WEST COAST NOTES

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20036, 18 September 1930, Page 17

WEST COAST NOTES

PERSONAL. (SFICXAL TO THE FRSSS.) ' GREYMOUTH, September 17. j/ r M. Heinz, a former member of crew of the Tahiti, left to-day on I -return to Wellington after a visit '"'jiis parents, Mr and Mrs G. Heinz, ifr A Torrance, assistant loco, foreJtailway Department, Greymouth, ""Jjg on Tuesday next on transfer to Wedding, ■tin, wedding was celebrated at St. U s Presbyterian Church, Greymouth, '■ J£, afternoon, of Miss Martha Murray, itait daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew u rU of Waipuna, to Mr John HunZ, Pope, eldest son of Mr and Mrs ' * pope, <> f Timaru. The Bev. H. E. Jin officiated. The bride wore a frock ' {white satin, with a veil of radium I e. The bridesmaid (Miss Jessie Mur- .'■ t sist" of the bride) wore a frock Sjjj Pope, brother of the bridegroom, jjs best man. Eeefton Golf Club. The filial of the men's championship «u play at tno ee^ton Golf Club's Mnks over 6 holes, and resulted in a win tor Gore-Porter over P. H. Intone, 2 up and 1 to play. Timber for Boxes. tjhj g.s. Kaimai is loading a cargo *f jecond-class white pine for Kohujjlib near Hokianga, to be utilised in ' tfia nanofacture of butter-boxes, for •lien there is now a strong demand in , Zealand. A further shipment of -hite pi Qe e ma de to the same ■ 4estinatioxi. in a month or two. Bankruptcy. of the creditors of Charles Qjajnley, butcher, Wallsend, was held .'', May* The Deputy-Official Assignee i (Mr A. Naylor) presided, and the f olA 'toriaf creditors were represented—H. T. Deere, M. Houston, Griff en ' ;» tt j, gmith, Ltd., F. Donovan and S. jflepghan. Bankrupt attributed his failre a * *"s P remses at Walla- '}> «ad (ftwe was no insurance), and high sjrphesd expenses in connexion with vtimfiintehery business at Wallsend and \Mm. His trotting horse Harin. had ''yrfibusinesß at Cobden, and butcher-;;(fiffli-Pobson and Wallsend. He had Jyg'jiothing out of the salo of the " 'WBmt Cobden. Unsecured creditors ' 35 £599 19s lid, the principal eMm being Houston and Co., Hoki- , jM* l2O 10s 5 Ballin (Christchurch), Wjm tid; Griff en and Smith, Ltd., , {gpOs lOd; W. O'Malley (Ikamatua), THEB. Stewart, £4O; F. Donovan, £3B sl|s;P. Low, £2O; N.Z. Eefrigerating sjpUd.f £24 8s lid; Commissioner of mfc/h £22 0s 3d. The assets . were: Sp debts £270 6s 3d (estimated to s}&& Breweries £25, trotter Harina $59. a total of £265. The deficiency |« £384 19s lid. gift ftas resolved that bankrupt should ippply a statement of his receipts and erpenditure covering the time he was hVthe butchery business. < The Elsie. I:/No further news regarding the stranding of the auxiliary ketch Elsie on sflwit's beach was available to-day. It jig stated that Hunt's beach is a good \m, running far out at low tide. Mr .Paul Benton, accompanied by Mr Eath[bone, left Hokitilca this morning to in.'.veatigate the position on behalf of the Westtaffd Shipping Co. Obituary. The death of Mr John Collins occurred suddenly at Westport this l morning. Mr Oollins, who had been on , staff of the Bailway Department at i estport, retired some years-ago. He is [survived by his widow, two daughters, ■ and one son. He was 70 years of [age, and celebrated his golden wedding I months ago. Power Board. Grey Electric Power Board met eriing. Present: Messrs J. W. ade (chairman), J. Smeaton, W. Btt, H. Duggan, W. H. »>„ W. 'Clayton, and J. B. Kent. <J<-, Heath was appointed lines' (ttiag foreman for the hydro re-Mu-The consulting engineers at tiq" works at Kaimata reported itiifactory progress was being t all joints except the powerad tail-race, which had been depTaccfrunt of trouble with water. .Grey District Acclimatisation agreed to contribute £B3 to!he, cost of a fish ladder at the • *fii6 hydro works at Kaimata, rd agreeing to find the balance—g~ '.' ngiheer reported that during the new consumers had been cona total of 2269 conrevenue report stated that the "for the four months ending July 9 £12,729 16s 4d, and the expeh£B999 7s lid, leaving a surplus 10 98 6d, the net results being fetter than the estimates. There £52,450 of the hydro loan to be

||e' chairman stressed the necessity JjWviding a reserve. He had in f>the ultimate reduction of the js{l charges for current, but a ref Should be established to meet conEJFarfitt asked that a report on the |al>ility of disposing of th'e present piplatst at Dobson, or retaining it plant, be obtained. He gphneaton seconded the motion, |', Eugby Union. fffi,-West Coast kugby Union met pfeaing, Mr A, A. Adams (prosit : l|: presiding. The Westland Subffi;tnominated Mr A. Cutbusb as regtfor the Graham-Wise Cup match Pjturday next. Cobden Juniors were p»d. the, winners of. the knock-out CJt- was decided that the Saraty i-a-side Junior Cup tournament' be ||>ni.flaturday, October 4th, at Kufe.lt was-decided to hold the anIgfffior and junior sevefl-a-side tourIf&on Saturday. September 27th. Town Board, feOubden Town Board election took pfb'day. The surprise of the day ifjfrdefeat of Mr C. Uddstrom, a sit|S*mber of the Board, and the §|V representative on the . Grey mi Power Board. The voting was slqws:— T. H. Jones 212 votes, F. wley 207, C. Orams 184, F. Washer i Cochrane 181, J. Keeney 174, afettrick 173, C. Uddstrom 169, W. m 161. Messrs Uddstrom and Inglis !mw were two candidates for Cpbon the Grey Power 'W'the voting being: F. L. Turley l «W s the poll had been declared the candidate's addressed those sM<at.the polling booth.