WEST COAST NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20463, 5 February 1932, Page 5

WEST COAST NOTES.

jy> ~ PERSONAL. I - - ■' j (srr.ciAi to the GEETMOL'TH, February 4Mr E. P. Gallop and Miss M. Gaii lop have returned after a holiday spen. i in Wellington. Mr W. G. Maeindoe (Auckland) is visiting the West Coast. Mr and "Mrs M. Cudlcnv (Aucklarid) are spending a holiday 011 eSt Coast. Miss M. Ker ridge. of lUe nursing star of King George Hospital at Kotovua. vvlio has been spending a holiday .at Waiuta, has returned (o the North Island. ... .. Mis.-es K. Cameron and H. 11 (Wa'mta) are spfndiDg a holiday i" Hit. Xorth Island. Prospecting. The Jtokitilca District Prospecting Association met on Tuesday evening, I r A. H.'Lawn (chairman) presiding. It was decided to vote £3O to Boyd and party who were vigorously prospo ing a new district, and had already done a large Quantity of work on iei • • If gold Was struck, a new be opened up, and as the party eligible for assistance under the - • 5 Scheme, the Association was jUsWud in making the vote, which was prete able to granting a subsidy. It was decided that the co-operation of the Unemployment Committee sought in procuring rqii'pmcnt w prospecting'parties, and to ask the i. mitteo to permit men who wisheu o go prospecting to go to their claims a work under Ihe No. -5 Scheme. State Miners. The result of the elections for official positions in the State Miners' IXnion, was as follows: —President, Mr J. K. Council; secretary-treasurer, Mr A McAlavev; general check inspector, Mr J. Doherty; Top Mine check inspector, Mr .1. Closs: .lames Mine check inspector, Mr T. Tallcntyrc; committee: Messrs IT. Hart, W. Lemon, J. Mundy, J. O'Connell, and J. Clay. Wedding. The wedding was celebrated at Trinity Church, yesterday afternoon, Archdeacon Jcrmyn officiating, of Margaret, daughter of Mrs and the late Mr K. G. Spark, of Greymouth, and Grey Itockliffe, son of the late Mr and Mrs K. Ashton. The bride wore a dre33 of white cclnneae silk, a wreath and veil, and carried a bouquet of roses. She was attended by Misses Hazel Spark (her sister) and M. Frazer, who wore respectively mauve and pink silk, and carried bouquets. The two flower-girls were Thelma Spark and Viola Spark, who wore mauve and pink silk respectively, and carried baskets of roses. Mr A. Ashton, of Wellington, was best man. After the ceremony, a reception was held, Mr and Mrs Ashton leaving later on their honeymoon. Obituary. The death occurred yesterday of Mr James Kennedy, aged j't years. He was born at Maori Gully, and worked for many years at Ruru as a sawmiller, later joining the service of the Grey County Council. He retired about nine years ago, having strained his heart. He is survived by his widow and two sons. . Inquest. An inquest concerning the death of Joseph Allan Woolhouse, aged nine years, which occurred at the Grey Hospital, following severe injuries received through being knocked down by a car in Mawhera quay last Saturday, waa held yesterday before Mr J. G. L. Hewitt, Coroner. - After hearing medical and other evidence, the Coroner returned a verdict that the boy died from injuries resulting from being run over by a motorcar, no blame being attachable to the driver, Mr Colin Bruce Coulson. Grey Harbour Board. At the meeting of the Greymouth Harbour Board on Tuesday evening, the chairman, Mr P. J. McLean presiding, T. Olsen applied for a lease over the section known 1 as the "McLean seam" in the Greymouth Harbour Reserve at TenMile. It was decided to advise-appli-cant that no licenses were to be granted until the present surveys were completed. The harbourmaster reported that the mean depth at high water for the mouth ou the bar had been 26ft 2in, and in the river, 21ft 9in. j The harbour engineer reported that the powder for tile blast at the quarry, totalling 14,6001b, was expected to arrive at the quarry about February 13th, when it would be placed iu the chambers in the tunnels preparatory to the blast. It was intended to utilise two entirely different ignition cables for the blast, to ensure that there would be no misfire. Following a presentation of the estimated revenue and expenditure to the end of the Board's year, and the details of expenditure and income for nine months of the year, showing a falling off in revenue of £B4OB 18s lid, it was decided to effect a saving of £.IBOO by reducing salaries of the Board's staff by ten per cent. Competitions Society. A further meeting of members of constituent clubs was held last evening to consider steps for financing the jubilee festival of the West Coast Competitions Society. There was a good attendance, Mr J. B. Kent, vice-president, presiding in the absence of the president, Mt W. Gilbert, who is confined to his home through illness. A committee was appointed to arrange for a shop day and to enlist the assistance of the ladies for the purpose. It was also decided to hold a sacred concert on Easter Sunday night and to approach the local bodies for donations. It was decided to recommend the executive to consider the question of awarding a scholarship in the various classes to mark the silver jubilee of the society, and also to award jubilee medals in addition to the usual prizes by way of commemorating the jubilee. It was also decided to recommend to the executive that all persons contributing at least one guinea to the Society's funds have the privileges of honorary membership. Borough Council. The Kuuanga. Borough Council met on Tuesday evening, the Mayor, Mr R. McTaggart, presiding. The Main .Highways Board wrote slating that it was prepared to vote i£o6 on a &2 for £1 basis, for widening the main street in Runanga. It was decided to proceed at once with the work. It was resolved that the co-opera-tion of the Canterbury Automobile Association be sought in seeking the necessary grant to straighten the bridge and the entrance to the borough, at Eeleigh Creek. The Health Department wrote asking the Council to make provision for a burial ground in its own locality, as the Greymouth cemetery was fast becoming filled. It was resolved to roply that there was no land adjacent to the borough suitable for the purpose.