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Hokitika Guardian, 6 September 1929, Page 4

The September sittings of the Supreme Court have been tentatively fix-, ed for Monday, Sept. 16th.

The annual meeting of All Saints Tennis Club takes place on Tuesday next at 5.30 p.m. Members and intending members are invited to attend.

To-day is the ,31st. anniversary of the disaster at Craig’s Freehold, south Hokitika, whereby three miners, David Kennv, Edward Roberts and James McKenna lost their lives as a result of. a fall .of earth-in the tunnel.

On' page three of thte issue Mr W. H. Stopforth, mercer and draper, has a ifull-page announcement of a forcsd sale commencing to-morrow. As the whole of his fine new stock has to be realised, some wonderful values are being offered, that a perusal of the price list will “at once convince readers.

A peculiar accident took place at the Westland Power Board’s powerhouse at Dillmans on Sunday. Mr White, the electrician in charge, had occasion to visit the power-house when his cat, unnoticed, followed him in, and in its efforts to reach a mouse got •mtnngled in the machinery, with the result that both the cat and the mouse were electrocuted and the plant was put out of gear.

The . lady and gentleman judges in ■onnection with the Westland Competitions will arrive here to-morrow. The Competitions commence at 9.30 o’clock on Monday morning. Competitors are responsible for ascertaining the time tor their attendance at the respective buildings for their parts. On Monday evening the programme starts at 7 o’clock and' the visitors from Greymouth wilt be a feature of that' evening’s proceedings.

An interesting development has been noted in the inner harbour at Lyttelton recently. Marine growth, which nourished on piles and other timber between high water and low water marks seems to have almost completely disappeared. Timber that usually' has been thickly coated with mussels and plant growth is now bare and clean, Mr P. W. Fryer, the board’s engineer, attributes this to the effect of fuel oil from vessels, although it has not been present in sufficient quantity to attract attention.

Two, men were injured in an unusual accident which happened at the intersoctoin of Tuam Street and Oxford Terrace, Christchurch, shortly after midday on Wednesday. The two men, one named Alfred Taylor, and the other A Daniano, each olf whom was riding a motor-cycle, collided at the intersection, both being thrown to the ground. At the same moment a dray, driven by Thomas William Crosson, 145, Grier’s Road, Fendalton, was '’oming along Tuam Street. The horse | took fright and bolting, dragged the I dray over the heap of machines 'and men. Fortunately neither man was seriously injured. Daniano, who resides at 16, Walker Street, suffered abrasions to his face and hands, while Taylor, a railway employee stationed at Bankside, was hurt about the ankle and head. Both men were treated in the out-patients’ department of the hospital and discharged.

It is understood the Government is acquiring Mr lialpin’s property at Totara Flat for closer settlement.

Rev. Nelson Wright will conduct divine service at Roiterangi on Sunday afternoon at 2.30 o’clock.

The service in tho Ross Methodist Church will be held on Sunday afternoon at 2.30 instead of in the morning.

A meeting of the Progress League takes place at the County Chambers this evening at 7.30 o’clock.

Electric power was used for driving purposes sat the Kokatahi Dairy Factory yesterday, and gave every satisfaction.

There was quite a prolonged earthquake shock last night at 10.50 o’clock though it was not of a severe nature,, the tremors lasting a considerable time.

The order of Masses and Devotions in St. Mary’s Parish on Sunday, September Bth, will lie as follows:—Kokatahi 10 a.m., Kanieri 8.30 a.m., Hokitika 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 7 p.m.

The Rev. H. G. Gilbert, of Hamilton, will conduct the service at the Kokatahi Presbyterian Church oh Sunday afternoon. Mr Gilbert, who is a popular preacher, went through the Boer War and also the Great War.

The Kokatahi Co-operative Dairy Coy. Ltd. are inviting tenders for cartage to and from Hokitika and Kokatahi for the ensuing thTee years. Tenders close on Wednesday 18th. September, with the Secretary, Mr J. A. McCallum, Kokatahi.

The(funeral of the late Mrs Emma Cropper of Hawera and formerly of Arahura took place to Hokitika eeme 7 tery yesterday afternoon and was attended by many relatives and friends. The Rev. Nelson Wright conducted the services at All Saints’ Churcli and the graveside. - > .>'

Miss Shannon who is speaking at St. Andrew’s Hall on Sunday afternoon, is a daughter of the ma'nse, and when a few years ago her father died, Miss Shannon took up ■ and carried on his work till another minister was appointed. Mr Whitelaw gave up a promising legal career to enter the ministry. The Young People’s meeting on Sunday afternoon is at 3.30.

At the Magistrate’s Court this morning before Mr W, Jeffries, J.P., two new arrivals to the district, Frank Maxwell and Henry Wilson, charged with drunkenness were convicted and discharged. The first named, Maxwell, is suffering from a severe wound on the left arm, which he received late on Wednesday night, while in‘an intoxicated condition. He reported that he did not know how he received the wound. Several stitches were- necessary, the doctor reporting it was a clean cut. The police- are - enquiring into the,matter.

The “Grey Argus” says whether or not the “fire bug ” rampant in Christchurch is . extending operations to the West Coast, an instance of incendiarism was yesterday morning discovered at Chesterfield, where a house is being erected for Mr Dalkie, of Camerons. The builder, who left the place quite safe on Wednesday evening, returned by the train , yesterday morning only barely in time to prevent its destruction. He found the structure afire, and noted that it had been set alight in three different plnces, where “the timber was .saturated with keros: ne. There is so far no clue to the mystery. “Without being pedantic, I would li:ce to comment on the pronounciation of the word ‘England,’ ’’ said Mr Farquhar Young, at the Gisborne competitions, when referring to the recitation, “A Little Bit of England,”' for boys. He said some pronounced the word “Ingland” and others “England”; the former .was correct. This was thrashed out recently in London in “The Times,” the consensus of opinion being for. “Ingland,” while this view was also supported by the leading dictionaries. “Anyway,” he added, ‘lngland’ is good enough for me; ‘England’ is affectation.” *t•

'the .Humphreys School has gained first place in the root-growing competition for West Coast schools, for which the challenge shield presented by the Greymouth Harbour Board is awarded in connection with the West Coast A. and P. Association’s Show last year. The trophy has previously been won by Mel son Creek (1924), Kumara (1925), Camerons (1926), and Nelson Creek (1927) schools. There were a dozen schools competing at last show, and the A. and P. Association received from Mr W. H. Johnston, Agricultural Instructor, a report stating: “ I place the competitors in the following order : Humphreys, 1 Moonlight 2, Inangahua Landing' 3, Nelson Creek 4, in the swede-growing competition, which consisted of a mammal experiment in continuation olf the work of the two previous seasons, which had shown fairly conclusively that sound swedes cannot be grown on the Coast 1 without the. aid of wood ash. This season’s experiment' was meant to compare the respective merits of potash and wood ash. Great care was taken to see thftt the work of cultivation and distribution of fertilisers was properly done. The results, as a whole, however, are not convincing. The best plot, that at Humphreys School, gives 100 per cent diseased in each of the plots A, Q, and . I), where no wood ash was used, and 80 per cent sound in plot B, where wood ash was used as one of thi fertilisers.”