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Hokitika Guardian, 19 August 1933, Page 4

Messrs Nairn and Sons notify price list for plants and flowers.

“The Bristol” trades for cash only Every article a bargain—Advt.

The Public Works Department are inviting tenders for protective work at Little Wanganui river.

Mr A. M. Rudge, optician, will be visiting Hokitika on Monday, and may be interviewed at Mr H. M. Coulson's surgery.—Advt.

Owing to the large number of applications for invitations to the A.S. Y.M.C. ball and large number of patrons attending, the ball will not be held on the Soldiers’ Hall,

A dance will be held in the Kokatahi Hall on Friday, September, in aid of the Hall funds. Music by the Happiness Boys. Ladies Is 6d, gentlemen 2s (id. T. O’Neil chairman.—Advt.

Mr T. Wilkes, Director of New Zealand Air Services, .accompanied .by Oa.pt. Buckley and Mr Gibson of the i-'u.jlic Works Department, arrived hi Kumara, on Thursday afternoon from Christchurch, and together with'" the Mayor, Town ‘.Clerk, and Crs. Peeve-r, Keating and Murphy, proceeded to the •Borough Endowment, where an inspection was made of the proposed landing ground for planes A more expended inspection will be made later.

The quarterly general meeting >of the Returned Soldiers’ Association will be held in the Soldiers’ Hall, on Monday evening, August 21st at 7.30 o’clock sharp. At the conclusion of- the business a social hour will be held. All members welcome.—Advt.

While working an the ibush, areal’ Nelson Creek, for the New Forest Sawmills yesterday morning, David Williams, married with three children, met with an injury. It i s understood that a limb from a tree came' down, and Air Williams attempted to ward ft. off by holding, up his axe. The limb turned, the axe and fotcod it into the back of his head. He was brought to Nelson Creek by means of a jigger, end there attended to by Dr Wilkinson. Air Williams was then 'conveyed to the Greymouth Hospital,

Great interest centres in the Ranfu v ly (Shield match at Christchurch to-day—-the play of which will be broadcast by 3YA. Three special trains left Invercargill yesterday afternoon and evening to accommodate the Southland enthusiasts. Christchurch would he invaded to-day by the party, which is also .bringing three bands. As 'Southland liar, hopes of wresting the Shield _ from Canterbury, a record attendance is expected, .and the excitement is sure, .to run high.

The rates collected by the "Westland County Council over the rebate period totalled £2,642, a s against £2.608 the previous year. The rebate granted this year was £l3O as against £127 h’ Stj year. ‘Of the general rate, 58 per'cent, was collected, 73 per cent, of the mining rate, and 53 .per cent, of the harbour rate. The average was 59.2 per •cent." of the whole, ns against 59.74 per cent, last year. The amounts collected in the respective ridings for the three rater, were: Northern, £237 ag against £283; Central, £1,036 as against £996 ; Southern, £1,228 as against £1,185 ; Ross Borough (harbour only) £ll ns r,gainst £ls. The .percentage of the return must be considered very satisfactory.

Ladies’ astrakhan coats 39/6 for 19/6; ladies’ tweed Coats • up to 45/- for 5/-; rain coats 39/6 now 25/- each; rain coats 17/6 now 5/- each. Be sure and invest now —Schroder and Co. are determined to keep the prices clown these hard times. —Aclvt.

WOOTS- GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE. For Children's Hankine ‘ Cough. Science says, “Breathe your cold away”. You can by inhaling “Nszol” the commonsense scientific, remedy. Powerful and penetrating. Treats such ailments at the root of the tnubie oO doses for Is fid. R’O doses for 2s fid Aii'-t

Ladies’ liats 8/6 now 1/6 each; ladies’ hats 13/6, now 2/6 each; evening 'rocks 25/- now 10/6 each. These are some of the week-end bargains offering Schroder’s and Co.—Advt.

Caution \ T c you want to remedy -muglm and colds use Tonking’s Linseed Emulsion. Succeeds wlmre otliers fail. Builds up the system against more serious and lung ailments. Sold everywhere. Is fid, 2" R/J and Is fid—Advt,

Men’,-* lumber jackets, usually priced 19s fid to 355.'; to clear at special cash price of 15., fid, Don't misg these at W. IT, Stopiorth’s.—Ad rtf.

Special cash prices for ladies’ leather coats. Try ‘‘The Bristol.”—A-d-vl.

Tlie m.v. Gael left Hokitika this morning for northern ports, timber laden.

The schools throughout the district closed yesterday for the term holidays, and will resume on September 4uh.

Westland Talkies Circuit are screening “Viennese Nights” at the Various country centres next week, commencing at Kokatahi on Tuesday night.

R.S.A. Euchre, Soldiers’ Hall on Tuesday evening (August 22nd), at 8 o’clock, Ist. prize, 7CI b. bag of sugar, 251 b. of flour and 51b. of butter; 2nd. prize, 51b. tea ; 3rd. prize, 501 b. hag of flour; 4th. prize, 51b. butter. Gooc. prizes. Admission 2s.—Advt.

The Oknrito Harbour Coy., Ltd., has been registered as a private company a.t Auckland. The capital is £2,500 in £ shares, and the subscribers are W, P. Soutcr and 0. L. Martelli. The object of the company is the management and control of Okarito harbour etc., and incidental. /

The annual hospital ball on Wednesday., August 30, promises to be one of the events of the season, and will undoubtedly be equal to the function lieid in I‘ecent years. Complete arrangements have been made, and everything lias beell done to ensure patron s spending an enjoyable night’s fun.

Mr Thomas .Bennett, who was admitted to the Greymouth Hospital on Thursday night, as the result of an accident in a gold claim at Kapitea, is reported to have sustained a broken bone in his back, fortunately off the spinal column, which will result in his being confined to his bed for at least two months. His condition is fairly serious-

The price of New Zealand butter on the London market has shown a considerable rise in price, according to Dalgety and Co’s advice yesterday day, which gave the quotations as follow : Butter (market firm) —Danish 102 s to 106 s, N.Z. Finest 90s to 925, Australian Finest Unsalted 91s to 93s Australian G.A.Q. 86s to 88s. Cheese (market! steady aff present prices)— N.Z. White 49s to 50s, N.Z. Coloured 52s to 535, Canadian White 45s to 465, Canadian Coloured 52s to 535.

“Can you dance?” was a question asked a fair -maiden the other day. She replied “No, -but I’m off to the weekly old time dance a.t St. Mary’s Club rooms on Monday' might,..Do you know that they teach, the old time ■dances free! and this week it is going to be a long night with supper band a Monte -Carlo waltz, and, look, they are only charging admission gents Is 6d, ladies Is —Advt;

4 drawn game resulted in tlie annual rugby match;between the Hokitika anti West Christchurch District High Schools on C’asg Square yesterday afternoon, each side scoring six points, For Hokitika, Bradley and Morgan scored tries, while for the visitors O’Brien and Price scored. The match was fast and keenly contested, and very interesting for the spectators. Play was confined' chiefly to the forwards who waged a hard struggle while occasionally the home backs flashed in to. the picture. The visitors were not up to their full strength, several'of their leading players being absent. Mr J. L. Menzies was referee.

The derailment of the van of the Greymouth-Hokifcika train during .shunting operations at Kumara laso evening caused some delay in the arrival of Greymouth and Christcliurchbound passengers. It also occasioned.the delay at Greymouth for 20 minutes of the goods and passenger train for Christchurch, on which there were about thirty passengers. Considerable difficulty was experienced in replacing the van on the rails, the train from Hokitika not arriving at Greymouth until shortly before 10 o’clock. Meanwhile the passengers had been brought through to Greymouth in a bus, the majority of them going on to Christchurch.

The annual inter-school debate between West Christchurch and Hokitika District High Schools was held in All Saints’ Hall last evening. The subject for discussion was “That the school is a more powerful factor in the moulding of character than is the home.” Hokitika took the affirmative, and West Christchurch the negative, the judges announcing the result in iavour of Hokitika. The judges were Messrs G. A. Perry, J. A. Murdoch, Rev. G. A. Naylor and Major Ward, who congratulated the speakers on the high standard of the debate. The teams were:— Hokitika, W. Butland, J. Dorreen and A. Coles; West Christchurch, F. Murray, A. Mahoney and J. Robertson. At the conclusion a pupil’s dance was held.

A company is now being formed in Christchurch to develop aerial travel for tourist and o tber purposes. It is the intention to commence operations on the West Coast of the South Island about Christmas time with a service from Hokitika to the Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers. Sight-seeing tours to South Westland and other scenic places of interest will also bo catered for. Later the services will be extended to other parts.- The prospectus of this' company will shortly be issued and a limited number of shares will bo offered to the public. It is understood that several well-known business men from Canterbury, the West Coast and Otago and Southland will be in the 1 direotorat Captain Mercer, instructor to the Canterbury Aero Club, is taking a prominent part in the formation of the new company.