THE KAIKOURA STAR And COUNTY GAZETTE and RECORDER THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1936. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Kaikoura Star, Volume LVI, Issue 95, 3 December 1936, Page 2

THE KAIKOURA STAR And COUNTY GAZETTE and RECORDER THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1936. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Farmers are notified that a stock sale will be hold at Messrs Pyne. Gould, Guinness’ y r aids at 1 p.m. to-morrow. Reserve Saturday, December 10. for the children’s carnival at the Drill Hall. The adjourned annual meeting of members of the Kaikoura Athletic ami Cycling Club is called for to-night at the Drill Hall. A full attendance is requested. Nominal ions for all events in connection with ihe Waiau Racing Club colse at 9 p.m. on Saturday next. The race meeting will bo held on Friday. January 1, 1937. Mr F. Larigbein, Public Works Engineer, Christi hurch. was present at the .lance on Monday night, given in honour of 1 l.e Hon. R. Semple’s visit to Kaikoura. The Church of England bazaar and rose show will be held at the Drill Hall on Saturday next. Afternoon tea and supper will be available, and there, will be folk dances, competitions, and well-filled stalls. The ex-pupils of the Convent School will hold a dance in the Suburban Hall on Saturday night, in aid of the school piano fund. Mrs W. 1). Sabiston’s orchestra will supply the music, ft is anticipated .that generous support will be accorded the entertainment.

The Kaikoura Trotting Club’s working bee is to take place on Saturday next. Shovels, Haws, hammers, and paint brushes are required. Luncheon and refreshments will be provided. Make a picnic of it—but get the work On Monday evening Mr E. P. | Meachen, M.P.. set. out for Christchurch. but a slip on the (!onwa,v Road prevented him getting beyond this point and he returned at a late hour and was present at the function in honour of the Hon. R. Semple. ‘‘Play the game, give service, and you will find me a good friend,” said Mr Semple at Oaro. “ Remember the Government is spending ton and a half millions per year on public works, and this money has to come from your hard earnings ami from the over-taxed people—therefore it us up to you to play Ihe game and give of your best.” “I do not want any trouble from communists, wasters. or sc t onagers, from men who will not work and stir up strife among their mail's. They will rereive short shift from me, and soon get their running shoes,” advised the Minister for Public Works (the Hon. R. Semple) when addressing the •men at Oaro on Tuesday morning. “I am prepared to hear any legitii mate complaints from the men.” said the Hon. R. Semple nt Oaro, “but I will not have a revolver placed at my head—if you come at that game you will find me a tough proposition. If ,vou cannot get satisfaction from those in charge of the job, you have your member, and if your claims are not trivial he will see that the matter is placed before me.” Speaking to the railway men at Oaro on 'Tuesday morning, the Hon. R. Semple said: “1 don’t waul bullocks — I just want men who will pull their weight—that’s ail. T do not want wasters making trouble among their mates. If the men play the game they will find me a good friend —if not they will find me a ‘snorter’ and they will get the running shoes, anil they will have spikes in them, too. The Government is doing its best for you, therefore play the game and give your best service—'hat’s all.” Eight men. part of the complement of 200 working on the Haywards-Pa-hautanui deviation, were dismissed by the Public Works Department on Monday for failing to join the union. ’The imn say that they have been given in-iillicicnl lime to pay the union fee —V] — ;Ul (| ihat they agreed to pay the amount in instalments of ;>/- weekly, the. money to be deducted from their weekly payments. Mr A. Cook, general secretary of the New Zealand Workers’ I nion, says that the men were given, with the others, the usual month to pay their fees, at the end of which time they sought and were given an extra 14 days’ grace. Ten weeks had elapsed since the men began wonk and their workmates had refused to work any longer with non-unionists. TEN YEARS’ MARTYDOM TO j EXCRUCIATING RHEUMATISM } “For Hl years I went through crushing agonising pain with Rheumatism until R.G.R. made a new being of me.” writes Mr H. Crowley, of Christchurch. R.U.R. has ended the suifering of hundreds, giving comfort and cure to sufferers of all Uric Acid complaints. Free booklet. Sold with money-back guarantee. R.l’.R. is obtainable from Kaikoura L’harmac.y. -<