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Hokitika Guardian, 22 June 1933, Page 4

The Arahufa Pah Women’s Institute will hold their first birthday at Toker’s Hall c n Friday, une 30th., when there will be modern and old time dancing.

Sincerity Suits are superior to all others. Be measured to-day at W., H• Stopfoi'th’s.—Advt.

Messrs J Ballantyne and Co. Ltd., of Christchurch have an important announcement in this issue of a display of latest fashions at Rugg’s sample rooms, Greymouth, from Saturday next.

The re-establishment of a night patrol in Greymouth is at present, being considered by business firms, and it is understood to be practically certain that an appointment to the position will be made.

Two pairs of thigh gumboots (red goodrich, with barred soles), the ■property of the Greymouth Borough Council, were stolen from a shed at the Swimming Baths on Monday night, ly means of forcing a door. The matter has been placed in the hands of the police.

The General Manager of the National Bank of New Zealand has received a. cable from London stating that the Board of Directors recommend a final dividend at the rate of four pei’ cent, per annum, for the halfyear ended March 31, making four per cent, for the year free of tax.

A man named John Ba’chin was arrested at Greymouth on Tuesday afternoon on /the arrival of the steamer ICartigi from New Plymouth and was chirgcd yesterday with having stowed away aboard the vessel. The fare involved was He had consigned a motor cycle and trunk to Greymouth and then secreted himself aboard to get a free passage. On the request oi the police the. hearing wa s adjourned till Monday, bail of £25 being allowed.

A walking tour of New Zealand is at present being undertaken by a young Christclniroll man, Lawrence William Cox, aged 26, who is advertising New Zealand made goods. He arrived in Hokitika yesterday in continuation ot his South Island journey, having already traversed the North Island. Leaving Kapowairua on April 30, he traversed the 330 miles to Auckland in 1.1 days, and the long from there tn Wellington via Taranaki a distance of 782 miles saw him on the road for 231 hours. He crossed the Strait to Nelson, and walked through to Reef ton and thence to Greymouth which he reached on Tuesday. Mr Cox left Hokitika this morning for the Haast Pass, through which ho will pass en route for Invercargill, later visiting the towns along the East Coast to Pictoh. Mr Cox was.attired in full hiking kit, his waterproof coat and knee brooches, and his boots, sleeping and cooking gear being supplied by Dominion firms. Mr Cox is not being financed, however, by any business concern, and is dependent on what he can earn by lectures cn route. He is carrying a 301 b pack, and averaged 25 n 'les a day in the North Island, hut Hie going in the South has been slower, reducing his daily average to 19 miles.

The Gael sailed this morning at 10 c’c.ock for Wellington with a full car-o. Join the ranks of the well dressed by ordering your Sincerity Suit to-day .... W. H. Stopforth’s.—Advt.

Messrs M. Houston and Co. notify they are prepared to buy opossum skins in any quantity at highest market prices.

Debutantes order your posies to hire or to buy t from Heartsease Floral Studio, Hamilton St., ’phone 125 m.— Advt.

Sincerity Dinner. Suits are outstanding, for cut, style and workmanship. W. H. Stopforth.—Advt.

A number of special week end bargains are offering in another column at Schraders. —Advt.

Nappa trousers size 4,5 s 3d each; ladies’ cardigans 3s 6d and 5s 6d e-ch: boys’ suits half price are some c,f the week end bargain* offering at Schroder and Co. It will pay you to visit th.s firm.—Aidvt.

All those interested in the forming of a Hokitika branch of the Canterbury Mountaineering and Tramping Club are notified cf a meeting to he held in Keller’s sample rooms next Thursday evening;

Therae is not the slightest doubt the Municipal Band dances have taken on. There was again a full house last evening. Mr Thomas M.C. kept things moving and the music supplied by the band was all that could be desired. Miss Robinson supplied an extra. It was announced that the next dance will bo held on Friday, July 7,

Parliament has been further prorogued from June 30 to July 31 by a special Gazette issued last week. However, although members of the Legislative Council and of the House of Representatives ore enjoined to be in Wellington on the later date, “there to take into consideration the state and welfare of the Dominion of New Zealand and therein to do as may seem necessary,’’ it is not anticipated that Parliament will assemble until September.

At the Dunedin rabbitshin sale on Tuesday very large catalogues were forward, estimated at between 90 and 100 tons. The last two sales have shown a sensational rise in prices, and under the strain of heavy offerings it could not be expected that the extremely high level of the last sale would be maintained. Recent cabled reports have anticipated a severe decline, and this was realised to some extent at the sale, when all winter grades, especially biicks, showed a drop averaging 35 per cent. Low grades were 20 pfef cent, lower. Prices ai'e still itttich higher than ahyohe expected at the beginning of the season, and with good bucks selling at betwoeh 70d and 90d peel lb, trapping must still be a remunerative occupation.

The annual clay pigeon championship of the Christchurch Gun Club wa s shot off at Sockburn on Saturday afternoon. Conditions were excellent, ' here being a very light , wind and a light. Conditions were 17 birds off 16 yards, the winner to receive and hold a cup presented to the club by Messrs E. Hammond and W. R. Heney in 1920. In addition the winner received a gold and diamond medal presented by the patron, Dr IV. 11. Simpson. The runner-up received a order to the value of one guinea. Eighteen shooters faced the traps. J. Brightling, A. N. Turner, I. G. Watkins, and 11. M. Wright scored the possible. In the shoot-off Watkins and Turner both missed their first bird and Brightling and Wright missed their second bird. Both continued to the sixth round, J. Brightling missing his bird and H. M. Wright winning tile championship with J. Brightling as runner-up.