THE KAIKOURA STAR And COUNTY GAZETTE AND RECORDER THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Kaikoura Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 35, 3 May 1928, Page 2

THE KAIKOURA STAR And COUNTY GAZETTE AND RECORDER THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The monthly meeting of the County Council Yvill take place to-morrow. Messrs Strange and Co. have a special annoucenient in this issue. Messrs Ellen Bros, notify that they are cash buyers of skins, etc. Messrs Morris and Sen ite inspection of new season’s goods. \ " ill be held at Mapuku Hal' to-morrow (Friday) night. Mr !■:. Cholerton. optic.-il specialist, is to visit Kaikoura from May 28 to 30. Wood:-’ G * •■•at Peppermint Cure First aid for coughs, colds, influenza. All amounts dm* to the Kaikoura Star must be paid immediately to avoid legal proceedings. Mi - Peter Morris, of the staff of the Bank of N'ew Zealand, left for Chtist- < hureh yesterday. ■\n auction sale of horses, machinery, etc., will be held at Puhi Puhi at 1.30 on Saturday. A sale of ponies, ami horses will be I hel-1 nt the Farmers’ Co-op yards at 11 o’clock on Saturday morning. ■ A leap-year dance will bo held at the Siiburbgti TTall. on Friday. May 18, the proceeds from which will be devoted to i I lie Convent Schoo] funds. ■ A ehii'dron’s fancy dress dance will i be held at the Suburban Hall on Thurs- | day. Mav 10. when many novelties will | be introduced. j A general meeting of members ami •• debenture holders of the Kaikoura. Sub- ■ urban Hall Society is convened for May 19, at 7.45 p.m. i j \ meeting of the committee of the | lOikoura Trotting Club will he held at |Mr Mogridgo’s office on Wednesday j ne:;t, at 7.30. j A. meeting of the committee of the I Kail’oura Collie Dog Club is advertised ■ to take place at the Adelphi Hotel at 2 o’clock on Saturday afternoon. Members of the Loyal Heart of Oak Lodge will tender a farewell social to Mr T. Peoples, at the Oddfellows’ Hall, on Tuesday night. Mr F. 11. Flower draws attention to (he varied stock of s<*asonab]e requirements to bo obtained from Kaikoura House. The me'mbers of the Basket Ball Club are holding a dance in the Drill Hall on Alonday night, and request the support of all. ?lr Andrey- Thompson, who has been oh the. staff of the Bank of New Zea'a 'd nt Blenheim for several years, has been transferred on promotion to the Kaikoura branch, has arrived to take tip his new duties here. When Mr Thompson was fa.rewelle<l prior to his departure from Blenheim, he Yvas made the re•ipiont of a presentation from the members of the staff. Mr J. C. Mills acted ns spokesman and expressed the regret his colleagues felt at Mr Thompson’s deparlure, and voiced their best wishes for his future success. Throughout the length and breadth of the Dominion tributes were paid last week to the heroes of Anzac. when the thirteenth anniversary of the landing of the New Zealand troops at Gallipoli w!i: commemorated. In this week’s Free Lance there are many striking photographs of the memorial services held in the various centres. The double-page is devoted to the impressive service hold at the Cenotaph in front of the Parliamentary Buildings at Wellington. Prominence is given to the opening run of the Manawatu Hunt Club at Palmerston North, and there are some splendid action pictures of the riders clearing the fences on their mounts. The sinking of the Rakanoa, a well-known coastal ship, in Cook Strait, is another subject to which attention has been given in the pictorial section. There are also photographs of several interesting weddings which were celebrated in the Dominion last week. Four additional members of the All Blacks team an* included in the special series of full-length photographs which are being published exclusively in tin* N.Z. Free Lance. “After the storm,” the wild wind and the rain. The sun shall shine in its glory again; “After the Storm” and the terrors of night Gladilins will come with the dawning of light. After the stress of bronchitis is past The peace of repose will be yours at last; j And a waking thought of gratitude pure ’ For priceless Woods’ Great Peppermint I Cure.

A report of the Hundalee Scenic i Board’s annual meeting, held at Kai- ' koura, is unavoidably held over. The London Daily Chronicle states that enquiries show that the story of the murder of a girl in the Spanish Convent at Valladolid is untrue. Lady Bailey, the first woman to fly from England to Capetown, reached Wynherg aerodrome on April 30, 51 days after leaving London. The Kaikoura Tennis Club has decided to run a series of euchre parties in the Masonic Lodge Room for eight, nights, commencing on Monday week. Fuller particulars will be advertised in next issue. A mannequin parade will be held at the Drill Hall on Thursday and Friday next, to which the N.Z. Farmers’ Coop. extend an invitation to all. Afternoon tea will be served. There will be a fine display of winter fashions. The Kaikoura Town School pupils’ concert is to ba held at the Dri?i Hall to-night, and judging by the interest taken by parents and children, there is likely to be a crowded house. Patrons can look forwai/ to a most pleasant and entertaining evening. Admitted by the acting-chairman of the Main Highways Board to have a great deal of merit, a report on a policy of road construction and maintenance over the North and Mid-Canterbury districts, drawn up by the committee of the Canterbury Progress League, was discussed by members of the Board and the committee at a conference on Tuesday afternoon. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. First aid for coughs, colds, influonzi.