WEST COAST NOTES

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18968, 5 April 1927, Page 12

WEST COAST NOTES

PERSONAL. .SrZCUL. 10 THX FBZ3S.; GEEYMOUTH. April 4. Miss C. Kobertson will leave to-mor-row morning for Christehureh. Miss Tueima Busseli, only daughter of Mrs Kusseli, of the Park Hotel, whose marriage to Mr C. E. P.ussell, of the Railway loeomotive staff, Grey, will take place to-morrow morning at Holy Trinity Church, was met by the boarders and staff of the Park Hotel, and presented with a valuable clock. Mr and Mrs C. W. Chapman, of Pleasant Foint (TimariO, accompanied by their son and daughter, are touring the West Coast, en route to the Glaciers. The death occurred at Hokitika yesterday of Mrs Scott, widow of the late Mr Andrew Scott, of Karangarua, South Westland. . Mrs Scott was a native of Ballarat. Victoria, and 66" years of age. She is survived by a grown-up family of six daughters and twu sons. Fa3t Bunkering. The tramp steamer Foreric, which arrived at Westport on Friday morning, loaded 1000 tons of bunkering coal, shipped by the Westport Stockton Company, and sailed for Ocean Island at ten o'clock on Saturday morning. Another overseas tramp, the Harmattan. is due at Westport this week to load 2000 tons of bunker coal. Bus I>river Fined. Arisiug out of a narrow escape from a serious collision, on the level crossing at the Grey approach to the Cobden bridge, on February 12th, between a train coming from Blackball to Grey, and a motor-bus proceeding to Cobden, the driver of the bus. John Low, of Kunanga, was fined £2 with costs £3 3s at the Grey Magistrate's Court today for failing, after the engine whistled, to stop before coming into contact with the railway line. Train Kills Cattle. The evening train from Hokitika to Grey on Saturday ran into and killed four cows, which were on the railway line in the vicinity of Kapitea. An axe had to be requisitioned before the body of one of the animals could be cleared from the engine. Ministerial Visit. The Hon. Mr Young (Minister for Health) returned to Hokitika on Sunday evening from a visit to Waiho, reporting a very enjoyable journey. Saturday was spent on the ice at the Franz Josef Glacier, and the experience proved a very pleasant one. A visit was also paid "to the Nurse's cottage at Waiho during the morning. Todav the Minister paid a visit of inspection to the Mental Hospital at Hokitika, where the Medical Superintendent (Dr. Buchanan) showed him the whole of the buildings and grounds, where so manv improvements have been made during" recent years. Before leaving the Minister and party were entertained at morning tea by Mrs Buchanan. A visit was then made to Westland Hospital, the Minister being met by Messrs J. J. Breeze (chairman), G. Davidson (chairman of the House Committee), and T. W. Bruce (secretary), the Hon Mr Michel. Mr G. A. Perry (Mavor). and Drs. Baird and Teichelmann. The Minister made a very close inspection of the Hospital and grounds, enquiring particularly into the proposals for bringing into cultivation the area at the back of the institution, for which a special grant was asked by the chairman. _. . .... The party motored back to Hokitika. This afternoon the Minister visited Lake Kanieri, and to-morrow morning he leaves by car for Christchurch. Magistrate'B Court. Mr W Meldrum, S.M., presided at today's sitting of the Grey Magistrate s Court. ~r T Robert Culling, of Blaketown (Mr J. W. Hannan), entered a plea of guilty to a charge of converting to his own use, but not so as to be guilty of the", a motor-car, the property of Win. Gordon McKay. Culling was convicted and fined £5, with 13s costs, one month being allowed to pay the fine. A request by Mr Hannan that defendant s name be suppressed was refused, the Magistrate remarking that Culling was old enough to know better. Charged witn having a match in his pocket in a part of the mine where safety lamps were used on March Ist, Archie Phillips, a miner employed at the No. 2 State mine at Eewanui, was convicted and ordered to pay 10s costs, with solicitor's fee £3 3s. Christopher Waugh, who was remanded on an idle and disorderly charge last week for medical observation, was remanded in eustody until April 26th. Senior-Sergeant P. J. McCarthy told the Magistrate that the man was not fit to be at large. He had stood around all day doing nothing, or wandered into the bush. The police had brought him to Court for his own protection. After hours licensing cases were dealt with as follows: Three first offenders found on the premises of the Union Hotel on March otb were each ordered to pay costs 10s. One second offender .was fined £1 with 10s costs. Two first offenders found in the Cobden Hotel on March 2oth were ordered to pay 10s costs. A second offender found in the Recreation Hotel on February 17th was fined £1 with 10s costs. Driving an unlighted eart along the Parora road after dark cost John Delaney a conviction and fine of ss, with 10s costs. Edward John Hill, who left an unlighted motor car in Tainui street was similarly penalised. West Coast Deputation. The deputation on timber matters which is to interview the Prime Minister in Wellington on Wednesday morning, will consist of Messrs E. Wild (Hokitika), D. M. Eobertson (chairman of the Greymouth Progress League), W. H. Parfitt (Grey Chamber of Commerce), and F. L. Tnfley (Westland Timber Workers). Messrs' H. E. Holland, M.P., will represent the Buller interests, and W. E. Turubull the Ohai kune millers. The deputation will be J introduced by Mr Seddon, M.P. The Grey and Hokitika delegates will leave by express to-morrow morning. The Westport deputation (Mr John Menzies, Mayor, Mr H. E. Holland, MJ?., Mr J. H. Powell, chairman of the Buller County Council, Mr Douglas Bryan, Sawmillers' Association, and Mr J. H. Harkness, secretary of the Buller Progress League, will leave for Wellington to-morrow morning to brin<* before Cabinet the need for speeding up I the construction of the eoastal road, especially the bridging of the rivers! The deputation will also urge the Government to do sr— f hing to protect the sawmilling industry against the inroads made on local markets by overseas timber. The Hon. Mr Mclntyre. M.L.C.. will accompany the. deputation. Truck Turned. A motor-truek owned by Messrs Ashby, Bergh, and Co. was destroyed by fire at Cobden on Saturday. The'en-

gine back-fired and the truck burst suddenly into flames before the driver could make any attempt io save the vehicle. Timber Industry. It is understood that Messrs Ma'.t'rov and Co.'s sawmill at Three Mile, near Hokitika, will commence cutting an order of 600.000 feet of white pine for the Union Eos Co., of Sydney, at an early date. So far no further big orders for white pine from Australia have been reported.