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Hokitika Guardian, 9 November 1925, Page 2

It is requested that a solemn two minutes silence bo observed at fl a.in. mi Wcdnesdav next (Armistice Day).

M ossrs Wild and Basset notify in another column that there lias been another reduction in the price of the larirms Overland motor car. Prices lor tbe full range of Overland models are also given.

The Blarkwator Mines Ltd., during tiie month of October, i rushed .‘5397 tons for a yield of lo l l line ozs of gold, of a value of £57(0. Working expenses totalled £IB4O. and working profiit .£BOO. Development cost was £2 Id, and eapilal cost £525. The profit- over all was £BB. Word was received yesterday of the death of Sister Mary Rachael (Miss Christina Hayes) of the Convent of Mercy, Palmerston North. The deceased was the youngest daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Patrick Hayes of Revel I St., and sister of Mrs Cl. Slum of Hokitika and Miss Annie Haves of Wellington. The sympathy of the community will lie extended to the relatives in their loss.

The Bahy l’arade on Cass Square next Saturday week promises to he the event of the year. Entries are now being received and may he left at the County Office. The entrants "ill l>e arranged in groups according to their age, and may he shown in perambulators. The judging will he carried out hy the two judges in a room. Tho whole parade is to he photographed, while the winning Tallies will he photographed singly by Mr B. Tliiem and shown in the illustrated papers. There will he a- prize of half a guinea each for each section, while tho mother of the host bahy on show will be awarded half a dozen cabinet photos of baby. The event is sure to be the central feature of the benefit for the Hokitika Beautifying Society on Cass Square on the 21st. inst.

To-day is the third day of the Returning Officer's scrutiny of the 'Westland Electoral rolls used at tho polling last Wednesday. Assisted by one ch-rk and the two candidates’ scrutineers, the work has gone ahead steadily, but it is naturally tedious. The rolls and voting papers from the far south came to band last night, and the ■scrutiny should he completed to-mor-row. 'J’he checking of the deputy returning officers’ returns will then begin. each parcel of votes l>oing taken separately. Following that the counting of the absentee and seamen’s votes follows. The procedure in regard to the absentee votes ensures absolute secrecy of the ballot. The telegrams relating to those votes and the application forms and the counterfoils of the ballot papers are pinned together, and the voters’ signatures are then checked with the voters’ signatures on the applications for registration as electors. If the signatures compare satisfactorily, the votes, which are in sealed envelopes, are put into the respective ballot boxes—electoral and li-

censing. These votes will not be opened and oouted at the official count until all the votes from the polling places in the electorate have been dealt with. It- is hardly likely the full result of the polling will be known before Thursday next.

New enrpe squares in Wilton, Axminster and Velvet, just opened, see these and compare prices. McKay’s, the Leading Drapers.—Advt.

AY. H. Stopforth has a further range of Petone and Sincerity Ready-to-wear suits arriving to-day. By purchasing at our cash prices you will save ten to fifteen shillings per suit. Call at once. AY. H. Stopforth, Revel] Street. —Advt.

Liquid “ Tan-ol ” the quick polisher for floors, furniture and leather goods. Clasp ar.rj »osy to apply,— AdrL

Go to McKay’s for suitcases and attache cases. Best values, lowest prices.—Advt.

It is notified in this issue that Harvey Creek Bridge, Woolhou.se Bond (Totara) is under reconstruction, during which time traffic will be interrupted. Users of the bridge may arrange with the Bridge Foreman as to suitable times for transport.

There were a number of large dividends at the C'.J.C. Meeting on Saturday. the winner of the Stewards Handicap, Comic Song, returning hackers over a century, while the second horse, Overdrawn also returned a double figure dividend.

The death occurred in the Grey Hospital on Friday evening of Mr William Henry Nesbitt, of Camerons, at the age of 51 years. Deceased was a well known and much respected resident of Camerons and had been employed at Ogilvie’s mill for the past. 10 years. He was a married man, and leaves a widow, and a family of four, comprising three girls and a hoy. the eldest of whom is only fourteen years of age. He was a native of Nelson.

Stones are valuable at Onehunga (states the “New Zealand Herald”). Fifty or sixty years ago they wore considered a nuisance, and the early settlers gathered up into huge piles all that they could not utilise In building stone walls which are such a distinctive feature in tbe neighbourhood of the volcanic areas around Auckland. Modern road construction has brought a decided change, and the old walls are now considered of such value for rending purposes that at a recent meeting of the Onehunga Borouj*h ( ouneil it was dcoitleil to give n resident the necessary posts and fencing wire to replace a stone wall which was required for crushing.

The Inangaliua Times reports that Mr I). A. McVicnr arrived in Beefton on Friday bringing with him the gold front the Alexander Biver Mine. The return was 203 ozm of melted gold front 128 tons of stone ot the approximate value of CIOBS. This wits secured by amalgamation only, and it is calculated that another ounce per ton will he obtained from the tailings, which are being stacked, ami later will lie treated by cyanide. Mr McVicnr informs us that the reef still continues good looking and is going down underfoot very strongly, and tbe peculiarity is that the stone that does not show gold to the naked eye crushes the better.

After a cruise in the South Pacific lasting live months. HALS. Veronica returned to Auckland on I ucsclav afternoon. The cruise was uneventful, with line weather prevailing most ol (lie time. Tbe Veronica sailed irom Auckland for Pago Pago on Juno 12lh, then calling at Apia, Hull Island. Sydned island. Atasu. Niikumoni. Fakaofu, Pago Pago Pcnrhyn Island. Mure/., Papeete, Burnham, Rarotonga. Nine Island. Nuafou Island, and Suva. Alter spending two months in the Fijian Uroup. the Veronica sailed lor Tonga and visited Vavnu and Nukualofa. She left Nukualofa on October 2Sth and moderate southerly winds and bead seas were experienced on the run to Auckland.

The effectiveness of .strychnine poisoning by applying it to thistles has now been proved beyond doubt, and trials carried out hv tbe Stock Department have satisfied the inspectors on the point, (says the Cromwell “Argus''). At a recent meeting of .the Manulierikia Rabbit Board the inspector stated that settlers lmd informed him that the thistle-strychnine method bad proved a boon on land where the incited mow would not run off. thus making trapping impossible. The “Argus” ex messed first-hand knowledge in respect to the system. A rabbi ter on a run near Cromwell bad done nothing else during tbe whole of the winter, and bad met with excellent results. The run-holder in tbe case mentioned "as enthusiastic, in reference to the manner in which his run was being leaned up.

That unity is strength was demonstrated on Sunday morning in I’itf Street. Dunedin (relates an exchange). A predatory cat, evidently bent on attending to the day’s menu, was cautiously stalking a starling. Bit by bit the eat worked her way to within about a yard of the bird, and was just a bout to spring when the .stal ling suddenly turned, and. to the intense astonishment of pu-s. immediately assumed the offensive. No sooner had it done so than, as if front nowhere, there appeared nearly a dozen of its mates, and for a lew moments a very hcwiledred and angry cat was occupied in defending herself against an enemy whom, no doubt, she had previously never considered in the light- of a possible foe. For fully five minutes the miniature battle raged, when, apparently, the -severe heckling she was receiving proved too much for puss, who, deciding that discretion was the better part of valour, bounded through the hedge and disappeared.

McKay’s Bargain . 80 new Reversible Wool Rugs, just landed direct from Messrs A. and if. Naylor (tho manufacturers), England. (Middle man's profit eliminated). Four sizes 12ft, 275; 15ft, 33s 9d ; 18ft, 40s (id; and sofa size 03s. Ordinary prices are 355, 425, 49s (id and 755, respectively. We can supply sets of one design ill difl'eient sizes. Don’t pay more than you should. Visit Mclvav’s.—Advt.

Surplus stock sale at McGruer’s begins on Saturday October 31st. Drastic reductions in every department. A good profitable chance for you to buy the new summer goods at end of the season’s sale prices. Heavy stocks are on hand, heavy shipments are coming forward. AVe must have room. We must have money. The prices are down to bedrock. Call and see for yourself. McGruer’s, Hokitika and Grevmouth.—Advt.

Just opened out a big purchase of millinery and ready to wear hats. You must inspect them early, otherwise tho pick of them will he sold out as the price is exceptionally low at Schroder and Co.—Advt.

A sure and pleasant specific for removing worms is AA’ade’s Worm Figs. -—Advt.