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Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1931, Page 4

The committee of the Competitions Society meets at the County Chambers at 4 o'clock to morrow afternoon to receive the balance sheet of the lute competitions,

Yarralls for floral tributes, wreaths, bridal bouquets, posies from choicest lloweis at shortest, notice. —Advt,

Mr .1. Shannon, formerly of Rimu. lias been appointed Chief Clerk in the Public Works Office at Grcyinouth. .Mr Shannon and family are now moving from Wellington.

To-day is the twenty-fifty anniversary of the death of the late- lit. Hon. R. J. Seddon. Wreaths were deposited on the monument to the late statesman in front of the Government Buildings, Sewell Street.

It is notified in this issue that the public must not, under any circumstance-:;. interfere with the working year of the Hokitika Fire Brigade, parti ularly the motor fire engine, excepting under the direction of an officer or member of the Brigade.

On all the great occasions in life, in times of joy, congratulations, remembrance, sympathy r.r bereavement, nothing symbolises our sentiments, a”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. Rhone 211, and discuss any “Floral” problem you may be pondering over H. Nalder (proprietress).—Advt.

Now than we are in mid-win ter you will require a. warm emit, blankets, rugs, hat, here!:, buret and scurf, two, three or four piece costume, lhe.se are all to he heavily reduced at Schroder’s mid-wiuj:er sale now on. It will pay von to call early.—Advt.

The Westland Licensing Committee held the animal meeting at neon today. The business was quickly pm, through, the whole of the applications with one exception, being granted, the reply of the Sergeant of Police and Health Inspector, in answer to enquiry of the Chairman becoming almost stereotyped -“No objection.”

A decrease of six case of infectious and -otiicr notifiable diseases was shown in the report for the Canterbury and West Coast Health Districts for the week ended at noon on Monday. The total of fourteen was made up as follows, the figures last week being given in parentheses;—Canterbury: Scarlet fever, (j (12): tuberculosis, 2 (1): erysipelas, 2 (2); septic abortion. 1 i 0); tetanus, l (0). West Coast: -Scarlet fever, 2 (1). There was fine death in Canterbury from

tuberculosis and one from tetanus

The-- need for a parking ground at the summit of Arthur’s Pass was referred to by Mr W. F. H,alley ('representing the Grey mouth branch) at a meeting of the council of the Canterbury Automobile Association on Monday evening. Mr Harley stated it. appealed that the packing ground had been forgotten during the recent, inspection by the National Park Board. The need was very real. The summit of the pass was adjacent to the ski-ing grounds and already West Coast motorists were in the habit of driving t'here. (ft was very difficult to be sure when a car was on the load owing to the snow. Mr E. W. Freeman admitted that- the matte’" had been overlooked, hut expressed the opinion that it would not he too late to bring the matter before the notice of the hoard a”d have the site set aside.

Christchurch on Monday.- morning experienced sixteen degrees of frost, a record for the winter, and the coldest for many years. The record for Christchurch is 18 degrees, registered on June 21, 1907. On Sunday. after 13.5 degrees of frost in the morning, the day "‘as beautifully fine, with a cold south-west drift. Early in the night, the temperature fell very low, and the grass became crisp under foot shortly alter sundown. Early risers oil Monday morning awoke to a Dozen world. Water pipes in muni homes refused to function, milk froze where' it had been left at the doorsteps, and all surface pools had become masses of ice. Plumbers "‘ere early at their telephones answering calls of distressed customers who found that the ice. pressure inside the water pipes had burst them. Both high pressure, and artesian, supply pipes suffered, and many plumbing firms had to put routine work aside while they devoted their energies to these emergency jobs.

Special purchaser Men’s Neglige Shj r ts with collars, made by the Lichfield people and guaranteed. Worth 9/0 Special price C/ll each or 3 for 19/0. Buv now at Frank Bade’s. Phone 1"9.

Dinner plates, breakfast plates, bread and butter plates, coupe plates, prices 4d, 6d, 7d, Sd each. Inspect these to-day at the Economical Crockery Shop. Also ask to see our splendid assortment of kitchen ware. It will interest you. P. Stephens, Proprietress.- —Advt.