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Hokitika Guardian, 4 November 1931, Page 4

The Herepo Tennis Club are holding a grand ball in the Harihari Hall on Friday, November 27th.

Just arrived a consignment of fresh cabbages, 3s per bag at the Mart, Sewell Street.—Advt.

The Clerk of the Court is now the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages at Hokitika.

Messrs McMahon and Lee notify they will sell at Totara Flat saleyards on Saturday next at 12.30 p-.m. sharp 200 store cattle and 100 fat and forward sheep.

Real snips in carpets squares, offer ing to-day at Addison’s. —Advt.

The monthly meeting of the "Westland Acclimatisation Society will be held on Thursday of next week, .instead of to-morrow night the. usual time of meeting.

A heavy decline in revenue, of which tile oustanding feature is the fact that Customs receipts are £365,000 behind the amended estimate, is disclosed in the analysis of the Public Accounts for the first half of the Curtent financial year cohtained in a special Gazette iSshed oil Saturday,

A Christchurch company—the Go’clen Point Gold and Scheelite Company —dispatched the sine'ted bar of its first return, comprising lOOoz 12dwt to tin San Francisco mint early last month. The company has received advice through the bank that the mint value was £539 0s 4d, which works out at £5 7s 3d per oz.

Come along to the dance. A sight you aicver saw before, when you see all the dancers in their Guy Fawkes masks. Yau’ll wish you were on the floor. And to hear that nippy Gaiety Dance Band, you are bound to get a thrill. So leave Thursday night open and don’t sit still.

For those wishing to have their liaiir permanently waved, arrangements can he ,made with Miss P. Dowell of The Divinia Toilet Salon, for terms. A small deposit accepted, the balance in easy payments with no exttra .charge for terms. Ladies with falling hair would ,be advised to try Divinia hot oil treatment. Eyebrow arching, manicuring, facial packs and other aids to beauty are all ahlv carried out in strictest privacy the Divinia being ,a Ladies Salon only.

The anniversary celebrations in connection with All Saint’s Anglican Church were concluded last evening when a children’s birthday tea was held in the Parish Had. There were about 150 little folk present. and an enjoyable time was spent, games being played at the conclusion of the tea. The Vicar (Rev, H, J, |W, Knights) gave the children u short address, while the teachers were assisted in their work by several ladies of the congrtgation.

Tobacco and cigarettes to the value of about £ls were stolen by the thieves who broke into the tobacconist’s shoo of Mr G. Pearce at the corner of Milton and Colombo Streets Christchurcli" some time during Sunday morning. The shop is approached by way of a right-of-way at the back, and this the thieves entered, breaking the padlock off the gate at the entrance. Several panels were broken out of the back door, and an inner door was also forced. The storeroom was thoroughly ransacked and large quantities of tobacco and cigarettes were stolon. Tins is the second time within recent months that Mr Pearce’s shop has been broken .into. ‘'The clearing sale at Oliver and Duff’s of the whole of their stock of boots and .shoes : is supplying some splendid bargains to purchasers and a visit should be paid before it is too late.—Advt.

Genral railway traffic returns for the month ended October 24, in the Christchurch district, which includes the West Coast, and as far south as Tinwald, show a drop in revenue of £12,424 compared with the same peiiod 'last year. Taking eacli week, commencing with that ending October 3, an all round drop is shown also in the number of passengers travelling, and the same applies to timber and general goods- The total tonnage hauled from the West Coast to Canterbury during October was 33,239 tons, compared with 4’,382 tons last vtar. So far this year each month has shown a decrease compared with the corresponding months last year. ’ ,Smart cretonne, zampa ■ and hnen beach hats in all sizes and designs. Prices from 2/9 at McKays.—Advt. This week’s special parcel at the Economic Crockery Shop: 1 round sponge tin, 1 cake sand -soap, 1 biscuit cutter, 1 pot scrub, 1 apple corcr, all for 2s 3d, at the Economical Crockery Shop.—P. Stephens, proprietress.—Advt. Oiir new traced goods are now being displayed. Everythin g .suitable for ’Xmas gifts. Organdi throw-overs, duchess-sets, supper cloths, runners, cushions, aprons etc. McKays. Ad't. Oliver and Duff are clearing tlieir whole stock of boots and shoes,. in readiness for summer stock arriving. Prices all cut down below cost. —Advt. Quick! Bright! Easy! That’s “Tan--ol”_the polish house-wives swear by—the polish.of economy and good sense. Cleans, polishes and preserves.—Advt.

Join, in the “Sweethearts on Parade” led bv the Gaiety Orchestra at the Guy Fawkes Dance in the Soldiers Hall to-morrow night.

All kinds of taxi work undertaken, day or night, special trips to lakes, for particulars and prices ’phone 176. Thos. Moore, Park Street.—Advt.

At the Magistrates Co’urt this morning before Messrs W. Jeff rite

a d a. k. Benjamin, justices, a prohibition order was granted against a local resident, .who aid not appear, at the,application of His daughter.

Over balancing while standing on a plank in the buttermaking room a the Mauricoville dairy, the manager, Mr G. Watkins, fell backward and dropped a distance of twelve feet on to concrete floor, fracturing his skull. He was admitted to the Masterton Hospital and is making satisfactory progress.

At Oliver and Duff’s clearing sale, special reductions have been made in their stock of Mishko boots and shoes. This make is one they can guarantee, and buyers are always satisfied. Advt.

The sea swallows, (terns) have returned to the nesting place on the Black Reef . at Cape Kidnappers, Hawke’s Bay. After a lapse of several years these birds again occupied this site last year. The gannets’ nesting gtotinj iM fully occupied, many birds covering the hill-top above the main rookery.

Included in the Public Works Estimates in the votes for mental hespital buildings is the sum of £16,500 for Hokitika. The amount voted last year was £24,000. The estimated cost of the works when authorised was £20,718, up to March 31, 1931, the expenditure totalled £lllß, and it is estimated that £18.600 will be required to complete the woik.

A service car, on the GnvmouthWestport run, wa s proceeding along Mackav Street, says the Grey “Star,” Suddenly, there was a shrill whistle, and a yell, “George!” The driver cut off the juice, jammed on the brakes, and the car came to a full stop. He looked around, to see who wanted him. Then he remembered his “passenger,” the parrot he had brought from Westport !

The death took place yesterday at the residence of Mr M. Rivers, Tinnmaha Street, Greymouth, of Amelia Lecher, at the age of 76 years. She is survived by her husband, Thomas, one son, William, and one daughter. Mrs X. M. Rivers, all of Greymouth The late Mrs Lecher had been in Grey mouth for about six years, and had resided in Reefton for about 51 years.

Speaking of enterprise by the Unicn Company in the colonies, Sir Thomas Wilford at the launching of the Rangotira at Greenock, stated that the first ocean-going vessel of mild steel and bilge keels was exempli fid In the Rotomahana in 1879. The first ever furnished throughout with incandescent light wa s provided by the Manapouri in 1882. The first turbinedriven vessel was found in the Loongar.a in 1904. The. first passenger vessel, using oil fuel under British Board of Trade certificate was the Niagara in 1913, and the first large passenger ship using motor erg ; no: was the Acrnngi in 1924. The tira is the first electrical’y propelled ship to be employed in the Southern Hemisphere. >

Even fishermen regard the mako shark as an essentially deep-water fish, and much interest has been caused by the capture off Howick of a mako that weighs between 3591 b and 4001 b, says the Auckland Star. This unexpected catch was made by Mr Fred Bishop, a fisherman, when hauling his nets in about two feet of water off Clark Island, near Howick. during the: early hours. Naturally the big intruder made a mess of the net, and it was only because he got himself tar.g’ed in so much of it in shallow water that he was captured. Seeing it was an unusual species, MiBishop towed the carcase in, and it took thr o men with an eight purchase tackle to haul it up on to the skids of Mr H. H. Partrklge’s boatshed, fronting the Tamaki River.

A Young German seaman, Otto Kraushadr aged 24, was sentenced by Mr Justice Herdman in the Supreme Court Auckland on Friday to ‘three month’s imprisonment with hard labour for being a rogue and a vagabond. Mr Noble, for the prisoner, said that be would leave New Zealand if the Court will give him the opportunity. For twelve weeks he had been in prison. “It is to be hoped you will get out of New Zealand as soon as you can,” said His Honour, “but it is my duty to punish you because you were caught redhanded coming out of a shoo late at night. A cayidle was found on the floor, and an effort-, had been made to break open the till. You came from Sydney as a stowaway, and T hope at the expiration of your present sentence, you will leave the country.”

The remainder of our surplus stock in ladies cardigans, and hose are to be cleared at half price—to make room for season’s stock. Schroder and Co., ’phone 121 S.—Advt.

Spring cleaning time—Reductions are now offered in McKays’ furnishing department. Cbrpet and lino squares, Axminwter hearth rugs, runners etc} all reduced. —Advt.