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Hokitika Guardian, 5 December 1928, Page 4

The Gael arrived this morning from Greymouth via -Milford Sound and Okuru.

The m.s. Zingara sailed yesterday afternoon for Wellington, carrying a full cargo of sawn timber.

Travel goods of all kinds from the smallest lunch box Is (id to the best ~0.. u leather suit ease bos. Only the tcry best stocked at A. W. Yarrall’s, Kevell Street. —Advt.

Tenders closing at noon on Dee. Mill, are invited for carting of approximately 109 tons of flume Concrete Pipes and Collars from Hokitika Railway Station to Lake Kanieri. Particulars at Town Hall.

Messrs M. Houston and Co. wi l

soil liu I'i'ilitre.*!> I noii tie ou day at 3 p.m., the right of the Westland Racing Club to the privileges lor their Midsummer meeting. Also a. the same time and place the privileges of the Westland Trotting Citin’ for their summer meeting.

An old West Coast pioneer in the person of Mr Daniel I’yne, died at the Westland Hospital on Saturday at Linage ol S(> years. Deceased Was a native of Ireland, and had been sixty years in New Zealand, being lor many years a resident in Kuinara. I lie. luneral took place ou .Monday alternoon lo Hokitika cemetery.

M,outlay' last was the second anniversary ol the disastrous explosion winch occurred in the Dobson eoai mine at about 3.15 a.m., and was iloilowetl by a lire, the mine subsequently eying flooded. Nine men of the nigiu shift were underground when the explosion occurred, and they all lost their

~o.n. ine actual cause of the diS.sLor s still a matter for conjecture.

’I ho following players have been selected to represent Hokitika in the niaicli against Huatapu on the .Mental Hospital grounds on December 9th.: J. Turner, R. Nightingale, p. Freitas. W. Koch, F. -Stapleton, R. Halliday, T. Daly, .!. Keller, 1). Diedrich, A . .). King, A. Thomas, .). Coulson, .). Dale. Play commences at I I a.m. sharp. Any of the selected unable to play please notify the -Secretary. .

Infectious and other notifiable diseases reported in the Canterbury and West Coast Health Districts for the week ended noon on Monday numbered 7as follows :—Canterbury : Scarlet fever, 19; diphtheria, 1; tuberculosis, f; pneumonia, 3; pneumonic influenza, 7; erysipelas, 3; lethargic encephalitis ]; hydatids, L. West Coast: Kntcrie L. Deaths in the Canterbury Health District numbered 5, as follows: Tuberculosis, 1: pneumonia, 1; pneumonic influenza, 3.

The Hokitika Library Committee met last evening at 7.30 o’clock. Present: Messrs D. J. Evans (chair), Maloney, Coulson, Morris, Duff, Wilson, Niven. It was reported that the Trustees of tne Hokitika Savings Bank had donated £SO to the Museum. The donation was received with thanks, a letter of appreciation to be forwarded. Accounts to the amount of £ll Os lid were passed for payment. The Chairman reported on the repairs to the roof which were reported to he satisfactory. When the meeting arose it was resolved to adjourn till the ordinary date in February.

Without almost unlimited practice it is impossible to achieve any great success in tennis. By a new invention called the Kum-Bak, tennis players can have all the practice they require on their lawn or yard. By this instrument every stroke can be practiced until mastered. Brice .‘{‘is fid complete Demonstrations at Yarrall’s, Revel] St. —Advt.

Wlkmi reluming from Kutnara on Sunday evening, a car containing six members of the Brunner cricket team collided with a passing car and somer sail I ted into a pond on tlie GreyKumara road, near I’aroa. One of the occupants jumped from the car before it somersaulted and rescued two off his mates, while another who freed himself when the car fell into the water released the other two. Two men, named C. Kennedy and Joseph Harper, sustained severe cuts on the ankle, retpiiring first aid at, the Grey Hospital. A third man named lint hern suflered considerable and remained in the Hospital. The car hood was considerably damaged.

New Christmas goods at, Anrrall’s Novelty Department : Fancy goods of all kinds, toilet goods, and ro<|uixitos, fancy art calendars, Christmas cards, and stationery, framed pictures and photo frames, fancy leather novelties, annuals and reward hooks, dolls and toys. All the latest awaiting your inspect ion.—Advfc.