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Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1931, Page 4

Tomato plants, Canterbury bells, sweet pea plants, now ready, Is 6d a doa. also lettuce plants at Yarrall’s, Revel 1 Street, Hold aka.—Aclvt. Lately enormous shoals of sprats have' been pass.ng south. 'lhe are being lohowtd by swarms of sea birds which are feeding upon them. Among these bnas are numerous w»i. which are to be seen carrying these fish on to the river banks wiie.e W. are resting. Bargains in traced goods. To make room lor Xmas stocks now arriving these goods are to be cleared at lowest prices. Tub e centres from lid, feeders from (id, supper cloths from 2s 6d. See window display at Yarrall’s Novelty Depot.—Advt.

The periwinkle beds, which have existed for many years on the mud fiats at tlie entrance to Mahinapua Creek, have lately disappeared. There is no evidence, as to what is the cause of this strange happening. It is the opinion of some that these beds of shel.fish have been destroyed by some poisonous substance that lately entered the water,

At present portions of a wrecked ship, ctili be been lying on the bottom of the middle channel, of the river in about 12 feet of water. Undoubtedly the floeds during the recent months have unearthed this relic of the past The timbers of the ship appear to be sound and are partly coppered. Perhaps some of the old identities will be able to give some information concerning the name of this ship.

The licensee of the Ngahere Hotel, Lemon James Manthrope, was charged at the Magistrate’s Court, Greymouth, yesterday with unlawfully exposing liquor for sale, on Sunday, September 6; also with selling liquor. Alice Manthorpe was charged with unlawfully supplying liquor. Mr J. W. Hannan appeared for defendants, and pleaded gui'ty to the charges of exposing and supplying liquor. Senior-Sergeant Roach stated that liquor was sold to three men who had been convicted for being unlawfully on the premises. The licensee was fined £5, with 10s costs, and his wife was fined £l, with 10s cost's.

The Arahura Dairy Factory - which has been receiving cream for some time past, ha s every promise of a successful season. An addition cf further suppliers this year, and the satisfactory condition of the stock in the Valley at present tends to justify the expectations of the popular manager that the present seiifOii Iviil result Til ti * fSbbrff ' output for the seasOli, The plitldoeks are iill ioUklhg ill good trill! with il nice Hwal'd, and the returns so fttl', though small have been quite satisfactory, The bonus cheques for last season were paid out last week and at least one supplier was pleasantly surprised at the amount of his cheque.

There has been a slight increase in tlie run of whitebait during the past day or two but the quanVtv so far is not up to the usual returns. There are a large number of trout to be seen about the trenches on the river, and some of them are very large. They can bo seen at times in quite large numbers chas’ng the whitebait almost into the mouths of the nets, and dame rumour lias it that on occasions they get even into the net, and are then put away for the safety of the poor whitebait!

At tiie Magistrate’s Court) Greymouth, yesterday a further remand was granted the polite uhen George Morgan, aged 39, alias George Rodgers lias Ernest Edward Walton, alias Jock Morgan, was charged with the theft from the Dominion Hotel at Greymouth on September 24, of a case containing two pairs of football pants, one shirt, and one tie, of the total value of 19s, the property of Frederick Arthur Logie, a member of the team of Canterbury League footballers, Detective Mirch applied for a further remand until next Monday, stating that another charge was pending, and the arrival of the file from Nelson was awaited.

We are now opening out new season’s millinery. Schroder and Oo.— Advt. Spring time suggests brightness and sunshine. Let uc show you something worth making up in the latest cotton dress goods, plain and floral rayons, voiles etc. etc. Also chiffonette and dainty laces for underwear. Addisons. —Advt. Preserve eggs the clean and economical way—use Sharland’s “Moa” Brand Egg Preservative.. Does not affect the flavour either. One bottle does 20 dozen.—Advt. . A new stock of dish mops, window mops, floor mpps, in all sizes. Hair brooms, bannister brushes, etc. just opened at the Economical Crockery Shop, the prices as usual are right. P. Stephens, proprietress.—Advt. ) This week's parcel at the Economical Crockery Shop. 1 fancy plate , 2 white and gold cups, 1 glass lemon squeezer, 1 cake sand soap. 1 glass egg cup. All for 2s 3d at. the Economical Crockery Shop. P. Stephens, Proprietress.—Advt. Ladies’ spring and summer felt hats. All shades and shapes at McKays.— Advt.

»' The Millerton Bowling Club are open ing their season dn November lot.

Beautiful floral wreaths from 5s at Yarrall’s. These are made from choicest flowers and delivered at shortest notice.—Advt.

The Salvation Army are holding a Self Denial Sale of Work to morrow, Wednesday, to be opened at 2.30 o’clock by H'is Worship the mayor. Trie sale 01 work will be continued throughout the afternoon and evening when a programme will be supplied by the young people.

The Hokitika High School football and basketball teams travelled to Reefkn on Friday and were enteiturned in tlie evening by the pupils of the High School at a dance. On Saturday bath contests were evenly contested and resulted in drawn ganies, the” football teams scoring 3 all and the basketball teams 7 all.

The danger of carrying a light in the vicinity of benzine was shown at Reeftcn on Saturday evening about 7 o’clock, when a serious conflagration was averted at the corner of Walsh Street and /Broadway. Mr Thcmas Kearns was having his car tank filled at Mr W. Blom’s bowser, when Mr Alex Bray rode close to it with a lighted acetylene lamp. Immediately there was an ignition of petiol, the end'of the hose birred up, olid matters looked serious for a few minutes. The surface of the street became ig“ nited. Mr Blom smothered the end of the (hose and received is'light burns on the hands, and willing helpers smothered the blaze with anything available. “One person in l every twenty-five is colour blind” stated Dt. Beeby during the course of a lecture to the engineering students of Canterbury College last Saturday evening. “Colour blindness is one of the few instances in which psychology can provide an absolute test as distinct from an indictioni of probability.” The result was that failure to pass the specified test for colour blindness meant that a man could never pass into the navy or be accepted for railway work. \ _ • Leonard Oogle, residing at 144, Hills Road, Heathcote, suffered a fracture of the right leg in an accident near Springston on Sunday evening, the motor-cycle he was riding colliding with a mtor-car. The, motor-cyde ridden by Cogle was being towed by another motor-cycle, .both of them carrying pillion passengers. At an intersection on the road, a motor-car collided with the second motor-cycle. The rider and pillion passenger were thrown off, but the passenger suffered no injury beyond bruises. Pure linen for summer frocks in all 'shades, plain or floral now showing at McKays.—Advt.