REEFTON NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 May 1925, Page 7

REEFTON NOTES

(Oar Own Correspondent). REEFTON, May 22. ; Mr and Mrs Monty Corliss of ika- . matua were in Reefton on Thursday, : renewing did friendships. On Wednesday evening at the Landino Schoolroom, a social evening wag . tendered to Miss O’Regan, who has just vacated the position of postmistress at the Landing. Miss O’Regan has held the position since the Post Office was first established in the locality, and her many friends in the locality wished to express their regret at her departure, and present her with a token of their esteem. In asking the guest of the evening to accept a present of a solid leather suit case and travelling rug, Mr Jas. B. Stevenson made feeling reference to Miss o’Regan’s long residence in the locality and her many acts of courtesy to the residents, all of whom regretted that Miss O’Regan’s health required her departure. During the evening violin solos, recitations, and vocal items were contributed, and after supper, the floor was cleared for dancing, the music for whicl\was supplied by Mrs Tremain and ' Messrs Southon and Best, the entertainment closing with the National Anthem and “For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow." Mr Jas. Underwood of Big River, is in town at present, suffering from a poisoned finger. At Wesley Schoolroom last evening. the local branch of the New Zealand Alliance tendered a welcome social to Rev. Mr Jackson, who at ■ one time was stationed at Reefton. Word has been received at Reefton that the Mines Department had agreed to grant a subsidy of £lOOO towards further development work at the Wealth of Nations Mine. The shareholders of this concern deserve a share of luck, and it is hoped that they will receive a reward for their faith and labour ere this amount is expended.

* In the Warden’s Court, before M.r W. Meldrum, Warden, the following J' aplications were dealt with; p C. J. Smith, hand-sawing, and tim-ber-splitting warrant over 20 acres, Block XII, Inangahua S.D.—Granted. Edward G. Hunter, hand-sawing, and timber-splitting warrant, Block 111, < Reefton S-D.—Adjourned for report. , Blackwater Mines, water race license, r 32 leads of water for Snowy Creek. ( —Objected to ■by Superintendent { Blackwater Mines Ltd.—Leave to with draw question of costs held over. Blackwater Mines Ltd., special site one acre, Snowy Creek. —Adjourned to June 4- . , > . R. Gilroy, hand-sawing and splitting warrant—Adjourned for report. J. H. Hovell and J. R. Watt, certificate of protection for 6 months in respect to 13 titles near Capleston — Adjourned to June 4. At the Magistrate’s Court, before Mr W.» Meldrum S.M., in the. case Robert Patterson v. William Cooper, claim £6 19s 3d, judgment was given for plaintiff by default with costs, £2 10s 6d. A resident was convicted and ordered to pay costs 7s for beipg on licensed premises after hours. Another was fined 10s. with costs 7s, lor obtaining liquor by falsely stating his °A local licensee was fined £1 with ’ costs 7s, for supplying liquor in the above case.