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Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1932, Page 4

• Roll up to the Euchre on Tuesday, good prizes unci a good night’s entertainment for 2s.

The Kanieri Hokitika Sawmills Ltd. notify they are prepared to supply at reduced prices “dry dressed” timber in any quantity. -■

Messrs W. Jeffries and Co. notify for private sale 90 S.M. Romney breeding ewes and 15 choice Jersey-. Shorthorn cross springers.

The "Westland Acclimatisation Society invites applications closing on Thursday, June 2nd., or the position of Secretary.

Nominations for the meetings of the Grey Jockey Club on. June 3rd and tji;. Reefton Jockey Club on June 4th, c : os with Mr M. J. .Fogarty, Greymouth and Mr W. Gore-Porter, Reefton tonight at 9 o’clock. Reefton telegraph office closes at 5 p.m.

The annual social dance of the Hokitika Bowling Club will be held in the Soldiers Hall on Friday, June 3rd (King’s Birthday night). This popular annual fixture will have the usual complete arrangements. Music will be provided by the Black Hand Orchestra, while the ladies’ committee in charge of the supper arrangements will assure a special success for which 'they tire fioted year after year OH this ptipUiUf holiday fixture,

J Arrangements nt’e will in hand foi* the .forthcoming Plunket Ball which takeß place op Wednesday next under the auspices of the local Plunket Society. It need hardly be mentioned that the main object of the Society is the welfare of infant life to which cause the proceeds from the ball will b© devoted locally. The Society is aiming to- have a nurse stationed permianenty at Hokitika, but this can only be achieved by the wholehearted support of the public. The children of to-day are the citizens of to-morrow; it is your special privilege to assist in fastening this welfare. Support the Plunket Society in its meritorious and wide appeal.

A meeting of the committee of the 'Reefton Jockey Club was held on Wednesday evening, Mr E. W. ' Spencer (President-) in the chair. A letter was received from the Nelson Jockey Club asking that the Reefton Club alter the date of its Autumn Meeting, from Apri’. 26th 1933, to April 24th. After some consideration it was considered inadvisable to alter the date. The offer of the Cronadun Tennis Club of the -sum of £4 for the refreshment and tea rooms was declined, the Jockey Club having decided to conduct the rooms themselves. The -Secretary reported that the arrangements had been made with the Railway Department for a train to leave after the races at 5.30 for Greymouth, and this arrangement was approved. It was also decided that the last race of the day be timed to start at 3.55 p.m.

Xo more grey hair after using Rachel 'Hair Tonic. Restores original colour, 3s 6d bottle W. E. Williams, Chemist. —Advt.

Housewives. —Times are hard • Yes, but we are prepared to help you, by offering goods at extremely low prices for cash. Just a efw of the many liims we have to offer—Large single bed quilts, blue and white, only 4/11 each. All wool white blankets from 17/3 pair, pillow slips (pure doth) from 9d each, large coloured towels from 9d each, single bed bn poo mattresses (full weight from 21/-. —Frank Bade, ’phone 179.—Advt.

More’s a remedy for coughs and colds you’ll swear by. Nazol. Gives prompt relief because it scientifically treats such ailments at the points of infection. It’s economical too—l2o (loses for L’s fid. 60 Joses for Is 6d. —Advt,

Now you have tried all other cough and cold remedies try “Nazol”—and your trying days will l>e finished. It’s a scientific remedy! Gives prompt relief. fiO doses for Is fid. 120 doses for 2s fid.-—Advt.

For Coughs atm Colds, never fails WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE

Messrs W. Jeffries an<l Co. notify entries for their stock 'sale at Ha-ri-ha-ri on Saturday nextj 28th. May.

All prize winners at the R.S.A. Euchie play off at the end of season for the aggregate prizes.

Owing to a bereavement in the district- the assembly in the Koiterangi Hall arranged for to-night has been postponed.,-—Advt.

Motor drivers are notified in this issue, that licenses for the year commencing June Ist., are now receivable at the County Office. Drivers of passenger vehicles must produce a recent medical certification of health.

A public meeting will be held at Oiurru on Saturday evening, June 4th., for the purpose of electing a District, Advisory Committee in connection \yith local works for the benefit of the County.

A bag of suger, a bag of flour and 51b. butter, is the Ist. prize at the Soldiers’ Euchre on Tuesday.

'there was a change in the weather last night and rain began to fall about 9 o’clock. During the night there were some very heavy showers which continued this morning, but ceased as the morning wore on, though the conditions continue threatening;

R.S;A; Euchre, Soldiers’ Hall, 'Tuesday, May 24th., at 8 o’clock. Ist. prize, 70ib. bag of auger, 61b. butter, 251 b. of flour; 2nd, prize, 1 ton of coal; 3rd, prize, 61b, butter; 4th. prize, 251 b. bag of flour. Good prizes. Admission 2s,—Advt;

The following case s of notifiable diseases were reported in the Dominion for the week ended May 16th, the number of deaths being given in parentheses:—Scarlet fever, 17 ; diphtheria, 20 interic fever, 6; tuberculosis, 20 (8); influenza, 3; erysipelas, 5; puerperal fever, 9 ; eclampsia, 5 ; tetanus, one; ophtalma neontorum, one; lead poisoning, one; totals, 88 <s). Last week’s totuls were 92 and 13 respectively.

There passed away at his residence Kanieri a well-known resident of the district, in the person of Mr Joseph Singer, a native of Hokitika, in his 56th year. A South African War veteran, Mr Singer was in poor health for some few months pior to his demise. He is survived by his wife, four sons and three daughters, including Mrs M. Hutchison' and Mrs A. Croawell, both of Kanieri, and two brothers, Messrs Jack Singer, of Hokitika, and Frank Singer, of Wellington.

A sudden decline in the number of opossums caught in the last two years is noted in the annual" report of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society. Over the, past five years the number of skins -stamped in the district have been :t~-1927j 8001; 1928, 10,606; -1929, 12,983; 1930, 1640; 1931 2,900, "Last mson the Society’s voeoimnendnt'tbn that the season should be a closed one was not given effect to the report “and, as was then forseen, son proved disastrous to the trappers, many of whom did not earn enough to cover license fees.”

The London butter market is demoralised, according to a cable received yesterday by Dalgety and Coy., Ltd., from their London office. The quotations, with last week’s (given in parenthesis) are :—Danish 98s to 100 s (104 s to 106 s); N.Z. Finest 93 s to 95s (90s to 87s); Australian Finest Unsalted 92s to 94s (95s to 975) ; Australian Finest Salted 92s to 94s (95s to 975); Australian G.A.Q. 88s to 90s (90s to 945). The cheese market is also slow, and the quotations, which are normal, are :—N.Z. White 55s to 56s (57s to 58s); X.Z. Coloured 55s to 56s (o8s); Canadian White and Coloured 66s to 72 s (68s to 725); Canadian C.I.F. 52s to 53s (not quoted).

“The Government servants who growl at having to take a cut in their salaries should be extremely thankful that they have still, something left to live on. All our Government services have been run in a very extravagant and wasteful manner for years past, and as for the Public Works Department, it is nothing more or less than a public scandal, for nearly everything it does is a monument to waste and incompetence.”—Mr E. C. Studholme, the retiring president, at the annual meeting of the Waimate Agricultural and Pastoral Association.

Visible relief from coughs and colds on taking Cherimal (double strength) Cough Balsam. Obtainable at Messrs Hooch and Co’s, store at 2s 6d per bottle. Don’t hesitate. Get your bottle now.—Advt.

Next week being the 2lst. anniversary of the Gir'l Guide movement of the British Empire the local Girl Guides are initiating >.a movement to celebrate the anniversary by carrying out a lionise to house collection for gifts of clothing etc. for the local Unemployment Fund, and it is requested that amy possible assistance be given the collectors in their self imposed ta.sk. It is also proposed at a later date to re-open the relief depot, and in this connection the Women’s Institute have already moved in the matter of making clothing for children and ethers who arc in need. This need during the present- winter promises to be an extensive one and in order to rope with the requirements it, has been decided to hold u. sewing bee at the Hospital Board rooms each week where gon Is will he made up, and where any additional helpers will he gladly welcomed.