POUNDS WEIGHT AND WORTH.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 March 1925, Page 2

POUNDS WEIGHT AND WORTH.

There can be very often considerable difference between pounds weight and pounds worth. There is the old catch conundrum which asks, which is the heavier, a pound of lead or a. pound of feathers? But in connection with the R.3.A. appeal for funds, weight and worth count alike. '1 hat is. both are welcome, for each in turn can, and will, he turned into pounds sterling. Tlie Hokitika branch of the Returned Soldiers is desirous of going on with the next stage of their hall, by adding rooms which will he useful lor club purposes, as also for general utility purposes in connection with the hall itself. Three rooms and vestibule constitute the. present building programme. One room will be for committee or social purposes .another room will he available as a ladies’ dressing room on social evenings, while the third room will be set apart similarly for the men. The hall-way will make a roomy front entrance, and be a great improvement on the present temporary makeshift. Next Saturday is to he Hound Dav, and gifts of all kinds for sale, will ho 'welcomed by the ladies’ committee which has this work in hand. '1 he goods will be oil sale m Hcvcll street nn Saturday morning, afternoon and evening, and it is hoped to raise a substantial sum for the object in lull'd.