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Hokitika Guardian, 3 October 1932, Page 4

Don’t forget the play-off for the aggregate prizes inc'ludes all those who have won a prize during the reason at the R.S.A. Euchre. Admission 2s. A meeting of members of tire Westland A. and P. Associtaion will be held on Wednesday next at 11.30 a.m. at Mclntosh’s 01 ub rooms to consider sale of After a fine spell there was a change yesterday and rain fell in the mornfor a while. It cleared again in the afternoon, but rain set in early in the evening and continued steadly through the night. At St. Andrews Hall on Wednesday afternoon and evening the annual salo of work in aid of St Andrews Church will take place.. There will be a great array of useful articles of every description on sale, while there will be side shows and afternoon tea to pass away the time. Ladies fine woollen jumpers in the wanted shades so essential for spring wear can he procured at Addisons from 7s 3d upwards.—Advt. A number of shining cuckoos have been noticed in the Wanganui district recently. In rnary localities, notably at one place near Okoia, Wanganui, and at Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, cuckoos have been known to arrive at the same place at the same date year aftel* year. In some places the arrival of the cuckoo has been a day or two earlier this year, R.S.A. Euchre Soldiers’ Hall, TWsday 4-th. Oot. at 8 o’clock. All pi>ae winners for the seufion play off for the three aggregate prizes valued at £B, £2 and £l. Admission 2s. The following prizes will be for competition for those not eligible to play for the aggregate prizes: Ist. 701 b. hag of sugar, 2nd. 51b. of tea; 3rd. \ ton of coail. Admission 2s. —Advt. Customs revenue collected at Greymouth for the month of September, 1932 totalled £1660 9s compared with £1540 16s lOd for the corresponding month of 1931, which represents an increase of £ll9 13s 2d. The revenue collected during the past quarter amounted to £5,194 4s 3d compared with £5,452 3s 7d in the corresponding quarter of 1931, which represents a decrease of £257 19s 4d. •As main’ people can testifiy, Government! “red tape” is often carried to extremes. A representative of a Dunedin hardware firm, says an exchange, has just cited a case which hp regards as postively ridiculous. About five, hardwarda rirms in Dunedin have received official notification from the Post and Telegraph stores asking them to quote? the price of “one white enamel mug.” . Tenders for this order were to close officially at noon on September 23l‘d. By tiie time the ti'aiistictidn has befell coni- , pleted the Department will have incurred an. expense of at least oiie shilling in postage, in addition to the use of 20 printed foolscap forms and the time and labour of the various firms and Departmental officials. 5 The Thames hen, who, a ccol ’ding to a report from Auckland,has amazed pouPryl fanciers there by laying an egg with three yolks, has nothing on a purebred Rhode Island Red owned by Mr D. Walker, of “The Cliffs,” Masterton; in fact, it seems almost egg bound hv comparison. Mr Walker recently gave' half a dozen eggs laid by this bird t,o a neighbour, and it was found that these eggs contained no fower than 14 yolks. Three of the eggs were triple yolkers, and two were double-yolkei's. Double-yolkens as big as goose’s eggs are laid by this bird in the ordinary course of things, and arouse no surprise in the Walker household. Mr Walker imported the parents of the prodigy from England some years ago both being ready layers. Fifty charges, involving theft and conversion of cars, motor-cycles, bicycles, and accessories were preferred against five youths in the Children’s Court, Christchurch, on Saturday morning. The total value of the goods misappropriated amounted to £1,330 13s 3d. The boys’ ages ranged from fourteen to sixteen years. ChiefDetective Carroll, said that the charges were so numerous that he thought it would be better to summarise them. The cars converted were valued at £1,200, the motor-cycles at £55, the bicycles at £49, and the accessories stolen and damage done at £26 13s 3d. The leader of the gang was committed to the Borstal Institute for three years, and his father was ordered to pay £l3 10s 2d towards the damage done. A fifteen-vear-old member of the gang was committed to the care of the Superintendent of Child Welfare', and his father was ordered to pay £8 3s 9d. Mr Mosley, S.M., took a more lenient view of the activities of the two four- j teen-year-old members of the gang. One was placed under the supervision j of the Child Welfare Officer tor two. years, and Hie other for two months, j the fatiher of one being ordered to | pay 14s 2d. iNo more gi‘ e y Hair I Banished fm j ever with Rachel Ha'ir Tonic, which re-vitalises roots. 3s 6d bottle W, E. Williams, chemist. —Advt. It is by the neglect of minor coughs and colds that more sJrious forms of illness are caused, almost without exception by the gradual weakening of your resistance. Do not suffer with the rest. Get your bottle of Cherimal the double strength cough Balsam j from Messrs Gooch and Co’s store . without delay.—Advt. Grey hair adds years to your appearance ! Use Rachel Hair Tonic and restore lost colour. 3s 6d bottle W. E. Williams, chemist, —Advt.

Mr Chas. J. Wood, Mrs J. Scow, Mrs Hazlett and Mr Gordon Buchanan of Balciutha arrived on Saturday by the express to attend 1 the marriage of ,Mr Gilbert Buchanan tomorrow. The new whitebait regulations have been gazetted. They specify the partitular size of nets to be used in Westland, (9 square feet) and in i Mahinapuu Creek the nets are not to exceed 14 feet in droumfenemce. Fishing from a. boat for whitebait is absolutely prohibited in Mahinapua ' Creek. The regulations are now in j operation, and will be rigidly enforced . \ Hockey one, shinty two, smaekey three, and away to the monster Combined Ball in the Soldiers’ Hall on Wednesday, next. There will be several novelties and the supper arrangements are in the capable hands of the Ladies Hockey Club. The latest dance music will be played by the New Gaiety Orchestra led by Mr lion Stopforth, the talented saxaphone player from Greymouth. The president of the Westland Law Society, Mr H. W. ICitehingham, Greymouth has forwarded the following telegram ho the Prime Minister, (Mr G. W. Forbes) “Referring Economy Commission’s report, Westland Law Society protests emphatically against closing Land Transfer ftttd Stamp offices on West Coast, Present proposal represents centralisation run mad, and shows absolute disregard of geographical and administrative problems, such as coal, gold, timber farming and scenic. Whatever slight saving the Government might effect would be far outweighed by extra cost to community. Detailed reasons for protest will reach you by letter. ” # On Friday evening last the local Post and Ttelfegraph Staff assembled in the Telephone Exchange to say farewell to a very popular officer in the person of Miss E. Nightingale who has resigned from the Department to take up the more arduous duties of matrimony. In a well connected speech Mr Cox, postmaster, extolled tire virtues of ivhss Nightingale as a toll operator and Exchange attendant and in presenting her* with an antique log box (the gift of the staff) wished her every happiness in her new sphere of life. Mr Buchanan, the young lady’s fiance- responded on Miss 'Nightingale’s beha'lf and in a few short words thanked the staff for their gift which lie assured them would l>e a permanent reminder to Miss Nightingale of her happy and pleasant association with the P. and T. Department in Hokitika. The planet Mercury will not be visible during , the early part of the month j it will set on October 25th at 8.20 p.m. j. its apparent magnitude on these respective dates will be—o.s and—o.2. Venus rose on October Ist at 0.55 a.m. and will rise on October 15th at 4,33 n.m. Mars will vise m these dates at 3.16 a.m, respectively, and Jupiter will rise at 4.44 a.m. and 4.15 a.m. respectively. Saturn will set on October Ist at 2.46 a.m. and on October 15th at 2.21 a.m. There will be a close conjunction between Venus and Neptune on October 15th; at midnight they will be about 12 minutes or so apart, and when i they rise over the eastern liorzon on the folowing morning they will still appear very near each other. On Octtober 20th Venus and Jupiter will be separated by about six minutes of a rc > at 3 p.m. There will be occulations of the planets Mars and Jupiter by the moon, on October 24th and Octtober 2Sth, respectively, but the phenomena will not be visiblle. 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, don’t he disappointed this time.—Advt.