WEST COAST NOTES

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20025, 5 September 1930, Page 19

WEST COAST NOTES

PERSONAL.

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GEEYMOUTH, September 4. ...Coww, who has resigned from ! at** of the Grey Hospital, : the nttwws ftppr oaching marriage, 11 Treated by the patients of Petrie • wards, with a stiver dish ■"! ' She was the guest of the ' nurses at a linen tea last ''S J Kennedy left to-day for Hast- , IT where the wedding of her daughI jMiMJoßephine Kennedy, to Mr L. 1 jJjßey* '* Ul takC P ° n P " L. Brewer, who have been S a holiday on the West Coast, JjS3 to-day to' Oamaru. ■ Obituary. death occurred at the Iteefton ip tal tot night of Mrs William Hubv T she was a native of Wokingand was aged 58 years. Wrtffiuck is survived by her husbut had no family. She had been ■fin-health for the past three years. . . Miner InjuredMr Albert Paul, shift boss at the iwater mines, at Waiuta, had some Keen in the course of his work. S! was moving under a face that had mb fired out, but not worked down, hen a fall of stone occurred unex*ctedJy, inflicting the injuries mentioned. He is confined to his home at Beefto?. r | Grey County Council.

1 The Grey County Council met to-day. Crs. W. Ogilvie (chairman), rTQ. J. W. Hannan, J. MultMt A. Donnellan, A. Robinson, J. & and A. McDonnell. The Treaa■JL advised payments to the county Jjfl of £l<> 67 lls 9d > and PuWic Works Department £ 1965. Tho chairi No. 12 District Highways Council, ■tfrote stating that the current year's iSoeation had been reduced, and that He amount voted must not be exceeded. Tl? engineer stated that as far as he Sold MB Present the decreased vote ftte would not be sufficient to meet highways maintenance; it might ba Miaible later to get a further sum. It ws resolved' that the engineer should ' drift a letter to the chairman of the ' Highways-Board protesting against votes few cot down. It was stated that ; i (to sitting down of the highways vote wnld ® e4n at 80me the men em " ; '.ployed on the highways would have to ,-te dispensed with, thereby swelling tho ' juksof the unemployed. As the; 'eotmtyls largely interested in the prc.of' coal mining, it was unaniresolved to protest against the : : «'|Ji>Y«rsn!oiit cutting down its coal supplies, from the New Zealand mines, and , coal from Australia. The Dis- ' '."triet Bpgineer for Public Works wrote ■ 'regarding the tar-sealing of the Grey- ' pUjomQrey-Brnnner, and Grey-Runanga .jtetjOM' of "the main highway, stating iti»t thfr-'?oard had agreed to con- \ itnjtnte > : towards the cost on i {i £ j for £1 basis; and that a vote connexion with the Grey- ' rtftwa action was being provided on s ~ |th(| flinwt year's estimates. The en that some of the Can'ttttafy bounties had asked for a con--8tooJ«TOt, the Board had' expressed j give £4. He recom- ' Council to urge that a uipknint be made in its case. It to j apply for a £5 to £1 nimpi, the sections in the respec-firt'mirsys-r carrying - heavy t;ralße,r| fflftou gradually increasing the ' maintenance. ' " of No. 12 Highways Camell wrote stating that the Board m* unable to pay subsidies on wages aiortding the award rates (where there ;f:«raward in existence), or the PubWorks rating-rate, namely, 14s a fa was resolved to write to Holland, and O'Brien, M.P.'s, subsidies be given on tho ,{ *ajeryaid by the county, which were i ,||r-oije9M of, award rates, the Grey ' ;|Conntycfcaving for years paid higher .jSjiagW-tian those paid under the award. * \fO£r A., Dudley and nine others applied ll&Aaceess to their properties in tanai street. It was decided j&to- the Government for a grant t the work carried out as unemlt, relief work. EHackball School Committee apor access to their new school if engineer be authorised to pro(tbest scheme for giving tlie acjnired. is decided to give £5 to the gtyefeof the Plnnket Society. for a superannuation scheme < County Council's employees ttgitted by a society.—lt was refhe county clerk should obparticulars of the scheme and Ift'nest meeting. Services Recognised. SutHiggins, who has completed :sra' : service with the Grey Conneil, was to-day the recipient id watch from the Council rate(j»4 Settlers in the Grey county. I'll® (county chairman), in makpreaentation, expressed pleasure k Higgins should have reached t&ra of service with the Counrltad joined as an engineering i'August 26th, 1880,-and four ■far-became county engineer—a he' had ever since held with lion to the' Council, an d honour ijslf. ..The roads • and bridges wider his supervision stood as tent testimonial to his ability. lieil hoped Mr Higgins would Sly more years of usefulness i Grey County Council. Crs. Carter, Byall, Mulcare, McDonl.Mr Keating (County clerk) fflsed the work of Mr Higgins. Jfof the outdoor' and indoor wof the Council Mr W. Wafef Higgins with a silver tea >e service and an oak tray for Sing, Ir Higgins expressed his Hfin, of the gifts and the kind iecompanying them. ' Supreme Court; of the Supreme Court at been adjourned from Sep- *" Vto Friday, September 12th. IWsiness set down is a civil :'Devancy v. Bank of New aim for £200; and an appli■clischarge from bankruptcy Winter, of Weheka. ining, when at Lake lanthe ' South Westland road, the Vnnty chairman's car backus completely destroyed. An was made to extinguish the injured. Mr Searle Borough CounciL Month Borough Council met Present: Mr J. W. ' (ilayor), Cre. J. S. RobertCent, C. Gleeson, JT. D. Wing J, MoGinley, A. •'lad F. A. Kitchingham. ftrfnncss and Kitchingham Whalf of J. A. Lutz, asking * to close Jones lane, which the Royal Hotel building, *»;W*erectiog. It waa re-

solved to ascertain i£ those served by the lane are agreeable to the closing. The Director of Air Services, Wellington, forwarded a copy of a report by Flight-Lieutenant Burrell, of the Wigram Aerodrome, on the proposed aerodrome site at Cobden. He considered the site suited for small aeroplanes, though not good for commercial aeroplanes, a site at Wesuport being a more suitable one. It was decided to send copies of the report to the Cobden Totyn Board and the Greymouth Harbour Board. It was decided to ask the Cobden Town Board to take the necessary steps nnder the town planning scheme to preserve the area aB an airport. Cr. Perotti was granted three months? leave of absence on account of illness.

The engineer's report embracing the expenditure of £IO,OOO on the. proposed borough waterworks improvement scheme, was adopted. The Finance Committee approved the general principle of a superannuation scheme for the borongh staff, and appointed a sub-committeo to report on the matter. The Mayor brought up the matter of the coal position on the West Coast, pointing out the vital importance of protecting the coal industry—the principal oneoorn r the .West Coast. He moved that a sub-committee be. appointed to draw up a letter to the Minister for Mines urging the more extensive use of New Zealand coal to prevent further unemployment on thi» West Coast as well as in other parts of Nevp Zeajand. . . „