HOKITIKA NOTES

Grey River Argus, 29 May 1922, Page 8

HOKITIKA NOTE S

(Our Own Correspondeut.) Hon Mr Parr arrived here on Sat . urday night, and yesterday visited tin . . Mental Hospital. . 1 Collectors in town and country ar ■ now out to raise al,- , t £lOO for th. Blind Fund: The count:; lists elost at the end of the month. I,' ti ;e f u i Westland quota is raised, the fund wil gain £BBO with the Government subsid' of 24/- in the £l. ! Thu Postmaster-General lias iuforme. Mr. Scddon that the second weekly mai services cannot be -extended south be yond Hari Hari. The southern motor ser vice for mails is said to cost £l4O ; year more than the revenue, and tin ; contract lasts till 1924. j Evans Road, in South Westland, if . Io be gone on with, at a cost of £JS( | I learn that the present month, a; far as local business is concerned, i.much poorer than for many months past, there being a considerable fall mg oiT in the trade of the town. The late decline in the timber trade is doubtless responsible to a considerable extent for this. Air C. Jolley left by Saturday morning’s express for Christchurch. The funeral of the late James Snicaton took place on 1 riday afternoon and was attended by a large number ol friends of the deceased and his family. The Rev. B. Fraser read the Presbyterian burial service at the. graveside. The Wakaiti sailed on Friday evening for Okarito, and returned on Saturday evening, with a cargo <»f sleepers, after a smart trip occupying 24 hours. There was a fair attendance at the Labour Ball which took place at the Westland Opera House on Friday evening. A first class supper was provided by the .Ladies’ Committee. The muisc was supplied by Alessrs Lawn ami Gibbons. and extras by Miss Gillooly. Air H. Breeze had charge of the floor, and dancing was kept up till the, small hours. Air 8. Aliddlemiss, of th? local Loco Department, who has been transferred to Invercargill, left by Thursday morning’s express to take up his new duties. t ‘ 1 Se].»” carries with him the best wishi es of a large circle of JTrcuds in this i district. The death took place at Belfast on | February 15111 under distressing circumstances of Sergt. Eugene Ahern, following hounds received in Springfield Road Barracks by an accidental discharge from a machine gun. ’.The fun- • oral was very largely attended by ; R.I.C. and civilians from many parts of •Belfast. Air AL and Aliss Ahem, of i Goldsborough, Westland, are brother and /sister of the deceased. / Last Wednesday 240 sheep crossed ' the new Kakapotuhu River Bridge in j South Westland in safety. The work of turning the course of the Little Waitaha River near the bridge is a success. The stream has now wholly been returned to the old or centre channel. A moderate sized flood, it is expected will create the necessary scour Io render the channel permanent. The northern abutment of the bridge is now being protected, and as all the necessary piers are now lined, the structure should be safe from further floods. The approaches v ill soon be gravelled, and the bridge in regular use.