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Hokitika Guardian, 11 June 1937, Page 4

The Tah.ua Hockey Club will practice at the Mental grounds at 2.30 tomorrow. Notices in connection with South Westland Transport Ltd., (in liquidation) appeared in this issue. M. Houston and Co., notify entries for their sale of draught 'horses at Cameron’s stables on Saturday, 12th June at 2.30 p.m. The members of the Koiterangi Women's institute are notified that the usual monthly meeting wiil not be held this month.—Adit. The secretary of the Hokitika Eire Brigade acknowledges the receipt ot a donation of £'l/1/- fioin the Hokitika Gas Company. The m.v. Bondi, an inspection of which has been recently made, is to have her present engine replaced by the installation of a full diesel, Fairbanks Morse engine. The engine to be Installed is not so .powerful as iier present engine but is much lighter, and will tend to bring the launch out of the water more. Members of the Westland Caledonian Society, please note, that invitation cards are available from the treasurer or secretary for the 3rd Ingleside on Wednesday next. Each member of the Society has the privilege of inviting a single person or a married couple. The programme comprises oldtime and Scottish dances, items, and a good supper. At a meeting of the South Westland Medical Association held at Wataroa Medical Association held at Wataroa, Mr. T. Mcßride presided. The Articles of the Association and the agreement with the Westland Hospital Board, were read, and after a/i explanation by the Secretary, were adopted. The Association will operate throughout the district, covered by the Westlano Hospital Board, and it will embrace the whole of the Public Works’ employees in South Westland. The chief movement' shown in ttio

Reserve Bank figures this week is o reduction of £1,417,900 in the sterling exchange holding of the bank. The dairy account b-lance shows an increase of £112,200, and other assets ah increase of £16,100. The note issue •has decreased by £105,800. Demand liabilities to the State have increased bv £342,600, but those to the banks have fallen by £1,557,600, and others by £148,900. A fine display of evening frocks are just to hand at Schroder and Co. These have been bought at very reasonable prices for quick sale.—Ad.t.

The value of the.air mail service was recognised and appreciated by a visitor who arrived last evening from Christchurch. He forwarded a telegram* to his wife just before 8 o’clock last night, and it was delivered at- Nelson at 8.46 p.m. This morning at 10 o’clock he received a letter written after receipt of the telegram at Nelson last evening. It was a decidedly quick despatch that wag much appreciated.

“In 12 months he will be as rare «s the moa,” said the Hon. R. Semple (Minister for Transport), referring to the intoxicated driver in an address to a meeting of local bodies at Christchurch. “He has got to go—not for six months, when he is caught, but tor the term of his natural life. He can get drunk if he wants to, so long as he goes to bed or crawls up a gas pipe, but he is not going to kill people on the road.” The Minister said that he was optimistic enough to believe that 90 per cent of the accidents u»» Now Zealand roads could be prevented by more effective control. He said that some persons were acquiring driving licences without tests, or without proper tests. “Don’t tell me that is not true,” he said, when there were sounds of dissent. “1 know it is true. I don’t talk without having the fact's. “My own view is that the fellow intoxicated in charge of a motor-car is .a bigger menace than the man with a revolver or a rgzor. In the last seven years that type of man has killed 275 innocent New Zealand people—because some individual in the shape of a man poisoned himself with booze and murdered them. We are not going to allow it to go on.”