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Hokitika Guardian, 2 March 1931, Page 4

The ideal hair tonic-Brire’s Regonrator and Circassian Cream. Lawn’s ha ird resser. —Ad vt. Dandruff on your coat collar? Use Brice’s Dandruff Prescription and Sehoria Soap. Lawn’s hairdresser.— Advt. Dandruff on your coat collar? Use Brice’s Dandruff Prescription and Seboria Soap. Lawn’s hairdresser.— Advt. Increase vitality of hens, get more eggs with Wadhatn’s Poultry Spice. 1A ibs Is 9d. All grocers and stores.— Advt. We are now near closing day of our Great Clearing Sale. New autumn goods to hand—Brings us back to the 1911 prices. It is the only solution to these hard times.—A visit to Schroder and Co. will repay you. Plume pUS. Advt.

Spend os in crockery at Yarrall’s novelty salt 1 and you will receive three tumblers free—few days only.—Aiivt.

A meeting of ladies and gentlemen to organise arrangements to help the Earthquake Relief Fund will be held at tin; Kanieri Public Hall to-morrow (Tuesday) at 8 p.m.

Kokatahi Tennis Club’s ball in the Public Hall on Wednesday evening should prove a very enjoyable one. The ladies eommutee are making every effort for success and a large attendance should result. Novelty dances will be included on the programme.

At the Alagistrate’s Court this morning beioie Air A. F. Benjamin J.P., an offender charged with drunkenness on Saturday, was convicted and lined l.os, and was convicted and discharged on a charge of causing wanton damage, and ordered to pay IDs damage clone.

A badly broken leg was sustained by Harry Alettriek, son of Air Uriah Mettrick, of Cobden, yesterdy morning, whilst playing with a trolley on the line on Nelson Quay. He fell off the trolley, and the vehicle ran over his leg, causing a nasty fracture. The sufferer was removed to the Grey Hospital, where lie is progressing favourably.

There was another bumper house at the Princess Theatre on Saturday night for the second production of the talking programme of the comic opera “Kio Rica.” To-night there will be a change of programme whon a bright and amusing musical nautical comedy “Hit the Deck” will be shown. Later in the month the great John AlcCormick will be seen and heard in the film of “Song of Aly Heart.”

Air A. McLaren in charge of the building of the new hull for the iii’mu dredge, and who was in charge of the party of men who recovered the Southern Cross Junr. from the La Fountains swamp in January last has received a cordial letter of thanks from Air Guy L. Adenines, for the excellent work done by Air -McLaren and those associated with him, to whom also he expresses thanks. Air Memsies states he is very grateful to all for what they did and will never forget the kindness shown him.

About 70 men were employed by the Borough arid County Councils and the Harbour and Hospitals Boards last week under the No. 5 Unemployment Scheme, the wages paid out totalling over £l5O. Upwards of one hundred men will be on the pay sheet this week notwithstanding that the State Forestry Service is putting on a number of men at plantation work with further additions next week. The plantation work will be full time for those employed, provision being made also for youths out of worki

An accident occurred at the Tuiiiul Street railway crossing) Gceymouth, oil Saturday night, when a sedan car, driven by Dr, H. S. Hay, ran over the side of a boy’s foot who, whilst accompanying his father down the footpath, ran out on to the street m front of the ear, and the driver of the vehicle,, in attempting to avoid him, slewed. the car towards the footpath. Luckily he missed striking the boy, the front wheel passing over the side of his foot, the injury sustained not being a serious one.