WEST COAST NEWS

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26465, 5 July 1951, Page 3

WEST COAST NEWS

greymouth freight through OTIRA

FIGURES for may and JUNE bv^hbJu 8 On a coal -saving timetable, Der cpnt h *if W , ere by 50 tran<uSlf£,j tbe itai J wa Ys Department of gros ® total of 84 - 496 tons during™ thro “ 3h , the Otira tunnal tim^ g fh May and Jui;e - In normal wW a " lO Y n4 carr ‘ed in a similar Period is about 160.000 tons wif gross tonnage of 53,396 June n i9s0 tOnS ab ° Ve the figure for

AIR SERVICES CANCELLED Because of high winds. West Coast olnoin rV J Ces ! ou t h of Westport were yest T erd ay. Intending pasHokitika and Grevmouth missed the connexion to Wellington. The plane left Hokitika but was forced bef ore attempting to touch down at Greymouth. ADDITIONAL POWER CUT As from next Sunday, the whole of „,uu Gr P y Pow er Board’s area will be without electric power each Sunday between the hours of 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. PERSONAL NOTES <u^ r A Jl a,>r i s . officer in charge of me Aeradio Station, Greymouth, has received notice of his transfer to Nelson. He will leave Greymouth at the tu d month. Mr Harris is the West Coast table tennis champion. He was a West Coast basketball representative and is at present a senior selector. Mr F. Smith, of the Aeradio oration, Hokitika, has been appointed to replace Mr Harris. Nurse P. Johnson, of Ashburton, has joined the staff of the Grey Hospital to complete her training.

Business Changes Hands The Norcas Fish Supply at Greymouth, has changed hands. It will be mKen over at the end of July from Mrs E. Rostern, the present owner, by Mr E. Preston, of Greymouth.

OBITUARY MR S. SYMMERS The death has occurred at Greymouth of Mr Stewart Symmers, a well-known resident of Runanga, at the age of 67. Born at Arbroath, Scotland, Mr Symmers came to New Zealand as a young man. He settled in the Buller district and engaged in coal mining work. He later lived at Blackball and then at Runanga. Besides his wife Mr Symmers leaves one son and one daughter. MR J. G. CALDWELL The death has occurred at Wellington of Mr James Gordon Caldwell, of Brooklyn, a member of a wellknown West Coast family at the age of 40. Mr Caldwell was a marine steward of the Monowai. He was born at Runanga. Besides his wife, Mr Caldwell is survived by a son, five brothers and two sisters.