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Greymouth Evening Star, 21 July 1945, Page 5

Following agitation on the part ol W est land motorists and the West Coast Automobile Assn, lor more than a year, Hokitika motorists will shortly receive their petrol by tanker from Greymouth. This follows the decision of Judge Fraser, the Transport Appeal Authority, upholding the Shell Oil Company's appeal against the refusal of the No. 3 Transport Licensing Authority, Mr. T. H. Langford, to allow them . a license to transport petrol to Hokitika bv tank-waggon. The Secretary of the West Coast Automobile Assn., Mr. W. F. Harley, said this morning that petrol would now be sold at the legal price at Hokitika. The serious extent to which trees caused damage to power lines was disclosed by the Thames Power Board in a letter received by the Grey Electi ic Power Board last evening, it being stated that the cost of trimming trees from power lines had cost the Board, more than £3.000 in a year. Of 8,000 po.wer breakages reported by the Public Works Department 33.67 per cent, had been due to trees, while in 1936 about 47 per cent, ol 2,853 line breakages had been caused by trees. The Grey Board’s engineer, Mr Sinclair Trotter, pointed out that trees did not cause much damage on the West Coast, but it was decided to support the Thames request for Government action in trimming dangerous trees. Grey district coal mines will be visited for coal during this week-end Io enable the Kaimiro, which arrived this morning to make a quick turnabout with coal for Auckland. There was little coal for her on the wharf this morning, but by the time unloading operations had been completed some 700 tons had been transported there from the mines. Special trains will be run to-day to the Strongman, Liverpool, Blackball and Roa mines to obtain to-day’s output from those mines which normally work back Saturdays, while to-morrow four specials will be run ’to Wallsend and Dobson to bring in about 1,000 tons of coal. It was cavil day at Liverpool and Strongman mines yesterday and the production was low as a result, so coal will be taken from the bins for the vessel, which it is hoped to get dispatched to-morrow night. Runanga Miniature Rifle Club scores at the weekly shoot, 25 yards metric target:' —G. Hilderbrand 66 — 1 —67, T. Downes 64—3—67, Mijss Dalzell 64 —5 —69. B. Henderson 63— 5 —68, Mrs Hasson 62 —5 —67, G. Fletcher 60 —9 —69, J. Smith 60—6— 66, C. Fisher 60—6 —66, P. Hasson 59 —10—69, J. Sharp 58—10—68, Mrs. Cust 59 —8 —67, Miss Henderson 57— B__6s, Mrs. J. Boote 57—10—67, Mrs •Bourke 55 —10 —65. P. Clelland 54 —10 —64, Mrs. A. Boote 54—10—64, Mrs Innes 4—l0 —64, Mrs A. Wright 53— 10 —63. Mrs. Scott 51 —10 —61, A. Wright 50 —10—60. R. Fletcher 50 — 10—60, J. Ransden 50 —10 —60, Mrs. Fletcher 49 —10 —59. Mrs. Taylor 49 —10—59. .