WEST COAST NOTES

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19917, 2 May 1930, Page 21

WEST COAST NOTES

PERSONAL. (SPECIAL 10 THE PBXBS.' 1 GREYMOUTH, May 1. -Mr H. Murphy, who has been spending a holiday on the West Coast, returned to-day to Invercargill. Ut J. Taylor (Cobden), who has been visiting Christchurch, returned this afternoon. Mr A. T. Wallio left to-day for Wellington. Jlias Vera Martin, who has been visiting Greymouth, returned to-day to Cixfotchurch. •-Jlr J. Hudd, of the Greymouth raildflicci has received notice of transfa* to 'flyttelton. ' Mrs It Stewart, who has been visitjjTjier mother, Mrs Kear, returned tods* to Christchurch. -Mrs J. Coburn left this morning on holiday to Wellington. ■ Mrs J Orr arrived this afternoon on a'visit to her daughter, Mrs F. Lamont. Nurse Meehan, who for Jwo and a half years held the position of charge nurse at the Lambert Mental Hospital, Edinburgh, and for nine months was . also nursing at the Poriraa Hospital, Wellington, has accepted a position on the staff of the -Kawatin Maternity Hospital, Westport. . Mr J. D. Burns, Supervisor of Telegraphs at Hokitika, has been transferred to the position of Supervisor Telegraph branch at Christchurch. Mr R. L. Horn, senior telegraphist at, Napier, will succeed Mr Burns at Hokitika. "■ ".' . Mr G. W. C. Shirley, postmaster at Kumara, has received notice of transfer to the position of postmaster at Walton. ■ Nurso Mulholland, of the dental elinic, Westport, has received notice of transfer to Taumarunui and leaves for that district early in, June. •Mr J. Markland left this morning for Qhristchurch, where he is to be presented with a silver cup by the chairman of the A.M.P. Society, Sir Alfred Mecks. ;'Mr Michael Ryan, who for the past twelve years has been an inmate of the O'Connor Home, Westport, will celebrate his 100 th birthday on Sunday. •'.Mr S. W. Clinkard, general manager t?f. the Tourist Department, and Mr L. 3". Schmitt, New Zealand Trade Commissioner in Australia, returned to Wellington to-day after a visit to the West .Coast. ': - Grey County Council. ..The Grey County Council met to-day. Present: Crs. J. W. Hannan (chairman), J. Ryall, A. Bobinson, H. Gv Carter, W. Ogilvie, G. Blair, and J. JJulcare. Authorities were received from the District Engineer for Public Works for ■. Little Hohonu bridge £3OO, Backwater creek bridge £IOOO. The re- '"' eeiver of land revenue forwarded a schedule of revenue accrued, £72 14s Si The Commissioner of Crown Lands ; forwarded a schedule of expenditure of ' halves and thirds for the quarter to 'MBjch 31st, 1930. *• . r : zf!ba county engineer outlined tha vari,)>m matters placeid before the Main i' Board on Saturday. It was f ; ;>iej»blved' that the engineer draw up s ,J(opciflcations for the tar-sealing of ~^ -rations of the four mam county roads. Wedt Coast Rugby League Centrtf that they were in fayorurfof hay: fSp'a footpath, to Wirigham'Park from |im r main road at, Coal Creek. A deerred - till next meeting. \ SKraPwrtt p pers were received for 'the |jjJHJraatrffah»n of the Little Hohonu Hfjajfek bridge, that of C. O'Dpnnell at Pf|K& / 10s being accepted. It was,. decall fresh tenders for, tfeecoitT J of the Dry Creek bridge. '..''" j^^s.^ ua^a^ani 9 bounty Council wrote. '"ijipSJl'ihat at a meeting at Tauranga ;'^^J^ ( ;No. 3 Highways District a ' : was passed that the Goyern- ; a figure which will enable wife finance completely all future inarn- ' 'tajlsace and construction costs on all ~ iwjjaary main The Council^ " .do-ftpttation was asked by making re- , jipseatations to the member for the ' " r district. It was resolved .to. co-operate

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|J5«£ requested. Eotomanu branch of the- Farmj§p>3is* "Union wrote pointing .out the bad' of the Mitchell's-Inchbonnie ' The engineer stated that the road .''fwas being re-formed under the Gov'^'eijiment'unemployment labour, and at $* ptesent the surface of the portion under; was very muddy and' in a bad instate. Beyond that there was a mile *J •&; two of rough formation, bad in ".'-.places, which would be repaired. It s * was left to the engineer to make what f tqpairs were possible. '.The question of staff holidays .was '" considered,-and it was decided that the ■■>■ county office close from December 23rd ( - v -. Sfyyr Year holidays, arid observe all I " statutory holidays, and that the office! ■ Ti staff receive annual holidays of a fort- '' night; all the outdoor staff with ore | ■tsan:one year's service" to be granted a/fortnight's holiday annuaily in addi-1 titan to the usual statutory.holidays. • It was decided to allow the Briandalo I Collieries, Ltd., fourteen days in which to*pay their' contribution for the use ' of the highway from Eapohoe to Ten • '",., Customs Duty. 1 ' -Customs duty collected at the GreyItiQUth Customs House during April, 1930, amounted to £3035 13s 6d, com-, pared with £3362 8s for April, 1929,, and £2506 2s 5d for April, 1928. Nurses' Association. j A. branch of the New Zealand Trained , Nurses Association was last evening ' formed in Greymouth. j A meeting with this object in view was held at the Nurses' Home of the Greymouth Hospital, when the proposal | wsis adopted and officers were elected j as'follows:—President, Miss C. G.I v Lord; vice-presidents, Mrs (Dr.) Bird I and Mrs (Dr.) Wilkinson;- secretary} | Miss M. C. Cullen; treasurer; Miss S. i - Braidwood; Council, Miss McGibbon, ', Mrs Olliver, Mrs Fordham, Miss Blair, and Miss Scott. I Borough Council. I The Greymouth Borough Council met j this evening. Present: The Mayor (Mr J. W: Grecnslafo)-, Crs. A. M. Carroll, J. McGinley, Jr3. Kent, C. Gleeson,"J. D. Wingham, G. Perotti, J. S. Bobert- , sen, and F. A. Kitchingham. ' Mr S. G. Sharman offered to proi'' vide 25 rubbish receptacles for the j>' borough .streets ■ on condition he was v„ •*?|<Md' to advertise on same. He sub--p' a sample. It' was resolved that \ nonaction be taken. ■' • «* _ J* Bt. . Ke,ddie requested .the i- to reconsider his request to level yrpiJrtion of "Shakespeare street fronting i Cr. Kent thought the )• Principle of having lawns in the street P'^, gooAf and fte Council should do ™ B?' .and encourage' street He moved that the scheme and the Council do the aiwt»S rk# 14 wa * seconded by Ct. ■ '< f^ *t g m pro forma » who Pointed samo PnWic-spirited citizens : *%'n£ d down tho lvvaa front • of M(W,i Prop . ertie3 wit no»t any* cost to S& iT ca ' Tne Council conl d not . to la y down lawn s in its \.?iff|£: es o* streets. The Mayor pointed gy»g|Sat the cost of laying down the P'hffl^V^y*' anitemtobe considered.' He en<!oliraging ' tlle «****»»»■ to «%Mf*T 88 to P'ovide soil .for levelSbE' l ' BraM Beed ** "quested. Cr.

Kent's motion was defeated. It was resolyed to inform Mr Keddie of ™»o position. , Mrs M. A. Hopkins wrote that the Council's proposals for taking over a 1 section from her was agreeable to her. It was stated that the land would be known as Hopkins Park. The Council decided to meet the Greymouth Harbour Board and discuss the question of supplying water for shipping purposes on the Grey wharf. The Director of Town Planning wrote asking the Council to place its proposed civic scheme before him in writing. The borough engineer reported that 16 building permits to the value of £4286 were issued during April. During the fortnight ended April 30th the reservoir was kept full with an average daily run of a little over seven hours. For the previous fortnight the average run had been 8J hours. The Mayor referred to the recent contretemps which had occurred in the Greymouth Municipal Band which had resulted in the resignation of the conductor, Mr A. McMaster. He stated that while the band hid contracted liabilities, the_ borough was not liable, it having agreed to subsidise the band to the of £6O per annum. Recently an Advisory Board was formed, when it was found that the. band's liabilities were some £7OO. Schemes had been devised to liquidate these., but so far with no material result. The Advisory ■Board consisted of Dr. J. W. MeBrearty, the Mayor (Mr J. W. Greenslade), Messrs W. H. Parfltt, and T. A. W. .Tate. Mr W. D. Murray, the band's secretary, was present, and stated that the band's annual meeting would be held next week, when the audited bal-ance-sheet would be presented. ' Timber Slump. It was authoritatively stated to-day that 75 per cent, of the sawmills on the West Coast were not averaging more than four days' work per week at present, while some of them have been idle "for a month. The reason given is that the depression was a reflex on the existing economic conditions in Australia. The demand.for West Coast white pine was slack, whilst the demand for red pine was a little better. Three out of four mills on the West Coast were'dependent upon red pine to. keep them going. Boring at Okarito. A boring plant is now being delivered at Okarito Forks, and boring operations are.to take place at the back of Okarito Lagoon, in a locality where there was a gold find in the early dayß; but methods and machinery of those dayß were not equal to the proposition. Tho present enterprise is of Australian i origin. .•••>•• j " Rifle Olub. The Grey Defence Rifle Club concluded its final shoot for the Badger i trophies yesterday, Rifleman L. Morrisey being top-scorer with 105, the highest total for the season. Rifleman T. Garth w«js runner-up with 94. ' Weddings. The wedding was celebrated at Holy I Trinity Church, Greymouth, last ing, by Archdeacon Jennyn, of Isobol Margaret Wallace, second daughter of Mrs John McFarlane, of Kumara, and William John Spillaine, also of Kumara. Miss Annie Wallace (the bride's sister) was < bridesmaid, Mr W. Wallace (the bride's brother) being best man. After the ceremony-the wedding party was entertained at the residence of Mrs Auton at Cobden. ilr.and Mrs Spillaine left to-day for; Christchurch on their honeymoonl •...';' "V. ■'.'",.'''..'. The wedding took place yesterday afternoon at Holy Trinity Church of Elsie,.eldest.daughter of Mr and Mrs R. E. Groom (Greymouth.), and Arthur : Harold,* third eon -of -the 'late ,Mr W.. Skelton and Mrs Skelton, of ; Cobden. The .ceremony was performed' by Archdeacon Jermyn. The bride wore an allwhite model frock Of frilled georgette. 'Her long-embroidered veil-was held in position with' bands of pleated tulle inset'with tiny, pearls and posies of orange ■ blossom. A bouquet o£ white chrysanthemums and begonias, intertwined with maidenhair.' fern, relieved with touches of pink and mauve larkspur, completed a. dainty toilet. She was. attended by her sisters Vera arid Edna, ; the former wearing an apricot georgette frdck with uneven low-waisted fluted skirt and coatee trimmed with fine guipure lace and a flowing sash finished with a gorgeous dianiente.. The latter wore a -two-tiered green georgette frock also finished with flowing sash and a diamente. Their model hats, of felt matched the frocks. They carried posies of autumn-tinted leaves and chrysanthemums. Mr Roy Osmond, of Dunedtn, wns best man,. the. bride's brother' Robert, groomsman. Mr and Mrs Skelton left to-day for Dnnedin, the bride wearing a frock of bottle-green figured panne velvet and a navy face cloth coat trimmed with fur and a navy hat to match.