WEST COAST NOTES.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19261, 16 March 1928, Page 15

WEST COAST NOTES.

fi^BBSONAL. 'r£i»t w «• »■■■■> UTS ' March 15 « -'J'A.jMhet J. Knnerty, who flflfLjiiington from Ireland last n S er t0 i*||C- to-day's express, and is «S&nd« cousin ' the Eev ' Father r*C&f St. Mary's, Hokitika. *jKrf Clarke left to-day for jfelouthan, who has been the )€-?/>*« W. Fowler, Turumaha for Auckland. mitt Parfitt, who has been conisf'fa home with influenza, was ineSß duties t0 " ■UsSfedby, I*" has been s P endin & «S h her enter, Mrs G. WebiMg&et, returned to Auckland &f v< ffVlde, a well-known GreyS L£t, and formerly of Kuto take up her residincktend. She was aecompandaughter, Miss B. Wylde. '(VS. Lolry arrived from Lyt- ' * ii..t afternoon to commence his goods clerk at Grey»!jfW S Patrick, of Willoughby i nry, arnved to-day on a visxt K. Hanhan district. »*• g W. H. Boucher left to-

Ki B Pcnty, who has been visittf« A A. Adams, Shakespeare to-day for Waimate. TBrnest Woodhouse, who has been Ziti to the Greymouth Post and Smdli Electrical Department for St two years, left to-day on transf io Christchurch. He was accomv.bv Mrs and Miss Woodhouse. C gnd Mrs C. Duff and Mr Stewart iwf (Eiievale), Mr and Mrs C. Finlay A* faiffi), Mr ' Mrs ' and Miss H s" de gri Block), Mrs John Bennetts Srgh), and Mm L - Moore ( T . a * Zit Tfho have bee a motoring m Lfl, Vestland, arrhed in Greymouth jfo morning, and left this afternoon taßeefton . jfr and Mrs Al Dav ' l3 ' Marsden M j left to day for Wellington, en Mte to England. They expect to reL to New Zealand in September. jfr A. Rnssel! (Waipukurau), accomfM by Mr J. McLean, left to-day Mr Russell will return V Waipnkurau on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs J. Crooks left to-day for Wellington, where Mrs Crooks will join lie Mataroa on a trip to England. Mr,wd-Mrs P. M. Sherwood, who km teen spending a holiday on the Coast, returned to-day to Welling-

loa. Mill Margaret Seddon left to-day on a iulidif trip to Chnstchurch and WeiJigtoii. Mines M. and L. Cameron (Duneiiu) are the guests of Mrs T. Milligan, Cbumereial Hotel, Greymouth. Mr T, Clandler, Railways Traffic InJptttor, left to day for Christchurch. Mr P. 13. Jones, of the Union Steam Ship Company's Office, Westport, who 5i being transferred to Auckland, was yesterday presented by the staff with a pair of ivory back hair brushes. Mr and Mrs Jonea left this morning jlor Christdrarch, en route to Auek--1"(L v ' '; ■ The marriage was solemnised at the 'Anglican Ohnrjso, Waiuta, last.evening, of Mils EtMrMay Woolhouse, young;*»t and the late Mi > vC. mffimi of Ross, and Mr %esli9MKi Burns, of Wiiuta.; The j Jgyfttenaed by Misses Dorothy,i Mavis Cutbush,"'and ! (JfrM, CpfelnvES best man. for South Westland. 'A.eonjignment of 670 breeding ewes Ujtwlve stud rams for the Hari Hari ftifart arrived to-day from Addingwere railed through to Boss livening. M/ Church Improvement. of Messrs W. Williamson of Christchurch, for £1978, F«iseen accepted for the work of Upleting the interior of St. Mary's [>QRfydiQ<Church, Hokitika. The work |j||iOfl put in hand immediately.

Licensing Committee. i M» guarterly meeting of the Westysl 2 Licensing Committee was held at jwJTokitika Courthouse to-day. PreijigMessra "W. Meldrum, S.M., J. B. Kent, and J. Goodall. jlffiilicationß were dealt with as folHotel, Greymouth, SpSs Lloyd's application for publijjutajfyKnae and also application for |lffi|wy transfer to Elizabeth Mary fpg|pji granted; Lakeside Hotel, George Hay's application j§|Wrinanent transfer* to George jj|||K''Osbonrne granted; Kokatahi propKokatahi, James Avery Dowell's Jja|is Dl i for permanent transfer to 3||jwsrameß Furlong granted.

Itostland Presbytery, half-yearly meeting' of the Presbytery, held at St. John's reymouth, there were present Miller (clerk), T. N. Cuttle, f. Hayward, Messrs Dibbs lat), Webb (Reefton), Corson Vickers (Kumara), and iss). '. W. Hayward (Hokitika) [oderator. from Totara Plat for a to replace the one recently was granted. The new cost £240, about £SO of squire to be raised in the !ans for a new Sunday rreymouth were approved, 00l will cost about £2500. imated that the Rev. A. lie newly-ordained travel- • for the Men's Bible Class ould visit the Presbytery the Home Mission staff to the effect that Mr Cor- ' appointed to Raetihi and Nightcaps, ided to invite the Rev. J. mbly evangelist, to contm in the Presbytery in byterian visitations were Reefton and Greymouth jar, and it was agreed to t meeting of the Presbytika on September 11th. Mission demonstration was »hn's Church/last evening, ting addresses- upon thb sir various districts were Corson, of Denniston, Mr is, and Mr Vickers, Totara Rev. A. Miller, of WestGoldmining. Ed that prospecting operaNew Big River Goldmin--8 mine in the Reefton disclosed a payable reef in The company recently it a drive in from No. 2 view to locating a block Jwn as Cosgrove's block, ffas discovered after about ring. The news has causae Reefton district, as the sine has yielded some of tone on the Reefton afield, y years was a handsome * to the shareholders. WESTPORT CALL ON. KIL-, Co, The Ford Kings. ' you Service Cars for Hire, ad 126. K4528