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Hokitika Guardian, 15 September 1937, Page 4

A special meeting of the Hokitika Borough Council will he hold on Thursday next, the Kith instant, at 7.30 p.m. to consider the tenders tor the erection ut the piunp house.

The last of the series of Inglesidos takes place this evening so dinna lie hlait in coming along ye Kimmers and Cal la nt,s for a night out in the Caledonian’s ways. The annual meeting of the Westland Racing Club will be held on Wednesday of next week at 8 p.m. to deal with the annual report, elect officers and transact general business. -All members are invited to attend. The Golf Tournament Ball on Friday promises to eclipse the successes ot previous golf halls. Local club members desiring to invito friends to the' hall are requested to obtain invitations for these friends as soon as possible.—Advt Last week, freight hauled through the Otira Tunnel from west to east amounted to ,10. 293 tons as comparat with 1.2, ollf) tons in the corresponding week of 19156 and 11,323 tons in 1935. Twin lambs, one of which had four ears, eight legs, one eye, and a mouth at the front of the head ami another eye and mouth at the back, were’ born on the property of Mr A. B. Taylor, Clydebank, Wairoa. Archers wish to notify the general public that they have removed from McLeod and Smith's premises to premises in Weld Street, next to Haines’, and will re-open to-morrow. —Advt. It has been announced that the electrical generating plant which Lire Government is establishing at Dobson,' for operation by Diesel engines, is e» peeted to begin the production of power towards the end of next month. The first direct flight from Grevmouth to a North Island airport by a service aeroplane was made yesterday when Miss Richardson, a passenger from Hokitika by Cook Strait Airways service, chartered the aeroplane between Nelson and New Plymouth to continue her journey.

Lines of interest opened nt Addisons. Ladies’ spring, coats and suits, felts, new shapes m the season y iuu», entic stales. Blouses, a wonderful array in fiilled or tailored styles. A beautiful selection of flowers, smart handbags in brown and navy, hosiery in nil me new uepical shades. Unis' slnrt blouses in boiling silk from 3/- and fuji silk at 7/0. Silk bed .spreads in rose, green and gold in frilled style single i/cu H-/0, uuubie 28/-. A cheque of £1553. has been paid by the Canterbury Jiugby Union to the Government as amusement tax on the takings at the matches played on Lancaster Park by the Springboks aga list Canterbury and New Zealand. This was announced at a meeting of tne management committee of tue union last night by the secretary (.Ur j. 0. McGillivray). Air McGillivray als > reported that the attendan e at the match against Canterbury was 27,000 and that at the second test match 10,Ooi). .\t the test match, Mr McGillivray added, there were 25,000 spectators on the embankment. Four exceptionally fine 2-year-old Pedigree Bulls have recently been ao, quired from the North Island by Alessrs F. G. Williams and Sons, of We eka and Messrs C< andL. Gibb, Waiho Gorge, both well known South West land breecU'rs and fattcners. 'I hree of these are Polled Ilerefords fr m Air F. K. Humphrey’s “Wilencite” Stud, which is the pioneer stud for Polled Hereford cattle in New Zealand, and the fourth, a Polled Angus from Air Mclntosh’s Stud. The above were purchased through Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., and the prices paid ran to as nigh as thiee figures. It is gratifying to see stock of this type being introduced to the West Coast and a consequent improvement in our bee' should be the result.