Page 1 Advertisements Column 3

Hokitika Guardian, 24 July 1929, Page 1

POLICE STOP WEDDING/ Police officers recently stopped a marriage which was to have taken place at Middlesbrough register office. Miss Alice Butcher, aged 20, of Eglinton Road, Grangetown, was greeted by the husband when she arrived for the ceremony. A few seconds later the police intervened and questioned the man, who was to be married in the name of Robert Lister, a post office mail driver, of Grange Road, Middlesbrough. He had declared himself a bachelor, but lie admitted to the police, it is alleged, that his proper name was Robert Lister Matthew's and that lie had been married at Halifax. Miss Butcher almost collapsed, and was led firm the registry office by her friends. The two had known each other for 1 i months. Miss Butcher is a stewardess at a local club.

He could juggle a feather, a cannon ball, too, He could lift half a ton, break horseshoes in two, He could wrestle an ox or break a steel chain, For; he’d done it quite often, again and •* again; He could lift a bad cold when he had it, I’m sure, ' For he knew the right way, AA r oods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

IMPORTANT REALISATION SALE OF SAWMILL AND ASSETS. SATURDAY, 3rd. AUGUST. At 11 a.m. IN THE MART, HOKITIKA. FAVOURED i),y instructions, w. JEFFRIES & CO. wi.l sell, as a going concern, the Mill, Plant and Bush Areas of the Blackwater Mill, s'tuate in Hohonu Survey District, comprising: (l) Sawmill License No. 203. Reservations 675. 676, 677, 678, 1282 and 1283, having a total area of 1415 acres more or less, with all the rights and privileges pertaining to same. (2) Complete .Mill Plant of 14 h.p. Marshall Portable Engine 1251 b. pressure, breaking down table, top rollers and friction gear, breast bench' and feed rollers, 4 b.b. saws, breaking down saw 66iu., top saw 54in., breaking down belt 69ft. Bin., breast bench belt. 65ft. Bin., slab saw bench, saw spindle and belt, intermediate shaft and 3 pulleys, shaft, winch and drum, 2 chains of wire rope and blocks, 1 yard trolley, 1 slab trolley, 3 trolley wheels, mill shed 70ft. x 28ft. roofed with corrugated iron, capacity about 6000 ft. per day. (3) One 6-ton Loco Tractor, No. 8. fitted with 20 h.p. Dcering petrol engine. No. 8598—3 speeds both ways—--4 wheel drive, solid cast iron wheels, springs cushion seat and hood, purchased in 1928. (4) Blacksmith’s Shop with portable bellows and anvil and tongs, vice. - sets stocks and dies, 2 sledge hammers, grindstone, 1 single purchase and 1 double purchase Trewhella jacks. 2 carriage wheels, dozen augurs, straight edge hammers, and anvil, docking saw, cross-cut saw and wedges, jobbing hammer. 5) Bush Plant foundry winch 1201 b. nressure. 25 chains 3-wire rope, single purchase jack, 3 bush blocks, shoe and 2 jacks, cross-cut saws and wedges. 2 bush trolleys, ballast truck, 40 chains of iron rails, and large crow. Buildings—Huts and stable etc., and contents. Note: The area's are estimated to ■cut from 10 to 12 thousand feet of red, white and silver pine to the acre. The mill and plant arc in excellent order and condition. Particulars and schedule of assets may be seen at the office of. Messrs Park and Murdoch. Solicitors, or the Auctioneers, Hokit'ka. Intending purchasers are invited to inspect the areas and other assets being offered and satisfy themselves as to the values of same.