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Hokitika Guardian, 4 May 1931, Page 4

Sturdy, virile people, must have proper digestion.,lf you haven't, take Mixture three times daily. N-AN speedily clears up all traces of indigestion. W. E. Williams, Chemist.— Advt. Just landed at the Economical Crockery Shop. Judge Ware, Enamel Saucepans and Kettles in all sizes. Also enamel pie dishes. Prices are rioht. P. Stephens. Proprietress.— Advt.

Growers of flowers are again remind, ed that all entries for cut blooms close with the Secretary to-day. All other sections close to-morrow evening.

A special general meeting of the Hokitika Tennis Club will hold at 8 p.m. on Thursday next in the County Chambers. All members are requested to attend.

Mr X. Stouppe of the firm of Barry and Stouppe Ltd. of Christchurch, opticians is in town on a business visit and may he consulted until "Wednesday at Mr Coulson’s rooms- Mrs Stouppe is accompanying her husband.

An exhibit of more than pressing interest at the Show on Wednesday will be an exhibition of school work. The teachers heave gone to a lot of troublein arranging this display and the Show Committee are arranging a special stand for this interesting exhibition.

Lovers of dancing are in for a real treat next Wedaedny evening, when Lt*. G rum mitt’s celebrated Dance Orchestra now on their tour of New Zealand will be showing at Alt Saint’s Hall. All the latest hits will be featured., and the prices 2s for aadies and 2s (id for gents should draw a crowded house. —Advt.

The steamer Gael, which has now heel) brought to the wharf aftei entirely reconditioning the hull, is to bo converted into a motor boat. The' machinery, comprising a set'of Gardiner engines, haS arrived ni'tl will bo installed. The little limit will be well equipped when ready lor sou about the Ist June, and is to enter the southern trade at once. Captain Jfalder will be the master of the Gael ill the Coastal trading.

An offer was received from the Beautifying Society by the Borough Council on Friday night to grant £lO towards the cost of the material for a trellis background to the Pioneers’ monument, on which it is proposed to grow a suitable evergreen shrub. The offer was accepted with thanks, the Town Clerk to apn’y to the Railway Department for the necessary permission to erect the stand, and the work to be carried on by the Caretaker.

We were favoured by the courtesy of Mr A. Cut bush this morning to view whitebait, just hatched. The ova were secured at the back of the training wall on the north side of the rivet. The ova were placed in a bottle of water last evening about 5 o’clock and this morning had hatched out and were swimming round. They are about a quarter of an inch or so in length and like a thread. The ova were discovered during the recent visit of Captain Haves of the Marine Department who has been making a special enquiry into whitebait. The exhibit is quite an interesting one and confirms the .theory liti recently established of the habits of tho whitebait, and its spawning. Some interesting photographs of the spawning places have also been secured.

The urgent need for refrigeration as Y the most hygienic method of storing perishable foodstuffs is obvious on the West Coast when one realises how far we are from the city markets. Compare putting foodstuffs in a large box with a block of ice, from Tuesday till Friday as against storing same in an automatic refrigerator. Cold storage and ice.are both of utmost importance in the retail fish trade and has proved so successful that it would be impossible to disover in the cities even a single shop where cool storage is not provided. If may he truthfully said that in the modern fish and small goods shops, refrigeration is absolutely essential. Cold storage is needed for perishable foodstuffs of all kinds. It is pleasing to note that The Peoples’ Depot in .Revel! Street has installed at a cost of £3OO on up-to-date automatic refrigerator and cool storage plant.