KUMARA NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 January 1928, Page 6

KUMARA NOTES

(Our Own Correspondent.) As a result of the dry spell of weather and the scarcity of water in the Government dam at Dillmanstown, a large number of eels are finding their way into the town pipes. The-funeral of the late W. Berdinner took place on Tuesday last, and was largely attended. The Rev. Mr. Cox conducted the service at the church and grave. Mr. R. Spiers left Kumara on Tuesday morning for Wellington, where he enters a private hospital to undergo an operation for eye trouble. Mr. Joseph Stenhouse, a former resident of Dillmanstown, paid a visit to his old haunts during the week and received a warm welcome from his old associates. Mr. Nicholas Saraty returned to Kumara from Wellington on Thursday. Three residents of the town, two young ladies and a gentleman respectively who went on fishing expeditions the other evening, had rather unenviable experiences, for both parties got “bushed” and did not reach their homes until an early hour the following morning. | The town is now back to normal after the holidays, and most of the mills have resumed work.