MEETINGS, Etc.

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 October 1925, Page 7

MEETINGS, Etc.

HOKITIKA BOROUGH COUNCIL (Our Own Correspondent.) HOKITIKA, Oct. 10. A special meeting of the Hokitika Borough Council was held last night to deal With the'balance/sheet, .Ten-' dm ffi.r .printing,. .§aW : serq Received from the Guardian and Times Coy., and Mr. E. Richards. The tender of the latter was accepted. At the ordinary meeting, there were present: The Mayor (Mr. G. A. Perry), Crs*. D. J. Evans, H. T. Parry, G. Heinz, Jas. King, F. S. Orr. Apologies were made for the absence of Crs. Jeffries, Elcock, Blank and Coulson. A letter was received from the New Zealand Railways re Weld Street.— Crs. Evans said the crossing was still very .bad.—On the motion of Cr. Heinz ij/was resolved that the Department’s, mot icebe again called to the unsatisfactory' state of the crossing, and, ,c)fiW ip supply gravel for the purpose.

x Dr. Whitton wrote stating he has no authority to erect a lamp on Cemetery Hill. This, he considered, was the Council’s duty.

p. Mclvor wrote tendering his resignation. as overseer./r ( Received with regret, 'and he\. was'’' allowed a fortnight’s/holiday. It was resolved to* cal./. applications fpr the position (o be returnable at' next meeting. J.‘< Conning ' .wrote, complaining of state of footpath in Jollie Street. —Referred to P.W;'.’Committee. Dr. Kennedy wrote .asking permission to cross Sewell ! Street from section.—Referred to P.W. Committee wltLpower to act.

The Fire Brigade wrote complaining of. the state of the fire pltags in the to.wn, an d asking that attention be givpnto this matter. Some discussion ensued as to who is responsible fbr/looking after the plugs. It was decided that the inspector go around and inspect all the plugs and report on any defects. The Hokitika Beautifying Society forwarded their quota for three months.., ' The.- Treasurer receipts amounting to £614/9/5, payments £427/1876, debit'.,. £.307/18/1, loan account credit 60'6/2/6. Accounts amounting to £777/6/4 were passed for payment. Cr. Evans reported on behalf of the Reserves Committee, recommending that the gardener and sexton keep time cards; that the sexton’s salary be'.£ 14/10/ .per calendar month. The, Abattoir's Manager (Mr. Jarman) reported examined during the month the. .following carcases: 15 cows', 47 64 bullocks, 143 sheep, 7 pigs, 1 calf; condemned: 1 cow. Fees received £59/11/6 as against £5B/2/- for corresponding month last year. It was resolved to ask the inspector, .to watch the amount of water that flpws down Sewell Street during heavy rain in order to determine the size of pipes required. ’ PLUNKET SOCIETY.

The monthly meeting of the Plunket Society was held yesterday afternoon. Present: Mesdames Carr (President), Parfitt, Smythe, McLean, Dennehy, O’Brien, Barrett, Mason, Miss Anderson and Nurse Spring- Apologies were received .from Mesdames Cuttie, Seddon, Schaef and Martin, and Misses Shine and Braidwood. Several accounts were passed for payment. A donation of £5 was received from the Grey County Council. It was decided to have a street collection on Saturday, October 24. Nurse Blathwayt will relieve Nurse Spring, who leaves on October'l9, for two months’ holiday. The names of several new subscribers were added to the roll. Nurse Spring reported as follows :— Visits to homes: new cases 15, old cases 94; visits to office: Adults 121, babies 110; Out-Stations, visits to homes, new cases 5, old. cases 24; visits to office: Adults 5, babies 5. MOTOR CYCLE CLUB. The annual meeting of the Greymouth Motor Cycle . Cl u .b was held last evening, when there was a good attendance, r The Annual Report, presented to the meeting, stated that the .cash balance in hand was £37/17/6. Expenses were incurred in bringing Mr. P. Coleman to the Coast to compete at the Speed Sports in March. The fillip,his,presence gave to the gathering, 'fully compensated for the cost of his visit. The sports meeting proved highly .successful, and results fully justified the action of the committee in holding it at Omoto Racecourse. P. Coleman’s achievement in putting up a grass track record of 41 2-5 seconds for 6 furlongs, was most meritorious. This record, and the riding of such well known riders as S. Stratton and others invested the .meeting with much interest and went far to assure the success of future fixtures. During the year interest in the social side of tlie branch was maintained by means of dances,, runs-out and picnics. Two rabbit-shooting expeditions to Kokatahi proved successful, An orchestra has been formed by the members and is doing appreciative work. The Club took an active interest in the Swimming Baths l Carnival Queen movement and was one of four sporting bodies which comprised the Sports’ Queen’s section. .

The following officers were elected: President, Mr. J. Ford;, Vice-Presi-dents,. Messrs P. Stevenson (senr.), J. Cowan, A. White, J. Sharp, J. B. Crooks, D. Yarworth, P. Cowan. Committee: Messrs. P, Hansen, C. Neville, L. Turner,. Ex, Schultze, J. James, P. Pascoe, P. Feary, H; Walsh. Secre-tary-Treasurer: F. W. Baillie; Auditor: C. Heaphy. A donation of £.2,121- was made to St. John’s Ariibulance Association.

It was decided to open the season with a run to, Hokitika on Sunday, October 18/

TWO TRUSTWORTHY SPEAKERS Riinanga residents ■ will have an opportunity on Monday evening of hearing Messrs Poole .and Trench. Mr Poole was M.P. for Auckland. West, for six years, and Mr, French comes, back ,after several years, work in the Industrial and . Labour centres of U'.S.'A'.'’; . They have ,to present, the hard facts of 'experience and in their , respective - subjects, “An American Travelogue’ ’ arid' “Labour and Prohibition,’’ will make the position of America arid the Volstead Amendment t clear: Don’t fail to heaj;/tnc-o up-tb'-dafe/m'eri.;