WEST COAST NOTES

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18526, 30 October 1925, Page 17

WEST COAST NOTES

PERSONAL. : (srECiJi TO "TES rßiss.") GREYMOUTH, October 29. ' ' passengers by this mom- • ' s express included Mesdames C. ; rcnlj r. Cochrane, J. Conaghan, Uisses McCullough, D. Henry, Messrs ir G and W. Kitchingham, J. Quinn, f Cochrane, Pethcrbridge, J. DunV CHark* I>a"" rcnce s C. Severn. 3( r Jtmes Cialbraith, who has beea jnoate of the Grey Hospital, was jf 1 ft from that institution yesjfidsy* Mr M- Donovan was admitted to the rrev Hospital last evening to urrder--1 an operation lor appendicitis. Nnrse Phyllis l>udaeridge, of the IVv Hospital, who lias been on' a i' k s' h cailll vis ' t t0 Christjmrch returned this afternoon. Miss's. Kitto, who has been visiting fneflds in Greymouth, returned to ViUchurch this morning, jjj J'rank Connolly, o[ the Public Works staff, Westport, Joft to-day on , health visit to Onrisichurch. Mr 0. Isdell, of the Telegraph staff, ft'estport, left to-day for Cbnstchurcb on holiday leave. marriage was soJemnised at the Methodist Church, '.Murchison, of Miss l), Brown and Mr C. H. Nelson. The Rev. J* Nelson, brother of the bridegroom, tvas the officiating clergyman. rs Nelson are spending their honeymoon in Greymouth. „jfrs limil Nyberg and her niece, \jia M. Hudd, left to-day for Christcburch on a holiday. Mr and Mrs W. J. Mollroy and Miss Mcllroy, who hare been visiting friends in Greymoutli. returned to CbrEtchurch this morning. jjf S W. Mason, of Cobden, left today for Christcburch to attend the National Council of AVojaen. j[ r W. Meldriim, S.M., who contracted pleurisv at Christnhurch, suffered a relapse this week, having taught a chill since returning to Greymouth. His condition to-day shows an improvement. ■ Mrs J>. Stevenson. of Hokitma, re--1 tamed to-day from Christcburch. liie Hon. George Fowlds> raid Mr P. Laidlaw were among tho inward passenzers bv to-day's expre;» Mr I. Barkhill. of the Ttailway Dejiarttoent, arrived from -Cliristchurch "jtr's. Eirkcaldie, -a director of the Dffhson CoaJ Mines Ltd.. and Mrs Kir- . caMie, arrived*,bv to-day's express. Inward passengers by to-day's express included Messrs A. Smith, F. " 1 Hoparth, J. D. Lynch, A. Little, and E. S. Austin. Accidents. Mr Stephen O'Leary, farmer, of Kaiuku, was admitted to tho Urey Hospital sufiering from a broken thigh and kneecap, the result of u tree, which he was falling on his ■ * property, falling on him and pinning ■ him to* tho ground, where lie lay for three hours cetor.e assistance arrived. • His condition this evening is reported as serious. ■\ Mr. Willianj Williams, of Ruru, was ' admitted to tho Grey Hospital last evening suffering from a nasty wound on his right foot, through his axe slipping whilst engaged in felling bush. The injury necessitated a number of stitches and he was discharged from the hospital to-day. - < The condition of Mr C. Turner, who II -*6{i admitted to the Grey Hospital last I week, suffering from severe injuries 1 as a resuVt of a tree falling ou him at f Ataraii, near Moonlight, is reported this evening as*serious. Mr A. AynsIcv, who was injured at the same time, is vrosressins favourably. ■ .Timber Industry. \ consignment of one million one ! .. iundred and fifty thousand feet of pine is; being shippc-d from tflreymo ith to Sydney this week by , flic steamers Inga and Joan Craig. I Whitebait. '1 j As a result of the fin© weather pre- ■ frailing this week, there is an osojep- ' | fen run of whitebait in the West ' Coast rivers. The retail price at Greynnnth . to-day dropped to Is per pint. A' consignment .of two tons of the little > fish was railed to Christcburch by tol dnv's express. It is reports thai visliormen at Tereniakau and Hokitika at* placing their surplus catches in r the freezers with the object of curtaili ing. the supply ,for the local market. Several of the senior boys at the Cobden State School,. who. are keen fibers, each contributed a portion of his catch to up .a'full, tin, which ; ! was consigned to a Chjistchurch l orphanage. f Reef ton Hospital. At .the monthly meeting of the Inangahua Hospital Board, a letter was / ' received from Mr R. P. Hudson, M.P-, j'j stating that he had interviewed the Minister of Health regarding a newhospital, and the latter had promised to send the Director-General of Health to look into the position and see whether a new building should be ercct®<l Or the present one repaired; also stating that from the Minister's reply.! was of the opinion that, if l)r---->alintme's report justified it. provisos would be made for a hew hospital. Wataroa Cattle Sale. The half-yearly sal® of store cattle :**s held at Wataroa yesterday. GenV Wslly speaking, the yarding did not ,v «?me up to the standard of the sale •«t October in quality or condition, ;. partly to the rough weather ex-: Wneneed sine© the winter and a con®®Wnt storage. of feed. A iine of ' J°r*®rd four-year-old steers fetched up * o .«0"12s 6d. The top price for a linet four-year-old bullocks was £l4 los I So Fat cattle fetched up to. J • Heifers. realised anything from. 10s" to £lO 12s 6d, according to ®£ c i sise, and condition. j Hokitika Reunion. ! . a> Th6 rennion of members of the old )Vestland Rifles Volunteers took ' P la «e m the Soldiers' Hall, Hokitika, ' +^V ovenil: g. when the're -was an atof cbou > 40 - The ? on - H - ! occupied the chair, and ] "1 ; Messrs F. McGregor, i , William Wilson the vice-chairs. s P whs provided and ;; story passed away a uleasant hours. Tlie keynote of tlio • . «^ hcs wa * regret that the old Vol- . movement, with its marked h ® country, had been