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Hokitika Guardian, 22 January 1930, Page 4

Two Sisters of til,© Nazareth Home are at present in Hokitika, making their annual appeal in aid of the funds. They travel into South Westland next week. . 1 i

The meeting of the Westland A. and P. Association called for last week and adjourned will be held on Saturday next, 25th inst. at the County Chambers at 1 p.m. A full attendance of members is desired.

The death occurred yesterday of an old and respected Brunner resident in the person of Mrs Elizabeth Gutberlet, relict of the late Charles Gutber!et. The deceased, who was 73 years of age, had resided for forty years at Brunner. She had been ailing for five months past. There are five daughters and four sons to mourn their loss.

The West Coast sawmillers contemplate holding a large picnic of their employees at Hokitika during next month, when a day’s programme of field sports will probably be arranged. The gathering i.s likely to be- of considerable dimensions, as all the Coast mills served by the railways are likely to be represented at the gathering.

The chairman together with a member olf the N.Z. Dairy Produce Board will address a meeting of farmers at the Town Hall on Tuesday next at 7.30 p.m. As this meeting is of considerable importaaice to dairy producers in this district it would appear imperative for all dairy farmers to be present.

The biggest meeting ever experienced by the Combined Trades’ Pinic Association was held last night. Mr R. Ba-rrowman was electedi Chairman, and Mr T. Bond, Secretary. It was decided to go on with the picnic, February 12th being selected as the day and Lake Mahinapua the venue. Committees were arranged, and tea, sugar, hot water and milk will be provided, while the children will be especially catered for.—Grey “Argus.”

During the storm on Monday a slip apparently came down in the upper reaches of Dobghboy Creek, Koiterangi which blocked the waterway for a while and then the pent up waters broke away and about 6.30 p.m. a huge body of water, timber and debris came down the creek carrying everything before it, but luckily without causing any serious damage to property. The creek banks show marks of the flood waters, a quantity ot timber being strewn about.

Fluctuations of the current as experienced locally do not effect to any great extent the All Electric Majestci Radio set. A ballast tube overcomes this annoying condition and also protects the set against excessive voltage and the resultant burning out of transformers. Ring ’phono 112 and arrange for a demonstration. L. &. Ross, Majestic agent for Westland.— 10. Addisons are making special reductions on all Millinery and Frocks. Advt. '

A mooting of tile' Harbour Board will be held at the Board’s Boom at 4.30 p.m. to-morrow (Thursday.)

The Registrar of Pensions will he visiting Hokitika on Wednesday the 29th instant, and will be available for interviews at the Courthouse.

Owing to incliment weather prevailing yesterday and to-day being a closed day in Wellington the Gael’s sailing has been postponed until to-morrow afternoon.

The annual meeting, and presentation of trophies, of the Hokitika Boxing Association, takes place in Mcilntosh’s Club Room on Thursday, at 8 o’clock sharp. All members and winners of trophies are requested to attend.—Advt.

Hr J. O’Brien, M.P., interviewed the Minister for Mines on several matters relating to the Westland electorate whilst in Wellington last week. Mr Veitch suggested visiting Greymouth at an early date, probably next week, and will spend two days at the State Mine. He will visit Ahaura and travel south as far as Weheka.

Owing to th e slips which dislocated goods traffic on the West Coast to Christchurch line last Thursday, the amount of coal, timber, and other merchandise railed through the Otira tunnel last week aggregated only 9493 tons, against 10,595 tons for the corresponding period last year, and 8287 tons in 1928.

Infectious and other notifiable diseases reported in the Canterbury and West Coast Health Districts for the week ended noon on Monday, totalled 22. as follows:—Canterbury: Scarlet fever 12, tuberculosis 2, : pneumonia 3, cerebi'o-spinal meningitis 1, 1 eclampsia 1, .erysipelas 1. West Coast: Diphtheria 2, There were two deaths from tuberculosis in the Canterbury district.

Tlie new radium needles purchased through the generosity of the trustees of the Travis bequest arrived this week and will be a valuable addition to the stock of radium possessed by the Christchurch Hospital. They consist of eight special needles designed by Professor Begaud, of Paris, for treatment of disease of the tongue, and twentjyeight needles designed in the .Radium Department at the Christchurch Hospital for the treatment of disease of the breast.

The Greymouth United Cycling Club held a cycle road race of approximate-' ly ten miles last evening, (from the Suburban Hotel to Paroa and back, which resulted in a very keen competition for placed honours, all the starters reaching the finishing post almost in a. bunch. The placings were as follows: IT. Turtill (scr) 1, E. W. Thomas (20secs) 2; H. G. Wilson (20secs) 3; R Kaye (oOseos) 4. Also started: Innes, Honey SOsees Corbin 60, Bradley,. Creaney 110. Wop by half a length, with a length between second and third. Kaye was fourth a wheel away Times: 26 mins 8 secs., 26.28, ,26.29.

During the progress of the Old Boys —lnstitute cricket match in the senion championship, competition at the Basin Reserve, Wellington, on Saturday afternoon, A. W. Duncan, of the Old Boys’ team, was swinging the long handle with resolution to " redeem the failure of the earlier batsmen. Flo walked up the pitch, and hit one from the slow, leg-break bowler, H. Prince, over the fence for six. The ball landed on the roadway, and bounced clean through the doorway of a Chinese fruiterer’s shop. A spectator who had jumped up to watch where the leather had gone to saw it enter the fruit shop, but when some of the players went in to recover the ball, the Chinese shopkeeper assumed an air that was childlike and bland. Ho had seen nothing enter his shop: not even a ladybird. More players poured in amongst the cabbages and parsnips, and upon a firm stand being taken the Celestial produced the cricket ball from a cabinet in which he had impounded it, and the game proceeded.