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Hokitika Guardian, 7 January 1928, Page 2

Nominations for the Nelson Trotting Club’s two-day meeting close on J uosday next. 1 Oth. January at 8 p.m. Mr Howard Kniglit, choirmaster of the Nelson Methodist Church, is visiting Hokitika, and will conduct the local choir on Sunday evening, and also render a special solo. Ross team to play Rliatapi at R'ss on Jan. Bth:—P. MeNab, S. Dawson, .1. Houlahan, A. Head, \Y. Clarke, O. Jones, T. Houlahan, A. Donaldson, Mason, Fellowes. Muir. Kmerg. Deniu and Watson. Sweeping reductions in floral voile dress lengths, all smart goods three yards in length at Is lid. 5s lid. (is lid. 7s lid the dress piece. Schroder and Co. Advt.

The fifteenth annual I loin in ion championship bowling tournament will begin in Christchurch on Tuesday next. Mr A. J. Benzie, president of the No"' Zealand Rowling Association, will officially open the tournament, at 9 a.in. on the Canterbury Club’s green. It is expected that about 250 bowlers from all parts of tlit? Dominion will play in the tournament, while the total number participating should be about (iOO. Ilauraki Plains farmers lilerally “broke the hank’' at Ngaloir one day last week, writes a Ngatea correspondent. Following on a favourable season’s dairying, tbc demand for cash withdrawals at the Ngatea branch of the Rank of New Zealand exceeded the supply of coin brought Iroin Thames for the purpose. The hank was forced to declare its inability at the time to satisfy its clients owing to a temporary shortage of funds.

The long spell of dry weather is having a had effect on the Grey bar. the depth in the channel at high water being only 1!) feet. This is causing serious losses to shipping companies owing to the restricted loadings. The Kartigi, now loading coal and timber for Wellington, will have to leave Greymouth nine hundred tons short of capacity. while the AYaipori, which is loading coal for Napier and Auckland will also he restricted to nine hundred tons less than a full cargo.

The fortnightly meeting of Lodge Westland, was held in the lodgeroom on Thursday evening. A. I), tiro. Brown presided over a fair attendance of members. Sick pay to the amount of £5 Gs 8d was passed for payment, also other accounts, to the amount of £49 18s. Included in the inward correspondence was the rather gratifying information that our Worthy Grand President, Bro. H. Wilson would ho visiting this Lodge on Thursday the 19th. hist., when it is hoped for a big muster to greet him. No further business was dealt with and the Lodge closed in harmony.

Last Saturday a Kaiapoi lady drew £lO out of the Post Office Savings Bank at Christchurch. Early in the afternoon she went to the dot outside the chief post office to get a penny stamp, ami placed her purse on the top of the slot machine while she affixed a stamp and posted the letter. Absentmindedly she walked off, leaving the purse, the loss of which she did not discover until she returned to Kaiapoi in the evening. She lost no time in ’phoning to the Christchurch Post Office i.n the faint hope that somebody had been honest enough to take the purse to the counter. The clerk gave a negative reply, but asked the lady to wait until ho had a look at the machine. There the purse lay. with its contents undisturbed.

There will he a monster dance at the Soldiers’ Hall to-night, when Air F. Smith’s dance orchestra will tender a benefit for the funds of the Ladies’ Hockey Club. The full orchestra will play throughout the evening. On Alondnv the orchestra will be at AVoodstock, on Tuesday there will he a long night at Hokitika (Soldiers’ Hall), and on Wcdnesray night the final dance programme of the tour will lie held at Kanieri. The Band lias lteeome very popular during the tour, the readiness with which request and encore numbes are given being a special feature of the evening’s enjoyment. There is* plenty of variety in the music supplied. which includes all the latest hits in ball-room fancies, and every programme is particularly bright and snappy. To-night’s big function will not he any exception.

Particularly good value in Ladies’ Silk Hose can now be obtained at Paterson’s. All good shades from 2s 3d a pair—Advt.

Carpet runners 4s 6d, 5s 6d. 6s lid a yard; Axminster runners 12s !)d, 16s 6d, 17s Cd a yard; hearth rugs 13s 6d, 18s 6d, 255; sofa riigs 19s lid. 27s 6d, 425; Axminster carpet squares 9ft by 10ft 6in, £8 19s 6d to £ls 15s 6d. McKay’s, Hokitika——Advt.

Tlie entries for the fat stock sales at. Anrhtira appear in this issue. Dir Robert Reid, of Darfield, one of the best-known shcephreeders in tlie Dominion, died on Thursday, aged 71 years. The balance of our models, readv-to-wenrs and all untrimmed millinery to he sold at “half-price,” all new goods including late deliveries.—Schroder and Co.—Advt. Mr 11. S. Batchelor, who has been visiting Hokitika for some time past

and has been a regular visitor Jo the local bowling green has presented a pair of silver trophies in the form of buttons, for competition in two bowl pairs, hi appreciation of the hospitality of members.

The Blackwater Mines Ltd. returns for December are: Crushed 3300 tons, yielding 1263 fine ozs.. valued at £5364. Working expenses £4311. Roaster also treated 56 tons, yielding 83 fine ozs., valued at £353, working expenses £ll7 ; working profit £1289; capital expenditure 0125; profit over all, £789.

At the Magistrate’s Court this morning before Messrs V.. Jeffries and A. K. Benjamin. Justices, two young people were charged by the police with being idle and disorderly. One, a girl of 17 veals was remanded to thn Child Welfare Court at (ireyniouth on Monday next and the other a young man, aged 21 veal's, was convicted and discharged, being warned to keep away from the girl in future.

The funeral of the late Father Bowe, who on Tuesday, while surfing at the North Beach, Westport, died ol heart failure, took place at Westport yester, dav. and was attended by a great concourse of people irom all parts ol the district. At i) a.in. Requiem Mass was celebrated, and there were present His (trace Archbishop O’Shea and Dean Connolly, of Wellington. Father J. Kcllv (Newtown, Wellington), Rev. Dr. J. Kennedy, Father' O’Connor and Father Madden (Christchurch), Father Long, Father Holihan, and Father Quinn (Groymoiith). Father Lordan i Kumara). Father Finerty ( Hokitika), Father Dougherty (Ross), Father O’Meeglmn (Abanin). Father McManus •. Palmerston North!, Father Herring (Reefton). Father Sweeney (Opunake), and Father Carmine (Takaka).

An accident which might have resulted more seriously occurred at the Reelton racecourse yesterday afternoon, just after the last race, whereby tintwo children of Mr V. Lee. the wellknown horseman, were injured. A motor van. belonging to a cordial factory. was leaving tlie course, where the two children were looking over the fence near the Stewards’ room, and the van ran into them. One of the children a girl, Phyllis, was rendered unconscious, while the hoy, Rex, sustained a deep cut near the nose. Dr ('onion was summoned, and ordered the girl to the hospital, where she was given attention. On inquiry later, it was learned that the condition of the girl was not regarded as being very serious. The hoy was taken to Dr Wicken’s surgery, where Ins wound was stitched. Both children sustained a rather severe shock.

The first swordfish of the season has been caught off Cape Brett by Dir R. H. Goodwin, of London, fishing from the launch l.iirnn Doolie on Jail. 2nd. lis weight was 2-Tol.li. Another swordfish. weighing 170 lb. was caught a few hours later by Commander Farquhar, of H.M.S. Dunedin, fishing from the launch Alma G. Tills sportsman also caught a mako shark weighing 2101 b. A line mako shark, weighing 40011). was caught by Mr Howard Young, in thn launch Otehei. Other good catches ineliide : 1 lainmerhead shark. 2(551b., Mr P. R. Gardner. DVhangniei. launch llacata; mako, 2221 b. Mr Ross Martin. Auckland, launch llacata; mako. 115lh. Mr I). Mason, Whangarei. launch Zane Grey. The Prospects for the season are very bright. The big game fishing season lias also opened at Whangaroa. A mako .shark, weighing 3021 b. was landed by .Mr 11. L. Reese. Four strikes were obtained and the season promises to be exceptionally good.