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Hokitika Guardian, 7 December 1932, Page 4

]\fr A. M. Rnclge, optician will be in Hokitika on Friday next.

The .National Mortgage and Dalge.ty and Co., Ltd., notify entries for their stock sale at Watarou in Wednesday next at 10.30 a.m.

Messrs W. Jeffries and Co., notify entries for their stock sale, at Kokatahi on Wednesday next, 14th December, at 1 P-ni.

The annual school excursion for the pupils of the Hokitika District High school next year will be held at Ross. This event which is always looked forward to will be held early in. February.

A grand concert will be given by the pupils of the Hokitika Convent schools in the Princess Theatre oh Tuesday, December 13. An excellent programme has been arranged, and patrons are assured of a thoroughly enjoyable entertainment.

, The usual weekly euchre tournament at St. Mary’s Club rooms will be held to-morrow (Thursday) night, at 8 o’clock. The prizes are: hirst, 701 b stigair; second 50ib flour; third 21b tea; fourth 41b butter. Admission 1/-. —Advt.

An envelope containing six £lO notes, without a word of accompanying explanation, was included in the morning’s mail received by a highlyplaced representative of the law in Auckland. The envelope bore the postmark of an Auckland country town and it was registered. Enquiries are to be made to trace the sender, and u> the meantime the money is being held.

Air F. G. Matthews, private secretary to Air J. G. Cobbe, Minister for Jristice, for the past four ye>rs, has retired on superannuation. Mr Matthews has been 36 years in the Public Service, and as private secretary to several Ministers over a long period of years was one of the best-known members’of the secretarial corps. He ■vvtig with the Hon. AV. Downie Stewart in the Reform Administration, and prior to that was Collector of Customs at Apia, AVestern Samoa, for some years.

A' malco shark was caught off Kaikoura on Sunday by Air G. McKenzie, who was fishing from hie launch. The shark was about 12 feet long, and its weight was estimated at nearly half a ton. It became tangled in the fishing lines, and after a struggle lasting two hours, the lines were cleared and the shark captured. Sword, fish have been seen on the Kaikoura fishing grounds during the past two years-

Charles Root, one of America’s best known baseball players, is making the round trip in the Mounterey, accompanied I')' his wife and family. Root, who is ijitcher for the Chicago Cubs, said that professional baseball in America \vtvs more popular than football, although college football games attracted huge crowds.

Brighten up your home with some of the linoleums (new designs), Shadow tissues, cushions, hearth rugs; runners, and the very newest in curtain nets now showing at Addisons. Call and inspect.—Advt.

At the address belov. skilled and fashionable b .irdressing in a speciality The mosu up-to-date equipment f<> hair waving, shampooing, end othei ueatments has be. a instated, anr’ your most exacting requirements bar* been entered for. Aliss Zilla SttpLens Well street. —Advt.

dchrode,- and Co. are now showing a fine selection of frocks at very fine cut prices, ranging from 12s 6d to 57,s 6d; an early call is essential.— Advt.

Mr 6 J. Cameron, sisters and brother insert a notice of thanks in this issue.

The Gael left Wellington last night at 6 o’clock for Greymouli and Hokitika.

Last week freight hauled through the Otira tunnel totalled 8845 tons, compared With 6203 tons for the corrsponding week in 1931, and 10,099 tons in 1930.

Nominations, for the Greymouth Jockey Club’s mid-summer meeting on December 31, and January 2, close with til© secretary (Mr J. Forartv), next Saturday evening at 9 o’clock.

Tickets for the Ex-servicemen’s children’s Christmas Tree party are now procurable from the R.S.A. secretary, and parents wishing their children to attend are required to obtain their tickets before Friday, December 16th. Admission will be free, but by ticket only.

There is a treat in store this evening for lovers of dancing who will find pleasure in the dance to be held in All Saints’ Hall. Th e latest music will he featured by Ces. Williams and His Hrppiuess Boys, and the programme will include modern and old time dances.

The Unemployment Board has circularised local bodies with respect to holders of land being registered under No 5 scheme. That regisraion is to cease at the end of the year, and those concerned, are directed to apply to the local unemployed committee for registration under No 4 A scheme and be occupied solely on their holdings. Those affected should lodge their applications without delay so as to secure enrolment as early a possible under the altered scheme,

The annual concert in aid of Woodstock school prize fund takes place in the Public Hall Woodstock, on Friday evening next. The concert will be followed by a hall, the Happiness Boys Orchestra supplying the music. Keenrms’ bus will leave the Town Clock at 7.40 and all people ar© assured of good value for their money at the concert., and a splendid night’s d ncing ,on a good floor with good sooner and good music, on a moonlight night.

Twenty years ago it was to Melbourne that South Islanders mostly went for holidays in Australia, says an exchange, and the-commerce between that country and the south of New Zealand was largely from and to Melbourne. One surviving feature in that connection is .still in full operation, and that is fish. A. recent visitor to Australia sovs that all the Melbourne fishmongers stock New Zealand smoked blue cod, whereas he experienced difficulty in finding that commodity in Sydney.

Lines of interest just opened at Addisons :—Ladies’ and children’s dainty millinery, 3 only summer coats,’ Buminer wools, bathing togs and caps, leather handbags, etc. —Advt,

Shark oil is being produced in smell quantities at Kaimaumau, near the Awanui Heads, and for this there is a ready market in Auckland. The oil is produced by placing the livens on a sheet of irgn and letting the oil melt out by the heat of the sun. -About eight of the common ground sharks will fill a benzine tin. The large shark, the toheke, is extremely difficult to land on a line, as he is a past-maister in cutting it and getting away. A hook and bait are therefore attached to a benzine tin with a fairly long wire trace. When the shark lias taken the bait he makes the most frantic efforts to ret rid of the tin, leaping and jumping around in all directions. His efforts usually fail, and he eventually drowns and rises to the surface floating belly upwards.

A “night attack’’ was carried out by “C” company of volunteers last evening. Before dark th e “enemy” under the control of Captain Bleach, went over the river and concealed themselves at the far end of the Hokitika aerodrome. The main attacking force under Lieut. Blank, came up but waited until dark before launching their offensive. Under cover of darkness the latter advanced across the field and successfully carried the .position. Credit is clue t.o the attackers fo r the manner in which they advanced unknown to the enemy scouts. At the conclusion of the manoeuvres, th e men marched back to t,he drill hall where a social hour was spent. Nine new volunteers .from Rimu and Kanteri were enrolled last evening.

The monthly meeting of the Free Public Library committee was hold last evening. Present—-Messrs Wilson (chair) Niven, Stuart, Coles and Dr Teichelmann. Apologies were received from Messrs Evans and Duff. It was resolved to procure a copy of “The Early Days of Canterbury.” The usual accounts were passed for payment. Mr Niven who id leaving the town handed in his resignation as honorary secretary and curator of the Museum.. The members expressed their regret at Air Niven’s departure and their appreciation of the good work that he had performed in arranging the museum. Mr Niven expressed his thanks that the work he had carried out had met with the approval of his fellowj members, and nave an interesting account of his work in connection with the Museum. It had been congenial work and he ■stated that ihe collection although small was unique and contained many exhibits of vrhe. After a general expression of good wishes to Mr Niven, for his future welfare, the meeting terminated. ,