WEST COAST NOTES.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20790, 25 February 1933, Page 7

WEST COAST NOTES.

j PERSONAL. (SPXUIAI. TO Tin fK*SS.) GREYMOUTH, 'February 24. Messrs F. Goldsmith and F, Slee, of Westport, will leave early next month for Bendigo, Australia, where they will bo associated with a mining venture. Miss Elsie Garner, has been appointed teacher at the Marlborough Sounds School, and begins her duties on March 1. Mrs J. Perham. who has been visiting relatives at Hokitiku, returned yesterday to .Invercargill. Mrs C. Jewell, and Mr and Mrs «T. Hutcheson, who have been visiting the glaciers, returned yesterday to Oamaru. Mrs H. Meredith, who has been spending a holiday on the West Coast, returned yesterday to Ivillincliy. Mr Alan Grant, tlio well-known Romney Marsh sheep breeder, arrived yesterday from Waimate. Misses J. and L. Lees and L. Todd arrived yesterday from Nelson. Mrs A. E. Benjamin left yesterday from Hokitika on holiday to Gisborne. Mr W. Eiorden, Melbourne, is visiting Mr and Mrs o. P. Eiorden, Greymouth. Mrs Bhodes-Williams, treasurer of the New Zealand Croquet Council, arrived yesterday from Christchurch. Wedding. The wedding was celebrated yesterday morning at St. Patrick's Church, Greymouth, of Claire, second daughter of Mr and Mrs R. Burley, of Greymouth, and Richard, eldest son of Mr and Mrs W. Baird, of Cobden. The Rev. Father Healey officiated. The bride wore an ankle-length frock of celanese satin made on simple lines. She wore a wreath and lace veil, and carried a sheaf of lilium auratum, cactus dahlias, and lily of the valley. Her sister, Miss Ann Burley, was bridesmaid, and wore an ankle-length floral suede merle frock, a coronet of gold leaves with touches of pink and green, and carried & bouquet of lemon and tangerine arbutelons, and maidenhair fern. As the bridal party left the church Master Ray Hill presented the bride with a lucky horseshoe. After the ceremony a reception was held at the residence of the bride's mother, and later Mr and Mrs Baird left by express for Christchurch, the bride travelling in a raisin wool crepe costume and smart hat to tone. Trucker in Trouble. A trucker named Walter Pattinson, aged 20, of Dunollie, appeared at the Magistrate's Court yesterday charged with the theft of 20 sacks valued at 9s, the property of the New Point coal mining party, and 12 sacks, the property of Simpson and party, valued at 4s 6d. He pleaded guilty and was fined 5s on each charge, ordered to pay costs, and to return the sacks to the owners.

Dredging the Port. The Groymouth Harbour Board's dredge Mawhera haa been engaged for the past 14 days in deepening the berthages at the Groymouth wharf. It is expected that the work will be completed at the end of the week. Flood Damage. A grant of £l7O on a pound for pound basis, haa befen made to the Groy County Council by the Minister for Public "Works to cover repairs of the damage done by the recent floods. Kumara Medical Club. At a' meeting of the Kumara Medical Club held on Wednesday evening, a letter was received from Dr. Page, stating that as it appeared that difficulty was being experienced-in collecting the proportion of his salary which supplemented tho grant made by the Westlnnd Hospital Board, he proposed resigning. Tho chairman pointed out that there had been considerable difficulty in collecting the necessary funds from tho members. . It was decided to ask the doetor to withhold his resignation until June 30 to enable efforts to bo made to collect outstanding dues. Blackberries. Owing to the recent rains and unsettled weather the blackberry season on the West Coast so far has not been up to previous seasons. The berries are now ripening and pickers are forwarding their consignments to Chris tchurch for disposal. „ Tat Lambs. Last evening eight trucks of fat lambs were forwarded to the Kaiapoi Freezing Works, six from South Westland, and two from Seavie%v.

Westland Hospital. A garden fete held yesterday in the grounds of the Westland Hospital, realised £44 net. The fete was opened by the chairman of the Hospital Board, Mr W. Jeffreys, who outlined the object of the memorial fund, for which the fete had been organised. The fete extended into the evening, when a dance was held, and there was a large attendance. Owing to the bad weather outdoor functions • which had been arranged were postponed.