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Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1933, Page 4

The weekly euchre tournament at St, Mary’s Club will be resumed to-mo-rrow (Thursday) night at 8 o’clock. Good prizes. Admission Is. —Advt.

It is notable that in his first seven innings against the tourists, Bradman had scored only 103 runs, as follows: — 3, 10, 36, 13, 18, 23 and 0, while in lii s eighth innings he made 103 not out.

An unusual find of gold was made by Mr K. R.Mclsaae, of Paeroa, when lie was preparing a goose for his Christmas dinner. The goose was pur- 1 chased in Te Aroha, and,, when cleaning it, Mr Mclsaac found eight small pieces of gold in its crop. The biggest piece measured about a quarter of an inch long by one-sixteenth of an inch wide.

Notices of transfers in the Salvation Army have been received by the following West Coast officers:—Adjutant Lucy Bartle and Lieutenant Thelma Young, Greymouth; Captain and Mrs C. Abbot, Hokitika; Ensign and Mrs P. Liddv, Reefton; Ensign and Mrs E. Gray, Westport, llie new locations, and the names of successors, have not yet been announced.

The Arch Little shoe store, as in other years, always reduces all lines after ’Xmas. Substantial reductions for cash. All lines reduced except Monarch Black Diamond boots, shoes and. Bostock men’s ishoes. These lines are prices by the manufacturers at a very low margin of profit. Sa-nd shoes —best quality must go out.—Advt.

After 37 rears* service in th'e Police Force. Constable Alfred H. Jones, the Wyndham officer, is retiring on superanimation as from March Ist, when he gees on three months’ leave on full pay. Constable Jones, who was born at Me mhos Kerry, joined the Force at Christchurch in 1896 and in 1897 he was transferred to Greyniouth. After serving there for two months he was transferred to Reefton on special duty, owing to an incendiarist who was in tho district at the time. In 1899 he returned to Greyniouth, and did duty there till 1903, when he was transferred to S'bafforcl, to take charge of the polico station there, as well as the district of Goldsborough. His duties entailed those of clerk of the Warden’s and Magistrate’s Courts, receiver of gold revenue, mining registrar, and registrar of births and oaths. In 1921 (.unstable Jones was l transferred to Akar.ra a station embracing similar duties to those of Stafford. In 1917 lie took charge of Wyndlmm station, where he remains until his retirement.

Restore colour to greying hair with Rachel Ton : e. Not a dye nor a stain, os 6d bottle from W. E. Williams, chemist.—Advt,

Owing to the late annoucement' of the Handicaps, the closing of acceptances for the first day of the Keefton Jockey Club’s mooting has been extended from to-night, until noon to-morrow (Thursday).

’lrene, the 11-year-old daughter of .Mr and Mrs Armstrong, of Blackwater, was playing with some other children and while engaged skipping, she tripped and fractured her arm above the elbow.

A painful accident happened to Mr Gilbert Martha, while preparing to load timber on to a railway truck at lvumara. He was in the act of releasing thd heavy door of the truck when it fell back, crushing his arm and fracturing it near the elbow.

The receipts for the “Micky Mouse” birthday party in aid of the Swimming Bath fund were:—Cash donations, ill Bs, door’takings! £ls 13s Gd, totalling £l7 Is Gd. The expenditure being £ll 3s Cd, leaves a credit balance of £5 18'S which has been handed to the secretary of the Hokitika Swimming Club.

An Auckland Press Association telegram states that by the Sydney steamer yesterday morning there arrived the Rev. Father William O’Leary, &.J., the director of the RivervieW, College Observatory at Sydney. He is an eminent authority on earthquakes, and ha s come to study earthquake conditions in the Dominion.

During the week-end, the premises of the Westland Breweries, in Turamaha Street, Greymouth, were entered by means of a window being forced at the rear, and a fairly large quantity come to study earthquake conditions in tenders, who left by unfastening the door on the inside. .Shortly before noon yesterday, Detectives Holmes and Hay detained two men suspected of the offence. They were subsequently charged and will come before the Magistrate’s Court this morning.

During this morning residents again hoard the. familiar sounds of an aeroplans aloft as Captain J. C. Mercer, pilot-instructor to the Canterbury Aero Club, flew over Hokitika after competing a flight from Christchurch in 80 minutes. Captain Mercer will be here for a few days and will visit Wailio where he will conduct passenger flights,, returning to Christchurch during the week-end. It is expected that the local plane, which lias been laid up for some time, will be in action again in about, a fortnight