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Hokitika Guardian, 31 December 1928, Page 6

'Hit* “ Cu:ir«li;jn ” will not be published to-morrow —New Year’s Day.

The Westl;tn<l Haying Club is having l lie high pressure water supply taken in to the Hokitika racecourse for tire prevention purposes. A ‘special service is being laid and a supply of hose "’ill bo kept on the spot for use in emergency.

The annual meeting of the Westland Trotting Club is set down for Thursday next and will'eventuate on the Hokitika raceeourso. There is a record list of entries, and Ihe promise of a very iiue meeting.

.Air Fred Smith’s dance orchestra '■'ill lie at Knmara on Tuesday; Kan-, jeri, Wednesday ; Ross, r l hursday ; and (»reyinontli On Friday; after which Reofton and Westport are to ho visit-, od. To-night will ho the final appeal a nee at Hokitika.

Mr O. Wool house, general storekeeper, of Lower Kokntahi, who is also in charge of flic post and telephone office there, takes over the mail eonIrict for that district as from Jan. Ist. Krom Wednesday next he will inaugurate a ilova.l Mail Motor Service, leaving Koitcrangi at f) a.m., Kokatalu > atm., and the •return leaving Hokitika at I p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Ifridays, while cars will he available for hire at any hour. All parcels. etc. left at the Railway Hotel Hokitika, will receive prompt attention.

To-night the* Sohliers’ Hall there will he the onpnrtunity of seeing the ohl year out :iihl the now year in right merrily. .Mr Fred Smith’s Dance. Orche.slra returned from South AVostland, will hold a gala dance, at which there will he high revels. The Band will •day a special programme of the latest dance hits, and the programme will lie added to hy several vocal numbers led hy Mr Hale, of Christchurch, who comes with considerable repflwtion as a vocalist. Cool drinks and ices will he on sale, the proceeds going to the I,allies’ Hockey Club. At .midnight there will he a, special fund mark flu-diaiming vears and the entire? oompanv will sing Auhl Lang Syne.

Tlie death of Piccaninny, the wellknown I'icoltoii ownoil racehorse, • oil Saturday, caused «i good ileal ol interest. in tin* racing world. The land Racing Club suggested to the Racing Conference that a Racecourse Inspector he sent to investigate, and the police were notified also of suspicious circumstances. During the forenoon of Saturday a post mortem was held. This seemed to confirm the first idea that croton oil had been uses]. Tins, is used sometimes as part of a mixture for outward application when blistering. There is. however, no record ol any doton oil lveing purchased hero for some time past. r I he post mortem showed that the intestines and %tpmaeh were hndly hurned by a foreie-> suhstanco. and the horse must have suffered considerable pain. Tilt* removed were sent to for analytical examination. Th/j ,ol verv well on Wednesday/ 1 whim the stable door wns>P«\' od eiU ' ly the following morning. p/eaninn\ uns found in a very distre sl>f ' a,K * with a badly swollet/ liciul und an ulcerated mouth.

This is the sea/" of “ Poacc a,ul Goodwill towiinl/nicn” nowhere, in the Dominion is it'more remembered then in Westland'whose good people never forget the;-- local hospital. For many years on/golad lady sends them a fivepound note. A working man never forgets to send his pound along. with n..my other helping friends in the language of “The Master.” Oo thou and do likewise it will l>e gladly received and gratefully acknowledged,—Adwfc.