General News

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 September 1949, Page 4

General News

Miners Make Donation The Inangahua Miners’ Union at a meeting last week-end decided to make a donation to the election campaign fund of the Labour Party, at the rate of £1 per member. Mails For Britain Surface mails for letters only for the United Kingdom, Eire and Europe, except the Balkan States and Italy, will close at the Chief Post Office, Greymouth, at 5.30 p.m. on September 7 and at noon on September 13. The next parcel despatch will close at 7.30 p.m. on September 12. Rainfall At Totara Flat A.ccording to meteorological readings taken at Granville State Forest (Totara Flat}, 5.18 in of rain fell on 13 days during August, bringing the rainfall for the year to 40.59 in. The heaviest fall for any one day was 1.26 in. Cape Foulwind School Advice has been received from the Education Department approving the consolidation of the Cape Foulwind School on Westport, states the Westport News. As from Monday pupils will be conveyed to and from Westport by a taxi service. The Owen River School has also been consolidated on Murchison. Mean’s Body Found "The body of Neil McQueen, aged 53, of Toetoe, near Portland, who has been missing since Monday evening, was recovered yesterday morning under the Portland wharf. Mr McQueen was last seen during the dinner recess on board the vessel on which he had been working. Later his hat was seen in the water. — (P.A.) * . • Shag Destruction Campaign The result of the competition conducted by the Grey Acclimatisation Society, in conjunction with a drive for the destruction of the black shag, was announced last evening. The winner was Mr W. Clarke, of Blackball, who collected 16 heads. Mr W. Fisher was second with 15 tokens, and Kevin Fisher, a youngster, was third with 12 heads. It was profitable shooting for the winner. He received the bounty of 10s for eachblack shag shot, netting £B, and collected a further £5 for returning the greatest number of heads. The drive was successful from the society’s point of view, it being reported that 150 black shags had .been destroyed and that many more were shot but not retrieved. .