WEST COAST NOTES

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18087, 31 May 1924, Page 14

WEST COAST NOTES

NGAEjERE BREAKING UP. (SHtCUX, TO "THS J3JSSB-") GREYMOTJTH, May 30. Tho onslaught- ef the sea is having its effect upon the" wrecked Ngahere, which is rapidly, breaking np. The position of, the hull has not been altered, bat the bridge has been smashed nvay and the funnel has disappeared overboard this < morning. The bulwarks hare been demolishe'd, while the remainder of. the timber cargo is 6teadily being washed ashore. After v. low more jsouth-west gales have had their effect, there will probably be little left of the ill-fated steamer, as she lies in a very exposed position, receiving the full force of the heavy seas. Co-operative Mining,

State mines are" losing a few shifts cccasionalljy the'reason of which vrould^ 1/0 hard to explain. Tho co-opera : ' tive parties cannot get waggons from the Railway Department, and -. tho Mines Department is nearly doubling the percentage on plant hired by the co-operative parties from that Depart- ] n:ent/ When the co-operative parties started they hired rails, sheets, and iiueks from tho Mines Dethe value being then put, On flip material, the co-opera-tive parties paying 10 per cent, on same. After a number of years the ! Department has raised the value of ■ material, in some case's 100 per cenV 0"° or " the co-operative parties wrote to Mr Kimbell, and stated their grievance, receiving a reply that they could take it back if they were not satisfied. The rails are laid down, and-it would cause a great deal of unnecessary work to lift them an dre-lay others in their place. One party has not: got a pay this year, having spent what they got in material, and som<* others have not received » pay for two;years; ; . Sea View Hospital.

Those Chrwtchurch people who directed attention' to the wretched building, conditions at Sea "View Mental Hospital will be glad to learn that the wittg erected by the authorities is finished almost, aa.d the wing being built by :Love Bros, is due to be completed next jnontS. The only likely dolay at the''present is in connexion with plumbing; " In addition to, the main wings now : being finished, other buildings are in ,P»nd, while considerable additional worljt.is being" planned. The new residency for the superintendent is also be%; put in band. Altogether, th* building operations are extensive, and completed will constitute a fine - institution, f- Personal. l$X A. McMaßters, of the Bailway Department, has received notice of his irflnsfer to NflUon, -and will leave Grey- > niofttJt shortly. He is. also conductor c£,4ne Qreyinonth Municipal Band and a nSfmber of the Greyxnouth Orchestral Su6|e%y being a well-known cornetist. 1 at St, John's Pres-