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Hokitika Guardian, 8 September 1939, Page 4

Owing to the death of Mr R. B. Tennent, the management have asked us to announce that their shop will be. closed for two or three davs.

Following the loss on last year’s trading, the Greymouth Borough Council last evening increased the price of gas by one penny per 100 cubic feet.

Westland and South. Westland members of the West Coast representative football fifteen to moot Canterbury ..tomorrow, loftTTiy this afternoon’s rail car for Christchurch. A. E. Gillman of Hokitika has been included in the team.

To Hokitika Golf Club members! Buses will leave town for the Maliinapua links on Saturday, September 9, as follows: —12.30 p.m. from railway bridge for ladies; 1 p.m. from bridge, for men. A bus will return from the links at 5 o’clock.—Advt.

There has been a big rush in Gisborne recently to purchase seed pota toes, both in small and large quantities. The household amateur and the market gardener, the farmers on the flats, and the station owners on the hills have bought larger quantiticr than usual, and within three or four months potatoes should become plentilul, resulting in a sudden break in the present high prices.

The Strongman and James State Coal Mines were idie on Wednesday afternoon and again yesterday, because or trouble with the new rope-road, which, five miles long, serves both mines. The new rope has . been put into operation only tins week, and though there is nothing structurally amiss with it, difficulty has been experienced in smooth working. Adjustments were completed yesterday afternoon to permit a resumption of operations today.

The fi/st repercussions from the outbreak of war are already ibeing felt at Westport, where many employees at garages have received notices of dismissal. The garage business lias received a severe blow because of the curtailment- of the use of petrol by private cars. Many owners of these vehicles were disappointed in their efforts to obtain licences to purchase petrol rations. Yesterday morning there was almost a total absence of private cars from the streets. Other industries will be affected, but not to the same extent as the garage business.

Don’t fail to see Addisons huge selection of delightful loeknit underwear. A selection such as wo have not had the pleasure to offer before. Nightdresses, pyjamas, slips, pantoos, -vests, threepiece sets. Also children’s pyjamas, petticoats and knickers. Ask to see these.—Advt.

A decline in sterling exchange and a further substantial increase in. advances to the State are shown in this week’s Reserve Bank return. Sterling exchange is £418;398 lower at £5,271,810. Advances for marketing are £454,577 lower at £5,329,122, but those for other purposes have risen by .£1,000,000 to £14,850,000. The note issue has again expanded and there has been an increase in demand liabilities, a rise in the State deposits more than offsetting decreases in others. Investments are £163,180 higher. The proportion of reserve to notes and other demand liabilities has fallen from 28.112 per cent to 26.456 per cent.

The Bristol has had a very busy week of sales of towels, sheets, pillow cases, curtains, floor rugs, pillows, mattresses, etc., and it is quite evident that the public not. only appreciates the value of our stock,, but anticipates an acute shortage of the goods mentioned, in the immediate future. Remember Anniversary Sale ends Satur-day.—-The Bristol Cash Drapery Co., llevell Street.—Advt.

For the first time for some years, a triple birth occurred at the> Auckland Hospital when two boys and a girl were born to a patient, Mrs It. Blake, of Green Lane. The condition of mother and infants was reported to be satisfactory, and it is expected that the babies will be transferred to the Karitane Hospital at Mount Albert, 'i he first child was born at 6.30 p.m., the second an hour and a-half later and the third at nine,' o’clock. British Empire medical statistics show that triplets occur only once in 6000 cases, and the last recorded occasion in Auckland was on December 23, 1935, when three baby girls were born to a patient in the Salration Army Maternity Home. The King’s Bounty of three guineas is payable to the parents of triplets.