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Hokitika Guardian, 26 July 1932, Page 4

The balance slielet of the Hokitika Savings Bank for the year ended, 31st. March ? 1932, appears op page three of this issue.

The Borough Treasurer notifies the estimate of receipts and expenditure for the- present year on which the general rate will be struck.

Members of the Hokitika Operatic Society are specially requested 'to attend practice ’this evening at 7.’30 o’clock.—Advt. .

The Ross Borough Council gives ■notice in this issue of the intention to strike the annual rates for the current year. ~ v A grand dance in aid oC . the l Humphreys school fund will bj field in'the On© M;lie Hall on Friday evening’. Music by. the Bachelors’. Oiphesfcrd. Good supper,' Gents Is Gd, ladies Is.- 1 Advt.

With the revival of gold dredging operation* on the West Coast, it us now regretted by parties 'interested, that some cf the old dredges were not taken better care of, as even ladders; elevators, buckets',- and other gear, are. in big demand. In sevirai instances,. some of the tumblers .have been brought out from gullies where old dredges/previously worked. Portions of the old Success dredge at Hokitika, the Fuchsia, No Town, end other dredges are being 'brought into commission again, for new operations.

There is little : nitration. in the position of the wrecked ' steamer Kappnga. The cbal remains iii the number 2 and 3, and 3 and 4 holds, and < this is helping to keep thp yessel from, breaking up, although there are several big ruptures in the plates, on both, sides'. The. decking has v also commenced./to crack and twist.'birdly,' Everything of any vplue lias . been washed . off , the ship, with the exception of the winches, and a few' wires," and running gear. The whole of the cabins and quarters have been cpmple’fcely stripped.

At „abouts ' o’clock;.. L on Saturday night, the railway bridge on the Paroa side of South Beich station was foiind to be on fire, by .two residents in tho . locality. They telephoned the Railway Department, and members of the Permanent W?y Staff proceeded tcthe scene of the outbreak, and soov 'hod, the fire under control, The planks on the bridge for pedestrian traffic were destroyed, and will have to be replaced, but no serious damage was done. Three of the sleepers were badly charred, but it will not be necessary to renew them. It is sur- ; mised that a spark from the engine'of ' one of the trains caused the fire. ...

The. death pi Mr Hugh .Adamson took place on Sunday evening, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs McElwen, Christchurch,. Deceased, who was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, came to New Zealand as a child, with his parents, and had been nearly all his life on the West 'Coast, where he was 'a baker in Kumara and Hokitika. He was aged 75 years. Hi; wife predeceased him 19 years ago. Ho in survived by five daughters and three sons. The daughters are Mesdames Lima and Willis (Greymouth) : , Hunt (Murchison), McEwen (Gh-i-iut-cburch), and Neilson (Gisborne).'" Th< sens are Peter (Wellington), Leslie (Ros-s), ’and Sylvester (Nelson Creek). He' also leaves two sisters and thf’ee brothers, his sisters being Mesdames McFarlane and Bird, of Auckland,'! and the brothers are Robert- of Christchurch, John and George of Hariliari.

No one suffering from the inconvenience caused by coughs and colds would talk idly about that which brough’i relief. In that simple, but definite, fact you have the greatest and best of all reasons for your going to Mr L. Gooch’s store and procuring your bottle of Cherimal the double strength Cough Balsam; immediately.—Advt.

At the address below, skilled anu fashionable hairdressing is a Speciality The most up-to-date equipment foi hair waving, shampooing,' and othei treatments has been installed, anti vour most exacting requirements hav« been catered for. Miss Zilla Stephens Revell Street.—Advt.

Men’s oil coats, leggings and workmen’s oapes guaranteed to keep out the rain. At Addison’s usual keen prices.—Advt. ,

For that irritating flatulence after eating try X-AN Mixture, X-AN freshens up the stomach glands, multiplies the , digestive juices, purifies the blood and restores - the muscular fetion to the intestines thus ensuring proper elimination, W. E. Williams, Chemist.—Advt.

New beauty for grey hair! Rachel Bair Tonic re-vitaliees roots and restores lost colour. 3s 6d bottle W. E. Williams, Chemist.—Advt.

Good quality SOin. whitebait netting at 2s fid a yard now procurable at Addisons. —Advt. - -

Great bargains in curtain nets,- cretonnes and floral sateens at Addisons --Advt.

Fishermen—Our new season’s whitebait nettings have arrived and are selling readily. Call and get your requirements now. JXignt mean aiiu vioigucFrank Bade, ’Phone 179.

As sliowipg the exceptional cold this winter, the Inangahua River has been frozen over on two mornings this week the first time such a- thing hos been known for fully a“ generation.

R.S.A, Euchre, Soldiers’ Hall, tonight, July 26th., at 8 o’clock. ..l.pt pyize, 701t>. bag of sugar, 501 b. bag of: flour,' sib'. butter t- 2nd. prize, Sib. tea;..Brill’! pride, sft>; butter; 4th.- prize, 251 b. bag of flour. Admission. -2s.— Advt. *

The Koleatalii Football Club wi" Hold a presentation ball at .'Kokatalii to-morrow evening. A feature' of thr evening will! be a waltzing competition, for which to naimb'e .prizes -will be given. Music by the> Gaiety Orchestra. Advt.

|Tn. accepting the’ position of judge of Red Poll cattle n't th : t vear’s Royal Show at Palmerston North ,in November, Mis P. R. AVoodhouse, of Bliiecliffs, South Canterbury, will have the honour! of being the first woman judge of stock at a New Zealand Royal Shows,.

The death of Mr AValter Lindley Meek, the founder of the firm of Storer, Meek pnd Co,, paper merchants took place jit.,AVellihgton yesterday miming. Mr Meek was born in 1861, and was the eldest son of the late William Henry Meek; formerly wellknown in commercial circles in ■■ Wellington. He was educated at the old old Grammar School at Clifton Terrace, and at AViellington College. He ;s survived by his wife, one son, two daughters and five grandchildren..

. Everything points to a record, show on Friday, and Saturday next when the Hokitika Poultry, Pisreon and Canary C’ub hold their annual gathering in the .■Soldiers’ Hall. The entries number five hundred . and the competition includes alnjfost one hundred entries from Canterbury, eo that fanciers wil] have a good quality presentation.;' The entries, will he received at ’ the hall on. Thursday evening,/ judging will take plbce on Friday morning, and the Show will be to th° public at 2 p.m. on tint day, and will remain open;'till 10 p/m. ■pit; Saturday a special train iff connection with the Show Will arrive from Christchurch and already over>4oo ’tic-i kets have been disposed of for - the train.' which will return that night leaving Hokitika about 9 p.m.

/. - Natural colour restored to grey„ faded nail- by/using- Rachel Not a dye. 3s 6d bottle W. E. Williams, .'Uh'emist.--iAdvt^^^^^^i'