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Hokitika Guardian, 4 May 1925, Page 2

There will he no practice of the Municipal Hand to-night. A meeting to arrange tor the holding of the annual winter show at Kokatalli will lie held in the Public Hall on Saturday nest at ~ p.m. A mi et iug ol members ol the Kokutahi lumbal! (Tub "ill be bcld totniirrinv 'Tuesday) night at S o'clock at the 1 1 'tbit Hall. Kokatalii. Advl. I.i-iiicitmv at 11 a.til. in tlie Mart. All .--is W. .I,.lines and Co., will sell by auction •J'it) pairs of ladies and gents bouts and shoes, all new season’s wear. The monthly meeting ol the lie's.A. Committee will take place at the Club room. Soldier:-' Hall at < ..'lll o’clock .sharp this evening. As tbere is special business to be transacted a lull attendance i.s desired. A nicotine of Ihe Committee ol the AYeutland Hieing Club "ill he held at Hi o'clock to-morrow night to consider the proposals lor amalgamation with the Kumara Haring {.Tub. Members of local sporting bodies are reminded ol the meeting to lie held at the Soldiers' Hall tn-nighl at 8 o'clock with the purpose of organising a monster benefit ball fur the benefit of the ICS. A. building fund. A representative attendance is desired. A dance will lie held in tin- One .Mile llall. A rail lira <n Wednesday lilli .May in aid of the Hall funds, (bind supper. I'll liilent M.C. Music by l!o----netti's .lac./. Hand. I.allies Is ; Cents •As. A dvt. Tlie Kokatalii river is eroding in various places. Just at present the \\ letland County Council is dealing with a danger point on the south side above the Kokatalii bridge, and there appears to lie every clian'c of holding the embankment. Higher no siream where the Hokitika Flat road joins the old fold i losing, the riior lias taken a strong Sot. lint ween ilia road and "here .Murray Creek enters the river there , is considerable erosion going on and some go: d land is In mg lost. !he danger to the mH npj roach i.s very imminent and a report i . being obtained by the local body in regard to the matter and the t ibjlity H river diversion to jre via 11 furl her damage. As a war-time economy, the Covcrnnient made a considcral le eat in its expenditure u) mi advertising, and Deparlments v.Tiielt had previously conliu: t->d their own advertising were deprived of that right. "hi li "a- handed over to 1 lie Department, of Internal Atl'air... Hiving had rest.-red to it the right t i control i'-. own publicity rutti; aiyii. the H’ailway l)eparlinent lias dc, jiled I i < nib ail. upon a more lll'. cal ; lay in tin future. Advertisements i’l li" pul-la' Press "ill be display: i ;n ord--t to catch tie- rvr ot the leader, and :.- lav as possible till effort- "ill lie made in ii.-crt notices in regard to alterations in time-table, etc.. in one particular eeluinn of tbe same page, so that no difTieulty may lie experienced in finding announcements in regard to special trains, alterations in time-tables, and other mailers the Department- wishes to notify. A very enjoyable function was hold at (lie .Marijui- ol l.oruo Hotel oil Friday aIT or noon. when a number of friends met lo farewell and make a presentation to Mr W. F. White, who uulil recently was Works Overseer at the local .Mental Hospital. Tile table

under the supervision of tlm hostess. Mrs Bergstrom, liad been tastefully decorated for the occasion, ami a very dainty repletion placed upon it. The presentation which consisted of a case of pipes and a tobacco poll'll. was

made by Mr (I. Worniington. who in the. course of his speech rel'erreil to Mr White's sociable and manly qualities. and expressed the regret of till present at his depart ure I rum llokitika. The spettker continued hy sayinn that Mr White had always shown himself willing to help at their junctions. and he had always acted in a perfectly straight forward manner towards all. The speaker expressed the hope that Mr While would continue to enjoy happiness and health. Messrs Keen, Close. Dowell. Kirwan and Drown expressed similar statements. Mr While in reply thanked all tire-

sent for their very useful gill. and the nice things said about him. lie regretted. he said, "leucine them, hut as he had an opportunity of improvin': his position lie considered it advisable to leave Hokitika. He concluded hy wishing all his friends the same happiness and health he hoped to enjoy. Durine the course of the afternoon, songs were give n by Messrs Keen. Close. Dowell. Siniihernn. and a mandoline solo hy Mr While. Before the function concluded the chairman moved a vote ol thanks to their hostess. Mrs Berest rout, for granting the use ol the rooms, and for her .trill ol the very substantial afternoon tea. With the singing ol Attld Lane Syne, a happy function concluded.

Taking the cooler days of Autumn already at hand as forerunners of the cold days of a lone winter, you could not choose a more opportune time to visit McKay's great Selling Campaign, to secure your every need in the way of drew and fashion {roods, household goods. wearing apparel and men’s am' buys ■wear. Advt. McKay’s great Selling Campaign offers many ereat opportunities to save money in bovine the latest and best of now seasonable eoods. All that is forecasted to he worn this season will be included in this extraordinary selling campaign. Advt. Boiler Cleaning: Ensure satisfactory results by using " Mexican ” Boiler Graphite. Centle in action hut sure. Won't injure boiler. Makes cleaning easy hut cuts cost in half. ft. I’. -M. Manning and Co. A Bedford Bow, Chrischureh.—Advt.

Great Stock-taking Sale commencing Saturday, May 2nd. The final stock clearance before annual stock-taking. All overstocked lines to he cleared re-gardle-s of cost. I here are ntaitx desperate bargains in every department. See our windows. Look out for big sale price advertisement. Y istt tuts great bargain clearance. McGruer s. Hokitika and Greytnouth.—Advt. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. For coughs and colds, never fails.

Notice of land taken for a road in Wataroa S.D. appears in this issue. Addisons have heavy weight pyjamas lAs fid. Ids fid. and AIK per pair; knitted socks in all new colours.— Advt. In a lug of war contest held at Hreyiiiout.h on Saturday night the Kntilkn team proved successful, the runners up being a Cohden team. A meeting of the I.allies’ Hockey ( lul> will lie held at Slew's Tea-rooms to-night at 7 o'clock sharp. Business important.—Advt. In the lasi gazette, the Secretary to tin- Treasury acknowledges receipt of the following amounts, forwarded by persons unknown, as conscience-money to the New Zealand (iovermnelit : ill I Os, forwarded to the Hailway Department. Wellington: £ls lorwai (led to the Land and Jmomc lax Department. Wellington ; £1 Ss , forwarded to the Collector of Customs at Christchurch. Tho following just opened to-day at Addison’s Children’s coloured coats, small sizes, from 11s fi-.l ; boy’s jerseys and stockinette faced soils, navy and nigger. Alls, silk and wool hose, all shades, ."is (Id to Ss Pd. ladies’ silk wool vests and knickers, also \cdonis vests. Special value ill black cashmere hose 3s I Id.—Advt. Hast week’s "Ca/etle” announced changes in the scale oi costs and ices under the Discharged Soldiers’ Settlement Act. IPlo. Costs and fees Hu* mortgages given by persons other than discharged suldiei -: Law costs for perusing title and preparation, etc., of mortgage lor advance not exceeding £7.-,i>. £,’i 3s: £l.v.):i, £1 -Is; CAoltO. £5 os; exceeding £ASt)O. £0 IK. .Mortgages under Deeds Bcgist rat ion Act. £7oo. £t Is: £lOOll. £1 1-ls fid; £ISOO, os; £ASOo. £0 fis; exceeding £ASOO £7 7s. lie on guard against influenza. Take “NAZOL” the ready tor use and money-saving remedy, fill doses Is (id. Advt. That sleep-spoiling cough tan In’ slopped by “NAZOL.” Take some dimps on sugar. Penetrating .ocl soothing. fiO drops Is (id. Advl.