BLACKBALL NOTES.

Grey River Argus, 26 February 1926, Page 8

BLACKBALL NOTES.

(Our Own Correspondent). Alessrs Gouslay, Jim Kerr, L. Neilson and A. Meadowrrott, nu-mners of the Blackball Band, are at present on holiday at Dunedin.

Mr A. Aloore and Aliss E. Aloore, natives of Blackball, have left 4.01 '\Vhangjarei, via Nelson and Wi'lhngion, ami intend to reside there in fuiurc. Both won' popular members oi tm eoinmnnity, and will be much missed b\ their manv friends.

A very popular Blackball couple, in Mr Dave AlcGregor, and Aliss Eniilx Hill, tripped quietly away to Grey mouth and got married, and are now honeymooning at Dunedin. All Ilieii Blackball friends wish them the best oi luck.

Air Jas. Meikle, a coal n iner 01 Blackball, had ft he misfortune to have his ankle broken as tue result of a slight fall of coal in No 3 level face. This is the second time within a feu months that Air Meikle has been in capacitated in this manner, and h must be classed as distinctly unfortunate:

A mining cadet of Blackball, Air L. W. Elevens, was considerably bruised ns the result, of some runaway trnvkiii» the Blackball Aline last week.

Air N. Jeffery, Communist organiser, is back in this district, ami reports meetings and literature sales good. Hi had a good meeting in Roa on Bunday, ami kept his audience interested 1 hroughout. The Picnic Committee have every thing in readiness for the postponed annual picnic, which eventuates, wea ihcr permitting, on Saturday. A benefit picture show on behalf of tho fund last Wednesday produced good results The Blackball Communist Party made their bow in the social sphere last Friday night by staging a dance in Mettrick’s Hall.* Tho attendance was encouraging, and when the timidity aroused towards the Communists by the bosses’ press dope is properly countered the halls will be well filled. Messrs AVoarn and Gibson represented Blackball ami Roa Unions at the District Council Conference hold i»> Westport on Saturday ami Sunday last. It seems to bo a general opinion that the flood waters of the Grey River will sooner or later break through tho railway embankment on the eastern side ul the Blackball bridge and Ngahere.. An investigation by competent engineer* seems to bo an urgent necessity, in order to allay the fears of the general public. Roa Miners’ Union dispute over tonnage rates, through tho intrusion of .1 fault, was settl’d satisfactorily at a meeting of the District Disputes Committee. Mr A. Page ga\e what those present termed a fine lecture on evolution in tho Ali’iors’ Han last week-end. A well-attended debate on the five days coal producing policv took pl nn in Blackball on Saturday night last. AlA. AlcLagan (leader) put up a fine case for the boss, but had his main points torpedoed by his opponents, led by Air Jl'fff I V.