WEST COAST NOTES

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20076, 4 November 1930, Page 17

WEST COAST NOTES

PERSONAL. (SPECIAL, SO TEE J?K=39.) GKEYMOUTH, November 3. M j,-. K. Kettle and Mies V. Kettle for Christchurch by car tomorrow morning. Mrs J Deardon, of Runanga, returned on Saturday after an extended holiday ia England. University Examinations, annual examinations conducted ♦ha University of New Zealand combC,od at Trinity Hall this morning, aL the supervision of Archdeacon jermyn- Twenty-four candidates are sitting- Magistrate's Court. i sitting of the Greymouth Magis- ) * tie'a Court was held to-day, Mr W. Veldrum, S.M., presiding. Lionel George Hood, accused of hreakin 0 ' and entering the shop of John T(-nneat° at Greymouth, on October lßt h and stealing jewellery valued at £°g-' was further remanded until November' 17th. Charles Arthur Hopkins again appeared on a charge of being idle and disorderly, and with having insufficient lawful means of support. Mr J. W. Hanaaa> who represented him, stated that Hopkins's brother had sent him money, and had guaranteed his board tnd lodgings until defendant could secure employment. The Magistrate dismissed the charge. Oliver Hill, who pleaded guilty to the theft, at Omoto, on October 27th, of £6, the property of John Hill, his brother, was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within twelve months, and was ordered 0 pay £1 4s, the unrecovered balance c f the stolen money. Ensign Taylor, of the Salvation Army, stated that accused's sisters wer© willing to look after him. James Wright, arrested this morning una maintenance charge, was remanded Ui appear at Queenstown on November 11th. Oliver Chrysell (25) and Walter Mel-

tcr Melville Chrysell (30) were charged

with an offence in Bright street, Cobden on September 27th. After hearing the evidence of the police the Magistrate adjourned the ease for a week to enable the defendants to be medically examined. George Newton and Giovanni Pavin were each fined 10s, with 10s costs, for fighting in a street in Greymouth, on October 12th.

Walter Batchelor, who did not appear, was ordered to pay £. 8, arrears on a maintennace order, and was fined £3, in default 14 days' imprisonment, the warrant not to issue provided payment is made within seven days. George Saunders, alias Waters, alias Anderson, was charged that, on October 17th, at Greymouth, he attempted to steal 6s 8d from Ethel Marsh, by means of a trick; that on October 17th, at Greymouth, he attempted to steal 6s 3d from Bertha Simon, by means of a trick; that on September 29th, at Reefton, he obtained board and lodging to the value of £1 from James Baker Harris, by fraud. Accused pleaded guilty, and said that he had tramped the country from one end to- the other, but had been, unable to obtain employment. The Magistrate pointed out that accused had jiumerons previous convictions, and sentenced him to three months' imprisonment with hard labour on the third charge, and to one month's imprisonment on each of the other charges, the sentences to be concurrent. George William Dransfield, licensee of the Club Hotel, Blackball (Mr J. W. Hannan), pleaded guilty ■ to ■ selling liqilor after hours on September 27th, j and was fined £5, with 32s 6d costs. A charge of opening the premises after ] hours for the sale of liquor was With- | •drawn. -For being in possession of an unregistered shotgun John Davidson, of Kotaku, was fined ss, with £1 Is costs. James Dunn was charged with dangerously driving a motor-lorry near the Ten Mile on October 10th. He did not appear, and was fined £3 and costs. Malcolm Cameron (Mr W. P. McCarthy) pleaded not guilty to driving an overloaded motor-lorry on the road between Runanga and Granite Creek, on October 13 th. The Traffic Inspector (Mr A. J. Sloss) »aid that hie had weighed the lorry and forind that its weight was 8$ tons, whereas the road maximum was four tons. The Magistrate inflicted a fine of £2, costs 13s, and £ 1 Is solicitor's fee. The Inspector of Mines proceeded against John G. Quinn, manager of the Blackball mine, on a charge that on September 23rd he allowed on a railway •wing a structure below the height of 7ft 6in to remain within a distance of sft ;6in from the eentre line of the rarest rails. .J.. W. Hannan. for defendant, pleaded guilty, and said that Quinn was appointed manager only a couple of weeks before the" offence. He had not ?ot into the workiflg of the mine proJ?; had. not noticed the breach regulations at the time. Hie Magistrate imposed a fine of £2, ift costs 10s. Cricket. The up-country cricket matches, toyed yesterday, were as follows:- —At winner Kokiri B- seniors defeated r®® l ) on the first innings by 51 runs, scoring 83 and Brunner 32. &okin's best scorers were Curtain 18, •Newman 17. In the Second strike IJrunmade 144 for six, declared (Kerr renrefr.Bs, Mills retired 33). Kokiri had fflafle 39 f or three when time waa tailed. C&nterons B defeated Stars, at Cam?ronß! by an innings and 107 runs, makMg ISB against Stars' 26 and 25. united defeated Bunanga, at :by 90 runs to 73, on the first Hughes, not out . 31, was uwted's best scorer, and Jackson, run °nt 23, was Eunanga's best. At-Omoto Kamaka beat Watersiders °y 91 runs to 61. Kamaka's best scor-ere-were C. Hurst 28, Mullins 16, and _ ert 1®- Watersiders' best were •nes-17 and Bobinson 14. League Football. Blackball yesterday Blackball, taa holders of the Challenge Shield, successfully defended the shield against by 11 to 3. For Blackball Leach two tries, Eells one, and Ritchie converted one. Fire Brigades. _ The annual conference of the West Brigades was held at Ross The president (Captain "Of Cobden, presided, %nd the p. delegates were present:— fjwt-ftesidents McKendry (Westport), v (Greymouth), McFarlane (Ku...Kp»l Williams (Hokin ti ' "®EMney (Kumara), Lieutenant yauaghan (Westport), Captain Wogan ( enniston), Lieutenant Skeats (CobS, Q )v Foreman J. Boss (Hokitika), oreman Nelson (Greymouth), Captain «? a y (Ross),. Foreman Malloy , vutjra), Secretary Peebles (Ross), SecJ. Walton (West Coast AssociaThe Otira Brigade presented to the a silver cup for a three-man eveht r jj^gad? 8 resolved to thank • the Otira Thompson family, of Hokitika, wftose late father had held the posi■q ?. captain and lieutenant of the »ai - a re Brigade for a number of /ear*, presented the Association with »

shield for perpetual competition in a five-men reel event. It was resolved to thank the donors. It was decided to hold the next annual demonstration at Westport. The election of officers resulted as follows; President, Foreman Williams (Hokitika); vice-presidents, Lieutenant McEnaney (Kumara), Lieutenant Callaghan (Westport), and Lieutenant Skeats (Cobden); secretary, Mr J. Walton (Greymouth); trustee, Deputy White (Greymouth).