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Hokitika Guardian, 20 February 1926, Page 2

Rnrtiriilars of fares in roiuieotinr with tin* Championship Athletic Meetiny: nt Groymouth on 27th. February, are mlvertised in this issue.

A number of inforimttions lmvo been laid against users of motor vehicles engaged in lieavv traffic ivlio have failed to comply with the Government regulations affecting licensing of. the v chicles.

The total births registered for urban areas of the Dominion in .January amounted to 1180, as against 1074 in December, tin increase of ]!!.'}. Deaths in January were 448. a decrease of ofl as compared with the previous month. Of the total deaths males eontributed 24 7 anil females 201. Fifty-two of the deaths were of children under live years of age. being 11.til per cent of the whole number. Thirty-nine of these were under one year of age.

The deer stalking season in Westland opens on the Ist March and continues to the JOth. April. Stalking licenses for the Kokatabi-Arahura district are now being issued from the Post Office. The fee is 22 per rifle. In the Haast region the stalking has been divided into ten blocks, all of which were applied for and allocated by ballot. There will he 22 rifles in that region where the fee is Co. The amount derived will lie expended subsequently in deer-culling during the off season.

Colds vanish in double-quick time when “ Na,?ol ” conies on the scene. (10 doses Is fid. Chemists and stores.—Advt.

House and Picnic Frocks now less than half price. 5s lid to 12s Cd at MeTvnv’s sale.-—Advt.

No harmful after effects front using Wade’s Worm Figs. Sure to act. pleasant to take.—Advt. Sample Vests—real snips—at Addisons.—Advt.

The entries for the fat stock sale at Arahura on Monday appear in this issue.

Messrs W, Jeffries and Co. notify particulars of their entry for tlio Arahura sale oil Monday. tlici?nlrios for their store .stock sale at Kokatalii saleyards on Wednesday next at noon, and offer for private sale, a 7-roomed residence in Sale Street.

Popular Tuesday night social and dame in aid of Fire Brigade team’s expenses to the Dunedin competitions, Soldiers’ Hall, Feb. 23rd. at 5.30 p.m. sharp. First-cass floor, good music and efficient AFC.; room for cards. Admission fs Gd.-- Advt.

At the Alagislrate’x Court, Reel'ton on Thursday, .James S. Birchley was charged before Air Meldnim. K.AF, with (1) falsely endorsing a cheque: (2) causing Sydney Durward to net upon a cheque, knowing that the endorsement was false: (3) opening a postal packet addressed to Geo. Cut hush. The accused entered a plea of guillv on all charges and was committed for sentence. Bail was allowed, himself £3O and one surety of £SO.

Xcms lias been received in Wellington from Perth, Western Australia, that the present phenomenal activity on the surface of the sun is hindering cable communication. Although nothing unusual has boon experienced at cable stations in New Zaeiand, it is possible that the trouble may extend til this part of the globe as it did when spots occurred on the sun a few weeks ago. Cable tninimuiiealion with other countries is still entirely normal.

A monster fish was washed up on the beach nearly opposite the lighthouse on cemetery hill early yesterday. The fish is a stump oval in shape with a width of some fSin to 2-tin, is about five feet deep at ils widest and about 7.1 feet long. It lias a small mouth circular in shape, about 0 inches across and lias apparently only two side fills. At its tail there are two large fins while between the two. is a shorter rudder like fin some turn feet in depth. The fish is a very solid looking one ami appears to weigh in the vicinity o[ :i toil. It- is thought to bo a sun lisli. Quite a large number wended their way up the beach last- evening t;, view tiic unusual visitor.

Mr G. G. Lockwood, honorary secre-t-iiv (,i if,. Canterbury Centre ol toe New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. has received definite word from Wellington that R. A. Rose is coining lo Christchurch to meet Halm once more over a mile. Rose will leave Afastertoii next Thursday, and will arrive in Christchurch on the Friday morning. Halm and Si hoist tvill return to Christchurch next Thursday night ami the race liclwoeii Halm ami Rose will take place at the Engli-h Park Stadium on Saturday night ot next wool;.

\ jj |-o on Thursday morning coui|Jti.lv destroyed Wright’s homestead on the Christchurch Road, near the Rangii ii i. k appears that Ai rs Weight's brother, wlm assists on t:u‘ farm' lighted the range Milan he kit to bring in the cows, and in bis absence tbe bouse took fire and ill a leuminutes was a mass of Hallies. Airs \Vri.r},t nml the chihhvn. who wi*n* in the time, bad only sufficient time to c.-cape ibe building. Nothing was saved, with the exception ~f some bedding. It t> ""dcrslnotl that there is some insurance, but toe amount is unknown.

The death of Airs Martha Kaye, widow of the late Mr Fenton Kaye. Look place at the residence (1 her (laughter, Airs J. FnmberLnu. Suin'! Street, Greymoutii on Thursday evening, at the age of S*i years. Deceased ;ts a native ot A arksiiire England, and came to New Zealand 47 years non with her husband. I bey first lesjded at Springfield but. later, moved to Brunner. Mis Kaye is survived by live dan. ters and three sous. the I ornier being Alesdames F. Prme (Ciirislrlmirh), R .Armstrong (Rwnanga), Richards (Hamilton), AF Black 7llmstings)', and .1 .Famberlon (Oroymoulli), and the sons: —-Messrs Charles and .I;Fin Kaye ( Ruiumga) ■ and George Kave (Blackball).

•jme iujiiiv strange anomalies in our commercial muiality. A tradesman can refuse any person asking lor •redit by simply saying no: yet in one of the most ncces-arv tilings in our i.vervdav live-, viz., a well-equipped

’dspitnl. the niaiiagemiiet have not the ligkt of refusal to give credit. In compensation lor this .Magistrate’s rarely refuse orders lor payment of fees when Hospital Boards sue for payment for treatment in consequence of the Boards having to keep ail open door. See the AYexiland Hospital Board advertisement in this issue: ” A Mink is as good as a nod to a blind horse.”

Every housewife is interested in the cleaning of her home. The latest method is by ” Electrolux." Head what a User says: " Dear Sir: I should like to put upon record my appreciation. of the Electrolux Cleaner. fL is a wonder worker. The amount ol dust it collects from an apparently clean house is horrifying, and in (act after seeing the results 1 eonsider it an absolute necessity in every household where health and cleanliness are valued. Apart from, this fact it takes all the drudgery out of house work which is done in half the time.” Fee them displayed liy Tomlinson and Gifford. Revel! .Street.—Advt.

At a Y.ALC’.A luncheon at Gisborne, the Governor-General said that as a soldier lie had met the association in many places, both in war and in peace. lie knew that without the association and its homelike atmosphere their sons and their friends would have suffered more than they did. Me was hound to say that in some parts of Scotland the movement was not. so well developed as in parts of New /calami. From what he had seen in Auckland ho had learned a great deal of the ramifications of the Y.M.C.A.. and especially the value o! hoys’ work. Hardly any of them realised the present necessity for such work, but there was a greater need now tfian in the past. In the war they had lost some of the best of their voting men. with the result that there was now a gap between the young men coining on and the middle aged men. who would have been exerting a steady influence on the hoys who were growing up. The deficiency could he made no only by associations such as the Y.M.C.A., which were taking the nines of those who had been killed at the front.

Now arriving from Nelson and Otago large consignments of peaches, plums, apricots and tomatoes. Our instructions are to sell at the lowest market price. Paterson, Michel and Co. Ltd.. ('Phone No. 2.). —Advt.

Be sure and pay Schroder and Co. a visit; ever line is drastically reduced in price to effect a speedy clearance at Schroder's Great Sale.- Advt.

Harmony in the wash-house, harmony in the home, harmony everywhere is the splendid ambition of ‘’NoDubbing Laundry Help.”—Advt.