WEST COAST NOTES

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18185, 23 September 1924, Page 6

WEST COAST NOTES

PERSONAL. » » JS „ (SPECIAL TO ,r THB P«SB."> September 22. : - "»Mr B. R. Sword, District' 'Traffic Manager, jreturned to Greymouth on Saturday. t' "■ t \ ' ~ Mr P. J. O'Began is visiting Greymouth. ; .

Mr Daniel Finnigan, who was formerly a resident of-Beef ton, died at Xelson on Saturday at'the"age "of " 59 years. He - leaves a widow and twelve children.

Mr H. McGlashan, of Greymouth, is an inmate of the Lewisham' Hospital, where he is undergoing treatment for an injury to his shoulder, which he suffered last week in South Westland.t The death occurred yesterday morning at Hokitika of Mrs Jones, wife of Mr Harry Jones, who was until recently proprietor of the Railway Hotel. Tho deceased, who was 53 years of #gc, and' a native of Hokitika, is survived by her husband and three children.

Miss Ashton, who is-leaving"West-port'on Wednesday, was entertained by the teachers of St. John's Anglican Church, and presented with an ebonybacked brush and comb. Monday Trains. The passengers by to-day's train for Christchurch numbered only five, and 14 arrived on the "Coast from Canterbury. Price of Milk. In accordance with their usual custom, local dairymen have decided to reduce tho price of milk to sixpence a quart from October Ist. Saved from Drowning. A lad named George Olsen, of Blaketown, had a narrow escape from drowning on Saturday afternoon. He was netting whitebait along the south bank of the Grey river, and lost'.his balance, falling into the' water. In a very short space of: time Olsen, who could not swim, was in serious difficulties, and would probably have been drowned ha£ ,it' not been..for ... Mr X. V. Lovell, manager of the Grey-River Argus Company, who saw his plight. He dived towards .where "Olsen' was struggling,' and managed to drag the lad to the bank. Mr Lovell was hampered by being clothed, and had the misfortune to lose a gold-mounted fountain pen. " Supreme' Court. " ' " Mr Justice Adams presided at today's •sitting of the Supreme-Court. - Francis Herbert Fowler, of"Waiuta, was found guilty, of, attempted carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of I(s' year's. ''" Sentence will -be" pronounced to-morrow morning. . . A 'claim ,-by .Thomas-Hilton- (Mr ,W. P.'. McCarthy) . against Sparks and party'(Mr.J. W.' Hann'an) for £S3o, representing 7 the - ' value of shares in a co-operative'mine, ; wag remitted to the Warden's Court, the cost of the motion, £o ;, ss, ; to'jbe paidby the plaintiff. An' application - for ' discharge from bankruptcy by William McLean-was adjourned till next-session; - ; An order'was made b granting - a dis.cbargein an . application •, by -Henry McLean. ' ; . ",.' A ■ decree ' nisi was granted Obadiah Moylo (Mr A. C Cottrell), who peti-tioned-'for'a divorce from,'his ' wife, Elizabeth- : Mpyle;:on tho .grounds' of desertion. ■ . , . . ■ . : ._.-,'■ A, cjaim by' Donald Lindsay Gordon Mundy against the .Greymouth Waterside Workers\UnionAand, Henry Kirk for .'£-400 damages, will be heard tomorrow. ;,. •.':.'.■••.■ .-'.■• ; ' •'■■'.

Acclimatisation -Society. '-. .- . The annual meeting of the Groy Acclimatisation. Society was held'to-night, Dr. W;'McKay presiding over an'attendance "of ,23 members. • ■• . ' • The, election of officers' resulted as 'follows;— President,. 'D'r. ' W.". McKay; ''.vice-president's; .Messrs' E. -H. • Eichmond,.G. E. Dixon, L..Mori, Q.Keeyes, and" T. Bennirigtoß; committee, Messrs H. Bringezu, A.' Milner,'E. M. Owens, J. .Smith, E.-Heinz, A. Thomson, y7. Goddall,' T. :Collogan> ,E. W.< Richmond, P. Beck,' E. -Eothwell, E.' D.umbleton, : L. Sa'dlcr', • J. - Tindall, G. McPherson, ■■• and G. Hall; auditor, Mr; P. l C.' Heaphy.* It was resolved to procure four pairs of Canadian geese;- '■•■-•• ' Mr'J.'McEwan (Brunn'er) was elect-ed-an. honorary'life-member.' ■ At a subsequent 'meeting', of ' the Council, Mr J.'W. Stubbs was re-elect-ed secretary. .... . -. 1. The - annual report stated : . that . the revenue, 'for.-the 'ye'ar ' ' atdoimted to !£ 256.1 is Id, an'increase of £37 9s 10d-over:the'preyious year, and the expenditure to ElST'Ss'ld, br-'£6B ISs Sd less than tliat of "the previous year. A' total.' of 127 licenses had 'been' issued. No' qui'n'nat' salmon had- been "caught in "local waters'. r . Spoil in the 'Grey'river, had 7 not; been up to 'the 'usual standard, an'd "there- was a great .increase in .small"fish'. This'was true, .dso,'of'tnc';Ahkura -river,-''but' the fishing in r NfiJsqn creek was the "best* for years. ■■ Trolling wis not so successful on Lake' Brunner. Thirteen licenses to. shoot hares had'been'taken out, and this game.was plentiful in several parts .of .the district.',',' Although' 35"licenses for'native" game we're issued 1 , 'sport was poor. Nineteen qpossum licenses 'were issued, and .• trappers i were compensated for- the decrease in the number of skins secured by. the enhanced' prices.. Shags had',bepn,.pl,entifur during ,the year, aa'd 135,head.'had'been purchased: A -great deal, of poaching ,of both trout and birds-had been rampant,, and audacipus shooting and swans out of seasqn. had been carried on. Fish had .-been dynamited in several of the rivers. ; The Society. was'_ taking; energetic, steps .to t s"uppress the -illegal destruction of game. ' , Sandhiiie and B-aia. ; For the- week ending Sunday 127 points, of rain were recorded at Hokitika, and-34 hour 3 56 minutes' of- sunshine. ...... Whitebait * The-whitebait'factories' at Hokitika have commenced operations for the seaeon, butit is doubtfi'l'whether the output will reach large -dimensions until the middle of October. . -. - • • Westland County. Eepairs will be effected, to the Hokitika river bridge at Kanieri at a cost of over £BOO. ; The work will be put in hand.immediately by the Westland County Council. " - Mining Matters. For the week ended September 20th the Westport Coal Company shipped 9343 tons-of coal. - :. ,