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Hokitika Guardian, 21 August 1926, Page 2

The Public Works Statement was brought down in the House yesterday. Some excerpts therefrom appear in this issue. Millinery. Mrs E. Hacked, Bealey Street, is prepared to resume millinery classes. Two hour lessons, two shillings.—Advt. The voting in the Legislative Council on the Bible reading in Schools Bill, on the third reading which was defeated bv 14 to 12, was as follows: Ayes-—Craigie, Gow, Hall-Jones, Hawke, Isibt, Michel, Moore. Newman, Hhodes. Sinclair, Snodgrass. Thompson. Noes—Barr, Carrington, Clark, Cohen, Karnshaw, Fleming, Guthrie, ITanan, Lang, MacGregor, Malcolm, Rikihaua, Scott, Witty.

A liot attack is expected in the rush for popular Golden Treasure Improved Double Butt. Art Union Tickets. Be in the team. Send for a lialf-crown ticket or book of nin» for £l. and win the £4OOO prizes. Selling their fastest. —Advt. Work is steadily proceeding on the telephone service between the North Island and the South Island. The laying of the trench cables between the Seddon and the Wellington Exchanges and the extremities of the submarine cable is not yet completed, but the Lynll Bay-Wellington portion, about four miles is nearly complete, and six miles between Blind River and Seddon hiive yet to be laid. Laying the trench cable is not essential till the installation of repeaters at Seddon and 'Wellington. These are due to arrive about December. Extension of the service to Christchurch will follow after the repeaters are working. Till such time the service cannot extend past Marlgorough and Nelson.

A good sawmill proposition is offered in another column. Airs Delbridge and family insert a notice of thanks in this issue. Entries for the fat stock sale at Arahura on Monday appear in this issue. The Public Trustee inserts a notification in the estate of the late Airs Alary Clements of Hokitika. Next Friday, Aug. 27th. the Benedicts’ Ball, which was postponed owing to so much sickness in the district, will take place in the Public Hall at Koiierangi. Golden ’Treasure Art Union Tickets 2s 6d each or nine for £l. £4OOO prizes. l’.O. Box 171. Greyinoutli.— Advt.

Air J. ,]. Alclntosh has donated a guinea for a special prize to the competitor under sixteen years of age who secures most points at the competitions on Monday and Tuesday. A motor accident occurred on Thursday evening near Arnold siding. Air J. Hearn, a resident of the locality, was driving his ear home from Greyinoutli, with five passengers, when it left the road and overturned into the bush. Nobody was injured, and the car, though damaged, was extracted from the hush.

The heavy rain last night and counter attractions militated against a good attendance at tlie R.S.A. euchre. The prize winners at the close of the evening’s play were:—First, All's AieDon gall; second, Air A. E. Benjamin; third, All's Barrow; fourth, Airs J. Coulson. The tournament will he continued next Friday when again four useful household prizes will be offered for competition.

During the fifty-six years that the Greyinoutli borough streets have been illuminated by gas, only two lamplighters have been employed by the Grey Borough Council. The first lamplighter was the late Air James Goodall, who was for thirty-six years in the service of the Council. On his retirement twenty years ago, the Into Air Goodall was succeeded by his son, Air Ai thin Goodall, who completed his final round of turning the lamps on and off on Wednesday night, when' gas as a street illumination was discarded in' favour of electricity.

A punt for a goal if your goal is the £4OOO prizes in the popular Golden Treasure Improved Double Butt Art Union. Send for a 2s fid ticket today or better still a hook of nine for £]’ Tickets on sale everywhere.—Advt.

The Westland Competitions commence at the Town Hall at 10 o’clock on A lon day morning. The afternoon sessions begins at 1.30 o clock, aiu. the night session at 7.30 o’clock. The programme for tlie opening day is a very full one, and patrons will find much to please and entertain. The competitions will he coniinued on Tuesday when the Town Hall and Princess Theatre will he occupied throughout the morning and afternoon, and .the Princess Theatre at night. I.ho competitions promise to he a pronounced success.

The final investigations of tlie swede mammal trial at Waimaunga State Farm are now completed and confirm previous result-. The iiifomition as to the specific cause of mottled heart in swedes is not definite, neither is the information definite as to the specific remedy, but a fund of very useful information and direct evidence lias been supplied by these experiments and recorded. Experiments for further investigations for the coining season will bo compiled from the information afforded by those now completed. One important point, was, however, consistently brought out right through tlie experiments, viz:—swedes of good size and quality can he grown when ash is added ill the quantity required to the usual manurial requirements of soils.

The phenomenally low denth-rato of New Zealand is being widely eommened on by writers in medical journals and bv statisticians. Professor F. AI. East, of Harvard University, in an article on “Current History,” says:—

“In tho new world to the cast, Australia 'and New Zealand, rapid growth continues, blit it continues on the inertia of past growth. The Australian birth-rate was 28.2 and the deathrate 10.7 ill 1913. Ten years later the rates wore 23.2 and 9.5 respectively. New Zealand showed a birth-rate of 26.1 and a death-rate of 9.5 in 1913. At the end of a decade the rates were 21.9 anil 9.0. The death-rate of Now Zealand in 1921 was 8.3. the lowest the world has ever seen. One must not ho deceived hv these figures, however. A death-rite of even 10 per thousand annually cannot he continued, for this would mean an avorago life of a century. Such death-rates can appear only in new countries largely peopled by vigorous youths. A diminishing growth rate'must come to Australia and New Zealand soon, and tho presage of this shows in the turn of the birthrate.”

Tripping illegal hut you can do a nice trip if you win the £4600 prizes in the popular Golden Treasure Improved Double Butt Art Union. Tickets 2s 6:1 each or hook of nine for £l. On sale everywhere.—Ad vfc. /

The fortnightly meeting of Westland Lodge No. 89 U.A.O.D. was held in the Lodge room on Thursday evening when a very large attendance was presided over by A.D. Bro. j. J. Williams. 'J liree car loads of Buatapu brethren, combined with the local attendance, filling the room to its utmost capacity. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed and outward correspondence read and approved, inward read and received. Bards reported a numbed of members on the sick list with the prevailing epidemic and expressions of sympathy and a hope of speediy recovery were tendered to all those afflicted. One brother who lias been very seriously ill is now reported to have taken a turn for he better, and is now gaining slowly, hut we hope surely, his usual good health. Two candidates were initiated into the rites of Druid ism, by A.D. Bro. J. J. Williams assisted by his officers in the usual impressive manner. One new member was proposed for admission. Accounts including sick pay, maternity bonuses, medical expenses, etc. to the amount cf £92 17s were passed, for payment. The meeting closed with the closing chorus, after the Buatapu piemhers laid been thanked by the A.D. for their attendance in such large numbers.

Too much whistle will he quite excusable if it is because you have won

the £4OOO prizes in the popular Golden Treasure Improved Double Butt Art

Union. Buy a lx;ok of nine for £1 today .or 2s 6d ticket. Obtainable everywhere.—Advt.

Last week of Sale! No reasonable offer refused for balance of stock in Men’s and Boys’ Clothing Department. —Schroder and Co.—Advt. Is Sale Is! At McGruer’s for two days only, Saturday and Monday. Aug. 21st. and 23rd. Last days of sale. Hundreds of-articles worth from 2s to

755. Now all one price Is each. It will pay *.-ou to beg, borrow or otherwise find money to visit this great Is clearance. A few shillings will go a long way. See the windows. Doors open at 9.30. Be there: McGruer’s. Hokitika and Greymouth.—Advt. Our Sale definitely closes on Saturday, August 21st, your last opportunity to secure mantles, costumes, coats and frocks at half price!—Schroder and Co.—Advt.