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Hokitika Guardian, 16 May 1927, Page 2

A meeting of the Committee of the Kokntahi-Ivoiterangi Winter Show will be held on Wednesday evening next, May ISth at 7 o’clock i;i the Public FTall, Kokatalii,—Advt.

A meeting of tlie Ladies’ Hockey Club will be held at Mr ,T. Stapleton’s to-night at 7 p.m. Business important.—Advt.

After a nice spell of line weather, lasting from 'Wednesday week, light rain fell last evening; hut the weather had cleared again this morning.

On Wednesday, May 25t>h, the Excelsior Football Club are holding a ball in the Soldiers’ Hall, the proceeds of which will be in aid of injured players. Tickets are now m circulation ;tnd ■should find a ready sale. Prices: Double ticket, os; extra lady's 2s 6(1; gent’s 3s.—Advt.

In connection with Ihe gas cooking demonstrations being conducted weekly at the Soldiers’ Hall, the present series will be brought to a close this month, but on Thursday, June 2nd. there will be a. gas-cooking ■competition at the hall when exhibits for which useful prizes will be offered will be judged and the awards made hv an independent judge.

Greymouth is likely to hold its jubilee in February next, a circumstance which may "bur the town co-operating in the proposed Back to the Coast movement at the New Year, as originally proposed. The question of Hokitika taking up the matter for next Christinas will ho considered at a public meeting to lie held on the 3lst. just.

The losses.suffered by Italy in the Great War were referred to by tlie Consul-General for Italy. Comniendatore M. lilunno. in an address at the Wellington IDS.A. rooms. “We had 011,000 men killed, our war cripples are three-quarters of a million, and one and a-half million are our wounded, ’ said Commendatore Blmino. “The army was of six millions; Italy’s population in 1015 was 3(1 millions. ’

Entries for the Kokatalii-Koitcrangi Winter Show close on Wednesday li ght at ft o’clock. The entries to hand already assure a highly successful show and there will he very keen competition for the various classes. Ihe past season has resulted in some very line crops, and the display promises t > he of a very attractive nature. 'i he list of specials published on Saturoav is a long one and should result in keen competition.

One of Auckland’s flocks ol wild pigeons came to an untimely end at the Zoo the other day through venturing too close to the monkey-house (states the "Star”). A long, hairy arm shot through the screen ol the cage, there was a squeak, and the next moment a much-pleased monkey was sitting on a high branch, plucking one by one the feathers of the unwary bird. The pigeon did not long survive the rough treatment.

A large rat and a thrill of excitement ran along the grandstand seats in the course of a Rugby football match at the Auckland Showgrounds recently (says the " New Zealand Ilirald”). True to tradition, the ladies shrieked, while the men. with the reputation of the sterner sox to guard, pursued the i l ightened animal with (lying hoots and walking sticks. Following n sharp and merry (base, the rat was captured and killed. M ith <d>vious sighs ol relict, the ladies then descended from their heights of reluge and resumed their interest in the match.

Some mothers do queer things. One morning last week, when the thought of ice cream sent a cold shiver down one’s spine.i a mother with a year-ohl baby in her arms walked into an Arc ilaml confectioner’s shop and bought n {•oncfit 1 of this summer-time delicacy, but not for herself (states the Sun ). The baby apparently was a bit peeve 1 with tlm morning shopping, and was getting noisy when his loving mother bit mi the happy idea of quietening him with an ice cream, and the scheme worked, judging by the way the young hopeful's tongue attacked the luxury. He was well satisfied with his novel winter diet. Evidently he is a Blanket baby.

There are exceptions to the rule, cien with cuts. An Auckland educationist, who lives nt Herne Hay. lias a jet-lurk eat which was horn at sea seven years a<i<>. In its early days (says the • •"«tar ”) puss used to I'ollow the hose round when the decks were being washed down and evidently got accustomed to having water spray upon it. Now. with its shore life, puss misses too ways of the seas, and has the practice of sitting outside the bathroom door every morning and meowing plaintively. When one of the family turns on the shower the eat sits in the hath and purrs with delight. So fond is the eat of Cold water that it is often found sitting in one of the washtubs enjoying a cold hath with just as much relish as a sea lion at the Zoo. Otherwise it is quite a normal Ponsonby rat. a Iriond of the family, and a fiend to any other of its tribe that scales the back fene:.

Ladies’ black Ttoslyn woollen ribbed knitted stockings—more suitable for elderly ladies—will outlast two ordinary kind and stand mending. Prices 6 s Gd and 7s 6d at McKay’s.—Advt. Regular stocks drastically reduced. Ladies’ black cotton hose lOd and Is -1d pair; ladies’ all wool Botany Cashmere hose, in newest shades, 2s lOd pair; ladies’ silk and wool hose, Us lOd pair; ladies’ all-wool Gauntlet gloves, 2s Cd and 3s lid: scalloped and embroidered duchess sets, 2s Gd: pure linen embroidered cushion covers, 2s 6d. MeGruer’s Fire Sale, Hokitika and Greymouth.—Advt. New rubber coats, just opened—Two dozen ladies’ black rubber coats, sizes from 4-1 to 50in. These goods are usually sold at 32s 6d. Our price, 19s lid. Schroder and Co.—Advt. The most certain remedy for worms is Wade’s Worm Figs. No bad aftereffects. All chemists and stores.—Advt.

Stock-taking Specials—Three seamless Axminster c-arpct-squares, 10. G x 9, shades of vioux rose, green and fawn. £8 19s Gd; blue and fawn ground 9x9. reduced price £8 17s Gd ; all over design, crimson, blue and green, reduced price £8 19s Gd. Schroder and Co.— Advt.