LATE LOCALS

Hokitika Guardian, 2 May 1928, Page 3

LATE LOCALS

At St. Mary's Club Rooms lasi evening the weekly euchre tournament took place the prize-winners being Mr .Mclntyre I. Mr Sumner 2. Miss Dale Mrs Suinnel- I.

The following will represent the llimit Juniors in their match against Ro.-s on Saturday. sth. at Ri-mu: Gardyne, J. Growcotlt. T. Mackenzie. It. Mall. J. O'Comicr. lb Mill*. V O’Connor. C. Ihiwat. h. Hagar. J. Griffiths, S. Ogilvfe. O. I’fahlert. A. Dale. C. Carson. B. Fleming'. Emerg: Foi-wtirds-—I. Comfort. L. Ogilvie. IT. Broadhent. Backs K. Ogilvie. L. Ag-

There will he a total eclipse ol the sun. invisible in New Zealand, on Mav 19i li-20t ii. The phase of lotalitv will only he seen in a small area in the Antarctic ocean, hut the iKH'lial stages will he visible in 'southeastern Africa. Ihe eclipse is interesting from the fact that the axis ol the shadow-cone cast by the moon doe not touch the earth at oily time during the progress ol tile eclipse. Come and hear the latest /on.»phone Records: “Lay My Head Beneath a Rose" (sung hv Maurice Gunsky tenor) ; “When You Played the Organ and I sang the Rosary’’ (Gerald Griffin, tenor); “Mighty Talk' a Rose” (violin solo by Elsie Southgate); "Me and My Shadow” (Cinema organ solo'; “A Persian Rosebud” (Maurice Elwin, baritone) ; “Whippin’ the Ivories" (piano solo by Al Segol): \ ocal (terns from Gondoliers. lolanthe and Yeoman of the Guard; The Skaters. Over the Waves and Danube Waves waltzes (Orchestral). All obtainable at Ross’ Music Shop, Revel! St. Hokitika.

The planet Mercury will not Invisible al the beginning of the month : it will he in superior conjunction with the sun on May 3rd, when its distance from tile earth will 1,0 about 12:).200.0:n: miles. Mercury will set on May loth at 5.25 p.m.. on May 22nd ot 5.32 P.m.. and on May ■filth at 5.-IS P.m. ; between 'hose dates its apparent magnitude will fall from —l.l to 0.3; there should be no difficulty in seeing it il the observer looks well to the north of we-t. Venus rises on May Ist at 5.27 a.in., and on May loth ot 0.2 a~i Mars rises on these dates at •2.20 a.m. and 2.22 u.m. respectively; Jupiter rises on May l*t at 1 4 o. and on May 15th at 4.30 u.m.: (Saturn rises on these dates at ■•■ p. and 0.10 p.m. respectively.