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Hokitika Guardian, 12 June 1928, Page 2

The weekly R.S.A. Euchre Assembly will be held on Friday of this week at the Soldiers’ Hall. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Westland County Council took place this afternoon. On Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Kokatahi, Messrs Dalgoty and Co. Ltd. will sell by auction the farm of 100 acres of Mr T. McConnon. A meeting of the Kokatalii-Koite-rangi Farmers’ Union will be held in the Public Hall, Koiterangi on Wednesday next, June 13th. A full attendance of (members is desired n c special business will be discussed.

At the Magistrate’s Court, Greymouth yesterday. William Ilton, of Cobden, pleaded guilty to unlawfully taking opossums and was fined £4 and costs 18s 6d. The skins were forfeited but the traps were returned.

It is understood that the electoral roll for Westland will shortly lie prepared for printing. For some time past a* good many new names for enrolment have been received, and also notifications of change of address of those already on tbe roll, a procedure that is mandatory under the Act.

Competitors are reminded that the Committee of the local Competition Society have agreed to hold a contest for Boomerang mouth organ players again this year. Organs from Is to 18s 6d at Yarrall’s Music Depot, Revell Street.—Advt.

A start has been made with tbe transport of the crushing plant for the Alexander River mines from lkatnatua.to the battery site at Alexander River. The route between*’lkamatua and Alexander river traverses a rugged track of bush country, necessitating the cutting of a track for tho transport of the -heavy machinery. Tho work is expected to take three months.

Five cases of quinnat salmon ova far Lake Knnieri hatchery will arrive here from Hakataremea hatchery on Thursday evening in charge of Air C. L. Ayson, Government Curator. Some 200,000 brown trout ova from Christchurch is expected to arrive almost immediately, ami'will be treated at the Lake Knnieri hatchery now in charge of Ah S. AY. Rutland.

To-morrow (Wednesday) night, at the Soldiers’ Hall, the popular Swimming Club Ball takes place. Very complete arrangements have lieen - made for a successful evening, good music, good ilcor a,lid good supper. The proceeds are to he devoted to improvements at the Swimming Baths, another reason why substantial patronage should l:e accorded. The next evening a juvenile ball will he held in the same hall. For p evening wear we are now showing the latest in silks, georgettes, crepe de dienes, velvets, also gold and silver lace and 36-inch lace nets. New evening frocks now opening in taffeta, georgette, crepe do clienes and .art silks.—Schroder and Co.—Advt. Men’s and boys pyjama suits, winter weight material from Horrockses pyjama cloth. Prices, men’s 12s Od to 14s Od ; boys and youth 6s 6d to 9s lid at McKays.—Advt. Just landed 200 cases Pearmains, Cox’s Pippins, Delicious, choice desert apples. Also cooking varieties and 100 half-cases tomatoes. The growers instructions are to sell at the lowest market prices.—Paterson Michel and Co. Ltd. (’Phone No. 2). —Advt.

No cold is “ Nazol ’’-proof. Highly powerful and penetrating, it goes' right to the root of the trouble. Acts like a charm. 60 doses Is 6d, ready for use.—Advt. Woods’ Great peppermint Cure For Children’s Hacking Coughs. The new Gabardine Raincoat, oilsilk lined, besides detachable fleecy linnig, is now showing at Paterson’s, also n fine range of winter overcoats. Lnspect these before making your final choice.—Advt.

This is cough time, but not if you take “Nazol.” No cold is “Nazol” proof. The best family protection. Prompt, pleasant and powerful. Is 6d buys 60 doses, ready to use.—Advt. Addison’s are offering a liberal discount on all ladies millinery, velour coats and fur necklets. Call early. Make a choice frojn our full stock, — j\dvt.

See Addison’s window for something exclusive in crepe de chine afternoon frocks.—Advt.

'I lie Kokatnlii 'Winter Show Committee have decided to hold a hall at a date to he announced later, when the presentation will he made of all trophies won at the recent Show.

Messrs W. Jeffries and Co. will hold an important auction sale in the mart on Wednesday and Thursday, commencing each day at 2 o’clock when the whole of a valuable assigned stock of drapery will he sold, in lots to suit all purchasers. Please note alteration of the hour of starting.

The prizes for St. Mary’s weekly euchre tournament to be held in the Club ltooms this evening: are as follows:—lst. Eiderdown quilt; 2nd. Martel la quilt; 3rd. set of jugs; 4th. doormat-. Supper provided. Admission 2s. —Advt. • According to a wireless message received last night, the Southern Cross is to leave Sydney for Melbourne tomorrow. Thursday will be spent in Melbourne and on Friday forenoon the ’plane leaves for Canberra where the flying men lunch with the Federal Government at 1 p.m. On Saturday the ’plane returns to Sydney.

Frederick Hawken, the licensee of the Ditnollie Hotel, was charged before Mr W. -Meldrum, at the Magistrate’s Court, Orcymouth, yesterday, with opening his promises after hours on May 18th, and exposing liquor for sale. Hawken previously had been convicted in June, 1926. The Magistrate inflicted a fine of £‘s, with costs 10s.

Prizes for the Boomerang mouth organ competition to bo held in conjunction with tho local competitions are First, prize; one guinea and gold medal; second prize, 10s Gd and silver medal. All information at Van-all's Music Depot, Bevell Street. —Advt.

“When you consider that teachers are supposed to be educated persons, it is simply amazing how many informal voting papers arc returned when there is an election of members of the Council of Education,” declared Mr J. It. lvirk, at the Council of Education in Wellington, when 'the method of returning voting papers was being discussed .

A sfSocia! feature of yesterday’s yarding at the Arahura yards was the entry of Mr Norman l'riend, of :i line ol Hereford (rattle. They were a splendid tribute to the country that fattened them. The whole line of 32 head averaged just under £ll 10s, the top price being £lO 7s (itl. It is rarely that such an even lot ol bullocks of that number are open to the butchers and yesterday they wore keen to obtain the quality offering.

A debating team from Bales College. Lewisham. Maine, arrives at Auckland by the Niagara on Monday June JStli. on a, fourth series of world tours sponsored by the College, which has a Chair of Oratory. There are three students in the team. They will appear in debates against Auckland University and will afterwards visit Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin before going to Australia.

• Mr R. .Mahan, a member of the Oaniarn Borough Council, aged (SC years, dropped dead in the street at Oaniarn on his way home to lunch on Friday. He was long associated with volunteering, and rose to the position of Major in.the North Otago Battalion; lie was a Past -Master of the Waitaki -Masonic Lodge. Deceased was a brother of -Mr A. Malian, of Christchurch, and formerly of Hokitika. A serious accident befel a little girl of five years, Naomi Barrett, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs H. R. Barrett, of Cohdeir, yesterday afternoon. She was playing with a little boy, who had taken his father’s pea rifle to play with it. The gun happened to contain a cartridge, and in the hands of the boy went off, with the unfortunate result that the bullet passed through the fleshy part of the thigh of the girl. She was taken to the Grevmouth Hospital last evening, and will to-day undergo an operation. The injury, is, however, not nearly so serious as it would have been had the missile struck the bone.

-Mr C. H. Gibb, of Westland, and Mr John Mev'eldt, of Ross, were last week among the .successful guessers as to the weight' of one enormous pig at Dunedin, which .Mr G. J. Barton displayed for a weight-guessing competition. 'l'he animal’s weight proved to he five hundred and eighty and onequarter pounds. Tlie following persons divide the money prizes equally: W. D. Cameron (Hindoo) 5801 b, John Hcveldt (Ross) 58011); Frank Christie (JMossburn) 5801 h, J. Switalla (Allanton) 5801 b, G. Morrell (Balfour) 5800 W. McLogan (St. Kilda) 5801 h, J. "R. Spratt (Sutton) 5801 b, C. 11. Gibb (Westland) 5801 b, P. Trcaey .(Outram) 580] II). Tlie total proceeds,' £25 10s, is being handed over to the soldiers’ unemployment fund.

As a sequel to a collision which occurred near Rapahoe on May ‘I, William Edward Allen was charged at the Magistrate’s Court, Greymouth, yesterday with failing to give proper warning to an approaching vehicle, by sounding the horn. After hearing evidence the Magistrate remarked that it was no use defendant sounding the horn when he had sighted the other vehicle. The idea was to give warning to enable tlie driver on the other side of the bend in the road so that he might be on his guard. Had defendant given such warning the accident would possibly not have happened. Defendant would die convicted and lined 5s with costs £1 Bs. George Dalzell (the other party concerned in the collision) then was charged with failing to keep to the left of the centre of the road while driving a motor vehicle along the Alain Road near Rapahoe on May 4th. The Magistrate reviewing the evidence, said that defendant had admitted that he could have gone a little further to the left but that part of the road was grassy, and- it was quite reasonable for liim to avoid it if possible. A witness bad said that defendant was travelling at fifteen miles .per hour, but Ife thought it was more likely that be was travelling about five miles per hour as lie had stated. It would be practically impossible for him to travel at fifteen miles per hour under such conditions. He did not appear to be a careless driver and was not driving fast. On his own evidence he had done what ho thought was right and regarding the evidence of the other side, there was some doubt. The case would be dismissed.

Lilies of interest opened to-day at Addison’sßoys fancy knit pullovers all sizes, girls liberty bodices 2s Oil each, children’s fleecy rompers from 2s 6d, children’s fleecy dresses from 4s. maids fleecy bloomers 2s 9d.— Advt.