WEST COAST NOTES

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20904, 11 July 1933, Page 5

WEST COAST NOTES

♦ PERSONAL. GREYMOUTH. July 10. Tvlr:-: C. G. Moss, who has been visiting the Hermitage, returned on urdayMr I. Jorgensen, of the National Bunk at Reefton. is relieving at the Greymouth. branch. Mr E. W. Spencer, president of the Reefton Jockey Club, left for Wellington, on Saturday, where he will, attend the annual meeting of the New Zealand Racing Conference. Mr B. F. Daly, Pennant Hills. Sydney, is visiting relatives in Greymouth. Mr L. Ditelv, Aralmra, president of the West Coast Branch of the Farmers' Union, is visiting Wellington. Mrs W. R. McGregor, who has been visiting Christchureh. has returned to Blackball. Mr Gerald Pcrotti. consular agent at Greymout.il, for halv. has received advice that he has been made a Knight of the Order of Italy. He has been consul since the death of his father. Cavaliere Gcraldo Guiscppe Perotti, in 1911. OhiCiiiiry. The death, occurred yesterday at Paroa of Mrs Jane Taylor, aged o3 year.. She had lived ai Paroa for the last :';ve \ e:i:-.--., and was formerly of Rangier,-: ":ind Sefton. Her husband predeceased her many years ago. K:iii',',ay man Injured. A s vera injur;.' to the left hand was s-ulic'-ed b;.' .John McGirr. an employe'.; of -he rail way workshops, which ncces-'-hated die ir.sertioii of a number of stitches. Citizens' Hall. The Blaketown Citizens' Hall Committee held its half-yearly meeting on Satmday evening. The results for Ihe hall-year were such that the committee was able to reduce its capital liability by ."30, through the redemption of debentures. The debt on the b'lildin.'.; has now been reduced to .CSU. Football. Saturday's fixtures were played in almost ideal weather. Star beat Cobden by ;i to 5, giving a bright exhibition and showing vastly improved form. In a keen contest, Blaketown beat Cobden by I 1 points to 4. In the junior fixtures, Blaketown beat Cobden by 15 points to 5; Star beat Cobden B 11 to nil: Blackball beat Rapahoe. !J to (I: Mokitika District High School beat. Technical, 9 to 8; Cobden thiid beat Blaketown, 9 to 8; Technical fourth beat Star, 0 to nil. Jn the Wtstland Sub-Union Competition. Excelsior senior beat Ross by II to .'i after a dogged game. Pirates beat Kiwi by j 1 to 0. League Football. Excellent weather conditions prevailed yes'erday for the representative match at Reefton, when about lfiOO v. ere present to witness the game. Contrary to expectations. West Coast did not have an easy victory, luangahua having the better of the game, but lacked the finish necessary to score points, the game ending Coast IK. luangahua 12. In the junior division. Reefton beat Waiuta by 2U points to nil. and Marist tilth beat Runanga by 17 to 9. Golf. Yesterday at the Greymouth Jinks a Canadian foursome was played, Johnston and Garde, Chat field and Brosnan, Nightingale, and P. Warnes, Spong and Mcldrr.m. all finishing all square. The linal will be played later. In the Orkney Cup matches, Meldrum beat Caulton, and D. Fogarty beat Bird. In the Four Horsemen Cup, Sulling beat Spong, and Harris beat Carroll. W. P. McCarthy holed out in one at the eleventh hole. basketball. The West Coast Basketball Association's competition was continued on Saturday in perfect weather, and resulted in the finals being won by St. Mary's A and B teams. In the A grade competition. St. Mary's Feci red nine points, Convent O.G. being runners-up with eight pom's. In the B grade, St. Mary's won with 10 points, the runners-up being Technical B and C«wilh six points each.