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Hokitika Guardian, 11 January 1926, Page 2

A 3! h.p. Anderson oil engine, new motor tyres and tubes and six Sharpies separators are offered for sale in this issue.

In connection with Wednesday’s Borough Council poll, any person whose name appears on the Borough roll, is entitled to vote.

It is proposed to send a three rink team from the Hokitika Howling Club on Saturday next to play a long deferred visit to the Kunanga Club.

Messrs M. Houston and Co. advertise an auction sale of furniture and household effects in the mart, Camp Street, on Thursday. 14th. January at 2.50 p.m. A number of hams and sides of bacon will also be offered.

There was a pronounced Aurora Australis in Rotorua on Sunday week. The southern sky was filled with light and long pale shafts of white went np from horizon to zenith.' The shafts slowly swung across the skv. pointing to northeast, and turned to the north, before dying away. It is an unusual time of the year for such occurrences.

The Hon AY. 1\ Reeves will leave Christchurch for the West Coast on Tuesday. He will visit branches of the National Bank on the Coast, and will go on to Nelson and Blenheim. He may also visit the branch at Knikoura. From these places lie will go to Wellington, and from there to centres in Taranaki and Hawke's Bay.

The frost on New Year’s morning was very severe in certain localities, says the ’•Rotorua Chronicle.” In some neighbourhoods potatoes were blackened out. Many suburban gardens had pumpkins, marrows, tomatoes and potatoes cut down. Wherever the .shelter favoured a frost deposit everything susceptible was wiped out. Coming oil a very late season, the sunn is disastrous.

About a quarter to six last evening the shop of Miss Sural.v in Boundary .Street. Greymouth was the scene of an arrest by Constable Corcoran. Just previously a man named Stanley Lawrence George Clinch, who apparently was not strictly sober, made all entry to the shop by breaking the door. ITe hail gathered up goods to tbe vain* of alyoiit £35. including a suit case and watch, when the Constable happened along to ascertain what he wadoing oil the premises. The arreste' man will to-day appear at the Court 0 explain his adventure.—‘‘Argus.” Hockey players throughout New Zen land will regret In learn that death has claimed one of the most dis: inguishei! players Otago lias ever produced, Osgood Harry Gurr. of the City Club. Gnrr, while diving a I Brighton during the New Year holidays, so severely injured his spine that he passed away in Dunedin Hospital. 'I hough only nineteen years of age. de-l-ceased had reached the highest pinnacle in hockey lame. In addition to representing the province on several occasions, he was selected to play on 'New Zealand in the ' test match against Australia last year, and his performance in that game was a material lactor in the success of the New Zealand team.

One ot the queerest accidents that could befall a motorist., and one whirh no amount: of precaution could prevent, occurred to a Wellington motorist whilst driving along the road to the Tniiheroenkau racecourse on Saturday last, says “The Dominion.” Whilst the car was travelling at a fair rate ol speed tile platcglass windscreen was suddenly shattered without any obviom cause. and it was only through the coolness r.f the driver that this strange occurence did not result in the car swerving dangerously into the ditch ai the side of the road, for his hands were cut ami scratched by the broken glass which fell all over him. He could only conclude that the accident was duo to one of the front tyres, by some means or other, throwing a stone in the air and the car dashing against it. Travellers Ironi other lands tell us frequently that, the worst experience in the world, so far as moving Irom place to place is concerned, is endeavouring to reach the .gates ol the A tick land railway station prior to the departure of expresses at busy period(says the “Auckland Star”). The othei night, for instance, congestion in tin stupidly small area called the ‘‘entrance ” was at il worst, and anyone endeavouring to gel to the gates wit 1 a suitcase in either ham! had a difficult task. Half the trouble was due to those hunches of people who persisted in standing about: in the centre of fluent ranee. paying absolutely no attention to anyone who tried to push his or her way through. Until something is done to regulate this state of affairs, the Auckland railway station will continue to enjoy the bad name it has. not only among visitors, but ourselves also.

Hpeaking to the representatives ol the Manufacturers’ Association at Dunedin, General Sir George Richardson gave a remarkable illustration of the adaptability of the Samoan native when given the opportunity. Last year six Samoan faipules. or wise men. had visited New Zealand and had been particularly interested in the hydroelectric schemes, which they .had inspected, with the result that on their return to Samoa they had turned theii newly-found knowledge to good nc-

count. General RiclmiTKun said tha< in one village lie had visited all the old houses had hoen pulled down and new ones erected, and in addition electric light,. supplied from a hydroelectric station erected, worked and paid for by the natives had been installed. He also gave an instance of a. concrete reservoir lfi'Jft lone, ten feet deep and six feet thick, which was at present being built entirely by the natives to ensure a plentiful water supply for some fourteen adjacent villages.

From imjuiries made, there appears to he a good deal of unemployment existing in Dunedin at the present time (says the “Otago Daily Times”). A nundpf of men are seeking employment, and amongst them are included a few recently-arrived immigrants. It is stated that one man, with seven children, who arrived by the Ruapehu in Dunedin on Dec. 30th. discovered, that, although a nominated immigrant, there was no work for him to do. It is alleged that there are many cases of distress amongst the worldngclass at present, owing to lack of employment. Most of the men looking for employment are married, and a considerable number of them have families averaging three. There does not seem to he much hone of placing the unemployed men for about a fortnight, hut it is possible that there will he an opening for some men on the Taieri drainage works, if the weather keeps fine, and the Public Works Department may be able to find work for others on .the BalcluthaGreenfield road. The Dunedin City Council is unable to place any more men until it starts to put down Trinidad asphalt in Bond Street. There will be other avenues of employment when certain public works commence in the vicinity of Dunedin, but just now the pinch is being felt rather severely by workers of the casual type. W. H. Stopforth’s cash clearing prices for fancy half hose, and widecml ties, should be of interest to all men. See our window display. Your choice for 2s lid.—Advt.

Rave you seen the beautiful carpets, squares, runners, hearth rugs, door mats, and linoleums now offering at special cut prices for cash this Christmas season at Schroder and Co. It will par you to visit Schroder’s.—Advt. Suit cases in solid fibre make', 11s fid to 17s fid at Rallensteiji’a, RpreU Street,' —A4YtV