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Hokitika Guardian, 30 September 1932, Page 4

The annual meeting of the Westland Racing Club will he held to-night at the Club rooms at 8.30 o’clock. The official announcement of the result of No. 18 Art Union appears on the front page of this issue. The trout fishing season opens tomorrow. It is stated that of late a large number of trout have been seen disporting in the river, so that there is every prospect of some good sport for fishers. In reply -to r.n urgent question by Mr A. J. St all worthy (0., Eden) in the RDuste, the .Postmastctr j GeineraL (the Hon A. Hamilton) said the work ct producing the next issue of bcf.lth stamps was well in hand. He hoped they would be available in time for the Christmas posting overseas. It is by the neglect of minor coughs and colds that more serious forms of illness are caused, almost without exception by the gradual weakening of your resistance. Ho not. suffer with the rest. Get your bottle of Cherimal the double strength cough Balsam from Messrs G-coch and Co’s store without delay.—Advt. i A humorous comment on his own age wag made by Archbishop Julius at the annual Pound Day in aid of St. Anne’s Home, Christchurch. “I’ve been swindled ail my life by insurance companies,’’ he said. “I have insured my house and my ear, but nothing has happened to either of them. I have insured my life, and here I am, 84 years of age.” A "pantry” evening was held at the residence of Mrs E. Cron, Kokatahi, last evening when over thirty guests were present, in honour of 'Miss ,E. Nightingale. Songs and dancing passed away a very pleasant evening. The opaning of the parcel caused much amusement. The guests - wer e very hospitably entertained, the evening proving most successful from every point cf view. During a test at the liydro-e’iootir.c works at Kaimatai on Wednesday night, a stoppage, due to electrical causes, out off the lighting in the town for about twenty minutes. Probably another test wilf be made to carry 'the full load, shvs the G-rey Star. Meantime, half the load is being carried by the steam plant at Dobson. Rumour was icurrenit- in 'Greymouth yesterday morning, that the surge chamber wta.s of insufficient capacity to meet requirements, hut this 4s denied by the officials of tile Power Board. Any temporary shutting off of power, is caused while adjustments are being made to the plant. A large entry of fat cattle came forward n.t the Metropolitan Market at Addington on Wednesday, and as a consequence, valines were easier by 10s to £l, a head. (the quality wag good, many first-class beasts being offered. There were entries from Otago, Southland and tile West Coast,- Pat sheep again said well at rates very little different from those ruling last week. The quality ( was excellent, and many fine lines from the South were induced. Spring lambs, which were of good quality, met a keen sale at fully lart) week’s rates. The price per pound was between 7d and*Bd. Pat hoggets also sold wefll. The “veal offered was very poor in quality, hut the best of it made late rakes. Fat pigs were in heavy eupply and were not of particularly attractive quality. Prices eased a little. An echo of the Mount Cook murder trial was heard in the House yesterday, 1 when Mr 0. Oarr (Labour, Timaru) gave notice to ask the Minister of .Justice whether his attention had been drawn to the publication of comments made by the Magistrate when he was committing the accused person to the Supreme Cburt to stand his trial on a. charge of murder, and whether in view of the liability of such publication to influence the jury in the higher Court he would, consider the 'desirability, in fairness t-o both the accused and the prosecution, of having the law of evidence so amended .that evidence taken and comments made in the lower Court where the person was committed for trial, should not be published, particularly as no evidence for the defence was called in the lower Court. In the case referred to, he said, a change of venue was offered on those grounds. The principal timber merchants in Australia told Mr J. O’Brien M..P., that in the past year sales had only amounted to 19 per cent, of the average sales, due to the slump, and! cf this only a very small proportion, was of rinra. All the merchants were definite on the point that to regain us place rimu must be properly seasoned. The prinicipall reason for the. loss of the market was that timber wlas being sent over in a green or unseasoned condition, with the result that builders and architects had turned against it. If the timber was properly dried there was no danger of shrinking or opening. The Queensland Government was doing tts best to find a. substitute for New Zealand white pine for the manufacture of butter boxes, said Mr O’lßrien, aind a timber known ns Queensland (hooper spine was being largely used. Experts had discovered, however, that this timber tainted the butter (and large sunns were being spent on research work to eliminate the taint in the wood. He did not think the experiments would be successful, and there seemed to be no doubt that the only timber suitable foir the manufacture of butter boxes was New Zealand white pine. Whitebaitors please note, Paterson’s have opened further supplies of the SOin. whitebait net at Is 9d yard and the heavy double mesh at 2s fid, don t ho disappointed tins time. —Advt, j