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Hokitika Guardian, 11 August 1925, Page 2

Tlu* Kxeelsior Kuehre Assembly takes place this evening in the Soldiers* It all :it. 8 o’clock. The Town Clerk notifies that ail rates unpaid on Saturday next will lie sued for without further notice. It. is notified in this issue that subscriptions lor the Massey memorial should Ijo iorwarded on or before the ■slst. inst., when the lists close, and will 1)0 published thereafter. 'J he death took place at Yt'estliud Hospital last evening of .Mr Thomas lilanchard, a well-kuon carpenter, wne had resided in the town and Kanieri for a greet number of years. His wife died about three years ago. Deceiv'd was a native of I'nited States and was 8i years of age. A tire occurred on Sunday afternoon about 4..‘it) o'clock at Dunollie at the co-operative mine of Hunter and Party, whereby the party's lamp eahin ami change house were destroyed. There was iio insurance, and the cause of the fire is a mystery. A number of residents of the locality prevented the spread of the outbreak to the fanhouse. Christchurch suffered another complete failure of the electric current from Lake Coleridge on Saturday night at 10.2 d, o'clock. The whole city was [ plunged in darkness, and the trams were held up. It was 10.50 p.m. before the current was restored. The failure of the current was not due to a break in the transmission line, but to the breaking of a bush in one of the high tension oil switches at the lake, which have been working at great stress during the past few days. At the time of the break only the south line was in commission, and this was also the only line working on Saturday. gangs of men lieing employed on repairing the other two.

The annual meeting of the West Coast Farmers' Co-op. Lime Coy. Ltd. will be held at Greyinouth on Saturday next at 1.30 p.m.

Don't forget long night dance in St Alary's Club Booms to-night. Supper provided, first-class music by ja zb orchestra. efficient M.C. Admission, gents Is (id. ladies a plate.—Advt.

At the Aritika Sawmill on Friday last-. Mr George Woods (loco driver) met with an accident that might have been attended by very serious consequences. A locomotive broke away and realising the futility of trying to pull it up. 3lr Woods jumped sustaining a broken hone in one of his arms. The engine went over into a gulley. and it will he a fortnight before it, is raised. Mr Woods was taken to the Grey Kiver Hospital. The wounded arm is the same that sustained severe' injuries in an accident at the mill some time

A quiet wedding was celebrated at the residence of the bride’s sister. Mrs B, Thomas, by the Bev. .1. Matt, at Beefton on Saturday morning, when Agnes, the youngest daughter ot Mr and Mrs 1). Blackadder. was united in marriage to John Kennedy Martin. The bride was given away by Mr 1!. Thomas, and Miss Doris pei’guson. niece of the bride, was hriflosniiiki. while Mr Archie Miller fulfilled the duties of best man. At the conclusion of the ceremony the wedding parly were entertained by Mr and Mrs Thomas, and the happy pair left hv ear for Westport. where the honeymoon will lie spent.

A claim by Harry Mnmlell. under the Workers' Compensation Act of 1 02 H. disclosed an interesting position in ownership responsibilities which was set. out in the reserved judgment of Mr Just ice Ostler entered at Wellington. who held that, under Section 57.

of the Merchant Shipping Act, 189-1. the claim took priority over mortgages on the vessel on which the accident ooeurretl. The plaintiff was injured at Wangiutui on 31ay Bth.. 1920. nv an accident arising out of the course of his employment on hoard the steamer Uni. At the time there were four mortgages on the register.

A Springfield correspondent states the beautiful spring weather exper'eneed there for the last fortnight was ale riiptlv broken by very heavy rain on Thursday night. Friday morning found snow King everywhere and sitow fell hard and fust all day. The whole railway was disorganised through slips and wash-outs. Below the school Liegraph poles were brought down and thi wires, sixteen in number, came down in a body for a distance ol I hroe-quai - tors of a mile. Poles were down ul.-< just below the school. The snow i, very slippery and dangerous lor a! traffic, owing to a very severe irosl setting in on Sunday im-i'iiing.

A resident of Dunedin had an enlightening experience a day or two ago as to the price of glass. Having derided to build a small glass house he rang up a well-known linn ol giuzirrs. and was told that glass could he supplied at 32s (Id per lo'l square Pat. The amateur ordered some liOll. by letter, and called lor the gums. which was dnlv deposited in Ills ear. Having a strong dislike to running accounts he asked for his bill, which he expected to he about ill. The bill was dnlv handed tu him, and amounted tu 38s! “How’s this.” exclaimed the buyer, “you quoted me 32s lid lor lOiflt.’ “Quite right.'’ replied Hr, shopman, “hid that is l,v the case. II you take less we charge* lor it by the pane.” “Uighto,” said the customer, “as you charge 38„ for (531't. and only 32s (id for BKII'I • take out the partially filled i as" von have put ill the car. and put in a whole ease. And so hie "'J l ' home (states the “Otago Daily limes ) with 10 extra feel of glass and paid As (id aless than he would have (him on his original order, lie i- still pondering over the business proeln it jes ot (he linn, and wonders what the profit must- he when glass is sold by the pane.

Weird noises; utterly inexplicable to the inmates, had kept the people in two houses at Island Day awake for several nights. says the ‘‘Evening Post. 1 ' Energetic search seemed to quiet the M'uiuls immediately, hut they repeated themselves at intervals. The noises came from the basement ol one of the houses, hut: the unrest had communicated itselt next door. A thorough! v systematic overhaul ol the lower pan of the house disclosed lour nilling hedgehogs. Those dispatched, the resident imagined he had dealt with the trouble, but next night fresh disturbances arose. Hurriedly dressed am! armed with a .stick, the resident went down again. The people nextdoor were again out ot bed. Near the noise the investigator struck a match. Almost instantly a dark head rose from among some debris, and it was quickly struck down. The cause of the sounds had been accounted for—it was a good-sized penguin. It transpires that the hou.-e, which was only recently

erected, is built over an old-established breeding spot for ponpuiiis, successive generations of which breed in the same site. The ambassadors of trade, common ial travellers ‘‘strike a true note" and ask for Hells' Mild Yellow Label Whisky. They know the poods. "Bell s is mild and clear." Mark Sprot and Co. Ltd., Groymouth. sole distribution. —Advt.