LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 December 1931, Page 6

LATE LOCALS.

At midnight recently a Nelson business man was awakened by his telephone. “Police here,” were the first words he heard. Then “We found your shop open to-night”—and the shopkeeper feared the. worst. But fear was turning to laughter when the policeman asked: “How do you get out of the shop?' We’ve locked the door and now we can’t get out.” Following a request made by the Unemployment Committee, the 'Mayoress i('Mrs G. A. Perry) has convened a meeting of ladies for -Saturday afternoon at 4.30 o’clbck at the Town Hall, for the purpose of reforming the. Women’s Benevolent Society to deal with cases of distress in the'-town and district. All ladies, willing to take part in the movement are requested to attend. < Southerly gales," accompanied bv driving rain and heavy seas delayed the intercolonial steamer Maunganui in its runs from Sydney to Wellington. The vessel was sheduled to arrive in port at 6 a.m. yesterday, but did not anchor until 4p.m. The passengers emphatically agreed, and the officeis casually admitted? that the trip was one of the worst experienced by the Maunganui for a long time. Not long after the ship left Sydney ;t ran into heavy weather, which did not abate until this afternoon. For several days the seas were so high that sprav * was breaking over the smoke room on the top deck, while the lower decks were at times dangerous to walk upon.

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