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Hokitika Guardian, 6 January 1933, Page 4

Nominations have been extended and will now dose on Wednesday January 12, for the Murchison Axemen s and Athlete; Cunival on February Ist. The pme r.-'ney totals £lB7. Restore colour to graying liair Rachel Ton e. Not a dye nor a stain. 3 S 6d bottle from W. -E. V. Jimmie. ch 6 Biist.—Advt.

A notice of thanks appears in another column. Tlic Angli.aii service at lvokatahi on Sunday will be evensong at 2 p.m. Bargains galore at the Arch Little Shoe Store to-morrow. See windows. •Advt.

Sub-1 n•p-rtor T. Gibson, of .Auckland lii'ii bceii pro no ted to be Inspector of Pod ice, Invercargill, in succession to the late Inspocto r P. J. McCarthy. Commissioner Wohlmaiiu made this announcement yesterday at Wellington. Hi- i- ai cl that -a successor for Inspector Gibson in Auckland has not yet been chosen.

The Kokatahi Cun Club will hold a clay pigeon match at lvokatahi on Sunday January 8, the annual competition for the Melmrry Memorial Shield, 12 birds, nomination os. Mr E. Sherrill' has donated a cash prize for a novice event, nomination Is. Shooting commences at 1.30 p.m.. Annual subscription of 2s 6d is now payable.—Advt.

It is notified in this issue that -Mr William JefirgSj being the only -candidate 1 nominated for the extraordinary vacancy in the representation of the Southern Biding of the C mnty r. f Westland has been declared -elected a of the Westland County Council.

Compared with the week which ended op Monday, December 26th, 1932, the cases of infectious and other notifiable diseases reported in the Canterbury and West Coast health districts for the week which ended on January 2, 1933, showed a decrease of five, the total being six, Canterbury: Scarlet fever, 2. West Coast: Diphtheria, 3; erysipelas, 1. There wire two deaths from tuberculosis reported in the Canterbury health district.

Mr S. Connack, of Kaikoura, recently forwarded a strange fish to the Canterbury Museum, and lias received the following reply from the curator, Professor B. Speight: “The fish is called Pla"iogeneion rubi giuosus, and it is as rare as its name is long. All recorded specimens except this one have been found cast up on the shore in winter. so it comes in like- the frost- fish, and why it does this * s not- known. Tt is a deep-sea fish and was probably caught near Kaikoura in summer time because the deep water comes in very close to the coast in that part of the country. Little further is known about the fish and its habits, but the specimen you have sent is interesting since it was caught in summer.”

The New Zealand Shipping Company, Ltd., and the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company, Ltd., announce very t onsiderable . reductions in first and (abin class fares by their vessels to England, via Panama Canal. The new rates operate from January 3rd. Finstclr.ss fares, which previously ranged from £lO2 to £132 single and from £179 to 231 return, will now be from £BS to £llO single and from £149 to £193 riturn. Cabin-Class fares, whio’u have been from £72 to £B4 single and from £126 to £174 return, are now reduced from £ll7 to £144 return, The decreases are supplementary to the reductions recently made by converting vessels from first class to cabin class. Through fares by these Ur.er, from Australia will be at £2 single and £4 return over New Zealand fares.

The present year will be marked by a large number of local body elections which are due to take place on the first Wednesday in May. A new roll has to be compiled every two years, and a comparison of the old roll with Parliamentary rolls always leads t-c{ the removal of a large number of names. The present term of office for Mayors !'nd councillors is two years, but the Municipal Corporations Bill, now before Parliament, provides that, while the coming election next May shall he for a period of two years, succeeding elections, commencing from May, 1935, shall ho for periods of three years. Simultaneously with the borough elections are held elections of borough ve’-resent "tives on harbour boards and on hospital boards. The county representatives on these bodies were elected on Mav 11 of last year, at the same time as the county council elections, which are triennial and do not fall again until May, 193-o.

Grey hair causes premature ageing l Glorious colour of youth restored by using Rachel Tonic. Not a dv». 8s 6<l W H. Williams, chemist. — Advt.