a visit to Han Han hill, where a natural supply of water flowing front an abandoned tunnel was inspected. It seems it will he possible to acquire this if considered necessary. 'There was a little over quarter of a head flowing yesterday, the water lining clear, and considered pood. A samjile as taken tor export analysis. Further data is to be procured, and when Mr Watkinsou’s report on the main nipe line is available, a special meeting of the Borough Council will, be called to deal with the matter. The" water front the linn Hair hill would he a useful supplementary service at such a time as the present when it is desirable to have a lair store ol watei in the reservoir.

Kehroder's Stock-taking Sale is one of great attraction. All summer millinery is marked below cost to -dear. Beautiful hearth-rugs 7s Gd, lOs Gd, Ins Gd each. Ladies frocks 7s Gd. 8s Gd, 9s Gd. 12s Gd each. These are not the cheap-duck common kind. All latest, prod notions.—Advt. Sharland’s is superior to imported Fluid Magnesia. -More freshly prepared. Guaranteed highest strength and purest quality.-—Advt.