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Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1929, Page 4

Whitebait netting, 72, 80, and 90 inches. —Addison’s, ’phone 89.—Advt. In order to avoid clashing with the play by St. Paul’s Dramatic Society on August Ist., the monthly meeting or the Westland Acclimatisation Society will be held the night following, Friday, August 2nd. It is rather interesting to note that the great slips hear the Mokihinui River can be seen clearly from Westport if the visability is good. As these slips are approximately thirty miles distant, they must be of considerable size to attract notice. Through non-observance of the requirements of 4 the Licensing Act owing to the. earthquake, Murchison licenses lapsed. At a special meeting of the Motuoka Licensing Committee, held at Reefton on Tuesday, all were renewed. The annual ball of the Druids Lodge will take place on Wednesday August 7th at the Soldiers’ Hall. Arrangements are now in hand for this annual fixture and patrons are promised a good evening’s enjoyment. The music will be supplied by the Black Hand Orchestra a fact which speaks for itself. The Christchurch “Sun” understands that an information has been laid by the .Christchurch police against a Christchurch solicitor and a Christchurch merchant on a- charge of attempting to prevent the course of justice. The allegations again both m©n .arise from recent Supreme Court pro-, ceedings.

The arrangements for a Westland Exhibit at, the Winter .Show at Christchurch, extending from the 10th. to •24th. August are being taken up actively. The Westland'Progress League has. the matter in hand, and . vyith the assistance offered, a useful display should be made. As.soon as Dr Teichelman returns matters in connection with as complete a representation as possible will be made.

The West Coast Rugby Union representative team left this morning for Nelson where they play their challenge match against the Nelson team for the Seddon Shield. The Coast has made a number, of unsuccessful attempts to bring back the shield in recent years, but it is hoped on this occasion that their efforts will Le successful. The team on this" occasion, contains more thaiv ra | sprinkling ,of players from Westland; .and. the best of good wishes from their success go with tho team. '•

The death took place on! Tuesday •, morning at Westport of Mr Robert Crowley, Conservator of Forests. Thedeceased, who; was a native of Reefton. was 4o years of. age,' and a. general favourite. As a young man he was articled to Mr T. Learmont, a surveyor, and was an expert timber man. He served in the Great War, and returned suffering from shellshock. Some years, ago he was appointed as Conservator of Forests, and later transferred to the Reefton and Buller districts. He leaves a widow and family of two young children, as well as several sisters and brothers.

The custodian of...thq, Government Departmental Buildings at Christchurch. whd also, is the officer appointed to' stamp opossum skins, has ed 1900 skins, since the .season opened on June loth, or about 400 more than had been stamped by the, same date last year. When the season ends on August sth. ’it is anticipated that the total will. reach 10,000 skins. The skins received to date are chiefly from North Canterbury and Banks; Peninsula. Since the beginning of the present month one man has sent in over 200 skins,. and several men have sent in over 100.

Tli© dam- in the Mokihinui River has not yet been dynamited, as great difficulty has been experienced in transporting the explosives and necessary apparatus. Approximately 4001 b of explosives are now at the dam, and drills are being packed up for the necessary preliminary work. In order to give warning of the result of the charge carrier pigeons are to bo utilised to send messages from the dam to Millerton. A telephone message will then be sent to Mr Laurenson, engineer in charge at Seddonville, so that there will bo time to make arrangements to vacate the township if the danger necessitates his. step.. It is to be hoped that the dam will empty itself gradually and thus not undo the good work done by the Public Works men.

For evening wear we offer 36. inch crepe de cliene, all leading colours at 3s lid; two only beaded frocks in pink, usual price 955, sale 59s 6d. One only georgette frock, shade apricot, trimmed gold lace, usual price 97s 6d, sale 75s.—Schroder and Co.— Advt. Wade’s Worm Figs quickly expel worms. Pleasant to take and absolutely harmless. All demists and stores.—Advi;. Three ladies navy fine serge costumes 105 s now 69s 6d; 4 ladies tweed costumes 95s now 48s; 10 ladies tweed skirts 12s 6d now 8s lid, 22s 6d now 14s lid; 2 ladies repp frocks 27s 6d now ‘ , 58. , McKay’s Great Sale —Advt. Just landed a further thipment of lino mats, 14 x 27, 4 shades, Is; 18 x 36. 3 shades, Is 6d; 18 x 36, glazed, 3 shades, 2s 6d ; 27 x 54, oval bedroom patterns, 4s bl; also wool flake down quilts, sateen panels, 29s 6d; satin panels, 37s 6d. These goods are well worth inspection at Paterson’s, Revell Street. —Advt.

Further big reductions in millinery on prices already reduced at Addison's. ’Phone 89—Advt.

The Westport “News” says that on Tuesday a big .gathering of people watched blasting proceedings at the Post Office in the efforts to demolish the big building. Despite six separate discharges of gelignite, the portion intended to be lowered held its position. Tnen the hauler was brought into requisition and Inspector McKinnon and his staff were rewarded by seeing a big portion of the building come crashing to tjie ground.

At a meeting of the Greymouth Relief Committee yesterday, a letter from the Central Committee was received in reference to funds in hand, and it was decided to reply that all funds in hand are being used to meet necessitous cases. Fifty-three applications for relief were dealt with. It was decided to apply to the Central Committee for a further sum of £ISOO to meet present demands, and as soon a the money is available die Committee will pay all grants already made. The time for receipt of further applications was extended to July 30th. when it is hoped to finalise all cases. The next meeting was fixed for Wednesday, 31st. July at 7.30 p.m.

Some time ago Mrs Walter Scott, of Karangarua, South Westland, heroically' rescued Miss Wilson from drowning, by plunging into one of the treacherous south rivers when it was in high flood. Miss Wilson certainly would have been drowned had it not been for the action of Mrs Scott. The matter was brought before the Royal Humane Society of New Zealand by .the, Hon. t -H. L. Michel, who is one of their representatives on the West Coast. Tlie Council of the Society has, after full enquiries and receiving reports, from residents of South Westland, awarded iMrs iScott a framed certificate of merit for her bravery. Intimation has now 'been received that the certificate has been forwarded to South Wiastland for presentation on the first favourable public opportunity. The honour is a very marked one as the Council of the Society is very chary of merely presenting certificates or medals for those merdly doing their duty. There, must, always be, some outstanding . feature,, in '. connection;; with the rescue .before they y/ill recognise, it. Mrs Scott is to be;congra;tu- ( dated on the honour she has received.

T'J U't*l rv. i i'\\ .• ! i•. (~ br.u'jht! f ? V - 34t'arrived: —A consignment SJOO cases of choice apples, consisting of Delicious. Cox’s Orange , } y A , jVJ Northern Star, Jonathans, Dunns 'Seedlings and other varieties, •;with in- , struetions to sell f‘at: the lowest .tnar-. , ket' price.' JPaterson Michel and Co. , f .., , . Ltd. ’Phone TjTo. 2,— Adyt