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Hokitika Guardian, 1 September 1927, Page 2

A special car will leave Newman’s for the Waiho Dance on Monday night.

A meeting of Trustees of the Hokitika Savings Bank will be held on Alondav next at 2.30 p.m.

There will bo an occulation of the planet Saturn by the moon on September 4th, the earth, moon, and planet being in a line 3.30 a.m, and there will be a very close conjunctionn between Mercury and Alars on September 16th at 5.30 p.m., the two bodies being separated from each other by only one-tenth of a degree of arc.

The Acting Town Clerk reported to tho Council last, night that the Council’s liability with respect to the cost of protection at tho time of the sea enroachment had now been liquidated, thus freeing revenue from subsidy on rates which for some time past had been pledged to pay off the claim. The announcement was received with satisfaction.

To-morrow (Friday) Nurse Spring of the Plunket Society will visit Hokitika following her usual programme of visit: in vhe morning. In the afternoon she will attend at St Andrew’s Hall from 2.30 to 4.30.. Alessages may he left with the secretary (Airs George Perry) from whom also the Plunket emulsion, literature, and patterns may he obtained.

At the meeting of the Borough Council last evening the question of drain connections came up for consideration. Hitherto the practice has been to charge the ratepayers half the cost. It was proposed to charge tho full cost, plus five per cent. Jt was decided to strike out the extra live per cent, levy, and in order to give ratpayors timely notice it was resolved not to enforce the full charge for three months, in order that those requiring connections could have the work attended to on the terms of other ratepayers. After December Ist .ratepayers will be charged the full cost of the work.

The sun will enter the zodiacal sign Libra on September 24th at 12.48 p.m. when tho equinox occurs; the distance of the sun from file earth will then be about 93,278,000 miles, and its meridian altitude will ho about 40deg. 29 min. Tlie planet Mercury will be in superior conjunction with the sun on September 2nd., when its distance from tlie earth will be about 126,600, 000 miles ; towards the close of tlie month it will be visible in the western sky about an hour after sunset. Venus sets on September Ist at 6.57 p.m., on September 10th it will be in inferior conjunction with the sun and at a distance of about 27,000,000 miles. During the latter part of tho month Venus wii'i be seen in the eastern sky, rising on September 25tli at 4.35 a.m., and on September 30th at 4.9 a.m. Alars sets on September Ist at 7.12 p.m and on September 15th at 6.37. p.m Jupiter rises on these dates at 7.20 p.m and 0.35 p.m. respectively, and Saturn sets at 0.35 a.m. and 11.4-1 p.m. respectively.