Local and general

Grey River Argus, 1 December 1920, Page 2

Local and general

— — Mass will be celebrated at Otira Sunday, December 5, at 9 o'clock, at Jacksons Monday morning at S.J)O. — Advt. Teachers aro reminded that the meeting for discussion of remits for ' the annual meeting of the ]N T .£.S.L will \ be held on Saturday next, December 4. Read advertisement. r ' Harley and Co., Ltd., will hold a ' 'clearing sale of second-hand furniture tit their rooms on Saturday. They Avill also sell gramophone, sewing machine, bicycle, tools, tea, groceries, and sun- , dries. • „.*.;...:; " Horse owners and trainers are reminded that nominations for alt events S at the Christmas Meeting of the Wcst--1 land Racing Club close Avith the secretary, Mr D. J. Evuns, Hokitika, on Friday night, at 9" o'clock. ■ To-day at 10 am the committee appointed to hear the industrial dispiite ' between the AVestland Coach Drivers, 1 Motor Oar Drivers, Stable Attendants ' and Livery Stable Employees' Union, [ and Messrs Cassidy and Hall, coach ' piuprietors of Otira Avill meet at the " Magistrate's Court. p Rt'garding the suggestion , that the • lands along and in the, vicinity of Marsr den Road should be opened up for r selection by intending settlers, it is t stilted the' Lands and Survey Departs nient is making some move in the mat- :. tor. • This is to survey the Crown i t Lands on the northern'' side of Marsdeh. ? Road. s , To-day a bowling macht will be play--1 t>'l at Hokitika between teams repfe-j senting the Grey and .Hokitika Clubs. I The Grey team is : — Messrs' E. Baldwin, Ashly, J. Christie, E. J. Smith (ski]i) ; Messrs J. Steer, R. Barrowman, J. Gittos, G. Blackwood (skip; " Messrs W. R. Kettle, F. Lawn, F. Wise, W. Fletcher (skip) ; Messrs W. 1 Scott, A. B .Kilgour, J. Chalk, J. * Duncan (skip). y , ■ ... t At the close of last season Cctignc - was the only horse in Australia that - appeared to have any chance of equal- ', ling Carbine in prize-money. He is ;i still second, but only a little OA'cr£2l '• in advance of Poitrel, avlio, in order n to AATest premier position from Car 1 n bine, will have to win nearly £3000 t in the Autumn. It las already been c demonstrated that a mile and a half i- in first-class company is beyond Ccti- igne, and, as he has turned eight, it o is late to' look for improvement in .- him as a stayer. ' In handicaps tip c to a mile and a quarter, he may still o have , to be reckoned with, but even t if he does not win another race his - record is a great one. He ran second 0 in the A. J.C. Breeders' Plate,- the first i-' race in AA'hich he started, and hisrea cord now stands at 48 places for 76 c starts. Compiled from figures obi- tiiined from .the various clubs at whose '- meetings Cetignc won or Avas placed, c his total is «£26,756 ; , of Avhich he put c -together" £11,695 while in Mr. T. A. c Stirton 's ownership and trained by T. d F. Scully-r— Sydney "Referee." (Poit- ;- rel has now . reversed the position by c securing another third, and is ahead ( t- of Celignc as a stake winner.)

Solemn Requiem Mass will be held in St. Patrick's Church, Greymouth at 9.30 a.m. to-morrow for the repose of the souls of those who have died in the cause of Irish freedom. It is stated quite a number of people from, other parts of the Dominion have lately been enquiring about land on the West Coast wit han «ye to settling thereon. To-day the anniversary of the constitution, of the Province of Westland. The provincial anniversary to-day is being honoured 'locally by! the apyrts at the Park under the auspices of the' Schools' Association. / At a meeting of the Grcymoutb Bowling Club the Messrs W. Blair, J. Steer and Blackwood were elected. :i sub-committee to act with the Centre Committee in carrying out the annual tournament to_be held in Grcym6uth on February 9th, 10th and 11th. Baker's Motor Bus will leave Ruthcrglcn and return at 9.15 p.m. This will give residents an opportunity of doing their shopping and returning home comfortably. On Sunday evening the bus will leave Camcrons at 7 p.m. and return at 10.15 p.m. The residents from Camcrons, Paroa and South Beach will thus have an. . opportunity of attending the pictures on Sunday evening. It is understood that a nuptial louble -event takes place to-day at Hokitika, where two brothers and two sisters will be the contracting parties. That enterprising firm, the Mawhcra Meat Coy. have ordered a Leylaml 2ton motor truck from Mr H. H. Smith, the motor man, and local representative of the Leyland Coy. The truck is expected t° arrive in a fortnight's time.' The firm nrc to_bc congratulated on their enterprise. Last Sunday wocK. saw the iinal ior the xNovico race and the second round .tor Senior raco held under the auspices of the Lake iJrunner Aquatic Club. The results were as follows: — Novice Race. — C. Kennedy (SUsee) 1, A. Robinson (30secs; 2, W. Hogg ♦ (25sccs). 3. F. Southorn (scr.) also started. Hogg and Sduthofn fouled badly in the run home, which spoilt both their chances. F. Southorn gained most points for the three rountis, thus winning first prize, with,C Kennedy second. The following -was the result of the Senior Race: — A. Magea (75secs) 1, J. Hines .(scr.) 2, B. Vyborg (70secs) 3. ; A meeting under the Labour Disputes Investigation Act takes place today in, connection with a dispute betwocn Messrs Cassidy and Hall, Coach Proprietors, of Otira, and the Westland Coach Drivers, Motor-car Drivers, Stable Attendants (including horsoshoers) and Livery -Stable Employees' Union. As this is only the second time the Act referred to has been ci.cd on the West Coast, it will no doubt be desirable for all concerned to see . the meeting end satisfactorily to both sides. The Committee consists of Messrs H. W. Kitehingham, and G. W. Moss (acting for Messrs Cassidy and Hall), and Messrs P. Sinclair and F. L. Turley (acting for the Union). The parties have agreed to Mr F. Harley asting as chairman. A very cnjoyablis evening was spent in Daphne Hail, Ru Ru last Saturday wcyk, the occasion being a "Hard-iip" social and dance in aid of the Broken Hill Fund. The music for the evening was supplied by Mrs Johnson, of Greymouth, the duties of M.C. being carried out by Messrs I. Olscn and J. Mago. During the evening a waltzing competition toon place, thirteen couples taking part in it, and the itual resulting in Mr Jim Becker and Miss I. Mayo, and Mr Goodall and Miss 1Kennedy dead heating for first place: with -"Mr MeGinty and Miss V. McKay vnry close up. Songs were rendered I by Miss McKay, Messrs Cropp and Me- ' Ginty, while Messrs Braidwood and Shearer sang a duet. . During the supper adjournment Mr Olsen took the opportunity of thanking all who had helped to make the social a success, special mention being made of the j Chamberlain family, who gave the use o ftha hnll gratis. As a Tcsnlt of flip above social, £fi fls 9d "*™ s handed into the "Arsrns" towards the fund for Broken Hill. A umrvoilous escape from an accident that might have terminated with serious, consequences, occurred at Rewauui on Friday morning. A boy named Robby Stcele, was acuveiing some goods on horse back to the rcsideuts on the Hill from • the Co-operative Store, and Avhen he was crossing one of the bridges, it collapsed, precipitating the boy and horse innto me creek,. 30 fest below. Lucidly tho boy was thrown clear of tlie horse, but still had the misiortuno to get his foot injured, breaking two small bones. The boy was found sometime after the • mishap by Mr Kelly, who taking tho boy to his camp, rendered first aid and made the little sufferer as comfortable as possible till further assistance came along to carry the boy toßunangVto get medical treatment. . Not many weeks' ago, tire management of mo State Mjnc dismissed some of the outside workers that were fixing the roads and bridges, saying there was ]■ n'st^. enough work for 'them to do. # The won dor is whether this accident will .eive them the hint that there -is plenty •to do fixing roads and bfidgcs.^ete.., nnVss they want the lot to eoflapso before- reinstating those men frgain.