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Hokitika Guardian, 6 January 1926, Page 2

Special reductions in millinery, frocl and cotton dress goods at Addisons.Advf.

M. Houston and Co. give a pr liminary notice of an auction sale the estate of the late K. Y. Finch. Kahiuti.

It is rumoured says (he West |Mi l “News.” it is the inlciition to utilist one magistrate for the whole of the West Coast, with head quarters a' Greymout'k, and that Air 11. I*. I.awry is to lie transferred to North Can lor hurv. An accident, fortiiimlelv without, sir ions result. happened at Victoria Park just inside the main entrance. las evening, about (i. 20. when a girl unmet Miss Henderson, from Kokiri, was im over by a motor ear. The motor ca was being driven, by .Miss It. Steer, am the girl was sitting with others lo side the roadway. Hvidontly same tiling obscured the view. and one wheel of the ear went over the girl but she was not injured.

Nineteen cases of infections and notifiable disease were reported "in the Canterbury and Westland Health District during the week ended on Monday. All the notifications came from Canterbury. the details being:—Scarlet fever 5. diphtheria 5. enteric lever 1. pneumonia I. influenza-pneumonia 2. hydatids 2. penrperal-sepis (death 1. tuberculosis (deaths) 2 ; total (•'! deaths) IS). These who intend patronising the Keefton races on Friday should note that there is not any suitable train arrangement either way tor patrons to travel from Hokitika and return the. .same day. Only on Thursday (Lite opening day of the meeting) is litis convenience provided. No doubt this defect in the railway programme "ill he a special encouragement to motor traffic as the necessary means for more convenient transport on the final day of the race meeting.

The work of filling in tile large washout at Moaiia. on flic West Coast line, will he commenced by the Railway Department this week. A temporary bridge was constrtuled to cany traffic during the holidays. ,\s tin wash-out was 80l"t long anil, at one place, 19ft deco, an enormous quantity of spoil will he required. The culvert which was broken has lieen replaced by a, new structure in concrete. \\ lien the work is finished the Department will raise the portion of the line near Otira affected by the washing away of the embankment. A slight reduction in the speed of express trains is now necessary on this section.

“Our attention has been called t< the oxeexisvely drastic terms of tin printed official notice sent to Crown lessees requiring them to sign their leases at the post office specified within a month of the issue of the notice,' says the “Otago Daily Times.'' “Tin document concludes with the definite declaration that .should the unfortunate lessee not attend for the purpose within thirty days, all moneys paid by him will be forfeited to the Crown, and bis interest in the land cancelled. The penalty notified for the delay is ut terly ridiculous, especially as the authorities themselves usually take several months before they prepare these documents at all, and the lessee lias no idea when they may lie deposited for signature. Ho may be at the otho> end of the Dominion at the time. Tt would surely lie possible to devise a reasonable form of words, instead of threatening, ns a penalty for wbat might be an accidental or unavoidable, delay of a day or two. a procedure the enforcement of which would be nothing less than a monstrous form of confiscation."

Although tlio Sonth Island was not visited l>v any of the “ American millionaires ” who are tonring the world oil the liner, C'arinthia, the West Const will shortly receive a visit from another hatch of American tourists who are travelling under the name of the “ Select American Tourists.” Originally it was expected that there would be fifty in the party, but later advice reduced the number to forty, and a few days ago word was received that only twenty instead of forty were coining. However, on the principle that twenty tourists are better than no tourists, the visitors will be made just as welcome as would lie the case if their numbers were very much larger. According to the latest advice, the party will arrive at Wellington on Monday. January 18. and they will leave the same day for Nelson. They will visit Iteefton, Hokitika, Franz Josef Glacier and then motor from Hokitika to Arthur’s Pass, where they will entrain for Christchurch, arriving there on Tuesday, January 2(5.

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A Blenheim wire reports that the death occurred there, yesterday of Mr George Escourt Parsons, a settler in Marlborough of sortie 56 years, standing. The bite Air Parsons was born 85 year’s ago at Ncrveross, Somerset.

.Messrs D. J. Evans (by Messrs S. J. Preston and ,T. *l. Mclntosh) and John Lloyd (by Messrs A. C’owie and Geo. Wood) were nominated for the vacancy on the Hokitika Borough Council. The poll takes place on Wednesday next, January 13th between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.

The discovery of a skeleton on land at the hack of Golden Point in the vicinity of what is known as the Garden Gully portion of the Reefton district, has uncovered what limy he an untold romance or a pititul story. The little parcel of lames at present on view at the Reefton Police Station no doubt contains the genesis of a story, and hears testimony to the lonely death of some unfortunate man. With them is a. Kropp razor, the blade of which still shows a small portion of brightness, a pair of rusty scissors, a pocket knife, some of the glass of a oair of spectacles, and the lower part of a pair of hoots, the uppers of which are gone and the soles showing hardly any signs of wear. Local medical men consider that the remains must have boon exposed to the weather for at least thirty years.

Spectators of the arrival at Wellington on Monday of ijic San Francisco mail si earner Tahiti were interested to see a big squad of passengers helping the deck officers to pull in board several lifeboats, which when swung out, were liable to foul a crane. The work was smartly done, and the ship’s berthing facilitated. It was found that the volunteers had 'been in many cases working throughout the voyage, one first-class passenger remarking that he quite enjoyed swabbing down decks in the early morning before going into the saloon for a well-earned breakfast. The weather was fine throughout the trip, which made it easier for a number of the amateur sailors. 'I lie Tahiti was short-handed when the time arrived for leaving Sydney, and as over 300 passengers would have been seriously inconvenienced it was decided to sail and deprive some sailors and firemen of their usual doubtful privilege of holding everybody up while they enjoyed the New Year festival ashore. .

The Heeling visit of the IWsonhy Roys' Ram! yesterday evening was a delight to all who had the pleasure of hearing flic capable organisation. The Band rendered a very pleasing programme at I lie Princess Theatre last night lu a considerable audience. F.vcrv number was applauded, and the audience would fain have had more. The Band is conducted very capably, and is under splendid control, both on and - off duty. Very line effects were produced in some of the selections which included quite a variety of new music. The “Night in Switzerland” with a pleasing echo effect, was a novelty, while the “Carnival of Flowers” was a special delight. The cornet and trombone solos were pleasingly rendered, while the Band marches including the favorite “Colonel Bogey” went with splendid vim. and were heartily applauded. The Band is on tour for the education of the boys, and is evidently ser ring its purpose well. It is a fine org iiisalioii worthy of all enoouraeroiuoi :. and must he serving a very useful purpose in Auckland City where the 7 <1 is a notable feature in •liirsiiing its 1-iniposed task.

Virtually, L miockhurn was won by Lhe l.owlandc. \ practically, hv all

Scotsmen tombi.md (says a writer ill the “S olsniaii"). Bruee himself was a Low lander. His “Carrick Spearmen” were how hinders. Randolph Murray (a Border Murray) and his horsemen were l/iwlamlers, and here lies the secret of the victorv. Bruce was (rained a soldier in the Knglisli Army and knew what every corps and battalion in il was value for. and kept his eye part icularly on I hi' deadly English archers. He foresaw that his Highland brigade, who held the centre of his army, would he wiped out by these mighty English archers, and sent Randolph Murray with his horsemen and thus saved his Highland brigade from being wiped mil at the very beginning of the battle The Highlanders were safe now to deal with the English infantry, and, of course, the Carrick Spearmen were too much for the English cavalry. So we see it was the Lowlanders who made it possible for the Highlanders to carry all the English infantry before them, just as James Watt, the Scottish genius made it passible for George Stevenson, the English improver, to make a locomotive.

The overseas steamer ,Port Melbourne, which arrived at Port Chalmers on Sunday from Australian ports to load produce, steers herself, a man at the wheel being no longer required. says the “Otago Daily Times.” She is fitted with the automatic steering apparatus known technically as the Sperry gyroscopic compass and gyropilot. This is the latest laliour-saving device on hoard ship, and it serves its purpose effectively. The Port Melbourne steered herself from England to Australia and then across the Tasman. The gyro pilot, or mechanical helmsman, is contained in a steering column mounted on the bridge and dose to the ship’s steering wheel, to which it is connected by a roller-driving chain. A simple contact-maker is actuated by the gyroscopic compass and is used to control the ship's wheel. Thus the slightest departure of the ship from the set course automatically applies the necesary amount of corrective rudder to check the 'ship and return her to her true course. Yawing and sag in steering arc. therefore, reduced to a minimum, varying from one in five to one in nine, as compared with hand steering. The reduced rudder action means reduced friction, and consequently Increased speed. This automatic steering practically eliminates the human liability of error with which the navigator has to reckon in hand steering. Mr 1). G. IT. Bradley, navigating officer of the Port Melbourne, says that the device has been a success in all weathers. It has also meant an increase of a quarter of a knot in the ship’s speed.

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