General News

Greymouth Evening Star, 20 August 1949, Page 4

General News

Red Cross Appeal The street appeal conducted at Greymouth yesterday resulted in approximately £l5O being raised for the funds of the Greymouth branch of the Red Cross Society.

Westport Business It is reported that Woolworths is to open a department store at Westport and that the firm has already secured a centrally-situated shop. The establishment of a modern samwill at Westport, on a site near the Buller bridge, is also stated to be under consideration? Weather Mars Sport

Although only light rain fell at Greymouth today it was sufficient to interfere with sporting fixtures. Most of the associations, however, decided to proceed with their fixtures, an exception being the West Coast Basketball Association, which cancelled all games. It was the second occasion this season on which the weather had marred a Buller-Westland representative Soccer match.

New Hokitika Sawmill A new sawmill, the construction of which, it is understood, will commence immediately, will be erected at Hou Hou (near Three Mile, Hokitika). The company had previously applied for a site at Hokitika on the northern bank of the river, but, although granted by the Hokitika Harbour Board, the application was refused by the Hokitika Borough Council which had received a petition of protest signed by 15 residents in the vicinity.

National Savings Investments totalling £2117 as against the district quota of £lll6 were recorded by the District National Savings Committee for the week ended August 12. Amounts contributed by the various offices, with quotas in parentheses, were:— Greymouth, £576 Blackball, £l4O ( £55); Brunnerton, £7 (£60); Hokitika, £206 (£195); Kumara, £34 (£26);Otira, £lO (£10); Reefton, £Bl (£90); Ross, £25 (£25); Runanga, £1034 ( £100); Waiuta, £4 (£25). Runanga has now obtained its annual quota with 102 per cent.

Holiday Travel With the commencement of the school holidays, passenger traffic on the Midland railway is heavy today. There were 250 passengers on the express when it left Greymouth for Christchurch, but more than double that number will arrive from Christchurch this afternoon. A special express, due at 3 p.m., will have approximately 320 passengers, while there are about 340 on the usual express, due at 4.28. Visitors for the Greymouth Competitions Society’s festival, which will open on Monday, assisted to make necessary the provision of a relief west-bound express.