REEFTON NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 June 1925, Page 2

REEFTON NOTES

iUuj < »wu vorrespondentl. R’EEFTON, June, 12. At the recent meeting of the Motueka Licensing Comm.ttve, neld at Muicnison, the applications for renewal's for the vai ions licenses in the Reefton district v.<re considered. All applications were granted, with the exception of th re j in the town of Reefton, which were held over for thiee months to allow the Tiquirenien's of the Health Act, to-be complied ,wjth> .Messrs A. H. Kimbell, Under-Secre-,larv for Mines, and J. A.Bayne, Chief Inspecting Engineer ci the Mines /pepartjneat. ai< 'on a visit to the Reeftun district on Departmental business. 'J’hey’■■visited Waiuta. on Friday.

The social at the Catholic Hall on Thursday evening was largely attended, twenty tables being in play for t l ’’/ : enchr“. The ladies’ prizes were won by Mrs Taylor and Mrs Clark, the .gents’ by Messrs Jos. Nohra and G. E. Hubbard. Miss Farrell supplied the dance music and Mr S. Duffy was a mo-t eflicient M.C.

Mr 11. Bicknell; of Christclrnrch, secretary of the Murray Creek Mines, is on a business visit to Reefton.

' r, Vs'm-'miny vintrv conditions prevailed in Roefton. Snow fell during the verj- early hours of the morning at Blacks Point. Progress Junction, Tawhai and on the northern slopes of the Paparoas and Brunner . ranges there annealed to be quite a heavy fall. The wind was-very. keen. T'-’-morrow (Saturday) afternoon the J’.eeJtpn and Cronadun ladies’ hockey teams play on the Reefton Race-cnu.r--j. As b- th sides are confident of winning'an interesting game should result. •, ...