BLACKBALL NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 June 1930, Page 4

BLACKBALL NOTES

[OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Mr. Mitchell, of the Blackball Coal Company’s office staff, who has been on a visit here, returned to Christchurch on Thursday. Misses M. and J. Clark and Miss G. Elismore returned from Christchurch on Thursday. , ! The two mills at Moonlight have closed down for a month, owing to the slackness in the timber trade.

The half-yearly installation of officers of the Druid’s Lijdge took place in the lodgeroom last evening. Visitors present were: Bros. Niven, Ivey, Dobson, Evans, Baird, Walker, Mitchell and Switzer, Reefton, and P.A. Bro. Patterson, P. A. Bro. Tennent, A. D. Bro. Paterson, P. A. Bro. Condon and Bro. Smith, Star of the West Lodge. Bro. W. Mitchell ,Reefton. was installed as District President by Bro. C. Hogg. D. P. Bro. Mitchell then installed the following officers: A.D.: Bro. W. Hogg; . V.A.: Bro. R. Smith; 8r0..W. Goodall, Treasurer reelected, and Bro. C. Hogg, Secretary re-elected; A.D.B’s.: Bros. D. Neilson and H. Lowe; V.A.Bs: Bros. N. Smith and A. McNicol. The Lodge then adjourned in harmony and the following toasts were honoured: The King and the Order, Grand Lodge, responded to by Bro. Mitchell, D.P.; Song,i “How can a fellow be happy when happiness costs such a lot,” Bro. G. Clark; toast by Bro. Mitchell, Newly installed officers; Song, “Mother Machree,” by Bro. A. McNicol; Toast The visitors, responded to by Bro. Paterson, Greymouth and Bro. Baird,

Reefton. Song “For a little bit of Daily Bread,” by Bro. Newsham. Toast, The Blackball Lodge, propose/! by Bro. Paterson, A.D., and responded to by P.D.P. Bro. Neilson and Bro. C. Hogg. Recitation, Bro. Paterson, story, Bro. Newsham, song, ‘“Genevieve,” P.D.P. Bro. Neilson, song, Bro. E. Lowry. During the evening Bro. Niven presented Bro. C. Hogg with his P.D.P’s collar and diploma, and Bro. A. Cairns with his his P.A. collar and diploma, both brothers suitably replying.