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Hokitika Guardian, 2 November 1932, Page 4

Messrs Newmans Motors Ltd, will run ears to Grey mouth on Tuesday next to j connect with special train for Christchurch for the Trotting Club meeting.

Lines of interest opened at Addison s —Smart millinery, ladies’ scarves, summer wools, boys’ helmets, traced, goods, gold gimps, new laces, China heads, ’Xmas novelties.—Advt;.

The annual meeting of All ; Saints’ Tennis Club will be held on Friday next at 8 p.m. at the Soldiers’ Hall, wlicn a, full attendance of members is requested. '

The usual weekly euclire tournament at St. Mary’s Club rooms will be held to-morrow > (Thursday) night, at v 8 o’clock. The prizes are: First, 701 b sligairj second 50ib flour; third 21b tea; fourth 41b butter. Admission 1/-. —Advt. •

As f< means of ensuring the safety of climbers on snow-covered mountains the Ruapehu Ski Club has experimented with Cbndy’s crystals, which when scattered in the snow, leave a vivid coloured stain, readily seen by searchers. In future, all members of climbing parties will be issued with a small bottle of crystals for use. in emergencies.

A man who was arrested for drunkenness in Hamilton on Thursday evening fell in the Hamilton police cells during the night and broke his right arm. He was admitted to the Waikato Hospital. When his name was called in the Hamilton Police Court on Friday in connection with the charge of drunkenness, Sergeant Angland referred to the accident and obtained a ' remand for a week.

Make your homo tasteful and give it just th 6 touch of individuality—whatever.your needs in furnishings we can supply them. Linos and Oongoleum in the latest designs to tone with rugs, tapestries, shadow tissues, curtain nets, and bedspreads. Call to-day and inspect these while stocks are complete.—Addison’s.—A dvt.

An unexpected incident occurred in the upper Court room at the Auckland Supreme Court when the metal rod and curtains .at one of the windows fell to the floor. The Court crier had vacated his customary seat a few moments before and thus fortunately escaped what might have been a seious blow on the head. His Honour was summing up 1 a case when the incident occurred, and after an almost imperceptible pause the Court routine continued with, its customary smoothness.

The whole of the Grey Electric Power Board’s load was yesterday carried on the Kaimata hydro system says the “Argus,” apd the test was unnoticed by the consumers. The surging lias been so greatly decreased by the hole made in the surge-ch'amber that the day's trial was quite satisfactory, hut the adjustments require to be given a continuous trial. The hole is acting as a by-pass in such a manner as to keep the water moving continuously in the tunnel, and that is precisely what the re-adjustments were intended to accomplish.

A meeting of .the 'Free Library committee was lieM last evening.‘ Present: Messrs Wilson Coles, Duff, Niven. Apologies were received from Messrs Evans, Stuart aijd Dr. Teichelmann. Arrangements were made to have new blinds put upi in the reading room. Reference was made to the mutilation of illustrated’ papers by irresponsible readers, and one particular case is being investigated, and will probably be put in the hands of the police. After the usual routine business the meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the chair. '

“I know you are iooking for tonight’s local about the show in the Soiliers’ Hall. Well, you are disappointed. But if you don’t come to the show r , you will be more, disappointed still.”

The work of reforming the courts of All Saints’ Tennis Club which have been in hand for' some time past are now progressing towards a completion. (ir.ie court has been finished and is ready to be marked out, when it will be available for .play, while the second court is expected to be completed by the end of the Week.

'Through the completion of' a contract between Mr W .B. Kemball and Mr Ernest Turnbull, general manager for British .Dominion Films, the Paramount Theatre, Welling on, will become an •all-British house from Friday, A’overnier 2d, showing exclusively British Do’minipps—•Gainstrorongh-Gau-nlont films.

A net amount oi £542 18s 4d was obtained for the relief of distress in the city as a result of die “Come lo Christchurch Week” festivities which were held in the last w.eek in September. This sum is to be equally divided between the Mayor’s Relief of Dis- . tress Ftfnd and the Relief Association.

A decrease of six cases of infectious and other notifiable diseases in the Canterbury and West Coast Health Districts was reported for the week ended noon on Monday, os compared with the previous week, There were seven cases in Canterbury, op compared . with 13 the previous week, Lapt week’s cases were Canterbury; Soarlet • fever, 1 ; enteric fever, 1 j tuberculosis, 3 ; erysiperas, 1; and hydatids, 1. West Coast: Puerperal fever \not. ordinary), 1, One death from lethargic encephalitis ivas reported, in the Conterbury district.

An extraordinary mishap was experienced by a party of motorists travelling between Kihikihi and Te Kuiti. When in the vicinity of the racecourse at Te Kuiti the car pulled up with a sudden jerk and went into a dangerous skid. It was found that a private telephone .wire which fallen across the road had become entangled with the brake drums and the differential. The two back tyres of the car were ripped to pieces and the light manuka telegraph pole suspending the wire was torn down. It required an hour’s work to disentangle the wire from the underparts of the car.