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Hokitika Guardian, 23 February 1928, Page 2

Messrs M. Houston and Co. direct final attention to their auction sale in their rooms, Camp Street, on Saturday next at noon, under the direction ,f the Registrar of the Supreme Court, if 24 acres at Koiterangi. portion ol the well-known Maori reserve.

The whitebait held in captivity at the Acclimatisation grounds are slowly disappearing. Some inanga ha'e appeared, and may he accounting for the smaller fish, hut the total is very small, and the experiment as earned out has hardly bean a success. No doubt the fish in captivity need constant attention and feeding to ensure full results.

An advertisement relating to an issue of 5 per cent. Bonds to the extent of £IOO,OOO under the Rural Advances -Vet. 1920 appears in the columns of this paper and the attractive issue price of £9l 10s per £IOO should ensure the successful flotation of this the first issue to the public in New Zealand of securities under the 1926 legislation providing for long term instalment mortgages for farmers. Ihe Bonds are amply secured on the assets of the Rural Advances Branch of the State Advances Office and provide a sound form of investment yielding £5 5b lOd per cent in interest and £5 9s Id per cent, including redemption. Owing to the limited amount available for the first issue* intending investors are fld* yisfii] tQ make early application,

The Hokitika Swimming Sports post- j polled last evening have again been j postponed from to-night till Friday evening, if the weather is fine. In connection with the Trotting Races at Greyniouth on Saturday next the Railway Department advertise in this issue the running of a special train, leaving Grcymouth at 6.45 p.m. for Ross. Heavy rain set in yesterday afternoon and continued throughout the night and this morning, the fall being substantial. As a. result there is a considerable Hood in the river to-day. The rainfall for the 24 hours to nine o'clock this morning totalled the substantial amount of 3.09 inches. Alr T. A. Johnston, who up till recently was resilient engineer in charge of the i (instruction of the dams at Mongolian, has been transferred to Westland as District Public Works Flngineer, with headquarters at Grcymouth. lie was at one time associated with the Olira Tunnel construction. Prior to leaving Mongolian. Mr Johnston was the recipient ol a presentation from the Public \\ orks staff and foremen, and also from the M,angabao Workers’ Union. At the time of departure all hands ceased work to say good-bye, and in a happy speech made by an old employee reference was made to tbe very active part that Mr and .Mrs Johnston had taken in the social life of the community, and to the goodwill that existed between engineer and workmen, as shown by an entire absence of stop-work meetings or disputes during the period of construction. At Schroder’s Sale 12 dcyien extra heavy art silk hose, ladder-proof, usually sold at Is (id. sale price 2s lid. Good household line in colours and black Is a pair.—Schroder and Co. A d v t. Salads are crisp and delicious when served with Sharland’s Table Vinegar. Full of strength and flavour. Brewed from pure cane sugar.—Advt. Just arriving from Nelson and Otago large consignments of tomatoes, apricots nectarines and plums. Our instructions are to sell at lowest market prices. Paterson, Michel and Co.. Ltd., (phone No. 2). —Advt. McKay’s Realisation Sale prices: White Honeycomb Quilts, full size, ] regular prices 19s Cd—Realisation prices lbs Gel.—Advt. An opportunity of securing drapery, men’s and boys’ clothing, ladies’ apparel and underclothing, furnishings etc etc at extraordinary low prices presents' itself at McKay and Son’s Great Realisation Sale now on.—Advt. McKay’s Realisation Sale prices: Shcefitms, 400vds best quality high ,’rrade at prices that cannot he repeated.—Realisation prices: Atm. ls qi,i. 72iii. 2s Cd, SOin. 2s 11(1.--Advt.