REEFTON NOTES

Grey River Argus, 6 September 1930, Page 7

REEFTON NOTES

/From Our Own Correspondent). 4 REEFTON, September 5. I] The friends of Mr and Mrs <;. X. j 1 ’Osbourn, of the Southern Cross Hotel. ” I will learn with pleasure that their; 1 /little daughter, Margaret, who receiv-1 led a fractured leg at the Reefton | School ,i couple oi weeks ago, is mak j* iiig a good recovery. , Mrs G. Wilson and her daughter, j • !mis Richards, of Greymouth, formerly : I well-known Reefton residents, were j i visitors here to-day. | Mr Muir, accompanied by Mr Sid ( l Reid, arrived in Reefton last eveningj after a tour through the earthquake , I iarea is the Buller Valley, Westport ■ J .and Karamea. It is understood that'll |Mr Muir is writing a book on the up-| iheaval, and that Mr Reid has piloted ' him through the district. | The eighth annual general meeting i of the Golden ( oast Co-operative : * Dairy Company, Limited, was held on 'Saturday. Mr P. J. O’Regan, Chair-;;

, man of Directors, presided 'over a ’large attendance of shareholders and /suppliers. The Directors’ Report I showed that the output of last season from the two factories operated by t the company situated respectively at Reefton ami Maruia was 2 tons 2qrs < 151bs lower than that of the preceding l year. This slight decrease was due en- • . tirely to the .‘unsatisfactory weather j /experienced in the end of last summer, (and early autumn. The balance-sheeet j showed that the total revenue of the 'company for the year was £35,01)8 17s 7d for butter sales, ice, etc. The credit balance to profit and loss account | on the year’s working was £2578 Os Bd. It was decided to pay a bonus of Jd I per lb on all butter-fat supplied during [the season. This will moan that this I company’s suppliers have received ( j slightly over Is 3d per lb., butter-fat during the whole season. The Directors’ report, balance-sheet and state- ' meat of profit and loss account were received, and adopted. Mr 11. Conner was elected Auditor. Vote's of thanks t were passed to the Directors. Secretary: and staffs at both factories for their' good work during the past season. f At a sitting of the Motenka Licens- # ing Committee at Reefton on Thursday. | ithere were present: Mr Middrum, S.M. I (chairman, and Messrs Austin, Discaci-/ ati, O’Rogan and Panckhurst. The ap-j J plication of Alice Herdman, for renew-I

|al of a publican’s license for the 'Juctiou Hotel. Takaka. was granted. / The transfer of the following hotels Were gra iit cdTi n vellers ’ Rost Ho tel, Riwaka. A. E. Winks to W. R. Bowers; Telegraph Hotel. Takaka, I rout A. E. Morse to A. McDonald; Wake- , field Hotel, Walkefield, from D. 1.. ' Rees to H. W. Nicholls; and the Belgrove Hotel, Belgrove. from B. McDonald to A. E. Winks. The application of Belgrove Hotel, Belgrove. for leave i<» carry on in temporary premises , till Oi iol.er 26 next, was granted. « At a silling of the Warden’s Court •at Reefton yesterday, before Mr Mel drum. Warden, the following applications were heard: —E. W. V. .lones and party, for a coal prospecting license ■ o\er 410 acres near (’apleston (adjourned to September 19th); Blackwater Mines Ltd., surender ot water rare . license No. 3611 ('accepted): New Mil- ! lerton Mines '.Lid. (in liquidation'), cert i lira I<• of protection for twelve months, cohering water race license No. 5256 and special site license No. 5897 . (granted ). Al a sitting of the Magistrate's 'Court at l.’eeiton yesterday before Mr Mcldritm. S M.. the following police ,'ca>es were heard:—Franci> Brennan | was charged with the theft of goods ■ from W i list an ley ’s store at I nauga hua I. Inaction, and was convict'd and ordcrI ed to come up tor sentence it called upon within twelve months. Mr Mor- . gan who represented accused. while pleading ‘‘guilty.’’ pul in a strong I plea for leniency on his client’s be- | half calling attention to many mitigating circumstances. Reginald Rutter appeared to reply to

an application tor variation ot a maintenance order made against him at the <’hristchurch Court. An order was made for the payment of 16s per week ami 5s per week in payment of arrears on the former order. ] Eight first offenders charged with beI ing found on licensed premises after i hours on August Ist, were convicted land ordered to pay costs, with the exIception of one, who. being a second i offender, was lined £l. Civil cases were:—Schofield and ) Mines v. George Kelly; judgment was t entered for plaintiffs by default for I £lO 10s ami costs £2 16-. William f Smith (Mr .Joyce) v. Frederick Wil | liam Archer (Mr Patterson ), claim I £lB 6s 8d; judgment for plaintiff fo' ’ amount claimed ami costs £7 2s was en itcred. The following are the results of the / first round of the Reefton Golf Club i championships:—Ladies; Mrs Instone I defeated Mrs McCawe, Mrs Porter de--1 foaled Mrs Patterson. In the semi-fin- . als, Mrs Instone meets Mrs Prentice, and Mrs Porter meets Mrs Sharpe. Meu:—O. Hoy defeated A. McKenzie: W. Porter beat W. Blom; P. H. InI stone beat D. Whitehead; W. S. Pratt / beat W. Prentice, jnr. In the semi--1 finals, Boy meets Porter. Instone meets 1 Pratt. In the Church Trophy match. 2W| S. Piatt (holder) defeated D. j Whitehead. E. Maindonald is the next J challenger, the game to be played over ? the week-end. The following is the draw for the first round of the Blom 1 Trophy Handicap Match play competition: Whitehead plays Maindonald, Hoy plays Stevens, Pratt plays Instone, Porter plays McKenzie, Hepburn /days Prentice junr.. Blom plays Patterson. Lee plays Potter, Campbell, a bye. Miss R. Billman, who has been spending holidays with her mother, ‘Mrs R. i Bulman, has left for the North Island. ; I Air .1. D. Morrison, ot' Christchurch, ! j a former resident of Reefton, is here' f on a visit. 1 Miss McCrostie, of Christchurch, j who has been the guest of Airs C. J. | Aliss D. Heslop is at Christchurch on a holiday visit. Blackmore, has returned homo. The loss of orders for coal has af-1 footed work at the Reefton Alines, I and Bourke’s Creek collieries were idle