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Hokitika Guardian, 8 July 1937, Page 4

t A presentation ball is tendered to the manager and staff of the Araliura Dairy Company in the Araluira Valley Hall on Tuesday next. After 55 years of trading as drapers, clothiers and furnishers Schroder ) .and Co., have decided to relinquish I business and are now holding a great . sale of the whole stock —Advt. A New Zealand Youth Peace Coun- ; • oil w:s formed and a constitution adopted at a meeting at Wellington Last evening. Professor F. L. W. Wood presided over an attendance of more than 50 representatives of national youth organisations. The meeting elected a provisional executive committee to plan the holding of the first, youth peace council as soon' as was practicable. Under the constitution the council is to meet subsequently twice a year. Fifteen dozen pairs of children’s socks to he cleared at ridiculous prices, at Addison's sale. All wool socks, art silk, and art silk and cotton socks, and sockettes, in good qualities and useful shades, and all sizes, from 2 to 10. Call early, first choice is best choice.—Advt. In connection with the presentation of the special picture at Everybody* Pictures on Friday and Saturday j night of this week, the management j announces that owing to the great length of'the film—it takes three full hours to screen—the programme on Friday evening will commence sharp at 7.40 p.m., so as to enable country patrons to catch their trains, and on Saturday at 7.50 p.m. Patrons are therefore requested to make an early attendance so as not to miss the start of the great picture, “The Great Ziegfeld,” which comes here with a wonderful reputation as a glorious presentation. Sensational clearance of winto; i frocks, suits, fur trimmed coats and tweed coats, tweed skirts, jumpers, etc., etc. at Addisons Winter Sale. Reductions are storewide—the kind that ofFer substantial savings and make buying easy and most profitable. Decide to buy now and save.—Advt. In the Magistrate's Court at Greymouth, yesterday, before Mr Raymond Ferner, S.M., Joseph Jackson amt John James Cressey were charged with the theft of coal valued at 3d, the property of the Railways Department. Both pleaded guilty. The Magistrate pointed out that there were two previous convictions against Jackson, for theft. The amount he was now charged with having stolen was not large, hut Jackson must understand that he must keep his hands off other people’s property. He was liable to three ] months’ hard labour on the present charge. If he came before the Court again, he would l:e put away for a substantial term. He would be fined £l. The Magistrate said that petty pilfering must ho checked. Cressv was old enough to know bettor than to commit theft. As it was his first offence, lie would be fined 10s. Schroder and Co., who are now retiring from business, are making a | start to relinquish the whole stock within nine months. Every line must j bo cleared.—Advt. : ■- . The Westland County Council has just completed the important pro tection wo.k at Koiterangi for tuo benefit of the Camelback area. Tin Koiterangi of the Camelback area. The cost of the work was defrayed by Government grant, contributions from the settlers by way of loan, and a sub sidy from the Council. The major work is a substantial three tier net ston wall across a wide gap of an overflow channel. The length of the wall is soint 24 chains, and it is well built with a wide stone apron to take any overflow. Higher up stream two additional stone embankments have been built acres-by-channels to prevent undue flooding The whole should give greater security to the menace, of the flooding which, formerly threatened the settlement Several of the settlers have expressed j - satisfaction with the work carried out. j and its stability lor the purpose in 1 fended. J

Tin* quarterly general meeting of the ♦Returned Soldiers’ Association will be held in tho Soldiers’ Hall at 8 o’clock to-night. A sale of work will be held in tl Totara Hall, Ross, next Saturda afternoon and evening, in aid of tl: Presbyterian Church fund. Next Wednesday night at the Sot iers- Hal], the Fire Brigade hold the annual ball, it is always an enjoyab gathering, and the members deserV the support of the townspeople f< what is their only annual appeal f' year. The music and supper arrang • ments will he all that qan be desired.