WESTPORT NOTES

Grey River Argus, 9 May 1930, Page 7

WESTPORT NOTES

(From Our Own Correspondent). J WESTPORT, -May 8. y The. Holt. W. Mclntyre was in Westj t»ri. on VV ednvsday. ( apt. and Mrs Earl leave for Reeflon on Sunday, by private car. Air and Mrs C. Sara leave for Reeften <»n Sunday. Mrs Walton, who has been staying with relatives in Westport returns t( Greymoulh on -Monday. One of the log waggons, loaded with | logs, coming into town from Cape ! Fouiwind was derailed, close to Bryan. I and Bowater's Sawmill, on Wednes- : dav afternoon about 4 o’clock. For- I runately there was no one hurt, not- a stoppag'.' of trailic. The WAV.A. engine, which the Min- | ister of Railways promised in a lew weeks ago, has arrived in port. The .Mi! left L'u Medical Association has donated the sum of £lO to the I Cancer Research FumL t On Tuesday evening a. fuse at the , cut out ot Pakington street forced over and caused dislodgment of the switch ( at. the power house, putting the j temporarily in darkness. The follow' g were rhe outward pas- ; sengers by the Komata:—Alessrs Strut- ! ton. Reece, Kelly. Walshe, Bagnio, Lar- I sen, Trillo, Hill; Masters Donaldson, t Ford; -Misses Tulloch, Findlay: Alesdames Larsen, Thoinp on, Donaldson, | Crowell. Whitt, Flett. Henderson Jen- I kins .Bircholl, Bryan. Luxton. Miss B. Tuliorii left yesterday on a holiday visit to rhe North Island. I Master Sloe of Nelson College is • spending his term vacation with his j parents, Peel Srrevt. Mis; F. Lockington, of Greymouth. ( is on a visit to her parents in Romilly 1 Street, West port. Air and Mrs Taylor and Family have left - for Epsom. Auckland where they will in future reside. The Arhitration Court is sei down to meet :ii Westport on May 27th. when the following claims will be heard: —Ilaro'd Johnson V. Richard i Allen: Donald Hunter v. Westport | Sto.’kton Coal Co.; (. harles-Roberts v. Westport Stock! oti Cpal Co.; Thomas’ Barnes v. West port Stockton Coal Co. j Dr. 1. C. Mclntyre, Medical Superintendenl of the Cashmere Sanatorium, • Christchurch, arrixed in Westport in connection with rhe group system of the treatment of tuberculosi . '] he wedding was recenily celebrate«l | at Widlington of Aliss Dorothy Alain Young daughter of Mr arid Mrs .R. | Young, Wellington and late of West port to Kenneth Victor llendor-'on. The death has occurred of -Miss M.nrv Norris, daughter of Mrs A. Nor- | ris, Russi‘ll Street, al lhe age of eleven years. Iler demise occurred after a short illness. .Mr and Mrs G. M. Powell have returned io Westport from jhe North Is land. Mi- Broad left for Nelson to-day. At the monthly meeting of the Aiuniripal Band. Mr A. Williams presided over a large attendance of members. The Secretary reported that arrangements wore well’in hand for - the Band s bazaar. A fine donation was received from Messrs C. and A. Odliu hardware merchants, Wellington, con sisting of silver table cutlery for competition a 1 the Bazaar, which will be held ar the end of September. The bazaar is to raise funds to obtain a new set of silver in-t ruments which the hand are badly in need. The Steamers at present in port are: Ngatoro, Raia, Kaimiro. Arapawa, Kotjti. Lady Lewis. The general meeting of the Buller Hockey Association was held 011 Tuesday ovening. Air C. Sara was appointed President for the ensuing year, and l Mr Rain, Secretary. A vote of thanks was passed to Miss 1 K. McGrath for services rendered as the Buller dplegate to the New Zealand Ladies’ Hockey Association and ! also for report of business transcated. A vote of thanks was also pas-.od to Air Hart the retiring President and congratulations were also extended on I his appointment as Vice President of the New Zealand Hockey Association. It was decided to write to the Referi ees’ Association, stating That matches ! must start punctually at the appointed ' time. It was also decided that in the event I of a ladies’ representative team touring this season, that the Karamea SubAssociation be given the preference of a visit. Application fees for ladies’ teams was fixed at £l/1/- to meet the cost of administration. Fixtures for the first round of the competitions were drawn as follows:— A-lE.N. May 15. —Wesley v. United; St. John’s a bye. Mav 22.—St. Johns v. Wesley; United a bye. May 15.—Technical Schoo) v. Ramblers; West port a bye. May 23rd.—Ramblers v. Westport Technical School a bye. Air J. 11. Prosser does .not know j what: to make of Great Star. He has. J tried spelling him and giving him an

easy time of it, but the results have not been up to expectations. Now he is going to keep the son of Solfeiino ami Theda in strong work, and see how he will do on that. At present. Great Star is very much tied up behind ami, on looks, it will take some time for him to throw it off. Lord Ranald is still being trained by his owner at his farm. He is reported 'to be doing well, but where he will 'race first is not known. Evidently’ Air I Fechney has no intention oi doing much i travelling with the Masterpiece gelding, as he has not entered him at •either Wanganui or Ellerslie. Work is being found in the We-t--port district for thirty returned soldiers by th" Government. ThJ Westport Ladies’ Hockey (hub has elected the following officers:— Patron, Mr J. Jeffrey; president, Miss Garr (reelected): vice-presidents, Mosdames A. L. Black, Hohlov, Mrssr--Cliff Thomas, Hart, J. Brown. H. MeKinlay, A. Curtis, G. Aitken, T. Park Cai'tain Tointon ami Tulloch: Misses Vitaglitch. McLellan; Captain. Miss )) Simpson; vice-captain. Miss D Burns; secretary. Miss E. McGrath. j Among the recommendations oi th* J General Purposes Committee adoptee i hv the Borough Council last evening lucre the folio wing That R. Coleman l motor mechanic, be paid an additiona » 5/- per week on his present salary J hat the Hockey Association be give) J-.he use of Victoria Square for ever * Thursday afternoon during the* seasoi 'unless it is otherwise needed: that ai 'additional amount of £240 be provide. 1 lor renovation of the T.ibrarv and th I work mirriod out as early as possible Glint the sum of £5OO Im transferre. (from the elm-trie revenue account fo the year ending March 31st, 1930, t | the general account, as a refund o I portion of rates amounting to £3O-1 previously advanced to the electric account; that limited quantities of ta be supplied to the Public Works !><’ partmenl. and tar sold to outsider other limn ratepayers, be charged fo lit a rate of I - per gallon, application for more titan two barrels at a tint to be submitted to the Gas Committer i The Borough Council Ims decided t I allot the use of Victoria Square fo . football -as follows: —The Kuglv i Union to have six pay Saturdays am 1 ll,e Soetter Code four, with two heb lin reserve. The Council receives

■ per cent, of the gate receipts up to > £lOO, and o'er that amount 10 perl ' eont., each code to give notice when } enable Io play on the dates allotted, • subject to a penalty of £•» 3s "’hen I this conditions is not fulfilled. ( At the Borough Pouncil meeting : ' last evening a loiter from Messrs Vivkorman and Lancaster stated they ' were prepared to report on Borough ’ electric works if expenses were eovI prod, ami on Totara scheme for twenry- ' five guineas. The Mayor said Mr Lan- | caster arrived on Tuesday night, and ■ was all «lav on the business, and would • be to-day am] again on Friday. and ‘was not leaving until Saturday. He; i was going out to the power vxoiks • on Friday, when rhe crane was workJ in". His report would not be available at present. Mr Vbkermnii would probably report on Totara scheme. The Town Clerk’- action in accepting the terms was endorsed. Mr I'. Koeg han .-ind other residents oi Beach Hoad, asking for electric light to be installed in their houses. Cr. Jeffrey |dd not think they could gr.mt more 1 lif'hl will, the electric light hi its . pivseiil state. licsolvcil Hint the . Engineer procure an estimate oi co t-s. • The Mayor did not think any upplicaI lions had bern refused: connections t were going on all the time. The Abattoir manager, reporting for the month: -<’attlo killed ISS. >h< ?p killed 135. lambs 111. pigs 94, calves 15. I fees £.114 Ids Sd, as compared with £l2O Ils. an increase of £2O IL lid, I grazing !>’••< £2 Us Cui. The Gas man . ager reported for the month: —G.‘t consumed 2,101,000 cubic feet, as against 2,010,000 cubic Let for the I corresponding month la-t year, an inI crease of 91.000 cubic feet. i The Public Works Department are having earthquake damage to the School of Mines repaired. 'The following players will represent th? Ranger Rugby Football Club in its fixture for this week-end:—Seniors v. Ngakawau: Hill, Metsen. Gill. Griffiths, Smith. Graham, White. Ethridge. Stewart, Clarke, Orman, Moreton. I*. Fox. Armstrong. Dalziel. Emergencies: ’ Blvlh. Nixon. Junior: v. Tiroroa. all I Westport: Menzies, Peggie, Boswell, l Morgan, Callaghan, Watson, Tiplady. Stuart, Cook, Swan, Berry, Geddes, J. Fox. Bradley, Lewis, Brown, Douglas, Auld. Thirds v. l’nit.-l. at Millerton: Nicholls. Cook, Tip’ady, Williams, McKinley, Morgan Pfeffer. Moreton, Jack. McM'Lan. Berry, Plummer, | Fox. Prosser. Finlayson. I Mr f -briny Robertson, son of Mr I and Mrs J. M. Robertson, is leaving j Australia to-day for London. Air Robertson will be remembered as the I | winner of many cornet championships i in Australia and New Zealand, also the < champion of champions al a New ZeaI land contest. j Mr A. Pristoh, of the Tolls Depart- [ meat of the G.P.0., Wellington, who has been on a visit for a week to Mr 'I R. Johnson, leaver Settlement, reI | turned to Wellington to-day. I Nurse Curtis, of the Reefton Hos- . t piial, arrived yesterday on a visit to j-her people, of Peel Street. ‘ I Air F. Lingar.l Ims decided not to continue with the mining scholarship. I and is to resume on the Magistrate s Court staff at Westport. Masters Brown. Bush, McArthur. Shand, Wat on, Wilson, Sloe, Cummings (2). McDonald, Campbell, Martelli. . Brown (2), and Jackson, students oi , Nelson Boys’ College, arrived last > evening for term holidays.