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Hokitika Guardian, 8 October 1927, Page 2

The Competitions Concert Party will visit the Westland Hospital on Tuesday and render an entertainment for the benefit of the inmates.

The Blackwnter Mines Ltd. return for September is as follows:—Crushed 3479 tons, yielding 1222 fine ozs, valued at £595. Working expenses were £125. The working profit was £043. Capital expenditure amounted to £ll and the dcvelopmnet expenditure amounted to £302, leaving a profit over all of £330.

While en route to Ngahere from Grevmouth at three o’clock in the morning, a car, driven by Mr Herman Smith of Matai, and containing several passengers, crashed into the superstructure of the bridge over Racecourse Creek at Kaiatn. It stripped the posts and rails and fell into the creek. The car was badly damaged, but the occupants had wonderful escapes.

At a special meeting of the Greymouth Hospital Board held on Thursday for the purpose of dealing with tenders for the installation of a modern heating system for the institution five tenders were received, the prices ranging from £3590 to £1395. The tender of £1395, of Messrs A', and T. Burt, Ltd., of Christchurch, was accepted. The work will be put in hand immediately.

Tlie report of Alexander Mines, Ltd., for the month of September states the returns from the battery were 50 tons of ore were crushed during the month for a return of Glozs Gdwts melted gold, of an estimated value of £245. The cyanide plant has not been cleaned up this month but a clean up will take place at the end of every two months instead of monthly as has been the ease previously.

We offer exceptional value in “Fuji Silks’’ 30in. wide in all the wanted colours, the shades are saxe, lemon, powder blue, pink, sky and lavender at 2s Gd; extra heavy weight natural at 2s Gd, 40in. crepe-de-cliene in white lavender, blue, grey and shrimp, special price 4s lid. Schroder and Co.— Advt.

Ladies’ Dainty Frocks in Voile and Repp; Jumpers and Sleveless Cardigans; also Girls’ Voile Frocks at Addison’s.—Advt.

Whitebait netting made to sample of netting supplied by professional Hokitika whitebaiter is now on sale at McKay’s at 3s 3d a yard. The netting is extra strong and the mesh is considered just the right size.—Advt. Sore throat, huskiness, instantly dispelled by “Nazol.” Goes to the root of the trouble. Acts like a charm. Is 6d buys 60 doses, ready for use.— Advt.

Special values now offering in white and coloured towels. Good towels made from tested cotton. Prices Is lid, 2s lid to 3s lid at McKay’s.—Advt.

Tarakolie on Monday for Hokitika. The Elsie leaves Picton to-day and

Dance! Dance! St. Mary’s Club, Monday night, long night dance. Come along and have a good evening’s enjoyment. Good music, floor, and supper.—Advt.

A visit to the Soldiers’ Hall next Wednesday will repay any lover of a good dance and will also assist the funds of the local band. Come along and join in the latest novelty dances and enjoy yourself with the crowd. Remember the 12th of October.

Messrs M. Houston and Co. notify partiuclars of an important auction sa.o of valuable dairy farm and butchery, business of Mr C. Autheman, at Harilmri on 20th Oct. at " noon, together with choice dairy cows and other stock. The offering is a very valuable one. Further particulars appear in another column.

Donations for the wireless receiving plant for the Hokitika Mental Hospital are now being received at the County Chambers. Lists of subscribers will be published in due course. All money received go to the object In view without any deductions for casts of collections.

The firm of Higgins A Fawcct Bros. Ltd. of Kokatahi has been registered as a private company ns from the 3rd. inst. The partners are: P. J. Higgins, 1000 shares; C. F. H. Fawcet, 1000 shares; G. W. Fawcet, 1000 shares. The objects of the Company includes the taking over of the business at Kokatahi of Higgins and Fawcet Bros, sawmill trading and general. Messrs Park and Murdoch are the solicitors for the new company.

There was n good attendance at the Soldiers’ Hall last evening for the weekly euchre tournament. The prize winners on the evening’s play were: Mrs Sumner, Mr Sumner, Mrs Roberts, Mr Edwards, Mr Holling, Mrs Herring, Mrs-Bakin, Mrs Fitzgerald. During supper it was announced that next Friday’s play would complete the tournament competition, and the aggregate prizes would he presented the following Friday. The season will dose this month in view of daylight saving coming into force next month.

The decision of the Government to withdraw the posting of telegraphic shipping news at post offices was adversely commented on in the House of Representatives by Mr C. E. Bellringer (Taranaki), who gave notice of his intention to ask for the reasons which have led to the decision which, lie said, would deprive the public of a valuable service which they had enjoyed for over 30 years. A press telegram from Westport states that keen disappointment is expressed there over the Government’s decision to abandon the practice of posting up shipping movements. A public meeting is urged to voice the community’s disapproval.