WESTPORT NOTES

Grey River Argus, 10 August 1925, Page 7

WESTPORT NOTES

(Our own Correspondent). Miss Holly Sloan, who was twentyfive years of age, passed away in Christchurch on Thursday. The late Miss Sloan was a cousin of Mr J. M<I’adden, of this town. Miss D. McKay left Westport on Saturday for Wellington for Fieet week.

Messrs Hagedorn and Sons, undertakers, have just imported the body of a “Willys Knight’’ motor friarse. Mr Hagedorn intends to transfer the glass top of th e horse drawn hearse to the frame of the new motor hearse, which will be used principally for funerals from the side of the Buller an i the Orawaiti River.

A long discussion tcok place at the Art Union meeting nt the O’Conor Home on Thursday night as to whr: the amount of the prize money should be. Some expressed the opinion that people would not give a half crown for a ticket unless they got £5OO back in a prize. One speaker remarked that he knew six good sports who every yea- nt the races paid for a lieket and were quite satisfied with a prize of 25/- back from the tote.

It must be said o'l out district that the climate is one of ti e best in the Southern hemisphere. The grass Tas not stopped growing all the season, and people have been mowing their lawns eve.' fortnight during the past four months. The fields c-n the farms cutside the town have been looking green and fresh, with plerty of feed growing for the live slock. It is a hard matter at present (o get a house to rent in Westport. In the whole of 'rhe town there are only two empty houses, and only for the repairs to be done to these, they would also soon be snapped up.

A large number -rf householders nrc letting rooms here. In the main street there are two shops empty at present, and in one of the side streets a boarding house wants u tenant. Thg St. Canice’s girls held a children’s fancy dresu ball in the Club room on Thursday afternoon. The room was crowded with little tpts and their guardians, and a pleasant afternoon was spent. The children looked very pretty in their multi-costumes. Mrs Archer presided at the piano. On Thursday night the Club held a euchre and forty-fives tournament, and on this occasion the r.iom was again crowded. The euchre was won by Mr Lee, Mr 11. Hull being second. Of the ladies, Mrs Champion got first and Mrs Fox second, while the forty-fives was won by Mr Williams. A very interesting debate took place at th e club room cn Friday night, the subject under debate being “That Too Much Time is Devoted to Sport,” Both sides put up solid arguments, and finally the ve - diet was given for the affirmative.

The old students of the Technical School held a successful social tad dance ii St. John's school room on Friday night. Wo are still enjoying lovely went het in the Buller, nnd it is, strange amid our sunshine to be reading telegrams in tlio press of the floods, washouts, and snow storms i.i clillerciit other parts of the Dominion.