WEST COAST NOTES

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18194, 3 October 1924, Page 15

WEST COAST NOTES

PERSONAL. ,'sr*3Ai 73 GKETMOUTH. October 2. \fr M. formerly general sec--etary of the Inangahua Miners' IJnion was tendered a complimentary Joke' coneert by the Wainta section {0 jnark the occasion of his retirement. Finch ceenpied the chair. A : *Lth'v toast list was honoured, and Vr Faean was presented with a a oak Jitiß*-desk. Advantage was taken the occasion to In:lke ;i P reßenlatlon ♦„ Mr D. MeKane, Mr Pagan's successor. This took the form of a goidmOunted fountain pen. The death took piace at the Grev k\vct Hospital of Mr Charles Cockerel!, at Waiuta. He is survived by bis liiow, one daughter, and three sons. Amon" the passengers for Christebureh by to-day's expresses were Messrs W. Bennington,. J. D. Lynch, and A. C. Carlaw. Xurse Hight, of the Plnnnet Society, Christchureh, is visiting Greymouth. At the Methodist Church, Hokitika, An Mondav, Miss Celia Knight was married to Mr Eggiing. They left later for Tauranga, where they will m future reside. Messrs S. Fry, Samuels, and Valentine of the Buller Goldmining Syndicate' 'are visiting the North Island. •jlejgrs W. Heslop and J. Benny, of Denniston, are inmates of the \v estport Hospital. Mr V. G. Wigsett, secretary of the ' Boiler Kngby Union, is seriously ill. Jlr Charlton, late of the "Temuka leader," ha» received an appointi meat on the editorial staff of the "Grey Biver Argus." Hotel Burnt. Bcmiigon'3 Commercial Hotel at ' together with the public readingfctfo next door, was burnt to the gwond early this morning. The buildfojfwas of one storey and contained S,t a dozen rooms. A store, owned jjjllr M. Cashman, and separated from {jjf&otel by a right-of-way, wa 3 badly gediched, but was prevented by the Indents from catching fire. Mr jjgjiaison took over the hotel at the gasoftl meeting of the Licensing Committee in June, Mrs A. Lamacroft brffig the former lie'ensee. Practically Bothing was saved. The building destroyed was insured for £4OO, there b®ng two policies of £2OO each in spgtr&te offices. Magistrate's Court, jjr W. Meldrum, S.M., presided at tOiday'B sitting of the Magistrate's Ociurt at Hokitika. I William Hudson, a youth aged 16 years, was charged with breaking' and Staring a hut at Fox's, and stealing : Herefrom blankets, a gun, and other articles of a total value of £ll 14s od, « property of Henry Olderog. Mr "Vfalls appeared for accused, and asked tttHave the charge reduced to one of tWtt. was done, and accused guilty. He was convicted and Digged to come up for sentence if eiHed upon within 12 months, to rejrtrt once a month to the probation officerf' and to pay costs. "James Hornsby Stapleton was eharg- ? Ed with failing to furnish a return of his income. Mr Park appeared for tie Commissioner of Taxes, and sail that the Department had determined to take proceedings against defaulters. A fine of £2 and costs was imposed. At a Bitting of the Warden's Court Bobert Whiley, ; siawmiller, sued William JoJm Priteharf, of Christchureh, for the cancellation of a sawmill license over 100. seres, situated on Kanieri Lake. xoad. The evidence of C. W. Carver, I wtfofaff registrar, was tendered to prove registration of the title in the name of defendant, who did not, appear. Bobert Whiley, the plaintiff, gave cvi- | denes' proving that for three years y a*et> the date of the grant the dc- % fesdant' had abandoned the area, and not erected a fully-equipped saw's', Tiffl for working the timber. The ,>TP«dea declared the area abandoned i'wddn.'the meaning of the Miniag Act, || fl£svrdered the license to be cancelliG. A. Murdoch appeared for the ||P? " Vital Statistics. jlllfflSw following were the vital stst-is-PlpMgis'tered at Hokitika for Septemfefr the quarter being iii parentheses: —Births 20 (37), • fetittUges 3 (8), deaths 11 (37). t . In Bankruptcy. Sidney William Bichardson, of Hokitak,; elerk, has beeu. adjudged a bankCricket.

| , A Giieket Club was formed reeently \. £y the Arahura Natives, but, it is 5 feared that owing to the ground, whieh \na utilised for football, not , being i available during the summer, the laek «f a suitable playing area will -be » ait insuperable obstacle to a successful ' teason. < ! Whitebait. I Disputes over riverbank privileges in s connexion with the netting of white- \ bait have been of- frequent occurrence j tjusyearj and in the ease of the Totara [ Ross, an appeal has been nade to the Minister of Marine by one party. In the Hokitika River the white--3? bait trqnehes are registered by the {, Joyce, while in the case of the Grey I Eiver the Harbour Board has declared p the riverbank open to all, but has set r, ita face-against the erection of stages, i* aad trenches are illegal. The rights t 6tot the banks of the Arahura- are generally recognised as belonging to Ftbe Natives, who live in the nearby I,' ottlement. The police at' Hokitika have Mastered 122 trenches this year, being •-jlistnbuted as follows: —Hokitika River 78, Waitahi 15, Totara 15, Tercmakau f 12, and Mikonui 2. | Reafforestation. The Forestry Department has a dozen *en employed at present in planting ItjOßng trees on its experimental area tfe Boss road. Erdu3l. in Streams. i consider they have a rievance against the Marine in connexion with its for the deposit of sawmill tawdest in streams in minSome of the investors in ndustry declare they have by the statement in the t Serviee Bulletin, No. 1, 7 authority, in the [vice is tendered millers ill plants: —Care must be urea-site where the water ry to a stream unless sueli ' been declared a sludge er the Mining Act. It is that the Hokitika, TereArahura Rivers were all ige channels, the last two i the Hokitika River in jawmillers now find . themrith the deeision that, such i does not apply» as ' the awdust is not strietly a ition, although the sawmill nselves have been held to privileges. The whole of on appears to be in • need and those ■ sawmillers who in good faith with the s Forestry Department a ear to be entitled to com- . view of the fact that it utder the signature of the Forestry. at foot of next column.)

The Weather. There was a variation to-day of the heavy drizzle which has persisted for the past few .days- , Drenching showers, driven by a high wind, held up work out of doors, and the rivers and streams are rising at a rapid rate. Should the rain continue during the night, damage to roads must result. Hotel Changes. Mr W. MaefarMne. proprietor of the Albion Hotelj has sold the lease to Mrs M. Thornton, late of the Railway Hotel, and gives up possession on" October 14th. He intends to take up his residence in Christchurch. Busfc Accident. An accident with serious, consequences for Mr Prank Faulkner occurred'yesterday afternoon at the Ctaoto Sawmilling Company's new mill at Kaiata. A falling tree - crashed into another, and before he was able to reach safety, he was 6truek down and pinned to the ground. His mates were obliged. to saw away part of the tree before he could be extricated. He was taken to the Grey River Hospital, where he now is in a serious condition. Several fractured Tibs and extensive bruises are ineludcd in his injuries. Mr Faulkner reeently arrived on the West Coast from Invercargill. Shipping Returns. Thirty-two steamers, with . a _ total gross tonnage of 16,557, entered the port of Greymouth during September, and 34, with a tonnage of 15,086, and. one sailing vessel of 266 tons, left the pert. League Football, Advice has been reeeived in Greymouth to the effeet that the Otago Rugby League has cancelled the proposed Otago-Weat Coast match at Duned&a omn,g to the lateness of the season.