HOKITIKA

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 March 1922, Page 2

HOKITIKA

(Prom Our Own Correspondent.) HOKITIKA, This Day. Two new business premises will be - opened almost immediately here, t Messrs O’Connell and Caliari have i started to turn the premises lately ■ owned by Mr. Wm. Heeney into a > furniture factory. Practically all the i machinery has arrived, and a start ’ has been made to put things in work- > ing order. The oilier is to be opened I in the premises known as Toomey s i grocer’s shop. This will now be matte 1 suitable for -a drapery business, and will be conducted by Air. AV. Stopi fort li> < While rushing to attend his duties . en the- occasion of a lire alarm last > .Monday evening, Mr. J. J. Williams - had tiie misfortune to collide with .Mr. Ge<>. Willets on one of the main t toads. Both were riding bicycles and > were thrown heavily to the road, with - the result that Mr. Willet sustained t injuries necessitating his removal to r the AVestland Hospital. i Repairs to lhe watch tower are now t almost complete. These were recommended some time ago by the then » nightwatchman, Mr. E. AV. Heenan. The stacks of timber along the wharf ami around the railway station ■ continue to increase. If an improvement in the orders does not take j'lace soon, a considi?rable amount if timber lying on the ground will dei preeiate to such an extent that it will be, unlit to ship.