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Hokitika Guardian, 10 August 1927, Page 2

I'll*’ Now Zealand Railway Dopart--1110111 is advert ising for offers for I.he purchase* of u>cil locomotive boilers, del tills of nhich appear in this issue.

Sir (I forge Cliflorrl. who is rightly rewarded as Now Zealand's “Grand Old Man" ol lit:* turf, is not in wood hr.tit,lt at present. U e regret to learn the state ol his health is causing; his friends sonic* nnxictv.

Ihe tuetuhi't's of the Arbitration C ntrt visited Lake Kanieri vesterilav iilteruoon and later proceeded to Grey--month, 10-day the members proceed t > Heel ton. and alter sitting there fi'n to Nelson on Friday.

I here was tt good attendance tit St .Mary’s euchre tournament last evening. The prize winners were:—Mr L. Kirwan. Ist.; Mr G. doliansen. 2nd.; Mrs d. Huberts. 3rd. ; Mrs \. Stunner lilt.

'I Ik* Ashburton football team which arrives here on Monday night will be taken to tin* Dredge* and Lake Kanieri on Tuesday. On Wednesday the lc al mate It will he played and at night the visitors will he the guests e,f the 1 .adies’ Moekev Club at the Carnival Hall. On I hursd.ay the team ; rmi-eds to West port.

At the meeting of the Hokitika Borough Council on Friday night the Mayor Inis given notice to move a motion amending the general rate for the year to cightpeneo in the £ unimproved value and -a fractional increase in the loan rate, making the total rale for the year Is Id in the £ instead of Is .'ltd as first proposed.

Infectious and other notifiable diseases t eported in the Canterbury and West Coast Health Di •stricts during last week totalled 17. as follows:

Canterbury: Scarlet fever, 5: diph theria. L’; tuberculosis, (>• pneumonia 2; erysipelas. 1. West Coast: TTipli theria. 1. Three deaths from tuber cult.sis were reported in the Cantor* bury district.

Sir Benjamin Fuller states that a contract has been signed with .J. T. .1 illi:ttv and Son for £70.00(1 for the construction of a new theatre at Auckland. near the theatre which recently Wa.s burnt down. It is hoped to be able to ojx*n the new theatre nhich is to lie called the Opera House l>y next Faster. It will seat 200*1 people, and will embody the latest ideas in theatre construction.

Special gift bargains, d only ladies best gabardine costumes: navy, nigger, fawn grey, trimmed braid. Formerly (> to 0 guineas. A real gift 19s lid. At McKay’s Jubilee Sale.—Advt. Last week of sale: Balance of ladies' and children’s underwear to be sold at Hni'f Sale Prices.—Schroder and Co. —A d rt. 4 men’s waterproof coats, rubberlined; regular price 30s. Half price 14s lid. At McKay’s Jubilee Sale.— Advt. Last- week of Sale: 12 only boys’ Kainpoi sports suits, sizes 8 to 13, one price 19s lid; boys’ all wool pullovers, 6s 9d; all wool Petone college shorts, navy blue, nt 8s lid; men’s pull overs and cardigans, 7s 9d and 12s 6d.—Schroder and Co.—Advt. Millinery. Hats! Hats! Hats! All Is to clear. The remains of our season’s millinery. At McKay’s Jubilee Sale.—Advt.