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Hokitika Guardian, 9 May 1929, Page 4

t» ini the football season now in fu 1 progress, and with Rugby so popular here, it is to be Imped ‘the various on tests will pass off with that degree f good sportsmanship which has narked the play invariably. Good feeling and good spirits are the essential to good play. With bad feeing and a designing spirit, foul play vjli follow. It is therefore well to niter the field ill the right spirit and airy on in good fell wsliip, and playrs an 1 public will alike enjoy what dlows. An international Sportsman’s lull is to be started next spring in ' oml n. Apparently the idea was uggested in the first place by the prince of Wales, who in a recent • .cedi remarked that the' best friendhips, whether individual or national, are those made in the field of sport, flie f •unders of the club expect it to exercise a powerful influence in promoting international friendship.” Yli at ever its effect in this direction •my be, it seems, to a northern writr, that, the idea underlying the oxsriment is a fine one. It has always •cen one of the most sacred traditions -f British sportsmanship to show due •nspeot to victorious rivals, regardless f race or country. In the more strenuous and desperate ordeal of war Englishmen have loivr since learned • ho lesson, taught in Newholt’s memorable lines— To set the Cause above Renown, To love the Game beyond the Prize To honour, while you strike him clown, The foe that comes with fearless eyes. Nothing lias done more than this gen-u-ms snirit to enhance the prestige ol "r it ain throughout the world, and if T-itadi’s sons in war-time can afford to recognise and honour “the brotherhood that holds the brave of all the '•vrtii.” they should ho able to he.p .he rest of the world to understand that in oeace and on the athletic field all true sportsmen are brothers and friends.

Messrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd. notify entries for their sale at Harihari yards i on Wednesday, loth May. A Bushman's Ball will he held in I the AVaitaha Pul)lie Hall on 1' ridav, : May 17th. .Music will he supplied by 1 JMr A. Lawn’s orchestra and supper i will be provided. Do you play football or hockey ? II so. call and see a great range of footballs and hockey sticks at Ross’s teports Depot.—Advt. The Ashburton County Club recently made application to the Minister InInternal Affairs for a charter to sell liquor to members. The president (Colonel J. Findlay) has received advice that the application has been refused by the Government. It has not yet been decided whether further action will he taken. Good news for golfers! Ross's Sports Depot have opened up a wide assortment of. clubs, bags, and halts. All makes of halls reduced in price. r lhe •famous Medal ball is Is (id.—Advt. Princess Theatre to-night should attract a very large' attendance when the Hokitika Amateur Hexing Club put cm a very attractive programme. The arrangements for the tourney are well in hand and the Wst bout is set down for 7.30 p.iil. There are 16 bouts by boys and two special bouts, so that patrons will be well catered lor, and an enjoyable gathering should result. Some of tile lads have been showing excellent results in their training and there should be some well contested clashes. Call and se.e Ross’s wonderful range of rifles, guns and ammunition. All new and latest models and marked at city prices.—Advt. In connection with the lvokatahiKoiterangi Winter Show for which entries close on Friday, May 17th, with the secretary, Mr T. Eeclesfield, the catalogues with the full list df classes I has now been distributed. A copy can I be seen at the ‘‘Guardian ” office or I can be obtained on application by let- ' ter or ’phone enquiry to the secretary. ! The prize list is a generous one and is being added to by further special I prizes. This year the poultry section j is being run under the regulations oi the South Island Poultry Association, j which has awarded two championships j for competition for Sussex and for Indian Game. Shortly before 1 p.m. yesterday says the “Grey Star” a collision occurred, at the Albert Street level crossing, between aji. engine proccecli.i^lw^^jle Station, and a Mr H. Langridge, r.if car > a five-seater Hindi tl, was proceeding along AUidrt?sSsreet from the direction of Guinne,s s-fet ree t, and was struck on the driver’s side by the locomotive, being thrown sideways, and landing on the cattle-stop. The radiator was torn adrift, the front mudguard damaged, the battery smashed, and the steering gear affected. Mr Langridge apparently did not notice tiie engine until it was too late to avoid a collision. Ihe windscreen was not broken, and this probably saved him from injury, apart from shock.

At a meeting of the Hoard of -the N.Z. Trotting Association held at' Christchurch on Tuesday, the lteefton Jockey Club wrote stating that- Kuwait n, who had finished first in the j•’regress Trot at the club’s recent meeting, was ] 1 laced second, and first place was awarded to Great Adventure, lhe rider of Ivawana, J. J. Jarden, was disqualified for six months for loonikg around in the race and for crossing Great Adventure. Jarden wrote applying for a shortening of the term of his disqualification. The board, while endorsing the action of the club, resolved, in view of Jarden’s previous record, to reduce the period of disqualification to three months. The sale return from the second piece of ambergris found by Messrs Subritskv and son, and Anderson, on the West Coast of. .the North Island during January has been received from London. The net return from the piece of ambergris,' which weighed y72lb avoirdupois, was under £'2 an ounce, and the total amount due to the lucky finders is a little over £BOOO. It was explained to a Pressman in London that ambergris is the product of the sperm whale’s fondness lor cuttle-fish. “He cannot digest the beak of the cuttle-fish, so the beaks accumulate and set up irritation, which causes the ambergris to form. Itvontually the whale distends, becomes ill, and blows up. The ambergris floats away, and it may be years before it is washed ashore.” Moss’s Sports Depot have been successful in obtaining the Westland agency of W. S.. Clayton and Co. As this is one of the largest sporting houses in the Dominion, sportsmen in all branches of sport may be assured of the best of service.—Advt. ( nib together this winter. Visit Yarrall’s and buy a really fine gramophone. . Nothing better for entertainment on winter evenings. Yarrall’s. Rcvell Street, for the latest gramophone records. —Advt. Can’t heat a good gramophone for the winter evenings. Come in to Yarrail’s Music Depot to-day and look over the latest models. Easy terms arranged.—Advt. The best vinegar you can buy is i Sharland’s Vinegar—pure, piquant, i strong. Ideal for salad, pickles, sauces j or if or ordinary table use, In bottle or ; bulk.—Advt. '

Smart Models in millinery just opened to-day at Addison's.—Advt. Messrs Taylor and Cumming of the City Butchery, Rcvcll St., are making a special display of prime meats on Friday evening, of which an inspection is invited. M,r Douglas McClymont, of Ashburton. has been appointed Presbyterian Home Missionary of the parish of Ross and will take up his work on the coining Sunday, 12th .May. M jss Summers, .relieving Flunkefc nurse, will be in Hokitika to-morrow (Friday) and will visit as usual in ihe morning. In the afternoon at .2.30 she will be in attendance at St\ Andrew’s Hall. As the Society’s financial year closed on 31st .March, the Committee will be glad if subscriptions are paid in as soon as possible to the Treasurer, Mrs Geo. Perry, Hall Street. ..e s:earner Kaituna, which . was concerned in. a collision at sea with the Norwegian steamer Selje, and the subsequent- sinking of the latter, was berthed at the (Ireymouth wharf on Tuesday, after coining direct from Melbourne. Many people visited the Kaitunn, hut evidence of her mishap is hard to find. The gaping hole made in her side by the impact with the Selje has been repaired. There has been no change among the officers since the accident. .ne Wetsport “Times” reports tlfat on Monday a service bus bound for Westport ran‘off the road just this side of Waimangaroa and tiirned over, the accident being caused, through the steering gear breaking. The bus had almost a full load with the result that several wore injured. One girl, Doris Sutton, received a fractured leg. Her leg had been broken before and she was just Out o', hospital lor the weekend. Miss Suistcd received rather nasty abrasions to the face, but next morning both were reported to be pro- ! gressing favourably. Several others in the bus received minor abrasions and bruises but all are doing well. i The death occurred at an early hour this morning at the Grey River Hospital of Mr George Woolhouse, of Waiuta, at the age of 32 years. Deceased, who only entered the institution yesterday, had - been ill but for a couple of weeks, and his early passing will come as a shock to his many friends. A son of the late Chris W oolhouse, of Ross, deceased was well known and highly respected at Waiuta. He leaves a wife (a daughter, of Mr , v/L. Costigan, of Greymouth, whose wile died recently) and a young 'family of live ciiildren. There are left also .abrother (Mr Ted Woolhouse, of Waiuta) and three sisters (Mrs Bam, of Westport, and Misses D. and R. Woolhouse. of Waiuta), and his mother <Mrs Treina'in, c'f Waiuta).