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Hokitika Guardian, 8 September 1928, Page 2

Mr Seddon, M.P., will arrive at Greynioutli this afternoon on a brief week end visit. The Inter-Wanganui Co.op. Dairy Factory Coy. Ltd. is inviting appli cations for a Secretary at £IOO |ier year and first assistant (blitter) at £1 5s per week. A proposal is before Parliament to cancel the reservation as a provisional State Forest over 14,500 acres of hush laud between Waiho and Welieka, following the main south road, and set some apart as a scenic reserve. The forest is of considerable interest from a scenic point of view, and the step being taken is one that will he approved'very generally. The change is being made with the approval of the State Forest Service,

The usual fortnightly gas cooking demonstration will be given at the Soldiers’ Half on Tuesday afternoon next by Mrs Heinz.

Messrs M. Houston and Co., notify the sale at Koiterangi on Thursday next Sept. 13t1,i of the whole of the farm stock of Mr 0. Ainbcrger. Particulars appear in another column.

The appointment of Mr 1 Ernest S. Lurking (headmaster of, Genuity School) as headmaster of the Greymouth Main School, was approved by tbe Grey School Committee last evening.

Tlio annual ball of the Rimu Football Club takes place in the Town Hall, Rimu, on Monday next, September lOth. Admission: Gents 3s, ladies Is (id. Slipper provided.—Advt.

A dance tendered to- the Canterbury footballers under tho auspices o,f the Excelsior F.C., will he hold-in, tho Soldiers’ Hall this (Saturday) evening. Good floor and first-class music. Admission: Gents Is 6d, ladies Is. Dancing at 8.30 o’clock.—Advt.

It is understood that a special train will run on Saturday next from Hokitika to Christchurch, on the occasion of the All Black v. New South Wales third test. The train wi 11 leave Hokitika at 4.30 a.m., arriving in Christchurch about’ noon and leaving again in the evning on the homeward journey.

Owing to the magniture and cost of the Reveille, patrons are reminded there can only he a limited number of 2s and 3s scats, and judging by the heavy hooking, patrons arc well advised to book their seats. No extra charge • for booking.. A plan is open for the orchestral stalls.

vne following testimonial has been given:—“One of our carpenters who came in last evening had on a pair of your Misliko hoots that we sold him about twelve months age and are in fine shape. Since lie has brought this pair he lias sold for mo at least six pairs.” Messrs Oliver and Duff, sole agents for Westland, have a stock of these boots for' sale.

The .weather took a turn for the worse last night, which was a very stormy one, a gale chming from the north-west. The wind changed to the south-west during the night accompanied by heavy rain and hail storms. There was a great downpour this morning between . 7 and 8, and the conditions continue very wild and stormy, though there has not been so much rain since.

The New Zealand Cricket Council has sent a cablegram to the South Australian Cricket Association, expressing sympathy with the relatives of the late Karl Schneider, the young South Australian cricketer, whose death was •ivp:.i:bed on Thursday. The Chairman of the committee of the. New Zealand Cricket Council (Mr D. Reese) stated yesterday that Schneider’s death was a loss to Australian cricket. His great innings against Canterbury on the recent toui* by the Australians was probably the finest of his career.

Herd-testing last season, states the annual report of the Department of Agriculture,, covered returns from 170,150 cows, representing 13 per cent, of dairy herds, and it is anticipated that tho £BOOO subsidy for this work will increase the number of cows under systematic test to about 200,000 this season. Investigation of farm economics by officers of the Fields Division will shortly enable a survey of over 200 dairy farms in the Waikato and Taranaki districts to be published.

The milk coming to the factory this winter has lieen so bad. that the employees have been using condensed milk;’’ said a shareholder, at a dairy company meeting in Taranaki. He was urging strongly that' the feeding of swedes to milking cows should he-pro-hibited. A small proportion of the suppliers who used swedes should not be allowed to .spoil tbe whole product, when others refrained from the practice. “Tile trouble with tho swede flavour is that tho longer you keep the butter the stronger it will get, and if you- keep the butter long enough the leaves will grow- out of it,” lie added. Other flavours disappeared as the product matured, but this was not the case with swedes.

An incipient fire was discovered last evening just before ten o’clock in a bouse oil the coiner of Weld and Brittan Streets, that abuts on to tbe street, at present in the occupation of Mr A. J. Phillips. The fire when discovered by Air A. Thompson who was passing by \Vas burning merrily under tbe house. He gave the alarm and a line of water soon had the fire out before any damage was done. Mr Phillips was in the house at the time, and

was unawaro of- the outbreak. When the hell at No. 1 station gave the alarm' the lire had been put out and the other services of the Brigade were not required. The building was owned by Mr T. Stopforth and was insured in the Atlas for £SO. A request was made to the Minister of Justice by Mr Setldon in the House on Thursday, that the Bankruptcy Act should be amended so that wages due to sawmill employees should be protected up to a month in the case of ’ the employer’ bankruptcy or insolvency. This matter, explained Mr Seddon, .was urgent, and he hoped there could lie legislation during the present session. Hon F. J. Bollard replied that both'the. Bankruptcy Act and the Companies Act protected salaries and wages by giving them, preference over other claims in the case of bankruptcy or insolvency, subject to the payment of winding up or petition expenses. The question whether sawmillers should come under the same conditions in regard to wages as coal miners employed under the Act of last session, was a matter for the Minister of Labour, with whom he would consult.

A highly-esteemed resident of Auckland, Dr J. Giles, attained the ninetysixth anniversary of his birth on Monday. He was horn at Prome, Somerset, England, and Ims had a most varied career, including the following: Medical practitioner, army surgeon, pioneer settler, farmer, gold digger, magistrate, mining warden, hewspnper editer, departmental under-secretary, and a member of thirteen Royal Commissions. He enlisted for the war at Crimea, but was detailed for service at the base camp at Scutari, where he formed a dose personal friendship with Florence Nightingale. Dr Giles came to New Zealand in 1858 and settled at Maului. Later he was in the rush to Gabriel’s Gully, and afterwards was editor of the “Nbw Zealander,” at Auckland. Subsequently, Dr Giles was appointed a magistrate, and presided at the Court in Auckland for some years prior to his retirement in 1893. Dr Giles will he remembered by older residents having been Resident Magistrate and Warden at Hokitika for a good number of years.

We wish to announce to our numerous customers that we have opened up the smartest designs in linoleum and dainty curtain nets. We anticipate doing good business in this line and have catered well for same. Addisons.—Advt. Phone 89.

A large and varied assortment of aprons and overalls in all the latest styles and newest colourings now showing at “Paterson’s” —Advt, Parisian Ties at 2s lid, easily worth ■ls lid to 5s 6d. Selling freely,—W. H, Stopforth.—Ad ft,