THE KAIKOURA STAR And COUNTY GAZETTE and RECORDER MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1936. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Kaikoura Star, Volume LVI, Issue 96, 7 December 1936, Page 2

THE KAIKOURA STAR And COUNTY GAZETTE and RECORDER MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1936. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Don’t forget the combined school sports on Saturday next. Iho ( heviot County Council invites . tenders for the right uf cutting I'oeiks- | loot on the roads. ; A special Christmas attraction will be held at the Convent School grounds on Saturday, December 19, al 2 p.m. A report of the Anglican bazaar ami flower show will be published in ThursThe Kaikoura. Basketball Club will hold its wind-up dance in the Drill Hall on Saturday night. A regatta will be held at the New Wharf on Boxing Day. Watch the Star for particulars. Mr 'l'. Knight invites you to inspect his stock of seasonable goods on display at his warehouse, Torquay Street. The Kaikoura Supply Stores advise that full stocks of Christmas requirements are on hand and customers are asked to place their orders early. Mr F. R. Symes, of Christchurch. has joined the staff of Messrs Dalgety and Co. as successor to Mi G. Haggitt. who has been transferred to Neslon. ’Pho Kaikoura Men’s Hockey Club will hold a social and dance in the Band Room on Friday (‘veiling next, in honour of Mr Ivan Gill, on the occasion of his approaching marriage. Members of Ihe local branch of the N.Z. Labour- Party are notified that a general meeting of members will be held at the Show Pavilion on Saturday night next, at 8 o’clock. Mr P. Morris has just returned from a business trip to Ch ristchu rch and Wellington, where h(* secured a large* selection of the latest ’ toys and gift goods. He invites you to make an inspection and select your Christmas gifts. ' x The dance held in the Suburban Hall on Saturday night in aid of the Convent piano fund, was well attended and a most enjoyable time was spent to music supplied by Mrs Sabiston ’s orchestra and extras played by Misses B. Wnreham and Mary Mackie. Mr C. Wareham was master of ceremonies. Supper was served and dancing carried on until midnight. \t the stock sale held at .Messrs Pym 1 , Gould, Guinness’s yards on Friday, there was an entry of over 100 head of -mixed cattle and about lhe same number of sheep and lambs. The sale was a good one, there being a keen demand for store cattle. Prices realised were as follows: —Weaner pigs 10/O. 14 ewes with 17 lambs .15/1 (all counted), 40 four, six and eight-tooth ewes with lambs 19/- (all counted), two-year-old springer £5 10/-. empt.v cows and heifers £4 to £5 10/-, fat cows £7 12/6 to £.B 10/-'}’medium weight heifers to £6 10/-. 18 Shorthorn cross cows with calves at foot £6, 15 to 18month heifers £5, yearling heifers £3 to £.3 2/6. While enjoying the sunshine at the Blulf wharf a Southland Times reporter happened to overhear a. passenger off (he Marama, a young man, remark that he had just tossed a hundred perfectly good cigars into the water. He had taiken them to the Customs officials and they had said to him kindly but firmly that the duty on them would be exactly £l. The cost of the cigars had been £.“>, ami he had offered the Customs officials 6/- in full payment. ‘ ‘They refused my offer.” he said, ‘‘so, sooner than give them any satisfaction, f tossed the l ox of cigars into the sea.” The reporter, a little curious, sauntered towards the waterfront. A group of people was hanging over the side of the wharf No, they were not watch- , ing the fish; they were watching a hundred cigars floating in the water. The narrator of the story had been as good as his word. CHRISTCHURCH MAN TORTURED Rescued From Rheumatic Agony! ‘‘The transformation effected .by R.L'.R. has been marvellous. The flrst month’s tieatment caused a revolution in my life.” writes Air r l’. Connelly, Christchurch, who suffered groat pain through acute Rheumatism. Give R.U.R. a trial. R.U.R. is sold with money-back guarantee in every packet. Free booklet from Kaikoura Phar-

“Ballin’s Better Beer,” is the theme of Air Bon Dooley’s notification in this issue. Parents and those interested in lhe schoars at the various schools arc reminded that the combined school sports are to take place on Takahanga Domain next Saturday. Members of the Kaikoura Motor Sports Club held their first run yesterday, when a mystery drive and hike took place, a most enjoyable time being spent at Long Creek and Mt. Fyffe. Some of the party made the ascent of the mountain. The President of the Trotting Club appeals to members to roll up at the Racecourse on Friday next, at 10 a.in., to assist in work required on the buildings and fences. He expresses thanks to those who put in such good work on Saturday and he will be pleased to see them present again on Friday, bringing with them other assistants. Refreshments provided. The steamer Norfolk, which arrived at Auckland from Liverpool recently, had aboard about 17,000 tons of cargo, which is considered to be the largest shipimmt to have passed out of the port of Uverpool. since the war. In addition to 192 motor-cars stowed in her holds, she carried 96 motor vehicles packed in cases, as deck cargo, ’lhe Norfolk will complete discharge at W** 1 lington, U’ttelton, Port Chalmers, and Bluff. FANCY DRESS CARNIVAL. An attractive (*n tertain men t is setdown for Saturday, December 19, at lhe Drill Hall, when a. fancy dress carnival, organised by the Sisters of the local Convent, will take place. A feature of the programme wil be the poi dancing by the natives of Mangamaunu. First and second prizes will be awarded for the prettiest costume, the most original costume, and a. prize each ; for the cheapest dross, the best local representation dress, best advertisemmit, ami best girl and boy in the tinv tots. , What- happier sight can be witnessed ; than to see the children in grand array in full carnival spirit? Just hop along to the Drill Hall on lhe 19th instant 1 and enjoy yourself with the kidics. i