WESTPORT NOTES.

Grey River Argus, 9 April 1927, Page 7

WESTPORT NOTES.

(Our Own Correspondent). WESTPORT, April 8. Mr. T. S. Williams, late of Millerton, k staying for a few weeks at the Al iion Motel, Westport. Mr. D. Redfern, of the Railway Workshop staff, has left for Nelson on 3 fortnight’s holiday. The Technical High School students held a social in the school building last tight, their own orchestra supplying the music. Mrs William Knight, of Broadway, Iwefton, is at present seriously ill in Westport. Mrs Wearne, from Timaru, and Miss Knight, from Reef ton, have arrived in Westport to visit her. Mrs Howard, of Millerton, has left for six months’ holiday to the Old Country. Mr. W. Trcloar, of the Westport Telephone Exchange, has gone to Greymouth on his annual holidays. From thence he will proceed to Christchurch. Miss McCallum, Child Welfare Oflic< r, who has been visiting Westport, has returned to Greymouth. Mr. Murray, of Millerton, has left on a visit to Christchurch. Mrs Healey, of Granity, is visiting Reefton. Sergt. Major Jordan, left yesterday for Greymouth. Mr. Hunter will leave to-morrow for Wellington via Nelson. Mr. and Mrs George Murray yesterday arrived in Westport from Greymouth. Airs Taylor, who has been visiting Airs Sowcrby, Waimangaroa, has left Nelson. Mr. Neilson, of Seddonville, was in town on Wednesday. He reckons Soddonville is all right and is optimistic in regard to the future. Mr. H. E. Holland, M.P., left Wellington on Wednesday evening for Westport after attending with the deputation upon the Coastal Road, Timber Industry and Inangahua Railway and arrived back last night.

Mr. J. Menzie, Mayor, wired the Hon Mr. Anderson, Minister of Marino, protesting against the injunction sought to prohibit the removal of driftwood from the beach, thus depriving poor people from procuring firing. The handicaps for the Fire Brigade Athletic Association’s Easter Monday Sports are expected to be published at any time now. A paragraph in a contemporary refers to the wonderful growth of grass in the district. Is this the reason of milk prices growing too? The ship, Baron Ardrossan, which arrived at Auckland from Cuba on Monthly, is due at Westport next week. Cr. Henley accompanied the deputation to Wellington to interview the Minister on several questions of importance to the Buller district. The Mayor was to have made the trip, but the Deputy-Mayor went in his stead. Mr. W. Ambrey, who formerly was proprietor of Watson ’s Hotel, Granity, had his house burned down in Wellington. As showing the necessity of a better method of granting licenses to drive motor vehicles, it is freely stated in town that a commercial man, who was charged with being inebriated while in .charge of a motor car, was really suffering from the after effects of shell shock, which may have been the case, but the result would be as disastrous as if he were intoxicated and he could not control the car upon occasions. There certainly should be better tests than are applied at present. Some day we wifi hear of a driver runningpamok with his car, through possibly a similar unfortunate condition. The high tides and northerly winds navi' played havoc with the Orawaiti Itoa I. Where the road was washed away at tin* last flood ju.-f past the concrete i nlvert, the sea was right over the road on Wednesday. Floating logs had acted n- battering ramknocking the boulder wall to pieces. There should be immediate attention to the seriousness of tin position, or the settlers are likely to be sufferers. The spit which runs out at the settlement, opposite Duncan’s and Andersons, is being washed away, and ■*!)(• road will soon be facing the (*’><■•) sea. A sea wall appears the only remedv, and money the only obstacle. If anyone had an idea that the driftwood on the beach would be of service in the matter of preventing erosion, that idea should be scrapped at once, as the large logs, aided by a turbulent sea, make for greater damage.