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Hokitika Guardian, 3 November 1928, Page 4

Air and Mrs J. Walsh insert a notice of thanks in this issue.

The Annual Meeting of members of the Westland Trotting Club will be held on Monday evening at 8 o’clock at Mclntosh’s Club Rooms.

A notice by the Public Trustee in the estates of tbe late A. A. Andrewes of Hokitika and Peter Hansen of Hariliari appears in this issue.

A meeting of the Hokitika Boxing Club will be held on Monday next at 7.33 p.m. in Keller’s Sample Rooms.

The anniversary ball will be held in the Woodstock Hall on Wednesday Nov 28th. Music by Black Hand Orchestra. A juvenile fancy dress ball will be held the following evening.

Air James O’Brien continuing his election campaign is speaking to-night at Ferguson’s at G. 30 and at Ross at 8 o’clock. On Sunday lie speaks at Ruatapu at 10 a.m., Mannnui at 2 p.m. and Rimu at 7.30 p.m.

Air G. AM) J. Bell. Secretary of the Okarito Five Afilc Beach Gold Dredging Coy Ltd. lias notified that tbe shares offered for public subscription in the Company, have been over subscribed. and all the contributing shares have been allotted.

Once more the young people of St. Paul's Dramatic Club, are preparing to give two and a-lialf hours of laughter and enjoyment. Although each playette will be different, each will deal with some aspect of the problem of love as affected by rivalry, riches, miserliness. travel or nerves.

Afr Seddon left for Greymouth to-day and at mid-day addressed the electors at the Greymouth Foundry. He returns this afternoon and will visit Rimu Woodstock and Kanieri this evening and deliver political addresses. On Monday night he is to speak at both Koiterangi and Kokatahi. and on Tuesday starts on a southern trip.

When it rains at Otira it generally pours, but the rainfall for October was the highest registered for any month in the history of that township. It was just under five feet, to be exact. 59.33 inches with rain on twenty-two days. During October. 1927. Otira had twenty-one wet days with a rainfall of 36.9 S inches.

A woman from Ruatoria, who line! been a patient at a maternity borne, is not likely to forget her trip home, for she set out with the wrong baby (says a Gisborne correspondent). The woman was a passenger for Ruatoria by one of the service cars on Saturday. and was trnvollimr home with r. baby. AA’hen the ear reached Tokomam Bay an urgent message was received from the nursing home imploring her to return at once ns she line! taken away the wrong baby. This necessitated a journey back to Gisborne. where the babies were exchanged. and the mother went home to Ruatoria on Sunday.

Further particulars of Air Seddoifs election campaign in the present contest appear in this issue. The meetings for the South Westland tour, which is an extensive one. appear in another page, while also the fixtures for the last two nights available are given, the campaign being wound up with the final night at the Town Hall at Grevniouth. Air Seddon is doing remarkably iwell to cover so much ground in the time at disposal. Tt lias certainly been a strenuous time, and Air Seddon has not spared himself ir. the desire to visit any place possible within the period available.

After completing a tour of the areas laid down this year in tobacco at Alarlborougli ATr Charles Low. Government tobacco instructor, said that the condition of the plants was much ahead of anything lie bad seen in Nelson. There was a total of 37 acres in Marlborough in tobacco this year, which was a good start. The largest area as about six acres and the average about two acres, which lie considered the ideal, as larger areas meant employing labour, which ate into the profits. “T want to emphasise once more.” be said, “that tobacco growing is best done in small areas, so that the family can carry nut- the work. By this means a return of CIOO per acre can be seemed. Larger areas mean employing abour and down go the profits.” Afr Trow predicted that the quality of leaf turned out in the district would be splendid, and lie anticipated that Alarl'orougb would be one of the most famous tobacco-growing districts in the Dominion.