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Hokitika Guardian, 24 March 1925, Page 2

The annual meeting o{ the Hokitika Beautifying Society is fixed for S o’clock this evening at the Town Hall. All interested in the work of the Society are invited to attend. The committee will meet at 7..'in.

The annual meeting of the Excelsior Football Club will he field to-morrow evening in Keller’s Sample Rooms at 7.3(1 o'clock sharp. All members anil intending members are invited to altend. Advt.

Tlio second ihm' 111 i miin'i t inn r. itli tin* iiii'iint ilr paralysis <*;»i<l<• Irii<•. "Tiile (let hired positive. i.s said to be very mild, and that the pnteint is malting excellent progress. A third ease is now under observation, tile patient having been brought in from the south, also.

At n meeting of tlu? Progress League last evening, (lie question of the projected trip to South Westland in eonnoction with the Jackson Ray-Oluirr <leveh)])inent scheme was referred to. It- was stated a steamer was likely to he purchased for the local trade, in which event it was possible transport could he arranged. The matter was deferred to await developments.

Two line specimens of horticultural are on view at Turners, one being a squash pumpkin, weighing otilhs. which was .grown by Mr J. .Mclntyre on the Cemetery Mill from seed which lie hud taken from a piece of pumpkin lie had bought, while the other is a very fine cluster of Easier lilies (lilium eandidmn) there being of flowers to the single stem. It is said that ofi flowers represent a good cluster. The flower was grown hv Mr Debit of Mataintti.

'the new coat's have arrived, a great display at McKay’s.—Advt.

Burglars were active in Christchurch last week. On Wednesday night the premises of Briscoe and Co., tit the corner of Manchester and Worcester streets, were onto reel and on Thursday night burglars paid a visit to the premises of Skelton, Frostick and Co. Briscoe and Co’s shop was also visited on Thursday night. Briscoe and Co. lost between £lO mid £l2 iti notes, two sporting guns, valued at £5 each, and other goods. Boots and shoes were stolen from Frostick and Co. The entrance to Briscoe and Co.’s premises was gained through a side door in the right-of-way between the main building and the ruins' of the Canterbury Hall. The second visit to these premises proved abortive, an iron bar across the. inside of the door defeating the efforts of the thieves to enter.

Mr J. P. Hidings, Collector of Customs at Auckland, retires from the service of the Customs Department at the end of this month. Air Hidings has a period of -10 years’ service to his credit. He joined the Customs Department in 187(1, and has held posts at most of the principal ports of the Dominion. In 1893 he was appointed collector at Oamaru; later he held a similar position at Hokitika ; and then at Dunedin. Sixteen years ago Mr Hidings went to Auckland to take his present position as collector.

A number of school children have been sending in their home lessons to their teachers and masters via the post without first affixing a stamp to the envelope. “As a great number of the children are apparently under the impression that they can post in the lessons free of having to-first stamp the envelope it would fie a good thing if they were informed that they are not allowed to do it.” said Mr C'hns. Kirk, secretary to the Canterbury Education Board, when speaking to a representative of "The Press” on Saturday.

“ All correspondence from the teacher to the pupil can he sent without a stamp, hut all ‘.correspondence from the pupil to the teacher must he stamped.

Autumn millinery and apparal have all arrived and the early buyer gets the choice. Call to-day and see the latest in woollen costumes, jumpers, knitted frocks, etc. —Addisons.—Advt. NAZOL and Olive Oil should be frequently applied inside nostrils of young children as a precaution against Infantile Paralysis,—Advt.

The Supreme Court sittings which commenced yesterday morning at 10.30 o’clock, continued through the

afternoon until .3 o’clock, when the whole of the business set down was concluded and the sittings ended. Two of the cases were adjourned for completion till the June sittings. Girls’ and Maids' Coats and Hats— Quite a nice selection of the above have arrived during the last few days. Call and inspect for yourself, you will be further convinced that our styles and values cannot he excelled. Addison’s.—Advt.

A number of applicants for motor drivers’ licenses went through the test yesterday, about 80 persons in all. including several ladies, having obtained licenses. Applications received during the week will lie examined on

Monday next. Later a visit will ho raid south hy Mr Green to deal with

ipplicants from that quarter, if a lufficicnt number offer.

A dance under the auspices of the Hokitika Fire Brigade team will he held in the Opera House on AVednesdav evening. 25th. March. Music by Messrs Lawn and Gibbons. Prices Is Gd and Is. Good Hour, efficient M.C. A. •!. Thompson. Secretary.— Advt.

The steel pipes for the by-supply for the town water supply have arrived a", last, having been delayed at Nelson for some time. Yesterday and to-day the pipes wore being taken to Kanieri Forks, where a connection will he made with the Kanieri Lake water race and the town supply pipe line. The Overseer has instructions to put toe work through with all possible despatch.

NA '/.Oh which is being widely used as a safeguar dagainst- inlantile paiaKsis is obtainable at Is 6d at all chemists.—Advt.

The death took place hist night somewhat suddenly of Mrs .Matilda Penrose. at the residence of her daughter. Mrs Sherriff at Blue Spur. The deceased was a native of Bermondsey, London, and 72 years of age. Km many years she had been a resident oi the Grey Valley, and latterly had been residing at Blue Spur. Deceased was a widow, hut left a grown up family of seven daughters (Mrs Murphy and Mrs Foster of Gisborne, Mrs Hiddiford and .Mrs Lorimer of Met liven, Mrs Fetch Spreydon, Mrs G. Veale, Hokitika, Mrs Slierriff, Blue Spur); one son (Mr .1. l’enrose of CulverdeiD 27 grand children and 7 great grand children. New goods too numerous to mention have arrived in eaeli department. A visit to our store, whether in search of <liildren’s, ladies' or gents’ apparel will, he amply repaid. Our selections are mast varied and values live best. Addison’s. —Advt.

Hon G. .1. Anderson, Minister of Mines, Labor and Marine is due he:e this evening when lie will hear any deputations. Mr O’Brien M.T*. will he in attendance to iiitrodtue the deputations. To-morrow at !) o’clock the Ministerial party moves south. There will lie a .slant deputation at Boss an;l the party proceeds afterwards to Little Waitaha, where at mid-dav the Minister, at the invitation of the Westland County Council will open the Kakapotahi Ibiduc, and he entertained at luncheon subsequently. An early start will lie made south in the afternoon as the Minister is to take a deputation at Harihari, and will he entertained at afternoon tea at Alataimii. iSubscqucntly the party will visit Okarito and then depart for AVailio Gorge for the evening.

A late issue of the Sydney “ Bn lietin ’’ sa.vs: Taranaki Oil, according to a statement from Collins House, has obtained from the Maoriland Government 25.000 acres of coiitigouu.s oilprospecting areas in Westland, South Island. Here there in an anticlinal axis in tertiary strata, with “a big oil seepage ” on a minor anticlinal axis nine miles long King east and licarci the hills. Some of the country was bored nine years ago and several barrels of oil ohlained. But eve'll this slice plus the New Plymouth area ol Maeriiand apparently is not enough let tiie P.aiilieus and their friends; anyway. the Gisborne Oil Proprietary Co., which has a nominal capital of COO,OOO in Cl shares, has let lhe Taranaki Oil Co. take tip 7000 of its shares at par. and has given it a call over 10,000 more shares, all at 20s each. The Gisborne Co. was formed to get hold of the oil rights over country near Gisborne, in the Poverty Bay district, on the east side of the North Island.

“ Natural gas seepages ” are the draw there. Colin Fraser goes on the Gisborne hoard to represent the Taranaki. Dr Clap]) will run his rule over the co’s area, ami lie may also have a look at the West Coast blocks. Taranaki itself has bottled up 9(58 acres above and below high-water mark at New Plymouth. This is where the old drills went down which yielded about 00,000 barrels of oil and is only a few fathoms from the spot in the Pacific where bubbly oil daily films the blue seas. A. 11. P. Moline is putting up a drill of 4500 ft. capacity on this patch of tlie shore. Another will dig-in at Tarata, 1(5 miles off. ff C'olhns House has been quiet over its ALL. venture it hasn’t been idle. The ambassadors of trade, commereia 1 travellers “strike a true note” si.d asl for Bulls’ Mild Yellow Labm Wuiskv They know the goods. “Bell’s” is mild and clear. Mark Sprot and Co. l.td. Urcvmou' b. solo d'strihufors.— Advt,. Sawmilling Machinery: Bush locomotives, Steam Saw Feeds, Steam CrossCut Saw’s. Logging Blocks. Timber .Jacks, etc., from H. I*. M. .Manning and Co., 5 Bedford How, Christchurch, representing A. and (I. Price Ltd., Thames.—Advt.

Infantile paralysis must Ik* fought. Saturate cotton wool in mixture of NAZOL and Olive Oil and smear inside children’s nostrils.—Advt.