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Hokitika Guardian, 18 June 1936, Page 4

Evensong will,be held at the Anglican Church at Koiterangi next Sunday at 2 p.m.

A meeting of creditors of West Coast Motors’ Ltd., will be held on Monday ne'-.t at 10.30 a.m.

The service for Kanieri Anglican parishioners on Sunday, June 21, has been cancelled. There will be Evensong at St. Andrew’s, Kanieri, on Monday, June 22, at 7.30 p.m.

A meeting of the committee of the Hokitika Poultry Club was held last evening when Mr R. Herring presided. It was reported arrangements for the annual show' on July 24 and 25 were well in hand, and that prospects for a successful exhibition were decidedly bright. Stewards 'were appointe/d in addition to those officials already chok* on. The Judges will he Messrs O. Pfablert, game birds; G. H. Bradford (Christchurch), pigeons and poultry; and R • W. Thompson (Christchurch), cage birds.

A complimentary social will be tendered to Constable and Mrs B. 0. Drummond by the residents of Kaniori in the Kanien fro.ll on Friday evenin '. A cordial invitation is extended to all. —Advfp ' ' v

A Lodge of Sorrow will be held at the Kilwinning Lodge rooms fa-night at 7.30 o’clock.

The monthly Methodist services will he held on Sunday at Ross at ll a.m. and Wad tali a 2.30 p.m Soloist Miss A l . P. Duff.

Freight totalling 12,986 tons was hauled through the Otira tunnel last f/eek, compared with 13,143 tons In the corresponding week of last year, and 11,686 tons in 1934.

A meeting tf ex-schohrs of Hokitika State School will be held this evening at the school at 8 o’clock to make arrangements for the forthcoming jubilee of the school.

The annual poultry, pigeon and canary exhibition of the Hokitika Poultry Club, takes place on Friday and Saturday, July 24 and 25, in the Soldiers’ Hall. Schedules are now available and can be obtained on applica tion to the secretary, Mr Theo Lynch.

The m.v. Hokitika sailed from Wellington at 8 o’clock last night for Westport, Grevmouth and Hokitika. If the bar here is still unworkable, ■the vessel will discharge at Greymouth and proceed to Bruce Bay to load a cargo of sawn timber for Motueka and Wellington.

Work on the Flowery Creek-Ku-mara junction road has been steadilj progressing and of the eight miles of work required between Kumara Junction and Kapitea, about five miles have now been completed. Two bridges' are under construction, and tenders will shortly be' called for th e metalling of the first 3* miles of road formed.

.There was a change in the weather last eveuing, rain commencing to fall after dark. About midnight there was a 'considerable downpour for some time,- lighter rain then, continuing. There was a light rain at intervals this morning. There has been-a fall ofd snow in the hills, which was visible well clown this morning. The atmospheric conditions were cold and inclement. , .

Woollen hose for winter, practical warm, and this -winter unquestionably correct for street and sports wear. In all fhe popular tonings,. and including the newest shades. In quality and weight, to suit every budget, from Addison’s, large stocks.—Advt;

A decision to launch a national campaign for .subscriptions from women, for the presentation of a portrait of Queen Mary to the National Art Gallery, was made at a large meeting of women at Wellington yesterday. The Mayoress, (Mrs T. C. A. Hislop) presided. She said it was proposed that a shilling subscription fund be opened, and it was decided that mayoresses of other cities and towns be invited to co-operate. Viscountess Galway is to be invited to accept the office of patron.— Press Assn.

The New v Zealand R.S.A. conference was opened yesterday at Wellington by the Dominion president, the Hon. W- Perry, who welcomed the delegates and introduced the Mayor, who declared the conference open, and wished it success. The adoption of the annual report was moved by Mr W. E .Leadlev, the Rev. J. M. Stewart- seconding, but the adoption was held over to enable a committee to report on the.Veterans’ Home at Auckland. Committees were set up to consider remits sent by branches. —Press Assn. /

“The tourist agents at (Singapore told me there was nothing to see in the South Island, and that all the beauty spots were in the North Island, said Mr L. E. White, of Khota Earn, Malaya, who is on a three months’ visit to the Dominion, when interviewed at Dunedin. •Mr White is plantation manager of the Dominion Rubber Comp"ny’s estate. He has just completed a comprehensive tour of the southern portion of the South Island, including the Eglinton Valley and the new Kingston-Queenstown road, as a result of which he has revised the opinion he formed from what he was told by the Singapore agents. “In fact,” he said, “that district would be ideal for Ma'f”an planters on leave. The scenery, the sport, and the clear air are ail wonderful.”

Smart' furred coats at Addison’s chosen for their individuality, in the newest materials and shades from £3 17s 6d. Knitted frocks that are smart and. serviceable from 29s . 6d. Attractive suits in material and knitted, fur stoles, and smart new handbags, etc.—Advt.