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Hokitika Guardian, 28 May 1929, Page 4

Just arrived:—A consignment <m 200 cases of choice apples, consisting ol I) Jit-ions. Cox’s Orange. Monroes Northern Shy, Johnathans, Dunn’s Seedlings a-*-! other varieties, with instructions to sell at the lowest market price. Paterson Michel and Co. Ltd. ’Phone No. 2.—Advt.

Safety First. The Plymouth is superla. <ve in value m its price class. Drivo a PlMuouth and be sale.

Usual weekly social at St. Mary's Club this (Tuesday) evening at 8 o’clock. Good supper provided.—Advt.

The Borough Council arc inviting tenders up to June sth. lor excavating wore and also uncovering of present pipe line near Lake Kauieri.

flie Kokatahi Football Club are holding a grand ball on Wednesday, 12th. June in the Public Hall. Kokatahi. Exce lent arrangements .are being made. The music will be supplied by the Southern Cr.ss Orchestra. Admission is moderate and as a result a crowded attendance should lie the outcome. Don’t forget the Excelsior Benefit Dan.e to-morrow (Wednesday; evening in the Soldiers’ Hall. The lloor lias had a special preparation and a strong ladies’ committee leave the .supper arrangements well l in hand. To ensure a successful night all that it is desired is for you to come along and dance to the music provided by the newly formed Cnristy’s Orchestra. The 'prices are very moderate, gents 2s Gd and ladies Is (hi. —Advt.

“Arawata Bill,” the veteran prospector and explorer of the South Westland mountain fastnesses, has turned up at Okura, a telegram to that effect being received in Wellington last week by Mr Samuel Turner. O’Leary, to give his official name, had bean missing for many days, and when he set -out it was known that he carried provisions for only a few days, and he was not in the best of health at the time.

What is described as almost a miraculous escape from death was experienced by a party of motorists (mo night this week. The night was foggy and this caused the driver of the car, named Shaw, to mistake the side rails of a bridge near Boa. Instead of going be.ween the rails he went outside of one of them and the car dropped a distance of 18 feet into a water race, and then dropped a further distance and capsized. Neither the driver nor the Half dozen passengers receivd injury, and there were only . a few scratches on the top of the car.

Snatching a leather bag as lie cycled past on the footpath in Nursery Road, Christchurch a young man on a racing cycle fobbed an elder!y lady on Friday night as she was going home from llie pictures. There was only about two feet between the lady and the gutter when the cyclist dashed by at very high speed, and he turned quickly over a culvert and disappeared, the. only description of him being that he was tall and thin and wore a brown cap. The robbery took place only about ICO yards in from Ferry Road, under a street lamp opposite HiTview Street,j The bag, which was of soft leather, made b.v a returned soldier, contained about £2 10s in money.

Replying to the recent representations made regarding the silver pine indust'y on the West CoasL the Commissioner of Forests states, “It is admitted that the royalty charged by the State Forest Service for certain silver pine products is somewhat higher than that usually charged by the Lands and Survey Department, and 1 have already taken steps to arrange for a conference of responsible officers from the two departments in order to arrive at uniformity in this matter, so that in the future there should be no further cause for complaint. I cannot agree, however, with the contention that generally speaking, the royalty rates are ton high, as I am informed that when f.tare are compared with the ruling market prices it must be conceded that skilled operators obtain a fair return for their labours.