HOKITIKA NOTES.

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 September 1917, Page 7

HOKITIKA NOTES.

[Our Own Correspondent.] OBITUARY. Another old pioneer of the district in the person of August Spohr passed away at the Westland Hospital on Tuesday. Deceased was a native ot Germany and 78 years of age. He had been in his usual health until a day or two ;i(go, when he was taken sudden-

ly ill and removed to the Hospital. Deceased was a single man and had followed the goldfields on the Coast. Of lale years lie had been in the employ of Dr.- Teichelmann. PLENTY OF RAIN. r l'K ... 1, i , • i .. _ • .i. i

i lie local ram recorder registered 2.68 indies of rain for 24 hours. There is still a big run in the river. Should tlie weather continue to the end of the week a record for some time should be registered. tobacco fund: Tlie following collections towards the Overseas Tobacco Fund are acknowledged for September:Town Hall list: A. A. Andrews, C. Gibbons, .1. T. Myers, .1. Maunder, T. Coyle, \V. Conner each Is; total 6s. Webila List, per 1;. Sullivan; W. Jamieson, If. Williams, L. Williams, F. W. Williams, M. Carroll each 2s, M. Sullivan os, L. Sullivan 2s 6d ; total 15s 6d. Total to date £9 13s 6d. FANCY DRESS BALL. The prize winners at the juvenile fancy dress ball, in aid of the Bed Cross Fund, were as follows : Girl under 9 years—Jean But land, ‘‘A French Vivendiere.” Edna Heenan was only one vote behind, and Mr. P, Stewart kindly donated a special prize lor her representation of “Topsy.” Girl over 9 years-—Melba Spoor, “A Pineapple.” Boy - under 9 years—Max Hunter, “Santa Claus.”

Boy over 9 years—W. Wallace, “Lieutenant of Highlanders.” The Grey “Evening Star” runners, Len Hughes and Austin Sumner, sold their papers, and realised 2s more for the fund. (Had the management known of 'this, we would willingly have sent the hoys extra papers of the latest issue in order to help them in their noble efforts to help a good cause.) The ball was a success in every .way and great interest was taken in the costumes by young and old. The Ked Cross Fund will benefit by about £l3. MIKONUI LIVER BRIDGE. The Government Engineer estimates that, it will cost £BOOU to bridge the Mikonui Liver. This he considers too great an expenditure in these times to proceed with the work. The result ;s v’r, I /'lk... 1 /V. ...Li I

that htewart, Chapman and Co. will proceed at once to build a bricjge, which will be a private one. The bridge will be built to suit the millers only. Had the Government met the firm in a fair understanding the bridge would have been a great boom to all, especially the southern settlers.