HOKITIKA NOTES.

Grey River Argus, 24 August 1928, Page 2

HOKITIKA NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) HOKITIKA, August 23. Heavy rain set in Ins? night, and t.h?re was a continual fall. A heavy northerly gale sprang up, the weather conditions being very rough and stormy. This morning there was no improvement. About 10 o’clock there was an electric storm, the thunder being vary loud, indicating the close proximity of the disturbance. The beavy_ rainfall this morning brought down a flood which may have .the effect of improving the bar. The u.-ual fortnightly visit of the district nurse, Miss Spring, will take place to-morrow. The customary round of visits will take p’ace in the morning, and in th 1 af ei.noon the nurse will be in attendance at St. Andrew’s Hall from 2.30 o’clock. Messages requiring attention should be left with Mrs G. Perry, Hale Street.

Mr W. J. Han bury, of Ross, has secured a pedigree bull for the district, a two-year-old, by Waipiko Masterpiece. He has also added to his stock two four-year-old heifers by Trens Majesty and Neatheads, bo.th champion butterfat cows. p digroe of his stock can be traced back to Doctor Golden Brown Sultan and Fresky and other well-known bu’ls, The growing value of the dairying industry in the district appears to warrant securing rhe best in well-bred stock, and Mr Hansbury is to be complimcn ed on his wise, judgment.

The scow Zingarn did not leave Greymouth to-day for Hokitika, but it is hoped that the conditions to-mor-row will enable her to uo so.

Mr E. A. Wells, County Chairman, purposes visiting the WaJaroa district over ‘.he weeki nd to look into the matter of a proposed road which was referred to him for report at the last meeting of the Council. The Chairman will also look into other district matters that may crop up.

One n suit of to-day’s flood is that the Left Hand branch of the Kanieri River rose rapidly and washed out the pastern approach to the bridge, near Ilavill's. on Lake Kanieri road, interrupting all whei 1 traffic. The County workmen took steps to reopen traffic. Some damage was caused to 'he Kanieii Lake water race serving the power station at the Forks, and in consequence of a precarious position the auxiliary station at Hokitika was started at 1-30 thfts afternoon. A party of men went out to repair the damage, the full extent of which is not yet known.

At a sale of Mr W. Berry’s dairy •stock at He t po, South Westland, yesterday, the following animals were di posed of:—Second caH JcrseyShor.thorn cows £.ll 12s Gd, £l2 ’ JOs, E.lO 10s, £9 2s Gd, £lO 12s/Gd, £ll ids. £9 17s Gd, £l2 12s (id, £9 10s. Third calf cows £9 2s Gd. £lO 12s Gd, £l3 12s Gd. £ll, £ll 12s Gd, £l3. Four h calf cows £il ss. £lO 15s, £lO, £ll ss, £9 7s Gd. £9. Fifth calf cows £9 2s 6d, £ll ss, £8 ss. £ll 12s 'Gd, £8 2s 6d. First calf heifers £l3, £9 ss, £7 10s. Two-year-o’d heifers r.w.b. £(J ss. Aged cows (springers) £9 15s. Tw i-year-old stn rs £5 10s, 20 fat wethers at £2 Is 3d each.

The Golf Club’s third bogey match takes place on Saturday, the handicaps being: Chesney scr.. Steel, Neville 5, Spencer, Partridge 6, O’Doherty. App': garth. Adamson 9. Cagney, Wilson 11, Williams, Houston 13, Seddon, Staveley 14. Macfarlano, Kortegast, Irwin, Baird. Cooke, Chris,'i an son, Fin-er-y, Baker, Langford 15, Morris, Best 16,’ Anderson, Nichol's, Adams, Cox. Mackay 17, Coulson junr., Caliari 22, Butler, Mandi, McGavock, Teichclmann. Morpeth, W. E. Williams, Keller, Renton, Yarrall, Lewis, R. Ross, Gilpin, Mclntosh s. nr.. Field, GuthreyHayward, Evans, Chapman, Stopforth, Ross, Carver, Nestor. Dawson, Morrison' 23. The best card returned for last Saturday’s medal match was Kortegast 102—20—82. The following seniors will represent Excelsior Club in their match here with Stars on Saturday at 3 p.m.— Nightingale, R. King, Christenson, Stuvenson, Houston, J. King, O’Brien, A. King, J- Baran, J. Gugich, Freitas, Bannister, Dougherty, B. Gugich. Hughes. Emerg., Palmer.