STOCKTON NOTES.

Grey River Argus, 27 June 1922, Page 7

STOCKTON NOTES.

(Our Own Correspondent >. Consid(‘rablo anxiety prevails al present owing to the shortage of water. We have experienced to dale the long est dry spoil for some considerable iinx‘,l and everyone is carrying waler. TTu’i ; directors of the Stockton Coal Company have, for years, promised a vrater! puppl.'-’ '.<> meet I lie demands required] i by the residents. However we are com-, polled io take that much-talked of ‘‘optimistic view of the future.” Massey has willed no further progress—and the' .pipes have to wail, likewise lhe resid , i "Tlhe plans and specifications of the Stockton Bost (Illive road arc now on view in the local Bost Office and the necessary requirement are steadily com-, ing forward. We have also news of the plan and specifications of an addition to tlii* local school. These additions will he welcomed by the teachers and children, as the present school is much too small for the teaching study to be curried out in an efficient manner. Dame Rumour lias it that the timber for the Town Hall is near at hand, but. unfortunately the shirk lime is giving no encouragement to the ‘‘working bees.” ( lhe slack time here is a sore point after having been told by the mamig-■ : ing director on his r* rent visit that the 'Company had. large demands for coal,' land lhai there would be r.o slack time. i The mine is only working half time. A Christidiurch visitor heir, was re-’ ! lating last ‘week the opinions of the ! people in his locality of the miner.i s -me of the folk in the City of the ' I Plains have same <|t>ee. < once;.; ions of ' i’lir human bring known as the miner. 1 ('ome over, dear bretheru, and have a! I peep and a chat, and preferably bring! , some pit clothes and do a shift or two I ami wait for your an! icipatc.l pay! ' Also th-' unanticipated miners! \Ve ihink that a capable wißer should outline a good article and publish same in the ‘‘Argus'’ dealing ou matters pertaining io ’.hr miners; such as his work in the mine, Lis status. co<t of living, slack time and wages, Lis elixir'ument, and lhe penurious attacks of lhe coal owners and staff. Send a bundle of the papers to the libraries probably the editors of the capitalist press would subdue their lying stateii!,n‘s about the n:i:<r. am! the pr«q»aganda for lhe mine owners. A lecture' was given by .Mr 11. Exans on 'Tuesday exening in aid of the- Russians Famine Fund. Some money was i’i hand from lhe lust social function hold here and it was decided to have two lecture’s to aeld to the small sum and forward on. Air Evans lectured on ‘‘Liberty,’’ and Air B. Davidsem x\ as to lecture on '‘Historical Alatcrialism ’’ but owing to an unexpected cull to Greyinouth he was unable'- to attend. Howt'ver we are. looking for-t xvard to Air Davidson giving his leu-i tuie at some future* date. Alr.-> Corkill who owned a large' boanlinghouse here, has now sold her ■ interests to Mr James Shipton of Millerton and she intends residing at Alil-1 lerton in the future. The genial James , will eater for the workers. Some' wags’ in commenting on the l change, of ow ner-j ship remarked that they hope'll James could not buy too many of his national vegetabe leeks. Hoxvever his many friends wish him success ami his boarders will lie waiting for the “Welsh Rare-Bit.”