WEST COAST NOTES

Press, Volume XLIV, Issue 19400, 28 August 1928, Page 13

WEST COAST NOTES

• |!!, PERSONAL who has been *!?**••* Greymouth in suc4«&* *T Von. Archdeacoa Can, Westport next week, 4 *isr* *■* servicc ** y &* flteer has resigned his seat y Sour Board. Mr Steer # J7to the Board fifteen 5 he succeeded the late '5» ** rSiess. He became chairfejlfandV that position - J* 1 '* £ months ago when he was 1 S «/l Mr Joseph McLean, whose 5V*« * lofc > the voting JflX ''""'Tether Long left this niorn"Js£v» * t&d the Euchar " SL *!S£b (Dunedin) is visiting street) «SgSwi will leave to-morrow * SiEr trip to Sydney. • • tWu, of the Grey Hosleave to-morrow on a holiday gfioWelfc« ton - Crossing the Bar. i-ir,ff delayed for some days **" SfthroSh bad weather, the •» fi^?S' B Head and fcaimai both "* , ffi l fSe bar when outward bound Each was drawing shght- ' *£«£* and the depth of water i *°f 2* was at the time reported *. rtfcrt The mishaps aro attntebsr;.heavy swell which was run- ** Th! vessels apparently were un- ** Jiaiid proceeded to Auckland iSttftaJ thdr respective des-

gyp'g Officer Injnrod. •vile sdditional mooring precautions JK; taken for the safety of the g Mr Harrlfion George, of Syd*?.ii fracturing one of his legs. He «'£n to tKroy Hospital and is $$% be progressing satisfactorM ' 'KflUogg Pactum were flying on the Town.Hall JSuUuildings at Greymouth tojJHonour x>f the signing of the Blackball Mine. meeting of members of &imm Miners' Union, held yes, XSlackball, Mr H Chilton ffis gave an outline of the <UsSBfflw the union's executive SStatives of the company at SSKference in regard to the SSiOr the future working of the 3T»^ on as follows:-(l) That SKr** sin s le me ° wlth re " »ameut»s»... . the prefe rence, or be undertaken or ! taken over on the much per ton in s proposals are: shared; (2) that pproached with a ent run of mine two shifts to be tors maintained j proposals was it was a case of le up the mine. » position it was on take ballot i following- altertie married men lependents should of employment, in the meantime, j the single men ejvßecure ;th>*snmoa', insist ." work among all tive of the consee first alternative by the union offiiat the second al' i a general harddependents would on'half .the ordinion of the second id by another secrho.hold that it inder ,the existing e' whole of the ae;~work. In the all Mine "is idle ild. ■ reymouth. .a slip, bringing >le quantity of rred on the Omoto ;ers of a mile from £ the road was of removing the >mmenced by the :aff 'this morning, ipleted by to-mor-Piie. les, destroyed by tate School, which ound on Saturday hool 801 l of Honnveiled last Anzac 'authorities have the former Old iumara as a teniae school will reat the end of the

I idea Shield Hatch, the Nelson v. Bulier |j|L-matca at Nelson on Satto „£262, of which the SPJy^TJnaon.. gets one-half, ||jfta miner, 50 years of age, wJy>tiii» evening, while-work-||gjt(bßon Mine. Gibb eomJames Coutts, of left their dicing Gibb'B coat. Gibb dead. 'of Scotland, He leaves a of whom are in~New Zealand. resulted from