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Hokitika Guardian, 29 June 1927, Page 2

Tho latest report from the Murchison Oil Company’s bore reads:—Depth of hole 2230 ft in hard sandstone, easing 2210 ft. Mr James Hemera, sawyer, of lvumara, has been adjudged a bankrupt. A meeting of creditors will be held oil Tuesday next.

The Canterbury Education Board notifies elections of school committees where householders failed to elect committees on the statutory date will be held on Monday, July 11th. at. 7.30 p.m. in the respective schoolrooms.

A month-organ hand has been formed at Tirniirn (states the ••Post"). The movement lias the support of the Timnru Competitions Society, and Mr M. V. . Osborne, well-known hand conductor. has been offered the eonduetorship of the new body.

There was another good attendance at the euchre tournament held in St. Mary’s Club Booms last evening. Four players tied with 17 points each and a play-off resulted:—Mr J. Timpson first. -Mrs T. Moore second. Mrs f>. Wood third. Mrs Wale fourth. Supper was served before the gathering dispersed.

At. the Magistrate's Court this morning before Messrs Duff and Benjamin. Justices, the police charged John Stubbs, a middle-aged man. with being drunk and using obscene language, in Sewell Street. Accused pleaded guilty to both charges and elected to he dealt with summarily, lie was convicted on both charges and sentenced in fifurieen days imprisonment on the hitter charge.

There will be eight priy.es for competition at the Returned Soldiers’ euchre tournauu lit on Friday night. July Ist. in the Soldiers’ Hall. First prize, Kaiapoi travelling rug: second, floating howl ; third, Imt water bottle; fourth, alarm clock ; fifth, case afternoon lea-spoons; sixth, three fancy vases; seventh, glass salad bowl; eighth, box soap. Supper. Admission 2s. At 8 p.m. sharp.- Advt.

A London correspondent writing in mid-May stated that the first Couii • Buckingham Palace was to ho held the following week, and no fewer than tell \'ew Zealanders would make their how at the Palace. Lady Barr will make her first official appearance there she is now happily holier, but is keeping quiet, while Sir James is still absent in Bale-line. The others who are to be presented include: Mrs Walter Beau, 0.8. E.. and her daughter AfKs Louisa Bean (Christchurch) together with several other New Zealanders.

Infectious and other notifiable diseases reported in the Canterbury and West Coast Health Districts during the week ended noon on .Monday totalled 82 as follows: Caiiterlniry : Scarlet fever, !l : diphtheria. ; enteric fever. I ; i uhereiilosis. I; pneumonia. (5; pneumonic iiiiiiicnza. 1 : cclnmptin, I : erysipelas, I ; food poisoning, .12. West Coast: Diphtheria. 2: tuberculosis, 1; cerebri) spinal meningitis, 1. There were three deaths in the Canter bury district: Scarlet fever, 1; tuberculosis, 2.

According; l > a Condon correspondent. .Mr B. !■'. I’crlmm. of Hokitika, travelled to England via North America arriving in London on .May 3rd. He will make London his headquarters until the <oid ol .July, visiting dilferent parts of the country, particularly Somerset. He will then go on to the Continent, where he will visit Paris, Brussels. Toulon and Naples. At .Naples he will hoard an Orient boat for New Zealand via Port Said. Aden and Australia. Mr I’erham. who is travelling lor pleasure, expects to reach the Dominion in September.

Ihe loi'lowing new regulation pertaining to the taking of salmon and trout is gazetted:—“No person whilst engaged in fishing for salmon or trout with rod and line shall have in his possession, or under liis control, or convey or cause to he conveyed to the vicinity of any place where lie fishes with rod and line, any fishing net oifishing implement of any description whatsoever except hi- rod and line, permitted bait and hooks and containers lor same, landing net, or gaff. Any person committing a breach of these regulations shall he liable to a fine of C 20.”

Kilty-two onses of food poisoning "ere included in the .notifications of infections and other notifiable diseases received at the Christchurch Office of the Health Department during the week ended at noon on Monday. Colonel I l '. \V. \Y. Dawson, .Assistant Aledicai 1 Officer of Health for Canterbury District, states that the cases all occurred at a convent in Timaru. touchers, staff and pupils being affected. Something they had eaten at an ordinary meal eaused the poisoning, but be had not yet been advised what the food was. All the patients were confined to bed. hot none were seriously affected.

As a further means of making New Zealand more widely known in the United States and Canada the Government has decided to link up with the Foster Travel Intornuition Service, New York, which is one of the biggest organisations of its kind, if not the biggest, in America. The service, which will he participated in for twelve months, includes comprehensive distribution of literature, advertising spare in the principal newspapers, window displays, etc., and intensive publicity work as undertaken h.v fifty-two separate offices throughout the United States and Canada. It is anticipated that the service will open up many channels hitherto unexplored.

Inspect Addison’s window for latest Parisian Ties.—Advt. ’I hnl t.v buyers would be well rewarded by a visit to Addisons to-day, where you wii'l get the pick of their fashionable goods at bargain prices for cash.—Advt.

Addisons for bargain prices in men’s shirts. Special line to clear at 2s lid each. Also special reductions in girls rubber coats and capes. Call to-day.—Advt.

PULMONAS FOR AMERICA, “ Have von any agency in Detroit, U.S.A.?” was the question recently put to manufacturers of the famous “ Pulmonas ” by a young New Zealander. who intends to settle in “ The States.” “If you haven’t,” be goes on. “ I must take a libelal supply of Pulmonas with me. They have done me more good for easing hoarseness and frog in the.throat than anything I have ever used.”

Pulmonas taken at the first sign of a husky or sore throat, cough or cold, give marvellous relief and renewed health. Suck them slowly and see how the strong antiseptic vapours penetrate every nook and cranny of the breathing passages—thus they operate at the SEAT of all throat and chest troubles, giving almost instant relief in cases of influenza, bronchitis, asthma, etc. Sold by all chemists, Is fid and 2s Gd