WESTPORT NOTES.

Grey River Argus, 18 January 1922, Page 3

WESTPORT NOTES.

(Our Own Correspondent.) Miss Annie Mackay aml her sister, Dorothy, have returned to Wellington from Sydney and Melbourne. The latter returns to Westport by next trip of the Komata from the Empire City. Mrs. Wansbone is here from the North Island on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs George Parkhouse. Miss'■Kathleen Moynihan, daughter of Mrs and the late Air William Moynihan (surveyor) arrived by the Komata from Wellington, to stay with her relatives, Mr. John Kiely and Mrs. Kcily, senr. On Sunday last a full-moon tide, influenced by bad weather, left its high-water mark within a comparatively few yards of several camping establishments on the north beach. The seeming encroachment, however, is one of rare occurrence, ami does not occur frequently enough to put fear into the hearts of those determined to get in their summer sojourn by the seaside. Seen after his sculling contest with Hadfield, Arnst, says a scribe, acted like a sport and offered no excuses. Those who wish to be dubbed ‘sports’ would do well to paste this in their hats. The fellow who succumbs to victory is not worthy of the name of “sport” if he quarrels with his plaything or the driving force behind it. In short, if you arc beaten, be honest with yourself, and say the better man won. Campers at Cape Foulwind are giving a fancy dress ball for their children at the popular seaside resort on Saturday night next. Borough surfacemen have been clearing away the growth of grass from the footpath on the Brougham Street side of Victoria Square. The improvement is appreciated by all those who traverse by this way. There are a lot of other footpaths round about town sadly in need of a weeding of their noxious growth. In our opinion the City Council could do infinitely worse than keep a man in constant employment cleaning the footpaths, scything down the grass on the road-sides, and tidying up the thoroughfares generally. We are quite sure the ratepayers would sanction the employment of a man whose work would be the tidying up and the taking care of the streets and footpaths, householders inclined to disfigure the front of their dwelling places with rubbish and broken-down fences should be brought to account. A model city depends on the individual efforts of its citizen-dwellers.