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Hokitika Guardian, 15 February 1939, Page 6

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. ,Tl)o. Hokitika-; children 's, free. library is, adding 70- new books to its shelves for release tprday. , . . / /./;/ Dr., JV Leslie Will; of Christchurch* wilk be dyisifing .HokitikaAV.tp-xnonrp.w> Thursday, February will available at Westlfiiid > --ll<>spii;al;. i :;'..]fpS. consultation from 9

A general meeting of all connected with, the Licensed Victuallers’ .Association picnic, and all others l willing to assist, will be held in Mclntosh's Club Rooms . to-morrow (Thursday) evening/ at 7.30 o’clock, to make final arrangements.—Advt.

Forty-seven fire calls were’.received by the Christchurch Fire Brigade in January and 33 in December, according to the report of the superinteiideno (Mr A. Morrison) to the.Ghristchurcu Fire Board at its meeting last evening. • Of the January total, 13 calls were to .actual. to u chimnpy fires, and 15 to hedge,’'grass, and rubbish fires. The remaining 17 calls werp false.alarms, ’ . of-which l seven were malicious, four pf them .by.tbiephone and three from street boxes' •

• ■ s V • V . : v r v Mr J. .O’Brien) M-p., advises-the Harbour Board /that' he-‘wUl j Hokitika on Friday to, meet: jßohrd members in regard -to harbour, affairs*, and that the Minister of Public;Wbrks (Hon. : R. Semple), will visit Hokifikadp.. a fortnight’s time, and-.ViuiL .beiaQcbriii panied by Hon. P. C. Webb. Miipst&r of Employment,- and it:)is/hbped/Ht»ii,' Iv Armstrong > will -alsor he . presented'