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Hokitika Guardian, 27 July 1932, Page 4

Members of Lodge Westland Kilwinning are notified to meet to-morrow afternoon at the Lodgeroom.

Members of the Hokitika Fire Brigade are requested to meet to-mor-row afternoon at 2 o’clock, uniforms to be worn.

Tiennent’s advise that their opticir will-again visit their Hokitika, branc’ this Thursday, 28th. inst., and may be consulted on your optical v equirements.—Advt.

The Bag Wash has coine to stay, it is proving very popular with al who have taken advantage of the in stallation. Full particulars supplier on application to Collyer’s Laundry.

A grand dance in aid o* the Humphreys school fund will ba held in the One Mil© Hall on Friday evening. Music by, the Bachelors’ Orchestra. Good supper. Gents Is 6d, ladies ls.Advt. ■ ; '

Although heaty rain fell in Christchurch on Sunday, North Canterbury districts report a continuation of dry but cold weather, , There was no rain it Rangiora and north of Rangiora, and at Lake Coleridge the weather was threatening but still dry. There, was heavy frost at Ashburton on Sunday morning and wintry conditions Prevailed for the rest of the.. day, light showers, accompanied l by ‘ flakes if snow, falling towards midday.

In there modern day v s, with competition so rife in the many avenues of r ;port, trade, commence, and lifg' In general, the establishment of records’ is i common occurrence, and one wonders next in which direction fresh records may b e made. To the West Coast, and Hokitika in particular, go the laurels' or the record highest “shout." A member of the Westland Aero Chib .•■yea. i terdry morning, making a ■ flight to Mar-den, thinking- of friends in that ’onnrty, and mindful of the fact that an opossum was dropped safely from a height of 1000 ft. in the North Island recently, ascended to a height of 2000 ft. "'her" he attached a bottle of beer to an umbrella, flowered it over the side -"d watched his “contraband” goods parachute to the ground where it was Holy retrieved by his friends. i

' Natural colour restored to grey, faded tinir by using Rachel Hair Tonic. Not a dye. 3s 6d bottle W. E. Williams, Chemist.—Advt.

Members of the Municipal Band are requested to meet at the Band room to-night (Wednesday) at 7.30 o’ejoek.

Messrs W. Jeffries and Co. notify the arrival of new season’s seed both early and late croppers.

Perfect weather conditions have prevailed in ’the Kokatahi Valley for lambing, and one settler reports over 100 lamos have so far come to hand, the conditions being idea'll.

Another member of the Westland Aero Cliub, H. Preston, undertook his first solo flight yesterday, and made e perfect conventional three ;po i*t tending. :

i As ;i a n mark of respect to the late Mr J>J. 'Breeze, t-hie Mayor (Mr G. A. Perry)-has requested that all business premis.s m the borough be closed bt-tween 1.45 p.m. and 3.3 J p.m. tomorrow when .the funeral will be held.

The usual weekly euchre tournament takes place at St. Mary’s Club tvonr.s to-moirow (Thuisday) evening at 8 o’clock. Prizes: Ist, bag of augai*; 2nd, 25 of flour; 3rd 21bs ol tea; 4th 41os of butter.—Admission is.—Adv’t.

The Kokatahi Football Club will hold a presentation ball at Kokatahi this evening.; A featuie of> W evening will be a waltzing competition, for which to valuable prizes will be given. Music, by the Gaiety Orchestra. A fire ionce is being held by special request while there will be Severn, novelties.—Advt, • '

Infectious and other notifiable diseases reported in the Canterbury md West Coast Health Districts during the week ended mocn on Monday totalled 13, as follows:—Canterbury: carlet fever, 4; diphtheria, 2; enteric fever, 1; tuberculosis, 3; puerperal fever, 1. West Coast: Diphtheria, 1; tuberculosis, 1. No deaths were reported in either health district.

As a result of the collection taken it the ( Cass Square gates last Saturday when benefit matches were played, the Westland Rugby ' Sub-Union : has been able to hand over the sum of £8 4s to the Unemployment . Relief Fund. The services of the gate-keep- , 2vs were given free, while the Borough . Council consented to forego the fen per cent levy. .‘f With the. good weather prevailing there is every prospect of an early, run of whitebait .in the local river. -Wise fisherman will have their net 3 ready in case of emergency. Paterson’s are -faring tbe ; correct mesh netting in •80in. at Is 9d and 2s 3d ’ yard. This .is a pvoved netting and new season’s st-oqk and intending .fishermen would be wise to procure early.—Advt..

After fourteen days of frost,-’the sky became overcast yesterday but remained tine. Last ni fe iit the atmosphere was much warmer andthere .vas no frost this morning, and an absence gf wind, T 6 Was the opposite hi the latter particular in the Kokatnlu district, yesterday afternoon and night, a strong gale bjowingj which continued this morning, gi-adually easing' down.

A Scottish afternoon was held by the St'. Andrew’s Ladies’ Guild yesterday when Mrs A. Parkhill presided over a good attendance. The hostesses were Mesdamee McDougaH, Mclntyre, McIntosh and McCarthy, who were in full Highland Costume. Axi enjoyable and amiising afternoon was spent, a surprise 'being created when the traditional haggis, supplied by Mrs Mclntosh, was served on a truncher. Burns’ grace was said by Mrs McDougall. Ib:tms were- given by the hostesses, and Miss Davidson.

The wedding was soljmnisod yesterday morning, a’b St Pat'S* k’s Church Greymouth, of »d M .ry, younger daughter of Mr ami Mrs, L. Oaruthers, Greymouth, to Laurence Hugh, ’third son of Mr and the .Me Mrs F. Stutridge, Clin iHui'. h. P< vFather Holohnn perf-jv nod the -in nony. The bride, who was escorted by her father, wore an anide-loog'rh frock of ivory chiffon velvet with fully flared skirt, and a small bolero coatee. Her veil was simpy arranged with a coronet of orange blossoms, and "he carried a bouquet of freesias and maiden-hain fern. Miss Veronica Oarru’fchers isister if the bride) attended as bridesmaid.

Further particulars of file rich strike of gold reported yesterday from Sho'tover, -river state the paddock in which the gold was found is about a mile beblow the junction of the Shotover river and Moke creek. Seven yearsCago an Invercargill syndicate tqk, over £25,000 worth of gold f.om within a few hundred yards of the same - spot. Invercargill mien will again benefit, for the'lnterests are held locally in the Junction Hydraulic Elevating Syndicate, the name by which ’the successful syndicate is known. The return from two cubic yards of wash wa« 17oz, and it is fairly certain that'so long as the river remains at its low level the claim can be successfully worked until the last ounce of the deposit is recovered. Whether this last ounce will bring the local to 5000 it is impossible a't the present stage to predict. There seems every cause for believing that when the final returns of the syndicate are received they will run into many thousands of pounds.)

Men's oil coats, loggings and workmen’s wipes guaranteed to v keep out the rain. At Addison’s usual keen prices.—Advt,