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Hokitika Guardian, 12 February 1938, Page 4

A notice appears in this isstte regarding train arrangements in connection with the school excursion picnic to Runanga on February 16th.

All persons interested in tile proposed ceremony of an official opening of the Kanieri bridge, by the Hon. It. Semple, on Thursday the 24th, inst., are cordially invited to attend a public meeting in the Kanieri Hall, on Monday the 14th inst.- —Advt

In this issue the Railway Department advertises excursion fares for the West Coast A. and P. Show to lie held at Greymouth on 18th and 19th February. Special cheap tickets will he issued on the morning of the 19th February.

He did not object to tlie Prime Minister of New Zealand going to England for the Coronation, said Mr Holyoake, M.P., last night at the Town Hall. He felt that it was the proper thing to do, and lie hoped at the next Coronation that he would have the pleasure of representing New Zealand a« its Prime Minister, a sally that was rewarded with a round of applause.

Further evidence of the expansion of the Royal New Zealand Air Force is afforded by the publication of an advertisement in our columns to-day inviting applications from young men for appointment to the Civil Reserve of Pilots. Successful candidates will lie provided with GO hours’ flying training and certain ground instruction to their local Acro Club over a period of three years. It is hoped by this means to build up a reserve of pilots who, although they have flowh only light aircraft, have nevertheless received sufficient instruction to prepare them for training oil higher-powered service types should the need arise.

All our millinery are to be cleared at half price and less —Come and see our 2s 6d table, at our giving up business sale.—Schroder and Co. —Advt,

The weather yesterday afternoon was wet, but it cleared as the day wore on. This morning broke fine but cloudy, but the clouds cleared and before noon was bright and sunny promising a fine day. The swimming sports are being held this afternoon under pleasant conditions. Sixteen private placements were effected at the State Placement Office, at Greymouth this week, as compared with I twelve the previous week. There were I thirteen permanent, one casual and two | temporary placements. In addition ! nine men were placed on State works, ! the majority of whom have left for Jackson Bay.

Snappy music of the latest ’3B releases will be provided by the “Ginger Jar” Dance Band, at the usual weekly Assembly dance, to be held in the Soldiers’ Hall, this evening, when a full programme of mixed dancing begins at 8 o’clock. Ladies 1/, gents 1/6.—Advt.

At the February meeting of the Hokitika Plunket Society Mrs B. L. Wilson (president) occupied the chair over a good attendance of members. The Nurse’s reports for the past three months were read. They showed that the work had progressed steadily. The Rest Room, which is open daily from 9 a.in. to 5 p.m. is proving a great boon to visitors and country residents.

' JVlr Holyoake, M.P., at his political address last evening, referred to the fact that it was his birthday that day, and that he had pleasant recollections of liis first visit, because he had spent the first night of his married life at Hokitika. Later in the evening when the motion for a vote of thanks was seconded and carried, he said he felt lie had won some of those present to his views because one of his interjectors had been the seconder of the motion, but the latter retorted that he had done so on account of its being his birthday. “Oh,” said Mr Holyoake, “and many happy returns for me to Parliament.”

All coats and frocks are now to be sold for half price and less iu some instances at Schroder and Go’s, givingup business. You will have to call early at Schroder and Co.—Advt

“The Government’s housing scheme will he a gigantic failure. The houses are nothing more than pill boxes, and the-building of the settlement at Auckland was nothing more than the creation of a modern slum.” said Mr W. J. Broadfoot, member of Parliament tor Waitomo, addressing a public meeting at Waimate. The people, and the members of Parliament, were entitled, Mr Broadfoot said, to know the figure for the expenditure of the scheme, but they could not be obtained from the men in charge of the scheme, and had to be obtained in a round about way from the contractors. None of them had been built at a cost of less than £950, ana in England the houses in the schemes there had been built by private enterprise for £550 each.

Over 80 gold dredge workers are affected by the reported closing down of two dredges and one alluvial claim on the West Coast in recent weeks, "the IJmidi Tin Dredge has ceased operations at Cariiorons 43 men being involved and it is reported that the Okarito Dredge, employing about 20 hands, and the Addison’s Exploration Coy’s claim at Marsden, where about 20 men wore employed. are ceasing operations. The Okarito Company formed in 1928 with a capital of £35.000 had produced 12,403 ounces of g r ’hl valued at £80.017 and had expended £84.077, paying dividends of £31,500 according to the latest Mines Statement. Addison Exploration Ltd., formed in 1953 with £22.000 capital had produced 515 ounces of gold valued at£3lol hut had paid no dividends up till the date of the last, Mines Statement, the expenditure was £28.347. The subserijied capita I of Bundi Tin Dredging Coy. (no liability) registered in 19.34 is £144,716. none of which was subscribed on Hie Dominion Stock register. The dredge had produced 5221 ounces oi gold valued at £38,921. and had nxpenctod £41.358 with New Zealand liabilities of £2782 at the date of the last Mines Statement.

A lilM'l writ has been issued against the Reman Catholic Bishop of Auckland. the Rt. Rev. J, M. Liston, by Mr F L. Turley, secretary of the Westland and New Zealand Timber Workers’ Union. The action is based on an article which appeared on November 4 in the Homan Catholic newspaper, “Zealandia,” of which Bishop Liston is the registered proprietorAlso cited for libel are the printers of the paper, New Zealand Newspapers Ltd., ami the publisher, Air T. J. Shea ban. A notice of the pending action is printed in the latest issue of “Zealandia.” It states that the Bishop has instructed his legal advisers to defend the action, which is set down for hearing at the March session of the Supreme Court at Nelson. In October of last year a telephone message was received bv “I he Press through Mr Turley, as secretary ot the Westland Timber Workers’ Union, and Mr J. Doyle, the president. They stated that they had sent a stronglyworded telegram to the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage, asking him to take action against the Bov. Father Tv. D. Crowe for his attack on Communism, which was broadcast from 2YA, Wellington, earlier th(' same evening. An article on the incident of the broadcast and on the action taken on the protest by the Director of Broadcasting, Professor ,T. Shelley, was printed in “Zealand in” on November 4,