WEST COAST NOTES

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20104, 6 December 1930, Page 4

WEST COAST NOTES

YOUNG MINER INJURED. (special to the press.) GIiEYMOUTJr, December 5. A young miner named JMlward McNeil, a married man, living at ltunanga, received a broken leg and abrasions to a ktieo through a co!| l 1U No. o Kinibell seam at; the J/iverpool mine, Ivewanui, yesterday. JTis leg was fractured below the knee. lie was admitted to the Grey Hospital tor treatment. Acclimatisation Society. Tlio Wcstlaud Acclimatisation and Tourist Society met at. Hokitika. last, evening, present being Messrs •!. J. Mcintosh (vice-president), A. Armstrong, llaker, Kelly, Stuart, King, l'errv, Wells, and lOvans. Ihe Tourist Department, Wellington, and others wrote applying for stalking blocks in South Westland. Constable Brooks, Pembroke, wrote forwarding a tally oi 144 deer tails brought in by the ranger. Mr Butler brought up the matter of protecting possible whitebait ova in the Estuary, where stocks were likely to be depastured and destroyed. The matter was referred to Messrs Baker and Braddon for a report. A vote oi' thanks was passed to Wr Armstrong and the Hatchery Committee for the large amount, of work carried out. during the hatching season, particularly in the liberating of fry and attending at the hatcheries. Reefton Coal Mines. Km ploy moil (; in the Keefton coal mines was slack on Thursday. The Matchless mine will be employed steadily until about Thursday next. The ISurhe's Creek pit was idle yesterday. The Perfection pit is working to-morrow. Saturday will be an idle day owing to developments not being up to expectations. "Work at the (Jolden I'oint Colliery has stopped, and the pumps have been pulled out o£ the mine. Jockey Club. The I'istrict Committee of the Greymouth Jockey Club met. this afternoon, Messrs T. J'l. Coates (chairman), W. 11. Parfitt, C. Kettle, If. liigiiell, and A. JC. lvilgour being present. Cyril K. "Williams's application for a jockey's license was before the committee. lie stated that his previous registration had been through the Wellington .Jockey Club. Kntjuirics there had elicited (lie ndvico that a searc.lt of the records failed to reveal his name, and the secretary reported having advised Williams accordingly. Trainers' licenses were recommended to C. L. Husband and C. Merc v.

A meeting of tho Jockey Chi!) \v:is held at tlio close of tlic District Committee's Tti»*ctiiijr- Present were Messrs T. K. Coates (chairman), W. If. J'arfit!, C. b. Kettle, K. Williams, J. D. Winghani, 11. Moure, and A. Unban. Tin; Municipal Kami was appointed to provide music at the forthcoming raco meeting. Tlio New Zealand Racing Conference advised tin- appointments of A. I\. .Sa ndela nds as stipendiary steward and <>. If. lilake as racecourse inspector for the West Coast; circuit. The Survey Department notified that 05 acres of riverbed had been added to the club's reserve, making a total of 150 acres. l'a rfit t was authorised to procure any requirements for the ambulance room at the Giovmouth course. A committee, consisting of Messrs Par/iLt, Beban, and Williams, was appointed to interview the authorities with reference to improvements in the road to the racecourse at Oinoto. The chairman was authorised to procure labour for painting tho course railings. South "Westland. Tho chairman of the Westland County Council, Mr (J. W. Searle, accompanied bv Crs. Jeffries, Houston, Donovan, and Chesterman, Mr J. O'Brien, M.P., and Mr Johnston, district engineer of tho Public Works Department, visited South Westland on Wednesday and Thursday, when a minibor of important roari matters were looked into. At Wait aha the party met settlers aggregating acres, who desired suitable road access from the old ferry road and expressed disapproval of the suspension foot bridge. Mr Douglas, who had offered provjously to construct UO chains of tho road free of cost, increased his offer to 30 chains. Mr Wright was agreed to accept suitable compensation to allow the roadway to pass through ihc lower section, and the other settlers offered a monetary contribution towards the cost of the road, the payment to bo spread over a term of years. Tlio estimated cost was & 1500, and a vote of £ 1000, fL'Z for .£], was suggested l>y both Messrs O'Brien and Johnston, who consideied it a work»which could come under the unemployment grants. It. was agreed that tho settlers and the Council should provide £SOO on the lines proposed and .Mr O'Brien stated that he would proceed to Wellington and place the proposals before tho Minister for Public Works. The I.it tie Wanganui river protection weir was inspected. Tho work is substantial and has cost several thousand pounds to date and the work by tho Public Works Department was commented on favourably. The late flood had attacked one of the groynes and had done some damage, but repairs were in hand. Tho effect of the protection wall was to save the Ilariliari Settlement from flooding from the Little Wanganui rive r. The now Pocrua road to open up tlio settlement ballotted for in October is well advanced and the Public Works Department is employing 30 men on the work of construction. The Tetaho road, intended to connect tho Main South road with Rotokino Swamp road, where a large flax milling enterprise is involved, the New Zealand Plax: Investment Company, is being undertaken. The estimated cost of the road was £ISOO. A grant of £.2 for £1 was aslced for, the company and the County Council to provide the quota of £l, namely £3OO from the company atid £2OO from the Council. Mr O'Brien undertook to place the matter before the Minister for Public Works. Other matters in connexion with the requirements of settlers in South Westland were looked into and the party returned, last evening to Hokitika. Woman Injured. Passing tho residence of Mr and Mrs Thomas Levesy, Railway Reserve, Runanga, this morning, the attention of two young women was drawn to a child on the verandah, the five-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Levesy, who was crying. Her face, neck, and hands were covered with blood from a slight wound in her throat. Neighbours were called and found Mrs Levesy, aged 30, lying on a bed with a severe wound in her throat. Dr. Meade was summoned and ordered her removal to the Grey Hospital. Mr Levesy, her husband, is a miner and had left for work shortly before tho child was discovered. Mrs Levesy was recently under treatment for a nervous breakdown at the Hospital being discharged about three months ago. Enquiries made at the Hospital this evening elicited the information that Mrs Levesy's condition was satisfactory.