LOOKING BACK

Hokitika Guardian, 25 June 1932, Page 4

LOOKING BACK

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. (From “Guardian, ’ for week ending June 20, 1807.) , Hokitika Social Guild.—The fortnightly meeting of, tiie Hokitika Social Guild was held in Ail Saints’ Schoolroom evening, the Rev. H. ueach presiding. A cJeoate was held on the respective merits of town and country life, the ..peakers being as follows: —Town, Messrs Lampe, McKenzie and Dykes; Country, Messrs C. Pfeifer, Goodrick, Bock, McCarthy and Rice, and Miss Bicimeade.

Westiand Railway League.—A meeting of tne Wi. tland Rail aay League wag held last evening, Mr T. JMcGuigan presiding over a fair attendance. On the motion of' Mr JGrimmond it 'was decided that the Leaguj heartily joins with the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce in the representations to the Government regarding the urgency for the speedy completion of the Fast and West Coast Railway, and that the Government be urged to hasten the completion of the line from Broken River to Caro. He strongly emphasised the necessity for connecting the coal ports on the west with the harbours on the east.

Musical.—At a meeting of the Orchestral Society a letter was received from the Hokitika Glee Club suggesting the amalgamation of both societies, and it was unanimously decided to ask the Glee Club to join in with the society. Mining.—Encouraging news haa come to hand from Rimu, wheie Brookes and party, who met w r ith results on the Hundred Acre • Reserve some months ago, have struck hignly payable gold. Dairying.—Messrs H. L. Michel, J. J. Mclntosh, and E. H. Robinson, and the other gentlemen who went south to assist at the starting of a dairy factory at the inter-Wanganui, returned last evening. ' Labour Report.—The current issue of the Labour Journal announces the state of trade bei'e as follow© :• There is a slight improvement in the building trade; the engineering trade continues brisk; bootmakers are busy; tailoring is still rather slack; a good steady retail business is maintained; blacksmiths, wheelwrights, plumbers, tinsmiths and painters are fully occupied. Unskilled labour: the sawmills are still kept very busy. South Westland.—The Commissioner of Crown Lands advises that 2484 acres of land in the Wataroa and Oloifu survey districts will be opened for selection next month.