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Hokitika Guardian, 22 January 1926, Page 2

Messrs .MeGrtter’s (Westland) Ltd distribute with this issue an insert with reference to their clearing sale.

It is probable that the Greymonth Rowling Club will send down a 3 or 4 rink team to play Hokitika on 'Wednesday next. Jaunary 27th.

The Rmianga district excursion hakes place to-morrow to Hokitika. Cass Square being the main resting place. A large crowd is expected t come down for the day.

The Runanga Bowling Club will play H'diitika on the local howling green on Saturday afternoon for the Reynold.’ Badges, held by Hokitika. Plav wi!' coiimiom e at 2 p.m. sharp, and lady supporters of the Club are notified that it will he a general tea. day. Five rinks will compete for the trophies. hut the visitors are bringing down additional ) layers to have a game on the green.

A special meeting of the Westland Comity Council will he held on Tuesdaynext in eoimcetinn with the visit ui the Highways Hoard. At I o'clock councillors will assemble to draw up the list of matters to l.e submitted to the visiting Hoard members in the evening, probably at 7.30 o’clock. A deputation from the Automobile Association will wail on the Highways Board also. The County Council will also take advantage of the visit of the Engineer-iii-Chief (Air Furkert) to bring before him matters affecting the Public Works Department including the authorisation of unexpended votes in Westland County.

Sir William Sim, a Judge nl the Supreme Court has I ecu appointed chairman of the Prisons Board in succession to Sir Robert Stout, whose occupancy of the office will be automatically termined at tlie close of this (month .through, his iretirement from the Supreme Court Bench (says the “Otago Daily Times”). Sir Robert Stout will, however, continue to act as tt member of the Board.

“We’ve travelled over four hundred miles of South Island roads since wo commenced this tour, and we’ve been travelling fast, but we’ve not once gone through the hood of the ear 01 broken a spring. A few years ago wr couldn’t have said that,” declared Air F. AY. Furkert, chairman of the Alain Highways Board, replying to a deputation at Christchurch. Smiles lit up several-faces, for it has been said that the hoard travels fast in the true sense of the word.

Catching fire without warning at about 2.39 p.lll. on Wednesday, the tar in a large bitumen pre-heating tank at the Christchurch City Council’s tar and road metal depot blazed furiously for some time, until the arrival of the Fire Brigade put an end to the danger. Tho only loss was a large quantity of bar which had boiled over from the tanks and lay in pools on the ground, while the sides of tlie brick easing and the timber framing "ere festooned and coated with slowly congealing tar. The remaining eontents of the tanks were still boiling some time after tlie fire, and cast off a thick cloud of evil-smelling smoke.

Last week a had accident occurrei

near Kaikoura, when a ear went over a hill, the two occupants being badly injured. In speaking of tlie accident to the secretary of the Canterbury Automobile Association, one of the injured men related an incident that, for heartlessness, would he hard to heat. One of the injured men crawled hack to the road after the accident and stopped a passing ear, asking that lie and his companion be taken to the Kaikoura Hospital. To tlie. surprise of the man, the request was refused, and the two men were left on the roadside all night. Both suffered severely from exposure, m 1 one of the men is still in hospital “It seems incredible that a fellow motorist. should he treated so.” « as Hawke’s comment.

Schroder and Co., announce the commencement of a great departmental sale 011 Friday, the 22nd. Beginning with the Showroom, frocks, and dressstuffs, they are out to reduce stock to a minimum. 11 1 esc arc a few examples of the prices that ride from Friday Prints, 10d. Hid. is a yard: crepes from 9d ; 48in navy “schoolgirl ' ’ scr<re, 6s fid. I* rocks, these will run from OS fid, Gs fid. 7s fid. 9s fid. 17s fid ill). Millinery, ready-to-wears from 3s fid, os fid, 7s fid up; models from 10s fid up; shapes Is, 2s fid. 3s fid. Remember that this departmental sale begins on Friday 22nd. Remember that one line wifi follow another, and watch for successive announcements, it will be- worth while.—Advt.

Belting: “Tuffoid” Leather J3elting is giving ever increasing satisfaction to users. Strong, durable, easy running. Write for our quotes. R. P. M. Manning and Co., 5 Bedford Row, Christchurch Advt.

Peerless Pictures .notify their list of country fixtures for the coming week. The star feature is “The Tango Cavalier,” starring George Larkin. AVoodstock Alonday, Ruatapu AVednesday, Kanieri Thursday, Kokatalii Friday.

A party of about twenty American tourists who are visiting New Zealand arrived from Reefton yesterday and went on to Kanieri Lake arriving in Hokitika about o p.m. The party went on to AVaiho Gorge this morning.

“The Highways Board is doing iupart; the counties must do their’s. It is not much good having; a tail without a dog to wag it,” said Air A. v. .1 nil. a member of the Highways Board in replying to a deputation from llio Geraldine County Council.

“Won’t you suppress my name-u il gels in tlie paper I’ll lose my job. ' said a maintenance defaulter to Mr H. A. Young, S.Af., at the Magistrate's Court Christchurch. 011 AVedncsday. “If you don’t pay that 10s a wee’.', you’ll lose your job altogether.” said the Magistrate.

According to a I’itss A social ion message from Gisborne, Air R. Semple states that he will retire from the position of Dominion organiser for the Freezing AA’orks Employees’ Union at the end of the present month, to enter into business on his own account in AAellington as a distributor of coal.

The New Zealand Astronomical Society has been notified by the Internationa! Bureau, Copenhagen, that a faint comet of magnitude eleven was discovered on January Kith, at 22 hours. Its position on discovery was 12 hours 12 minutes right ascension and 30 degrees 11 minutes south declination. The comet is in line between the stars Gamma Corvus and Gumma Cruris, and is about one-third of the distance from Gamma Corvus.

The fortnightly meeting of the AVestland Lodge No. SO U.A.O.D. was held in the Lodge room hist evening. A good attendance was recorded and presided over hy A.l). Bro. E. Kearns. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed, outward correspondence read and approved, inward read and received. Bards reported that sick members were doing as well as could be expected and sympathy was expressed with 11 brother whose wife, still remains in a. Christchurch Institution. Sick pay to the amount ol £(> •is 8d was passed for payment and accounts to the amount of £2 Is. The balance sheet was read and accepted. Three candidates were initiated into the rites of Druidism by A.D. Bro. It. Kearns, assisted hv his officers, in 11

very able and impressive manner. A vote of thanks was passed to the brother who painted the honours board free of charge. Tlie meeting then closed iu harmony.

Mr 11. A. Young, S.AI., had a lady companion with him when he sat at the Alagistrate’s Court, Christchurch, on AYcdnesday. She was Airs Lamb, a Salvation Army officer, wife of Commissioner D. C. Lamb, Director of Immigration. London. All- Young, in explaining Airs Lamb’s presence on the Bench, said that as an English J.P. she had rendered valuable service to the King and was anxious to see how things were done on this side of the world. Mrs Lamb, the first woman to sit 011 tho I tench at the Alagistrate’s Court, gave I or impressions alter she loft the Bench. “ 1 was impressed,” she said, “ with the painstaking wav in tvhieli everybody stepping into that dock is tried. 'I hey must all have the satisfaction of knowing that they get a fair trial. I liked vorv much the

wav in which separation eases arc dealt with. It is very nice, indeed. I would like to know.” she said, ’-the reason for all the drunkenness vases that came before the Court.” Speaking on the drunkenness question, she said that conditions in America were excellent under prohibition. “Of course there is bootlegging, but the general improvement, is miraculous.” she said.

Great Summer Sale begins on Saturday, January 23rd at AlcGfiler’s. Every Department has its abundance of wonderful bargains, never before savings like now. Ladies’ Ribbed Vests now Is, Ladies’ Corsets now 2s (id. Ladies’ Crepe Bloomers Is lid, JOin. Art Silk Dress Maiocains 3s lid, 40in Fancy Chocked Ginghams now Is 2d a yard. Many hundreds of similar snips nt MeGruer’s, Hokitika and Greynioutli. —Advt. Don’t ask for Egg Preservative—ask for Sliarlnnd’s AJoa Brand Egg Preservative. There’s a difference. AA’ith ‘Afoa,” eggs may be poached, boiled or fried.—Ad vt. Alill Owners: A trial will satisfy you as to the merits of our Belting, Greases, Jointings, Boiler Compound, Files. Saws, Paint, etc. It. I’. M. Manning a’ld Co., 5 Bedford Row, Christ chnrcn. —Advt Summer colds and Ilay-Fever quickly banished by “ Nazol.” Inhaled or taken on sugar it lias a wonderful healing effect. 60 doses Is fid.—Advt.