ROSS NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 December 1925, Page 5

ROSS NOTES

(Our Own Correspondent.)

ROSS, November 39.1 The death occurred at 5.45 this afternoon, of Mr. Charlie ..Black, , licensee of the, City Hotel, after ,v,a long and . painful .illness. . ; He was throughout the Vest Coast, and, was atone time interested in dredging. 'He was , a •native of Hokitika^’ and- leaves two brothers ‘ resident in Reefton. sister, Mrs 'fidyle, of y WeU’ngtop. The funeral will take place on. Wednesday at Ross. . . re Two motoring accidents, both or, them of a trifling nature,, have recently taken place ’ RJ-L-Alien was mptbririg: between Ross anu< Ruatap.u, when for' spurn reason h)e ! car became unmanageable anti- refused tri respond to the brake as Ije preached Totara Ilill tram.-crossing.. The trouble coincided -witli the pass- ' of. the timber trucks, ip.to one of which the car crashed, wrecking tieengine and doing considerable damage to the body of the car. ■ Mr Allen himself managed to escape unhurt. <• The other accident occurred yesterLiy afternoon, when a car. driven by Mr C. ’P. McNabb’, Postmaster, and containing Mrs McNabb and their two young chiildren. ajjdf three other persons, narrowly avoided a collision with' aiiother car, only to rhn over a steep, bank and overturn Fortunately the engine had been sniit off? and tih® brake applied, so" that’’ the car was. nearly at a standstill when the'.'wheel went oyer. The occupants qscaped with a severe, shaking aiid,'a "number of bruises. The car was'; very, slightly damaged. '• The’crack in the road has widened and. it is evident that a> .slice is about to fall into Creek. This wiill constitute a serious danger unless it is quickly attended to. Indeed, this Portion of tlie road ' needs ’ careful consideration. r he opinion is freely expressed that the hill itself is of poor consistence, and that the road should'never, have been deviated from its pld course at the foot of "Cemetery "