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Hokitika Guardian, 7 September 1929, Page 4

The entries “or the fat stock sales at Arahiira on Monday next appear in tiiis issue. - 1 " No recommendation to make” wtis tli * finding the Public Petitions Comi.uttee reported (to the House of Representatives on the petitions presented in favour of the abolition of capital punishment.

There were 3,445,780 cattle in the

Dominion on January 31st last, states a return tabled in the House of Representatives. This is an increase of 343,835 over the returns for 1920. Auckland tops the list with 780,000 head, Wellington is next with 655,609. and Taranaki third with 373,152. Canterbury has 168,724.

Matters in connection with the Greymouth Borough Council’s proposal to raise a loan of £102,500 for drainage, water supply, kerbing and channelling, improvement of Recreation Ground, and plant, have now taken definite shape, and the Council decided on Thursday evening to take a poll of the ratepayers on Wednesday, November 20.

In this issue the Railway Department advertises particulars of extensive train service alterations in Westland. These alterations will operate from Monday 16th. Sept. 1929. All West Coast lines, except the Rewanui Branch will be affected. Special attention is drawn to the earlier running of the Christchurch-Greymouth and ' GreymoutlnChristchurch mail trains and several other passenger trains.

The president of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce (Mr E. Salmoiul) stated at a meeting of the council of that body that he had discussed with the chairman of the Associated Insurance Companies the question of earthquake insurance. The insurance companies were meeting shortly to consider the question. The proposal had been made that earthquake insurance should vary, as did fire insurance, according to the nature of the building. Mr balmond remarked that this was an important matter to the whole of New Zealand, and it would be well to wait before proceeding further, until the companies come to a decision on the matter.

No coin is Nazol-proof—goes right to the root of the trouble and brings quick relief. Keep Nazol always handy—6o doses for Is 6d.—Advt.

The Kumara .Cricket Club’s annual ball will bo .held in the Memorial Hall on Friday, October 18th. ;

Shop at the Economical Crockery Shop and save money.—P. Stephens (next Club Hotel). —Advt. ij.

The monthly meeting of the' Hokitika School Committee has 'been adjourned until Monday, October 7th. A trial is to he made locally of a Booth-Mac power grader in the streets and County roads. The machine will be operating probably on Monday and Tuesday.

Invitations have been extended tp the Hip Van Winkle Coy. to revisit Greymouth, and the date provisionally fixed is September 24th, with a performance at Hokitika on September 26th in aid of the Fire Brigade’s funds.

On Sunday a Young People’s rally, will be held at St. Andrew’s Church when Rev. H. G. Gilbert, of Hamilton, will preach' morning and evening. At 3.30 p.m. a special address will he made to young people by Rev A. C. Whitelaw, L.L.8., and Miss Shannon. All young people are invited to attend.

The programme of a novelty sports meeting to be held at Waiho .Gorge on Monday, September 16th, appears in our advertising columns to-day. the list is a lengthy one, well endowed with prize money,- and should attract a large entry list. In the evening a grand ball will be held, when music will bo supplied by the Black Hand Orchestra.

The Rev. H. S. Leach, vicar of Fen-; dalton, Christchurch, since 1919, will leave for England next month. Ordained from Selwyn College in 1894, as curate in Woodhaugh, he later spent eight years in Wellington Diocese, and became vicar of. Hokitika in 1907, moving to St. Luke’s as locum-tenens in 1911, to Sumner in 1912, and to Sydenham in 1913 as vicar, transferring to Fendalton in 1919. He will be succeeded by the Rev. F. B. Redgrave of Karori.

A further shipment cf stainless cutlery just arrived at the Economical Crockery Shop. See our window display, where everything is marked in plain figures.—P. Stephens (next Club Hotel). —Advt.

Last evening the Greymouth United ■Literary and Debating Club, which won the senior championship at the recent Greymouth competitions, held a smoke concert in celebration of their success, at the United Pavilion, there being a numerous gathering for the occasion, over which the President of the Club, Mr. J.' B. Kent, presided. During the evening several recitations were given by Mr, T. Learmont (who was repeatedly encored), and also by Messrs H. Murch, and J. B. Kent, and a very enjoyable function concluded with the singing of Auld Lang Syne. It was resolved that the gathering send a telegram to the Hokitika Competi-. tions Society extending the best wishes of the various Greymouth clubs for the success of the Hokitika festival.

In preparation for the Competitions a special stage has been erected in the Soldiers’ Hall so that an excellent view will be afforded of the dancing, tlie section for which opens on Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock, and will be continued on Tuesday forenoon and afternoon and on Wednesday, also in the hall. The hall' will be reserved also for an overflow concert, on Demonstration Night (next Thursday) so that country visitors will be assured of seating accommodation if not able to secure reserved seats. The general preparations for the Competitions are being completed to-day, and what promises to be a record festival in musical, elocutionary and dancing eqmpetitions will open at the Princess Theatre at 9.30 o’clock on Monday morning. Prices of admission appear in the advertising columns.

i One of the rules of the Auckland and Otahuhu Trotting Clubs—a rule which apparently is not often put into operation—is that which provides that any horse not doing within ssec of his handicap time may not be allowed to start on subsequent days of a meeting. The same rules applied in Sydney and Tasmania, and in Tasmania steps have been taken to apply the rule in earnest. Distance posts have been erected, and drivers of horses that do not finish within the distance post will be given the chance to explain why. When a horse gets away,badly, or is not anxious to get away, his driver simply jogs along in the rear without making any effort to improve his position or to run into a place. In the American style of heat racing, a horse that does not reach the distance post (80yds in mild heats) before the winner reaches the winning post, is “ distanced,” and cannot start in any further heat of the race. If a horse “ distances ” all the comeptitors, he is declared the winner, and no more heats are run.

Save on eggs—preserve a good supply now while they are cheap with Sharlnnd’s “ M<xi- ” Brand E'gg "Preservative. Effective, clean, economical.—Advt.