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Hokitika Guardian, 7 January 1933, Page 4

Further entries for the stock sale at Ross on Wednesday next Ivy Messrs W. Jeffries and 00. appear in this issue.

Private 'advice received at Dunedin skates flint preparations are under way for Byrd’s second expedition to the Antarctic. It is expected that the expedition will leave the United States in September for New Zealand.

. Tiie rain of yesterday morning cleared before noon and the afternoon was tine, There was ft shower during the night, but the day broke fine and premises to continue, though the conditions are cloudy.

The Grey Trotting Club meeting postponed from yesterday is being concluded this afternoon, and the Feefton Jockey Club’s two d.av fixture

’ll be luld on Monday and Tuesday, bringing the West Coast circuit to a close. Special train arrangements made should prove suitable to patrons.

A heavy cloud burst of rain oil the Okarito road did considerable damage to tiie highway this week. The hills were badly scorned, and several slips occurred. On the fiat portion of the load, also, damage was done by scour.ng. ihe road has been reopened for traffic, and permanent repairs will be carried out next week, when a lorry and grader will be sent down to restore the surface of the road.

On December 28t1i., four members of ' tiie New Zealand Alpine Club .Messrs A. Jackson (Timaru), J. A. Sim, and W. S. G.llkfson (Dunedin), and J. D. Knowles (Invercargill) made a successful ascent of the highest peak of Mount Earnislaw, from the Dart Valley. This peak of Earnslaw has been climbed only once .previously, in 1911, when the Ascent \/as mad© by Messrs H. F. Wright and James Robertson. This season the party reached the summit at 2 p.m., and obtained a magnificent view.

An accident befel Miss E, Stallard, and Mr F. Marshall on Wednesday when proceeding along the ReeftonGrey Road In a Wqlselpy Hornet car, when the machine skidded in some loose grayel and ran off the road, rolling down a bank, find overturning twice, Miss Stallard was thrown clear and sustained a severe bruising and shaking, while' Air Marshall was slightly cut about the face. The car was badly damaged, the body being almost wrenched off the chassis and the lamps smashed,

Commenting on complaints that have been made about an airman flying over the beach at Waikanae, frightening women and children, the secretary of the Wellington Aero Chib (Air A. W. Nisbet) said that this was a most reprehensible practice, and one r.gjdly dj countenanced by aero clubs. The pilot in this case was not a, member of the Wellington Aero Club. If he had been, his license would have been cancelled. He was a private pilot, and a visitor, hut, the matter had been reported to the Director of Air Services. The practice of flying over beaches with the idea of scattering people in order to make room for a landing was one to which aero clubs were strongly opposed.

Don’t ask for vinegar—stipulate Sharlaml’s vinegar and get the best, at no extra cost. Brewed in New Zealand. Pure, piquant and full-flav-oured. Sold in bottlo or bulk at all stores. — Advfc.

Though the adoption of a new uniform for the .defence forces of Britain is being considered, it is stated that it is unlikely that any change will follow in New Zealand for some time, as the stores are will stocked with equipment which it would he inadvisable to scrap. An experimental uniform produced in England includes a soft hat with a drooping brim, a khaki shirt with collar worn open at the neck, and a tunic which also gives freedom of movement at the throat. The trousers are slack, and are drawn in by gaiters, which reach lm'.fway to the knee. The tunic has four ffirgo pockets • and buttonup cuff’s,

Banish grey hair! Rachel Tonic brings back the highlights and makes your hair young, healthy and beautiful. • <'•' W. E. Wili ams chemist.—Advt.

Grey hair causes premature ageing! Glorious colour of youth restored ’ hv 'Kin"' R"-'hel Tonic. Not a dye. 3s 6d W. E. Williams, chemist.—Advt.

Childr e n’s tooth-paste ; I-o-dent Tooth Paste, containing iodine for gums. Recommended by dentists. Is 6cl Williams, chemist.—Advt,

Messrs W. Wcddel and Co. Ltd., adv.ftO <lia>t-c(l London 4th. inst.—Danish hulter, 114 s; N.Z. called, 83s to 84s; Kangaroos, 83s to 84s. Butter inarkoit quiet. N.Z. ohec.e, white, 4t)s to 50s; N.Z. cheese, coloured, 55s to o(is. Cher so market steady.

.An impudent theft was committed in Hokitika some time last night. One of the Westland Dairy Company's lorries at tlie roar of the premises was in re.,dlii(.ss for the southern trip this morning, when it was discovered that, during the night, some per, 3oll had entered the premises and pumped about tan gallons of petrol but of the tank.