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Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1932, Page 4

Addi-son’s are now showing the fashionable sailor hats.—Advl.

AU prize winners for the season at the Returned Soldiers’ Association euchre play off for, the aggregate prizes on Tuesday, October 4th.

The setting apart n. s a provisional State Forest of an area of over 504 acres at Okuru, in South Westland, is gazetted.

A dance will he held in Koiterangi Hal l on Fi,H~y September 30th in aid of local tennis cluh. Mudc by Cook and Ackers, good supper. Gents 2g, ladies Is.—Advt.

A message from Christchurch this morning stated that two hundred ons of whitebait from the Coret arrived there this morning and at the fish market realised 1® 6d per pound.

Outstanding bargains are now showing in ready-to-wear hats, Princess frocks, Jonny caps and scarfs, scarf rings, blazers, pouched and tennis coats, frocks ard jumpers, newest shades in summer wools. All at lowest possible prices at Schroder and Co.— Advt., ,

Grey hair! Lovely (natural colour restored by use of Rachel Hair Tonic. iRe-vitalises roots. , 3r fid W. E. Williams, chemist.—Advt.

Mr Fred BHa.©k notified that all accounts unpaid on October oth. will be sued for without further notice.

No dance will ,be held in St. Mary’s Club rooms to-night ‘ owing to the blJll to-morrow (Wednesday).—Advt.

A notice in this issue advises that Miss Ada Lynn has commenced teaching, the Hawaiian steel guitar and ukelele.

The usual weekly Euchre .wiill beheld in St. -Mary's Club rooms on Friday, September 30th., at 8 p.m. instead of Thursday. Prizes as mual. —Advt.

Tlie official opening of tire Gneymouth Bowling Club takes place on Wednesday, Gctooer Qih., -at 2 p.m., to which an.-' invitation has been extended to local club members.

Eight prizes at th e R.S.A. euchre in the Soldiers’ Hall on Tuesday night. Tour -last chance to be included in the play off for the aggregate prizes ,i s on this occasion.

The juvenile hall will be held in St. Mary’s Club rooms on Thursday, September 29th., instead of Friday, September 30th. Splendid music. Good supper.—Advt.

While engaged iu cutting timber for himself at the Omoto Sawmilling Goy.’s sawmill at Kaiata yesterday, Mr L. A. Hales, of Wliall Street, Greymouth, had the misfortune to have his thifmb severed by coming in contact with the smv, He was admitted to the Grey Hospital.

R.S.A. euchre Soldiers’ H-all, Tues-. day, September 27th at 8 o’clock. E'ght prizes. Ist prize 4 ton of coal,' 251 b bag Hour, 51b butter; 2nd prize 50lb bag of flour.; 3rd prize. 3-'.b tea ; 4th prize 61b butte,t; sth prize 31b jam; 6th prize tin/fancy biscuits; 7th priz 6 3 tins pineapple; Bth prize 1 dozen jellies. Good prizes. Admission 2s.—Advt,

On Saturday when the road rdller belonging to the Inangahua pounty Council was proceeding from Reef ton to Cronadim, the steering chains become jammed and the machine ran off the road!, and subsided into a hole on the roadside, lying op its side. Fortunately'.the driver (Mr Palmer) war? not hurt, and the engine is not in any way damaged.

Special tda'in arrangements have been made on the Hokitika ’lino for the West Coast-Wellington Rugby football match to-morrow. The special train leaves Hokitika alt . 1.15 p.m., and Kumara 1.56 p.m., and is sehedullad to- arrive at Gmy mo nth .at 2.30 p.m. Cheap excursion tickets will be issued and will be available only by the special train, and for return, by the 4.45'- p.m. Greymouth-Hoki-tika train.

A pageant and sacred concert tvill take place in the Methodist Church to-morrow (Wednesday) evening, commencing at 8 o’clock. The young women of the Olunrch will be staging the pageant and items will be given by some of the leading local artists, Miss Lynn, ' Mr and! Mrs A. Perry, .Miss Wylie, Miss Knight etc. The pageant is held as part of the Church anniversary celebrations and is open to all. "A charge of Is for admis ion is being made.

On Sunday and yesterday there was easily the best run of whitebait of the season, a good- quantity being netted. By last night’s train over 100 tins were sent forward for Christchurch easily the largest consignment of the year from Hokitika. 'ln addition we understand a lorry load went from south to Otira to catch the,/ goods train there. This morning there was another good run of whitebait, trie river banks being lined with fishers. A few tins went north by the morning train.

The death occurred at the Greymouth Hospital, early yesfrtrdiay morning, of Daniel J. Maguire, aged 41 years, following a short illness. Deceased, who- was a native of Ireland, Is survived by his wife, and two children, who reside in Wellington. He arrived in Wellington in 1919, and for several years was employed at the Wellington Hospital, as porter, later coming to 'Grevmouth, where for the past three yeans, he had been porter, at the Gney Hocoital. He served in the Imperial! Army, and wa,s a member of the Greymouth Returned Soldiers’ Association.

The Anchor Company's did Nelson ferry steamer Ngaio, which has been laid up at Nelson for the .past two years, is at pwsoin't under offer of sale beyond New Zealand.. The Ngiaio, formerly., the Union. Company’s Mapouriba, .-was built in 1898 by Denny’s, Dumbarton, for the Wellington-West Coast passenger service. In 1921 she was Purchased by her present owners for the Nelson ferry service, in which she ran until laid up, when the Anchor Company purchased the Matangi.

Hair sparkles with new beauty, new gleam and lustre when you restore natural colour with Rachel Hair Tonic. 3s 6d W. E. Williams, chemist.—Advt.

Spring cleaning usually means something new in furnishings. Addison’s can shovr you the latest in finoLam, eo.igolium, hearthrugs, carpet runner, curtain nets, tapestry, shadow tissue, cts. Call and inspect our range. All showing smartest shades and patterns, and are marked at prices that are really outstanding.—Advt.

WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMENT CURE For Coughs aptl Colds, never fails

Prices for winters showed an appreciation of 2d to 5d a lb and interior and low grades Id to 3d a lb at tlie ip.bbitskin sale held in Wellington on Friday.

- Whitebaiters- please note, Paterson’s have .opened further supplies of the 80in. whitebait net at Is 9d yard and the heavy double mesh at 2s 3d, doirt be disappointed this time.—Advt.

The very latest Moffat electric range will be on view a/t Mr W. H. Gifford’s showroom for two days. All interested should make a point of inspecting the design.

Hokitika members of the West Coast team to play Wellington a;t Greymouth to-morrow will leay© here at 12,1 p and are tp assemble at Inkster’s ,studio for .the. purpose of. having their photographs taken. t ' .--a/,.

The special air mail from Hokitika to Oku-ru closes at Hokitika Pest Office to-morrow morning at 6 o’clock. There has been a rush, of letters for: the special service and it is expected that th© Spartan plane will take over one thousand articles of mail matter on the initial trip. ; ,

Christmas day is only thirteen weeiis away, and .the dancing season is nearly over. But. we ar©' pleased to announce that ther© is still a chance to dance away gome 'happy hours. That will be to-monoiv night at the Soldiers’ Hall where St. Mary’s Parish Ball will be in full swing. There'' you will get your money's worth and then some, For once again the ladies are out to outdo themselves in providing a supper more sumptuous thnn ever, and the music —>well you all know O s . Williams and hig merry men. At the opening of the Grey Hydro Works the mayor cf Greymouth was in a good humour, telling his hearers that when he viewed the lovely sheet of water at the dam site, he would like to give up all public work and live alongside Lake Udderstrom. He would be delighted to row a beautiful gondola containing all the pretty "Venetian ladies, on moonh'ght nights if he could get the sole right to the lake. The mayor of Ross said he objected to Mr Greenslade giving birth to another control board. (Laughter) He snggested that as the Power Board could do with all 'the revenue they could wet, they should advertise their intention to issue licenses to ply for hire, so that they-would all have the same chance. He was quite sure that judging by the eager look on the faces of some of his hearers, that there would be quite a rush to be first! in the. field. The mayor of Westport caused quite a hearty laugh when he said that although we all looked upon water as a national asset, it. was very strange that West Coasters all looked for something that was imported to put into it. ,

Now that Sprihg. cle&lling is on— Sciirbder and Co. are itoW showing the late?) designs ih linoleums, squares, hearth l’ugs door mats and-curtains, It will repay you to visit Schroder and Co’a largo emporium.—Advt. :-