REEFTON NOTES.

Grey River Argus, 3 November 1928, Page 2

REEFTON NOTES.

(From Our Own Corre pondent.) REEFTON. November 2. Mr D. D. Campbell, who has been on b’ief v sit to Ch istchurch, retu nod to Reefton last evening. Mr F ,T. Fa ther, w in has been visI'nig Chri tchn ch, returned by la-t ‘Vf , n’ng’ r ? express. M’ss AT TFirold and her mere M*s" P. Blackmore, who have been on an xtended holiday visit, to Sydney and Melbourne, returned to Rceftou last ‘vexing by the express. Mrs Cun’iff? (Wo’lingvon) is visitbig her niothe.-, Mrs Shaw, Main . Street. Outwa d passengers by thi-- morning's expre s, who are attending th* l Cup meeting at Christchurch, includes Mersrs Geo. Osbourne. E. W. Spencer. J. B. Auld, Jno Burley, W Rivers, Miss G. Mallinson, an 1 Mrs A. T. Brook •. itytiss M. C. Morgan (Nel.-on) is at present on a holiday visit to her parents. Mr and Mrs H. L. Morgan. Mrs"Jas. Stevenson senr. (Whangiici), who has been visiting Reef ton, left by this morning’s express on route to Melbourne. Mrs Ellis, of Wellington, and formoily of Reefton, is at present in Recfton vi iting friends. Mr C. Franselow, whilst working at Mr L. McVicar’s farm at Alexander Reefs yesterday, had th-? misfortune *o break his arm. He was brought in to Rceftou, via the Stevenson’s Flat mute, to-day, by Mr D Twomey’s taxi, and received medical attention Rev. S. J. Webb and Mrs Webb retn rued to Reel ton last evening, after a holiday in the south. Mr C. James (Greymouth) visited Roofton to-day. Air and Mrs C. Foley left by yesterday’s Christchurch express on annual holidays. Mr Jack Moyle. some time past teacher at C s househo’d school, Urushington, left for Dunedin yesterday. Mr Jas. O’Malley left for Christchurch by this morning’s express.

At the sitting the Magistrate' Court at Reefton yesterday, before M Meldrum, S.M., Michael Kearns wa convicted and fined 10/- costs, for b< ing found drunk in Grey Road. Reel ton, on October 31. Judgment by <lc fault was given in the following < ivi eases: Commissioner of Taxes v. Le> lie William Kearns; claim £3 4/5 an8/- eo‘3s. L. E Morgan v. . Haro] William Hudson; claim £l5 2/6 an£2 16/- costs. At a sitting of the Warden’s Cou r at Rrc-ftoii, bc.fo:e Mr Meldriun, Wa den, the application of the Aiexande Mine* Ltd. ior a special site licen ' over five acres at Alexander River v.a granted. The lainfall at Reef ton ob>o- vatioi station for October was 10.09 inches with rain on 23 days, the niaximun fall being 1.29 inches on October 2