THE KAIKOURA STAR And COUNTY GAZETTE and RECORDER. MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1938. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Kaikoura Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 65, 15 August 1938, Page 2

THE KAIKOURA STAR And COUNTY GAZETTE and RECORDER. MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1938. LOCAL AND GENERAL

The ‘Women’s Institute dance will be held in the Drill Hall on August 26. Miss Joyce O’Malley (Christchurch) is at present the guest of Miss Shiela Miles, Hawthorne Road. Mr J. Stevenses, o f the Transport Company, Kaikoura, left on Saturday for the southern lakes district, on his holiday vacation. On Monday next Messrs Pyne, Gould, Guinness, Ltd . will hold a clearing sale of a dairy herd, pigs, fowls, etc., and furniture, at Postman’s Road, on account of Mrs Ell erm. Robert Montgomery, star of MetroGold wyn-Mayer’s “ Piccadilly Jim,” made his first visit to Hollywood as a member of the crew of an oil tanker which docked at Los Angeles Harbour. The steel girders for the Conway Bridge have now arrived at the Public Works camp at Conway together with the big crane, and little time will be lost in the completion of the bridge linking up the South Island Main Trunk Line with Claverley. Arrangements have been finalised for the farmers’ ball, to be held, in the Suburban Hall on Friday night, and an enjoyable night’s entertainment is assured. Mr F. Taylor’s Rythym Band is to supply the music, and an excellent supper will be provided. A fire caused by the spontaneous combustion of slack coal in the Morgan east section of the Liverpool State Coal Mine, Rewanui, near Greymouth, early on Thursday morning. Stercnuous efforts were made to seal the mine, which will be idle for an indefinite period, and about 300 men will be thrown out of employment. “When the Prime Minister was at Christchurch,” said Mr Kyle, “ho had been given a good reception, and had given the people a racing tip. He advised them to back Security with Savage up. A friend of Mr Kyle’s had looked up the pedigree of Security and found he was by Absurd out of Hot Air, and his half-brother was Humbug.” A member interjected that Mr Kyle should be put out to grass. Arrangements were made at a meeting of the Kaikoura Combined Schools’ Sports Association on Friday evening for the playing of football and basketball matches between representative teams from the Blenheim and local schools. These games arc to be played at Kaikoura on September 17, the Rugby match being for a handsome cup presented by Mr E. H. Workman. It was decided by the meeting to adopt maroon as the colour of representative jerseys, and to provide the girls’ team with maroon identification aprons similar to those worn by city school girls. An enjoyable card evening took palce at the residence of Mrs N. R. Comer on Thursday last, when members of the Kaikoura Croquet Club and friends assm.bled for the purpose of securing funds in aid of the Club. The winners were Mrs Comer and Mr J. Monk, the consolation prizes going to Mrs E. Jorgensen and Mr P. Milne, who played off with Mr A. Gooch. A dainty supper was served and much appreciated. At the conclusion of play Mr Gooch, on behalf of the Croquet Club and those present expressed thanks of the generous patronage, and to Mrs Coiner for the use of her home. “Ninety-nine is an ominous test, Listening in on an anguished chest, Testing the breathing for stress and pain Searching the sources of bronchial pair. “Ninety-nine is an ordeal to dread « When epidemics in winter spread. < Suppress first signs of disease in time i With Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure ji sublime. 4 t I Latest wages and time books are ob 1 tainable at the Star Office. i