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Hokitika Guardian, 16 October 1925, Page 2

Mr T K. V. SimMmii lie-ins In- <•!(''•- I i : 111 tour ol tin- \\ ■-t lull'! < "iinn <li.--tri-t mi Salimliy renmn iwiii'j at Kumara. I In- opi-mne date- l"i tin' ~:niipaieil ill till- pliai t* I o! ill- coli'-tit n"iio\ :ip;ear in 11 1 i i .-1:1. Tlio ilma In ilc w.-eU.v mauiazme J“IIII ll If 1 111 '' appeal'- to 11111 ■ I'" • ‘ "I'll .ad i- - ii. a o.| ia .\ or li.i- l In 1 -* I"* lion of [ln. world's reprrselital i"ii "I wit- in in paites lines Ins work well. Within tin' i'oiii|iass ol .'lti paces there is such a least , f laii'j,liter t hat is to 1..- hail in very lew papers. 'I he Kxeel.sioi- Ku lire \ssemhl’. tolirnailient will he lleh I till* (1-Tidav) creninc'. Oct. Kith., when eoml prizes will he "iron. The prizes will he on view in Mr 0. Kraus' window : Ist. eoinhineil tea ami breakfast set. iiiehuiiii" 21-; ie< c tea set : 2nd. 2-lin. suit case; fin!, pair metal rases; -Ith. hedroom eloek. Atlvt.

All opera! imi fur :i j iju-mlii itis ira« fm•i ior nii'il mi n passenger nil the \orangi hi sen mi Friday morning. Tlio operation was performed liv l)r. ('. I.earoyd. ship's surgi am! Dr. D. (!. Ciracr nl llamilt'in, wlm v.aa passenger. To I'sn-ilit :it<* the <>|n,r:i(ion ami to minimise ilie vibration caused I>\ tln> engines the Anrangi's speed was reduced to dead-slow lor a lion! lialf-an-lionr. Minn i lie vessel arrived at Anekland ilie patient. who is travelling in Sylnev, was report,'.l In he making good recovery.

In another eolnnin ilie Non Zealand .Meal Producers' Hoard announces that ii Inis again made arrangements to deliver single carcases of Prime New Zealand Lamb to any address in Great Britain for the routing C'liristtnas Season fur tin- sum of CM Ids |ier rarense. This form of advert isenient. is proving a valuable menus of advertising New Zealand l.ainh to the public of Great Britain. and of introducing our lamb into parts of the Old Country where frozen meat was hitherto unknown. Only prime eareases of X.Z, lamli are delivered under this scheme, and d lie Board has reteived manv hundreds of letters from different recipients all over (Ircai Britain eulogising the quality of the. lambs delivered.

At a meeting of the executive of the Canterbury Patriotic Fund tin anonymous gill of £2 dll was reteivetl by the executive. The chairman said In- wished publicly to thank the donor. It was exceeditiolv oratif.v ing to see that some people had not forgotten the soldiers even with the lapse of time sine.' the war. Mr \Y. K. f.eadh'.v said that recently a mail had made a similar grant to the Betttriied Soldiers' Assoriatioii. the only condition being the!, ho should remain anonymous. lie would tint lx 1 surprised if the donor in the Fund were the saute person. It was decided to iris- a vote ot (hanks to the donor, and to allocate the money to the recreation funds ol the Bannerdale and Cashmere institutions.

When the s.s. Flora, an Island steamer. was on her way from Rarotonga, and about l-(0 ; > miles from the coast ot New Zealand, a stalling suddenly drooped on the boat deck ill an exhausted condition. A member of the crow picked it tip. and a nest was made up for it in a box, where it was cared tor during the trip. Tt- sooned revived tinder the kindiv treatment and food, earing and drinking ravenously at fir-t, and was made unite a pet. When the vessel was abreast of Cape Palliser on Sunday evening, the sailors opened the box and gave the bird its freedom. Speedily it mounted in the air. and then made a bee-line tor ibe coast, great I v rejoicing in it-- troedotn. It was probably blown oiu to -ot by the south-westerly gales experiettecd late-

Mill and Factory Supplies: Get our qtiotes for Belting. Belt Dressing. Boiler Compound. Graphite. Grease. Lubricants. Boiler Graphite. •‘Climax Packing, etc.. R. P. M. Manning and Co., 5 Bedford Row. Christchurch.—Advt. Liquid “ Tan-ol ” the quick polisher for floors, furniture and leather goods. Clean and easy to apply.—AdrE

Don't forget the Hockc-y Carnival Ball in the Soldiers’ Hall. Wednesday Oct. 21st.

A meeting of the ladies’ Hockey Club will be held at Mrs Stovv’s to-night at 7 o’clock sharp.—Advt.

The opening of the Hokitika Bowling Chib season takes place to-morrow afternoon at 2.20 o'clock.

Mr K. ( liolerton. optician, notifies that be will return to Hokitika about Nov. loth, and will remain for one or two weeks.

The order ef masses and devotions in St. .Mary's l’arish on Sunday. Oct. lSth. will tie as follows :—Kanieri. 8.30 a.til. ; Hokitika, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. ; Kokatahi (children's service I 2.30 p.m.

Tile death occurred at Duller Hospital uf Mr Thomas Mills, aged twentythree. Deceased, who Imd been ailing for three months, was engaged in the .sawmiiling industry at Inaiigaliua <1 tine.

At the examination tor teachers certificates held in August, the following candidates were sticcessitil : - Partial pass, (lass D: Krauces K. Knowles. lddn;i M. I’cdih-r. l’artial pass in three groups; Bridget A. Moil; Mary AgueWard.

Tile death took place at Oreynmuth. yesterday ot Mr Patrick McNamara. Deceased, who had reached the age ot eighty years, was a native ol Kunis, Ireland, and bad lived almost L 0 years on llm West Coast. He was Hie overscmt lor Mi*s>rs Smtt Hros.. toutnntors for laying the pipes lor the Greymouth water supply. H*’ "'as smglund bad no relatives in New Zealand

The death occurred at l lyde Hospital on .Monday last oi Mr John Burke, ol Invercargill, brother ol Mrs 1. CilInoly. of Hokitika. Deceased, who was a returned soldier, with a long record of active .service, was wounded at Ales-sim-s. the elieels ol which culminated ,11 bis death at the early age ol 2, years. Mrs Cillnoly left by Tuesday's express for Clyde, in order to visit her brother, the sad news ot his denth reaching Hokitika iust after her depar-

Tlc weekly euchre held at the Soldiers' Hall last evening proved a pi-a-saiu gathering. The prize winners were: Ladies, Mesdaines Veale Dirst), Dell (second. ; gents. Messrs G. Lakili Hirst). I'. Schroder (second). Otiic: price winners were: —Miss AIeAA hit tci. Mrs Daw lings ami Messrs Morgan ami Kennedy. On next Thursday the final evening of the aggregate compel 11 ion lor Hie 'Ninas hamper takes place, and He following Thursday 'October 2D) He season will be wound up with a special prize evening.

The dispute at the State mines regarding timbering for saleiv was settled when the .Miners' I'nion adopted the following terms, which the delegales had agreed oil with the management ; “That in all jigs at the Liverpool Collcrics. where limbering K require. 1 the roof shall be supported with seis unless it is agreed between the management and the men working m ill- place thill props would be siller. In all iigs centre (crops shall he used

enlv ill eii-es where I lie.v collier greater suicly." The miners will resilin' work on .Moiidav.

AII inqiiosl into I lie deal li ol .1 allies I-',,l'd who (lied as H e result el injuries sustained at the Ml. Buckley mine a I bolt-on Inst Monday, wa- held al Dobson yesterday Lelore tlm acting Coroner ,Alr It. New land-. -I IV. and a jure el six. Alter hearing evidence the jury ret the following vvr,|j, l : ■■ The vc-rdte! of this jury is in nrc-onhiiH-o with the medic al icsiimoiiy. dial dec-ea-.ed died of shock directly due to incline- accideiiHv reieived while lollowiug hi- employmc'iii as a miner, iliroiigli a lall oi stone In.nil the roe) oi Ihe MI. Buckley l ion ol t lie (dev Valley ( ollerie:- mine- al Dohsen (hie oi the big secrets ol “A us.-ie s - that its clleertnlii,-- is of tin- nnivc r-al kind it mii-t. appeal to everybody. In tie- latest. issue there is enough humour in the sixty-eight page- to keep one chuckling for a week. To quote only Otic joke ; Says the vicar over the afternoon tea nips ; “| hope you will , i) 111 ( • 11 ) inv IrrUin* mi I\rni> io-iimh iow

evening.'' Ilis fair parishioner ro|,]lex : "I shall he delighted : hut may I ask. vicar, what exactly are keais! J " Relieving the lug least ot laughter are some interesting pars m the honk and singe pages, and some excellent verse from such well-known poets as Rod Quinn. “Dinkimi Moil" and Louis Kssoti. X.Z. writers and artists are well represented. Next inonlli “Aussie’

publishes its big 'Xmas Number. The usual fort nightly meeting of Lodge Westland. No. SO. V.A.0.D.. was held in the Dodge Room last evening. a fair attendance of members being present. Before the business of the evening was commenced a vote ol sympathy and oortdolem-c was passed in silence to the horcaveil brothers and their relations. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed and the outward correspondem-e approved. Inward ecrrespondeiiee was read and received. The Ihtrds reported sick members were doing as Well as could be expected. Sick pav to the amount of £-1. maternity bonuses to the amount of £l2. accounts to the amount of L'2 were passed for payment. Three intending members were balloted for and proved successful and two new members were proposed. Two candidates were initiated into the rites of Druidisin by A.I). Uro. Bone, assisted by his officers, in a very able manner. The meeting then closed in harmony. Ford Truck with chassis complete, in good going order. £lld in Grcymnuth. Ford Touring car. good second hand. £oll. Mark Sprot and Go. Lid., Greymonth. Advt. You will require a -mart suit fm 'Ninas or perhaps for tile Dunedin I'.x hibition. Now is the time to ordet same. We are showing a wonderful range of patterns to select from. We guarantee lit and finish. Prices front lifts to lofF. We have a!-o great variety of high-grade ready to wears (Sincerity) box suits, in brown and grey worsteds, prices from £fi IDs. We can do Fox's Navy Serge box suits (Lynx and Sincerity) front £<i Ids (Tl. and also a varietv of cheaper class suit' from TOs fid. \Y. McKay and Son, Drapers and Clothiers. Hokitika. - Advt.