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Hokitika Guardian, 8 May 1931, Page 4

The, order of Masses and devotions in St. Marys Parish on Sunday, Mar 10th will he as follows: —Arahura TO a.m.. Hokitika S a.m., 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. A eraiid hall will he held in One Mile Hall on Friday. May loth in aid of Humphrey’s School Fund. Good music and supper. W. Mills, hon secretary.—Advt.

Special prices now offering in blankets, eiderdowns, etc. at. McKays. Set window display.— Advt. Messrs W. Jeffries and Co. will sell by auction in the mart to-meurow (.Saturday) at .11 a.in., consignments if pears, apples, tomatoes and oats. Advice has been received that Air D. -1. Evans lias been re-elected a member of tlie New Zealand Racing Conference representing the South district of the Gi'cyinoufh Alotropolitau area. Tlie Public are requested to realise that in my part of Addison’s window display the foliage used is only for show purposes. Heartsease Floral Studio. Advt.

Goats are said to he increasing conaderably in tlie back conntry between .Mount Brown and the Aruhurn river, file deer in tlie vicinity of Lake Kanieri have been well hunted oi late, anu have made again hack to the higher .ountry. Deer appear to be most nurerous at the head of the Hokitika iver and its tributaries where utcy ■oine over from the Rakaia herd.

A suggestion has been made by the Racing authorities in Wellington) that it might he possible lot tlie Urcymouth a lid Westland Clubs to combine in a two day’s meeting at Greyrnoutll next month in a benefit primarily for the Hokitika Club. Delegates from the Westland Racing Club proceeded io Groyinoutb this ulternoon to discuss tlie. matter with the Committee of the Greymoutli Jockey Club, Olio of the days probably to bo selected for the meeting will be Wednesday, June 3rd.

'Hie AVestland Competitions now in full swing will be continued at All Saints’ Hall to-night at 7.30 o’clock,

when another, varied and interesting programme will he put forward. loiiicrrow from 10 a.m. Princess f l heatre will he occupied with tlie dancing seclion again, while the general competition will bo continued at All Saints’ Hail in two sessions, 10 a.m. find 2 p.m. The afternoon session may extend into the evening, there being a large entry to dispose of. Admission to All Saints’ Hall is front seats 2s and back seats Is.

Tin; Competitions opened success ully yesterday at Princess Theatre and are being continued to-day. To-night All Saints’ Hal! will be Hie rendezvous, where a fine programme opens with the orations, 16 years and under. There will be several fine presentations, and some of the outside competitors will make their apeparanee to-night. Altogether it will lie an attractive programme. For those without family or season tickets, admission will be front* seats 2/-. back seats 1/-. Seating accommodation being limited Early at tendance is desirable.

Kokatahi Gun Club will hold a clay bird match at Kokalabi on Sunday May lOt’li. Second annual competition for Isaac Brown Memorial Cup. . 12 birds handicap. Nomination ss, birds 2.s extra. Competitors in this event must be members of tbs Kokatahi Gun Club and be residents of the Kokfitahi-Koiterungi district, other sweepstakes to follow, ladies’ trophies as usual. Shooting to start at 1.30 sharp.—Advt.

On all tlie great occasions in life, in times of joy, congratulations, remembrance, sympathy or bereavement, nothing symbolises our sentiments, a n d gives them greater expression, more gracefully and acceptably, than by means of some beautiful and appropriate. gift or floral tribute, which you can procure, at most, reasonable cash prices, from the “Heartsease , Floral Studio, (opposite Library), Hamilton Street, Hokitika. Phone 211, and discuss any “Floral” problem you may be pondering over H.. If alder (proprietress).—Advt.

Hon. Geo. Forbes, when interviewed at Christchurch on Wednesday, was not communicative regarding the legislative programme for the session, which should commence in June. He said that Parliament was likely to he called together earlier than usual, probably some time in the middle of J une.i When that 'time approached Cabinet would decide what its financial proposals were and these would include anything that was to be done in regard to earthquake insurance.

A select variety of ladies’ coats, frocks and costumes can now lie procured at Schroder and Co. where lumber jackets are in galore for ladies, men and boys. Phone 121 S. Price always moderate. —Advt.

Just opened up at the Economical Crockery Shop, special line of pocket torches complete with batteries 3/caeli, also 2 cell batteries l/- each. Call and inspect these great values. P. Stephens, Proprietress.—Advt.

A great variety of ladies’ shoes, now on sale at less than cost, ail market] in plain figures in windows. 'Terms strictly cash. .)• G. Bakin, cheap boot depot, Reveil Street.Advt.

For a taxi day or night ring ’phone 176, special trips anywhere by arrangement. Charges moderate. Thus. Moore, Park Street. Advt.

Wonderful values are now offering in evening dress silks and evening frocks at Schroder and Co. —Advt.

The cough and cold remedy that never fails—“NAZOL”. Keep a bottle always handy. Double size, P2O doses for -Mi, ordinary size. 66 do'’C> for 1, 6. —Advt.

As a renewal of old-time fellowship when Rev. G. Knowlos-Smith was in charge of the Wellington (central; .Mi.-, sion. Mr Byron Brown will render several elocutionary Lems Muring evening’s service at. St- Paul’s Methodist t'.lurch commencing at 7 o’clock.

A man’s overcoat, lined with Hussian sable and with a collar of sea-otter fur, was recently offered for sale at £o!J00 by a London tailor, •x'li-otter is the rarest of furs; there* are, it is .said, only four pieces ill existence. The collar il tins coat was valued at £IOOO.

Those who heard the organ recital given l>v Mr A. LilLy, A.R.C.O. oil his first visit here will lie delighted to leu in that helms acceded to a request to give another on Sunday night at the close of Evensong at All Saints Church. A lew .sacred solos by leading vocalists also will be given. A retiring eel lection will be taken.

The idea of a white safety stick for blind men was bom in Liverpool last summer, and was suggested to The Safety hirst, Council of the City. Now in order to avoid aceiderus to blind peop'e crossing the Paris streets I lie blind are being given white walking sticks to- enable drivers to distinguish them from other foot passengers.. Tile Prefect of Police is issuing orders that motorists must slow down or stop to allow blind people carrying those sticks to cross safely.

At the Magistrate’s Court, Greymouth, yesterday afternoon, before Mr J. lvylc, J.P., a young man was charged with the theft of £4 Bs, the property of the Inangahua branch of the New Zealand Workers Union. Detective H. C. Murch, in asking for a remand to Monday. May 11th, stated that accused had been arrested on the charge of theft on private information. Accused asked for hail. Bail was granted, accused being bound over in his own recognisance of £. U.

A Press Association telegram from Auckland states:—Mr E. Casey (fermor’y of Greymouth) who has been the Divisional Superintendent of Railways for the North Island, and has been stati nod in Auckland for the last five yfars, has now been appointed Assistant Chief Engineer of Railways with his headquarters in Wellington. He replaces Mr W. R. Davidson, who will retire from the position at the end of this month. Mr Casey will take up his new duties next Wednesdav.

The value of fingerprints a s a method of identification was briefly referred to by Mr Justice Reed, when addressing the grand jury at the opening of the Supreme Court criminal session at Wellington. “One Judge had desnribed the fingerprint as an 'unforgeabie signature’.’’ lie s aid. It was practicably impossible for two nersons to have the same fingerprints. Fingerprints never changed all through life, and there was no relationship between the marks of the parent and the child. Accused in one case before the Court had left his “unforgeabie signature” on a window.

A sovereign tendered in payment for a totalisatcr ticket at the Cambridge Trotting Meeting on Saturday drew an apt but unheeded suggestion from the ticket-seller. The race was the Cambridge Trotting Cup, an,l the investor asked for a ticket on the favourite, First Flight. “There are not many of these about in these' davs,’’ the ticket-seller said to him, when the sovereign was produced. “Surely the hor s e you ought to back is Cold Treasure.” The advice was not accepted, hut the investor must have .been sorry afterwards, for Gold Treasure won, paying a fair dividend, while First Flight was second.

As soon as the first- fine days make cultivation possible, the fanners of the Pukekoho district will be busy with their earliest planting of potatoes, states the “Auckland Star.” Several hundred acres are usually put down in May to be dug at the beginning of spring, and for this purpose th e popular variety is the white-flesh-ed North Star, a potato that has keen ke-ot remarkably true to typ3 for many years. Jn the South there are numerous experiments with ne" imported varieties, some of them yel-low-fleshed. The imported varieties have been brought from Ireland and other parts of the British Isles, and are being tested on the Government experimental farm at- Ashburton.

Addisons have just opened to-day, Stockinette, 54 inches wide at 6s 9d per yard, suitable for ladies’ and cliiltl--ren’s wear. —Advt.

See our attractive display of fern howls, crvstal vases, and fruit howls. See these to-day at the Economical Crockery Shop. P. Stephens, Proprietress.—Advt.

WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE. For Coughs and Colds, never fails. Sturdy, virile people, must have proper digestion.,lf you haven’t, take X-AN Mixture three times daily. X-AN speedily clears up all traces of indigestion. W. E. Williams, Chemist.—Advt. New shipments! Fancy coir mats, from 6/6 to 10/6. outside doo r mats, plain and fancy .M 3 to 7/6. fancy coir matting 27in. wide 2/11, 36 inches 4/6 45 inches, plain, 5/6 per yard at Frank Dade’s.—Advt. Astounding increase in egg production after feeding liens on Wadhnm’s Poultry Spice. All Grocers and Stores - Advt.