BLACKBALL NOTES.

Grey River Argus, 3 September 1927, Page 3

BLACKBALL NOTES.

(Our Own Correspondent.) £4,859 is the Blackball wages bill announced the Press with great glee. If it was twice that, a special edition would probably be published to announce it. Of one thing we may be sure, the large number of bosses get it. a lot easier than the colliers or truckers. Fires in tli<4 Blackball Mine are causing a certain amount of anxiety to the management anti will have to be carefully watched, otherwise there may be a slump in bungalow’ values. The Greymouth Amateur Opcpatic Co. gave a very fair rending of the drama i( A Pair of Braces,” before a large and appreciative Blackball audience last Monday night. The no-work whistle for the backshift helped to considerably swell the takings, contrary to ; rumours the “whistle” blew because of a “dinkum” full binns. The no-work whistle also blew for backshift yesterday. The Blackball Band gave some open air-selections on Sunday afternoon last. As there was no counter-attraction, there was a goodly crow r d of attentive listeners. The last two good pays have, we are informed, made the car agents smile; several new orders having been booked. The Blackball Soccer team have picked a strong team to meet Dobson, as the following eleven name's will show. Parsonage, Cochrane, Taylor, McNicol, Smith, Moor, Hampson, Clark, Marley, Rarity, Nelson. The Blackball members of the West Coast Rugby League reps, who visited Otago, report having had a real good time). Mr. R. Smith, the gentleman, who attends the clerical work for the 8.8. C. is at present on holiday. The latest wage list from Lancashire t’not Russia), includes the following choice item, 'Surface Workers (female) 13yrs., 1/4 per day; 15yrs., 1/7; 17yrs. 1/11; 19yrs., 2/5, 21yrs., 2/8. Messrs McMillan' and Brailsford, much to the joy of the jazz artists have commenced the Blackball Hall. The Blackball Pipe Band have admirers near and fare. We understand their services are in much demand. The result, of the draw in the. Dobbs Art Union is as follows: —First Prize No. 4,255, E. Kerry (Glenafton); second prize, No 241 Mrs J. Watson (Iluntly); third prize, No. 4,522, Auckland Waterside Workers’ Union; fourth prize, No. 8,368, Hotel Workers’ Union (Christchurch); fifth prize, No. 5,814 W. Coxhead (Auckland). Blackball workers drew a blank but contributed to a good cause. Mr Baldwin, Premier of Great Britain, and overlord of the far-flung Empire, has been bawling about Socialist Russia, and its (hie) horrible conditions. Why Comrade. Baldwin needs to stray to Russia it not quite (dear. India, which is ruled with such loving earc by Baldwin and Co. pays its coal hewers 7bl per day, with the alternative of a few stray machine gun bullets as a persuader. (Amristar) for example if they attempt to kick over the traces. d’hen there is “Kenya” with half a dollar a week slaves, and nearer home in Greta t Britain; two workers took home 6d after a week’s work on the coal. Seeing that thereare also about 5.000,000 unemployed in the British Empire, Mr Baldwin sure has,some reason throw out his manly chest.