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Hokitika Guardian, 20 January 1926, Page 2

The Heefton Bowling Club's members proceeded to Runnnga on Sunday, and played three links against, the Riiunuga Club. The (lav was line uiilil about four o'clock when heavy rain set in and stopped play. At that time the I’unanga Club were hading in Mm aggregate by our point.

11 was staled at the Christchurch c 1 ui I'erence between menthol's of the Main Highways Board, motorists, and irpi'esentativcs of Comity Councils, that the amount of money avii'lahlc for expenditure on roads in New Zealand was C 334.221 fur the North Island, and JC27o.d!l(i for the South, Island.

The intercolonial passenger steamer Ulimal'oa, which has been held up in Sytlnev for nearly lour months, will resume service this week. She leaves' Sydney on her first trip since last October. al which date she wa- held up owing to the strike and troubles uiLli her crews. She is scheduled lo leave. Auckland on a return journey to Sydney on January 2D. On February 12 she is due to sail from Wellington for Sydney and will then follow her usual sailing schedule.

For the week ended on Monday at noon 22 case of notifiable diseases were reported in the Canterbury Health District as follows:—Canterbury: Diphtheria. <>. scarlet lever 7. hydatids 1. lethargic encephalitis I. T.B. o, puerperal septicaemia 1. West Coast: Diphtheria 1. During the same period there wore eight deaths in Canterbury, as follows:—Scarlet lever 2, diphtheria 1, T.B. 3. pneumonia 1, pneumonic influenza. J.

A slight accident occurred at Koniaka during the week-end. when two ears driven by Air F. E. Boustridge of (J-reymouth, and Air Steve Hartslmre (Blackball) collided with each other. The inisluip took place on a straight portion of the narrow road about a quarter of a mile on the western side ol Komakn. Air Boustridge s car sustained a bent mudguard, while a cap was taken oil the other vehicle by the force of the impact. Otherwise little damage was sustained by either vehicles.

While giving his trotter Taipoili a run in the sulky on the trotting track at Reefton on Sunday. Mr (I. Osbourne received injuries that will necessitate his remaining in bed for a few days. The mare became excited and kicked with Ixith bind feet, striking her driver in the groin and oil the ankle, and injured her own hind legs pretty severely before being quietened. Jaipoiti lias always been a most tractable and well behaved animal, and her behaviour on this occasion is somewhat hard to account for.

A thunderstorm which was experienced in Melliven on Thursday, during which 75 points of rain fell, was of a more or less local character (writes a Mothven correspondent). Several farmers who were in the township were congratulating themselves on the splendid rain, hut they were very disappointed on arriving at their farms only a mile or two away, to find they there had only been enough to lay the dust.

The total births registered for the urban areas of the Dominion during December amounted to 1074 as against 1080 in November, a decrease of 18. Deaths in Deeendier were 507. an increase of 33 as compared with the previous month. Of the total deaths, males contributed 256 and females 251. Fifty-one of the deaths were of children under live years of age. being 10.00 per cent, of the whole number. Thirtynine of these were under one year of age.

A very pretty wedding was solemnised on Thursday last at St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church. Oamaru. when Miss Katherine Roxburgh was married to Percy, only son of the late Mr and Mrs Charles Cohen. Reef ton. West Coast. The bride, who entered the church on the arm of her brother (Mr Jas. Roxburgh), looked extremely dainty and happy in a frock of powder blue marocain and gold and cyclamen lace with powder blue hat to tone and gold and cyclamen brocaded shoes to •'match, and carried an exquisite lioiiquet of pale helio and pink sweet peas and asparagus. Miss Agnes Roxburgh attended the bride and was charmingly attired in a frock of wallflower marocain, cream tagel hat with velvet flowers and tulle scarf, tint! carried a bouquet of galirdias. Mr R. Kiddie, of Timaru, acted as liest man and the Rev. Ivor Bertarm was the officiating minister. The church was !>eaiitifully decorated by girl friends. Mr and Mrs Cohen left by motor for Dunedin where the honeymoon is being spent. The bride travelled in a costume of Bois de Rose repp with long coat, and small hat with velvet flowers, and a musquash fur coat. No more grinding of teeth with Wade’s Worm Figs, Price Is 6d.— Advt,

An incipient fire was discovered this morning about 11.15 o’clock at Messrs Warren and Feeney’s planing mill on Gibson Quay. A pile of shavings was discovered on fire but the outbreak was got under before any damage was done.

In connection with the Kumara Jubilee a monster sports programme will be held at Kumara racecourse on Monday and Tuesday, March Ist and 2nd. The programme appears in this issue and contains a liberal prize money. Entries for a number of the main events close on January 2Gth with Mr A. .1. L’eever, Kumara.

It is understood that the Nelson .Jockey Club will use the Mof.ti.ka tota lisa tor permit this season at a special winter meeting. The Motueka Club has no racecourse as yet, and there was some doubt about the Nelson

Club taking up the permit, but a definite decision has been reached now on tin matter.

'file Pacific Lodge of Hokitika, No. 1229 E.C. will celebrate its diamond jubilee on the 17th February. The annual installation of officers falls on that evening, and as a sjiecial function to celebrate the sixty years of existence of the Lodge, a grand hall is to be held in the Soldiers’ Hall. The Lodge was established in 1860.

The railway crossing on the Hunangn road near Stewart’s Brewery. Coal Crock, is a very dangerous one. and requires warning hells. This fact was illustrated last evening, when an accident was averted at this point. Mr H. Olnev, of Punakaiki. was driving his motor lorry out from Orcymomh with a heavy load. and. as lie was descending the hill on to the crossing, a butcher’s cart, coming in the opposite direction, drew into the roadside just alter passing the line. Neither driver bad any idea a train was near, as the line rounds the bill at this point, and Mr Gluey, on drawing aside to pass the cart, was suddenly confronted by the evening train from RuTiangn. a few foot in front of him. He promptly pulled further aside and the train went, past. The engine driver stopped, and passengers alighted to assist in restoring to the road the lorry, a wheel of which had descended into the ditch. The lorry was later extricated little the worse. Motor drivers using the road are often rendered anxious at this crossing bv the invisibility of the railway line on the Hunanga side.— “Argus.”

Choose your gift from our numerous and beautiful assortment of ’Xmas novelties, in handkerchiefs, hats, race frocks, chubby umbrellas, gloves, scarves, beach sunshades, silk hose, Brazillian hats, model hats, children’s millinery, bathing dresses, bathing caps, fray cloths and table runners, at Schroder and Co where, special reduced prices arc the order of the day.—Advt.

Now’s the time to “put down” a plentiful supply of eggs for future use. Use Sharland’s " Aloa ” Brand Egg Preservative. Effective, clean, economical.—Advt.