THE Inangahua Times. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 23, 1931 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Inangahua Times, 23 December 1931, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 23 , 1931 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Santa Claaa will arrive in Reefton to-moriow afternoon, coming via llaruia Valley, and will reach Mr N. Lawn’s toy repository. Broadway between 2. SO and 3 o’clock. Come and see Father Christmas arrive. 1

The INANGAHUA TIMES will not be published on December 25th and 26th and on New Tear’s Day, January Ist, 1982. Will advertisers kindly note the fact.

The Reefton Sports meeting, arranged for this evening, has again been postponed owing to the inelement weather.

The Inangabua Silver Band commenced their carols last evening, when they visited Cronadun and met with good response. To-night they will do all the streets of the town with the exception ef Broadway.

The world’s oldest book is said to be a recently-discovered tome in China. It consists of seventy eight wooden leaves, fixed together with string, and dates back to 100 6.C.

The month of December was the wettest month experienced in Nets «n since the year 1888, no less than 10 74 ins, in rain having fa'len up 'O Saturday last. The previous record r infall was 10.33 inches in May 1923.

An aeroplane was discernible over Reefton yesterday morning .bout 10 a.m, and passed on over the hills at Black's Point and waevidently making for Canterbury via the Lewis Pass. So far the plane has not been identified locally, but the general assump'ion Is that It Is carrying the All Mail between Auckland and Inver cargill. As the result of eleven months’ trading the Dominion had a favourable balance of £8.795,000, or four times that reported a year ago and there can ba few countries in a position to show better results They prove that the efforts to maintain production have met with great success. The producing Beason is now commencing, and for the next few months the volume of exports should grow rapidly. Hopes are centred on better prices, and there are reasonable grounds for them. —Christchurch Times. Xmas Cards, Autograph Stationery, reasonable prices, Buy now at Miss Coben’y 8

The men employed at Alexander I Mine arrived in Reefton laat night and this morning for the Xmas and New Year holiday’s.

London is said to receive more than 250,000 visitors on every day in the year, most of them coming from the provincial areas.

For his win at Dartuevirke, Royal Game has been penalised slbs for the Westland Cup Handicap. His weight is now 8 1.

An American railway is using windmills to generate the power required to operate the electric signals along its lines.

The special virtues of the water in Burton-on-Trent for brewing into beer have been known for centuries. Beer was brewed there by mooks as long ago as A.D. 1295.

Masses will be celebrated at the Sacred Heart Church, Reefton, at midnight on Christmas Eve and on Christmas Day at 7 a.m. and 11 a.m., and on Sunday at 7.30 a.m. and 9.30 a.m. 2

The Reefton trotting horses engaged at the Westport meeting left by this morning’s train for Tnangahna Junction, en route to Westport. There were also a number of foreign horses on the train en route, but not nearly so many as was the case last year.

The report of the Comptroller of the Royal Mint states that, owing 0 the huge redundancy of gold coin and the steadily increasing demand for gold bars, the Mint during 1930, for the first time in its history, melted down 33,000,000 sovereigns, many of which were quite new.

Than is a great opportunity to rednea tha cost of Government, and unless this is done it is possible that tha Government may find itself unable to carry on Taxation is high and it is yet to be seen whether it bss not passed tba point at which an Increase in the rate fails to increase the yield. —Waikato Timas.

The nsidents of Soldiers were last evening the witnesses of a bull fight, and this without going to pictures or Spain. For some time past three rf these animals have been roaming about Soldiars, and last avanlng two met in combat—-a jersey and a roan ahortborn. Needless to say the jersay was soon routed, but the shorthorn followed him for along way. and when he returned to Soldiers some time later kept the neighbourhood quite alive with bis loud ballowlngs.

Gifts for gentlemen and ladies, children and infants, at Misa Cohen's.