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Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1929, Page 4

The Rip Van Winkle Coy. resumes practices at the Parish Hall to-night at 7 o’clock.

The steamers Cabriella and, Kalingo are both loading timber for Australia, principally white pine, and will sail from Greymouth with full loads haying 1,650,000 feet between them.

The Competitions’ Social to wind up the recent festival, when the trophies and prizes won at the recent competitions will be presented, will be held at the Soldiers’ Hall on Monday, kept. 30th.

The amount of coal, timber, produce and general merchandise railed through tlie Otira tunnel last week, was 11,575 tons against 11,260 tons for the corresponding period in 1928, and 11,396 tons in 1927.

On Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock Messrs W. Jeffries and Co. will sell by auction in the mart on behalf of Mr B. Lyons, of Stafford, the whole of the stock in trade and in the afternoon at 2 o’clock the furniture and effects, including a first-class piano.

The Public Works Department is making a start this week with the erection of Oemoeroa. bridge on the road between : Waiho and Weheka.7 Further south, the nruce Bay inland toad, ’which' avoids the beach route will connect the Jacob’s river aiid Maintain roads,' a'nd 'will be something of a boon to traffic in the far south.

The Military Ball to be held on Wednesday night promises to be the success of the year ’and bj' far the greatest of its kind ever held in Hokitika. No effort is being spared to make it so. The hall has been tastefully decorated and the floor is receiving special- attention. There are also a considerable number off novelty dances, included in the programme. A number of visitors from the north have signified their intention of being present, including two car loads from Westport. So with the number of visitbrs coming, the ball should be well attended.

A final reminder is given of the lantern lecture at the Town Hall tonight at 8' o’clock'by Mr Eric Janies. All 'interested in South Westland prospects should be present. Some 150 slides of beautiful scenery giving a vivid idea of the far south will be shown, and should prove an education to the many residents here to whom South Westland is little more than a name. The scenes, to. be depicted are all from very late photographs; >so that a fine series of pictures may be enjoyed. Admission is free, the Progress League defraying the expenses in connection with the display.

The Gas Cooking Demonstration' will be continued.,at the Soldiers’ Hall tomorrow, afternoon at 2.30 o’clock.: This will be the final demonstration of the present session. Mrs Heinz will prel pare the following: Tangoes, meat pasties, orange cake, with waffles and scones for afternoon tea. The ideal home cookery book will be on sale; and is a publication useful in any home, containing as it does so-many domestic hints. The excellent Btoves used in the demonstration will be on sale at reduced prices. Their value having been fully , demonstrated, the appliances should command a ready sale. They may be purchased on deferred payment. ,/ ; i

The principle of computing the unimproved value of a section was expounded by Mr J. G. L. Hewitt, S.M,i in the 'Assessment Court at Christchurch during the hearing of an objection. “We have to consider the seekion as if it had nothing else on it,”! Mr Hewitt said, “and the rest of New lea land just as it is to-day. Then we have to ask if this section with nothing on it were put up for sale what would ,it fetch? Tif you have spoilt your section with the improvements, then it comes off the improvements,, but not off your section. Sometimes the Courts takes into consideration that a man has put his building in a bad place, but it is wrong in principle,

Over 100 tons df rock crashed to the road in a fall below the cliffs at Clifton, Sumner, an Friday morning. Besides doing considerable damage to the roadway,, the boulders narrowly missed burying one man. Water mains were broken and all traffic was held up for half an hour. The fall began about thirty feet up, and piled rubbish across the tar-sealed road to the water’s edge. The site is just west of the middle rock in the big bend. One mass, fully eight feet high, lay resting on the edge of the bank. All traffic was stopped for nearly an hour, motorists having to go by way of Mount Pleasant.

“It is no good saying the shags do good—they are the best poachers we have in the North Wairarapa,” states the curator of the Mosterton hatchery (Mr T. G. Miller) in a report to the Wellington Acclimatisation Society at its meeting on Wednesday night. “1 received a shag shot in the Waingawa near Masterton,” he said. “The bird, contained one trout, 15J inches from nose to tail. Shags are hard to get People say that . they do more good than harm by eating up the eels—well , they "don’t seem to care about the Wai- | rarapa eels as long as we provide tastyfood for them. There is a big mol> of slings at work on the Waingawa. ,r early every day, but the open country makes it bard to get them.” Tbtj chairman (Mr L. 0. H. Tripp) intirnated that arrangements were being made for nn investigation and the collection of data as to the food of shags.

A sharp earthquake jolt, was felfc locally this morning a few minutes after four o’clock.

■ St. Mary’s weekly social to-morrow (Tuesday) , evening. Admission 2s.—• Advt. ' /

Messrs M. Houston and Co. give a final reminder of their auction sale tomorrow on behalf of Mr P. J. Howard, cf furniture and effects.

The lantern lecture which was advertised for to-night m St. Andrew’s Hall is to be given to-morrow (Tuesday) instead so us to save clashing with..the lecture on South Westland in the Town Hall to-night.

Steps are bping taken to set up a first aid (practical) class 'at an early date. Dr Hayes has consented to give a series of lectures to those, joining the classes, particulars of, which will be given, later. ,

An announcement in respect to!the production of the opera,. Kip Van Winkle as a benefit for the Fire Brigade funds, will appear to-morrow. The' production here will be on Thursday week.

Mr and Mrs J. Fleming invite their 'friends to a social gathering to be held m the Public Hall, Kokatahi, bn Wednesday, September 18th, in honor of the marriage of their son, 'Charles.— Advt. : ’• ". ’ /•:

An outbreak cf fire occurred in. the premises of J. Hill (fruiterer),, Tainui Street, Greymouth, about .11.80 a.m; yesterday. The Brigade received ft call, and was smartly on the Beene. The fire was confined to a chimneypiece, and was extinguished before any material damage had taken place.,. The interior of the room. affected, however, suffered to a considerable extent from water directed at the seat, of ; the . outbreak.' ;i ' ’ J :■ . i' ' ' ,l '.' ;

. v . ■ ■ . ■ . " ■ The business friends of Mr W. R. Urquhart, till recently manager of the local branch of the National’ Bank, have subscribed to a presentation fund and forwarded to the gentleman with the good wishes of the community, an engraved gold ’ watch. The, presentation testifies to the happy relations which subsisted between the Bank’s customers and Mr Urquhart during the latter’s official connection with.. the banking institution referred'to.

The power grader purchased last '1 week by the Westland ‘ County Council, is being well tried out on ’ the 'Ajyatunai road, which was in need of special attention; Very satisfactory work has’been'done'and it is understood ,the machine is proving equal to requirements. Fiom Awatuna,■ the machine .will‘be taken to the ArahuraBlue Spur!- road; 'and ' theii^ i r tb' : 'the Upper Koiterangi to complete : the trimming up of the road to the Hoki- ; tika Gorge. I Mr 'Millner, County Overseer,, told; the Councij when purchasing the machitie that there whs a full six months’ steady work awaiting/iti ’ 4 >;

; The Minister of Mines lias replied to : tlie Chairman of the Hokitika Museum .expressing the .pleasure' it affords him to accede to the request of ■ the Committee rand send •■ an officer 1 to Hoki-tika-.to classify the mineral specimens in the Museum. Mr Veitch adds that the arrangement of the, specimens should be the means of • interesting .visitors jin the latent possibilities of' the district/, besides stimulating interest"in the mining industry. The Inspector of Mines at Reefton has been instructed to render every assistance in 'the* matter. , Gifts of. j further specimens for the collection will be■ welcomed’ by the authorities. . , . ,