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West Coast Times, 23 November 1915, Page 2

The members of the Rand are requested to meet at tbe Band Room at 7 o’clock this evening.

Tenders are invited in this issue for ploughing ten acres of land. Particulars with the Field Inspector, Department of Agriculture.

Dr. Monson (Westport) has offered his services for the front, and lias been accepted. On Friday next at South Hokitika Messrs Sprot, Jeffries and Co. will hold a clearing sale at 2 p.m. of Mr C. R. 'Fastgate of the whole of his live j and dead stock, furniture and effects, etc. Full particulars apear in our advertising columns. At the Arahura Yards yesterday, a prey gelding, donated lo the Sick and Wounded Soldiers’ hand by Air It. Houliston of Kointeraugi, was auctioned by Mr Jeffries and realised £!l, the buyers being Mr M. Sullivan of Weheka and Mr J, Steere of Cfreymnuth. The secretary of the Murray’s CreeK Freehold Dredging Company reports .» return of 43ozs Sdwts for eight days’ dredging, the dredge having lieen idle the greater part of hist week undergoing alterations to machinery. The Ahaura dredge, which has also been laid-np undergoing structural alterations, is expected to restart dredging at the end of the present week. The Secretary of the Tnangahua Trotting Club was advised from Christ, church on Saturday by the Distinct Traffic Manager’s Office that six horses had entrained for Pass on route to ißeofton that morning, therefore all the horses from that part which ban accepted for the meeting were expected to arrive at lleefton yesterday. Mr. Kitehingham’s horse, Pactolus, crosses the ranges to-day. Turakina Valley was th ( . scene of a rather sensational incident early on Tuesday evening, when one of the settlers there and his family got the shook of their lives (says the Wanganui Chronicle). .Shortly after 7 p.m, a heavy thunderstorm swept up the valley, accompanied by vivid lightning. Tiie inmates of the house were startled liy a heavy explosion, and immediately the hack portion of the dwelling was discovered to be in flames. When the blaze was suppressed it was ascertained that lightning had struck the telephone wire, and had fired the benzine in the lighting plant attached lo the house. One of the passengers who arrived by the steamer Makura at Auckland oh Monday was Mr. J. S. de Deers, of Dunedin, who has been on a visit to England. On bis way through Canada, he said, he met si friend of one of the Canadian woufided soldiers, who told him the following story;—‘‘Eight of the boys went from G lacier. They had the usual little send-off at the station, with the L’niou Jack, etc. The boys asked for tlie Hag, and it was given to them. Eater they wrote from the front thtit they had cut it into eight pieces, and that each man had his piece stitched ii’i side, his tunic. They pledged themselves to try and get back to.Glacier and stitch the old flag together again .The sequel is still to come.” All roads to-night should lead to th e Princess Theatre where the fourth monthly patriotic entertainment in aid of the Westland Sick and 'Wounded Fund by the school children and adult pupils of the Sisters of Mercy will be given. It will be of a varied diameter. The juvenile items will he supplied by the scholars of the Hokitika, Kanieri and Ilium schools, all of whom no doubt will be well trained. The adult pupils will render several selected items, from

which the. humorous will not he excluded. Popular prices will be charged and the merits of the entertainment, combined with the object in view should result in a bumper house cheering the performers through a highly successful evening. The Town Band renders a programme outside the theatre prior to the concert commencing. New Costumes for Summer wearl There are many pleasing features about the for this season, and we have a fine selection of ladies costumes in both cotton and fine woollen fabrics. Special lines of these are showing in white, pique and navy serge at Misses Addison's.—Advt. West Coast passengers from Christchurch last week had an unenviable experience. On Tuesday last over 200 made the trip to Arthur’s Pass, only to find that the (forge was impassable. After spending a miserable day they reached Christchurch on return ai 11.MO p.m., having had to pay firstclass fares for travelling in cattle trucks and second-class carriages, and having only a scratch meal at Springfield. 'the facts of the incident are: (1) That passengers were hooked through from Christchurch to the West Coast, when there was no possibility of their arriving there. (2) That, being forced to return to Christchurch, they were charged full fare for the journey. (M) That, no matter what fare they paid, they were accommodated only in second-class carriages and trucks, liesides these facts, it is a mere circumstance that the refreshment rooms on the route seized on the necessities of the passengers as an opportunity for making extra profit. Altogether the incident docs not reflect to the credit of the Christchurch railway officials. The argument in a case before tbe Supreme Court at Wellington on Wed. nesday last was as to whether a certain building in Miramar, admittedly not tbe property of the Church, but ■used for the celebration of religions services, ought to pay rates to the Miramar Borough. Mr. P, ,J. ORegan argued that because of the fact that religious services were held there ft ll ' building was rightly exempted from the payment of rates. Mr. T. Xeave (for the Miramar Borough) suggested that if Mr. O Regan s contention was sound, then every man who held family prayers In his house could ask to have bis bouse exempt from rates. This blight prove to be a very easy way of evading taxation. The Chief .lustier, who was hearing llic case, said that he did not know whether many ]>coplc had family prayers nowadays, hut in bis youth it was a very common practise for the bend of the house to conduct family prayers. Air. Xeave: "Yes, your Honor. My father was one of those men. and I remember that one of bis stock prayers was for the increasing wisdom of our .Bulges and Magistrates.’ ’’ Wo have just landed a very enm)lct(. range of coloured bordered casements and of lace curtains in all new lesigns; also a full range of bearth•ugs and It onto furnishings. These roods are absolutely the fullest value or the price.—Misses Addison.—Advt. P. Schroder and Co. are now opening at their first shipment of Spring Mil- , nery.—Adrt.

Private advice has been received that, Captain A. K. Conway, who is at pro- j sent in tho Endslcigh Palaoo Ilospitbl, , London, has boon granted throo months' furlough. Captain Conway is making a fair recovery. A private letter received in Wellington states that forty Wanganui College boys intend to devote their midsummer vacation to harvesting worK m Marlborough district. It is understood that they are to bo paid at the rate of Is per hour. Sapper Gordon Rraddon, son of Mr. and Mrs W. Rraddon, of Sea ell Street, who has been in camp at Avondale, | 'Auckland, for the last six weeks with the Tunnelling Corps, has been spending his final leave with his parents. Sapper Rraddon left by yesterday evening’s train to rejoin his regiment, and was given a hearty send-off by the large and representative gathering who were present at the station to bid him farewell. A fallal aeeident occurred at Oanni, near Opnnake, on Tuesday last. .Mr. Thomas Vincent, aged 27, with a lad named Shirley, was preparing to go fishing, and it is said that he tens inserting a cap into some gelignite for the purpose of obtaining herrings as bait, when an explosion took place and he received the full force of the discharge in his body, which was terribly mangled, while his right arm was also blown off'. Death was instantaneous. Shirley received a severe shock, but did not sustain any physical ittury. Last February, when in (be Australian Right, aboard the transport Tahiti, bound for Kgypt, Private Percy Shearer, of the Third Reinforcements, dropped a bottle overboard, containing a note, with the request that the finder should forward it to an address enclosed. For ten months the bottle had been at the mercy of the elements of the Tasman Sea. Last week, whilst walkittg along the Foxtofi beach, a resident of RauttVai came across the storm-tossed bottle, and, as requested, forwarded the enclosed message to Wei lington, where it was received on Wednesday. The soldier who sejit t|ie message has been missing since the initial landing at the Dardanelles, We regret to record the death ot William Hanrahan (sour.) which took place at his residence. Tain id Street, Greymonth, yesterday afternoon. The deceased had not enjoyed the best of health for some considerable time [last and the end was not altogether unexpected. The late Mr. Hanrahan was one of the earliest settlers on the West Coast, with which he had had a long and honorable association. For years he engaged in successful mining operations at Goldsborongh, where, he had first went at the time of the first rushes. He also conducted a hotel and general store in ‘that locality. He was well-known and highly respected throughout the district, where the fain, iliar figure of the genial “William” will be greatly missed by a host of friends, by whom the news of his death will be greatly regretted. The late Mr. Han. rnhan was born in 1852 at Mitchell's Town. Comity Cork, Ireland, and arrived in Victoria in 1807 and on the West Const in 1872. 'He leaves a wife and three daughters (one of whom is Mrs John Giescking, of Greymonth) and nine sons, one of whom is married, residing at Waimea. Tho relatives will have the sincere sympathy of many friends in their sorrow. We have a few dainty voile frocks in the newest designs and to ladies who desire to be becomingly and fashionably attired, an inspection will show the tendency of the fashion; so we invite your visit during the next few days.—Misses Addison.—Advt.

We have pleasure in announcing that we have soeltml the services of Miss A. Foot'd, as charge of our millinery department, and anticipate that her skill, good taste and expert advice will he mneh appreciated hy mir lady customers.— McKay's. the landing Drapers.—Advl.