COAST NOTES

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18180, 17 September 1924, Page 11

COAST NOTES

MAGISTRATE'S COURT. . (IBCW' TO "THE TEESS."; ' GBEYMOUTH, September 16. \oj&j> of the Magistrate's Court setd {his morning before Mr W. pan, S.M. jgjiia David Jones, of Dunollie, guilty to a charge of having £llll July 261 hj, a lady's coat jjfai £6 19s 6d, the property of £& Murray, draper, of Mackay .pAcfttsed was ordered to come if called upon within jwjis, the value of the coat to be sjfihe rato of £1 a fortnight. fsy Progress League, jjlflnthly meeting of the Eeefton Spf the Progress League was held llijjßg, Mr I. Patterson presiding. wfeTTras received from the Chiefgjgjferat' Greymouth • stating that agonal facilities for the Eeefton tffla could be granted. tan of the Main Highways informing the branch that e could be incurred on the raguß Maruia district unless the jHt* l H r as prepared to assist.- , sEpecided to, ask .the ■Gpvcr.na telephone line to] Igjigreed to support a proposal fffplig examinations alternately glpjreyniouth, and Westport. liijjsiary was instructed; to write Traffic Manager asking S|j|K>werful engines be used on line, to enable HpfE to time-table. B§|pition was expressed with ■Hpl-education at Beef ton, and Brawdlito.'ask -the Nelson •- EduI^S^^^Jind&r^the^^teol

Hp^'/Cycling. number of. entries comHffl|l| ! "it has'' "been decided.'to bicycle, race from WmsQ Ho'kitika and return grosei "down for nest Saturday. Wmsr Dairy Factory, of the "machinery at EP»fekLFaraers »• Co-operative Hraany's . factory-'v-iri HHajt has been c6mpleted> and Hfip£ trial run to-day. - ; The be in a betterppsi■Jffl9 Tfith the . increased" supBfllftcl this season; of Award. filii&led tim^.the "Department. H«|!pi take faction shortly Bp|roLb& > of hoVelkccpers'intlio £!§§& for alleged breaches of BlelKorkers Award. Wmi. ' Personal sffplt, of Timaru, winner of the ggfcGolf Championship, retnrnHltobttry to-day. ■Kt J. Bignell, R. Wild, J. Kp?. H. Winsor, members of ipnraruy Education Board, left l||jlmrcb. this morning. Messrs went as far south as ||f©. Bishop, secretary of the ||*ra' Association, left for Wel||sL HarUand, stationmaster at was honoured last |||y the members of the Westipa of the Railway Officers' InI Iftwhich he is. a past-president, jfgffiiliffe, branch president, prewith a past-presi-I §3wk, of the Reefton Post oa Thursday for Granity ||pw Richmond, a prominent died there early this glper a short illness. The del|fb tras 59 years of age, was a ||||fter of Association football, of-the Bunanga CoS||«ociety. Other offices held Richmond were on the Kof the State Collieries Hor|psociety and the School ComW&& president of the Miners' gipisociation. He is survived and'one son. resident engineer, §!!«&» Department, left for morning on Dcpartliwifcoria Luka, a very old rcsiilpestport, died thcro yesterday W&te 83 years.': The deceased, SP* Maori, was - born at Colmffltd took up her residence at |$1«l 1860. Sho is .survived by llgpf two daughters and three il&Enstrong, who has been an |lsuia Grey River Hospital, has igiPßffieiently to be ablo to ll&pßstitution. Hining Matters. Progress League has dethe application to the H@pMines by the New Scotia p5jU» Syndicate for a subsidy of ■Hg to £1250. the level of "the Murray [ffjjgf U etill being driven on, continues of the same Bs|%jl yalue3. Crushing at the' and a clean-up H§srf&at the end of the'month. jgg|££r of 'the New Scotia jggsj*ffir the week" ending Sepdrive in No. 5 to a point 135*

feet north-of the shaft. The stone in the floor of• the ■ drive-is solid and 13 inches wide, but. tapers off to a thin leader of white crushed quartz in the roof. The country i 3 favourable for'a mako of stone of greater width'than has yet been driven. E.S.A. ■ The. half-yearly meeting of the Greymouth branch of the E.S.A. was held to-night, Mr E. Kitchin occupying tho chair. ~ . . The half-yearly report showed that the branch's -work had covered a large field, and during the past six months a great deal Of pension work had received attentionMr Kitchin was elected president for the ensuing six months. In a eulogistic speech he made reference" to the work of Mr A. H. McKane,.:thc retiring, president, and ■ presented him on behalf of the branch with a shaving outfit. Mr McKane was appointed delegates to the New Zealand conference.- - • • - Mention was made •by' several..of -the members of the fact that the Borough .Council had not complied with the request made on Ansae Day to clean up and improve tho Wajf' Memorial'.site. It was decided to undertake an energetic campaign for members. ' ■ The secretary reported that 50 per cent, of tho subscriptions were outstanding. Dennistoii Road. The Minister of Mines .has • authorised the.expenditure.q£ ■ £-200. as. a. £> .for ..£ subsidy on the WaimangaroaDennistbn road, which is in a bad state at present. ; "' Hokitika Improvements. - - Several .of .the.iQQ.tpa.ths .la ,tb e , Hoki"ti.ka borough a/e being, repaired. The new 'drain in'feale' street proved -efficacious during tho retent heavy' rain in preventing-quantities of water, finding its. way into Hall, Bealey, and Hanipden streets. An extension, of the drainage system "into Tudor street and Whitcomfee -square -is -con'templated -in the immediate future. Accident to Motor-Qar.; The Kokatahi passenger car ran into the -railing of a smallr -bridge:- and.; .capsized iiitb ttor creek below _ when> ae-coraplis-ning one of'its-trips into Hofcitfka: Fortunately the three passengers escaped without serious injury.