WESTPORT NOTES

Grey River Argus, 23 October 1930, Page 7

WESTPORT NOTES

(From Our Own Correspondent. ) j WESTPORT, October 22. j Some patent paint, especially pro- i cured through Messrs Struthers, has > been used in the painting of tire swim- I niing bath. It is especially applicableto cement and concrete, work. The ’ baths have been given two coats and : now look A.l, and ready for the opening, which should be about November Ist. Very little whitebait are coining up < the Buller River. One wonders if the l last fresh has blocked the bar? As an instance of the reliability of* wireless broadcasting was when on Monday night, there came along the j announcement that a miners’ demon-, stratum look place at Denniston on Victoria Square. Reminds one of a returning soldier who gained a lady’s, hand and affections by making a pic- , tine of his farm at Burnett’s Face. Mr and Mrs Palmer, of Denniston. 1 left for Nelson to-day. Mr Todd, of Granity, left to-day | via Nelson, on a visit to Wellington, j Mr. Riley, of Stockton, left to-day I for Greymouth. Mr P. J. O’Regan, of Wellington, arrived from Greymouth yesterday to attend the Arbitration Court sitting. • His Honor, Mr Justice Frazer, Pres- I I ident of the Arbitration Court, and j | Messrs Booth and Monteith, vm I ' ployers’ and employees’ representatives, respectively, and Mr Gilmour. | Registrar, arrived yesterday from Greymouth to hold the Arbitration Count sitting at Westport to-day. I Mvrs McCrone and her two sons, left ■ yesterday for Wellington en route- to i the Old Country, on a visit to the former’s parents, ' The wedding took place, this even- . ing Mr E. Stanton, of Auckland, to [ Miss Thelma Suisted. * Some thirty notices of dismissal have been served to employees of the ! Cascade Mine. The co-operative party , are going to carry on and with the permission of the union, will absorb I about ten of those dismissed and com1 plete the supply of onders to the exI tent of some 30,000 tons. I The following is the draw for the [schoolboys’ boxing tournament, which ' will be held dn Saturday nigtit: — : Top weight—D. Dalzcill (Waimangai roa) v. G. Tottenham (Tiroroa), Pluni--1 mer - (Millerton) v. Walsh (St. CanHee’s); second weight—Spencer (Mil- ! lerton) v. Lockington (St. Canice’s), ' Wells (Tiroroa) v. Beveridge (Birc-h-I field); third weight—S. Higgins (St. I Canice’s A) v. Lamplough (Granity I A), O ’Gorman (St. {Canice’s B) v. j Kelly (State), Cumming (Birchfield) iv. Chandler ((inanity B), Nicholls (Millerton) v. C. Dalzcill (Wa-imanga-roa); fourth weight—Kilkenny (St. Canice’s) v. Mason (State), Taylor (Millerton A) v. Witcomb (Tiroroa), Kirkwood (Birchfield) v Cuthbert • (Millerton B), Atkin (State) v. Humphries (Waimangaroa); fifth weight — I Dixon (Granity Bl \. Millar (Milleri ton A), Roberts (State) v. Hendersou (Granity A), Mullan (Waimangarxui) ’ v. Walsh (St. Canice’s B), Comerford I (St. Canice’s A) v. Griffiths (Birch- | field), Shorrock (State B) v. Diskin [ (Tiroroa), McGregor (Millerton B) v. j Mcßride (Granity C). Town competi- ' ions will be examined by Dr Foote at ( his Surgery at 10 a.m. on Saturday, [and country competitors at the The--1 atre Royal at 7 p-m. sharp by Dr i Dickel. All competitors will also be

| Dickel. All competitors will also be i weighed at the theatre at 7 p.m. Af the Nelson Education Board’s i meeting this week,, Burnett 's Face Committee was granted £lO towards plastering steps at the front of the school. Denniston Committee was granted £5 for laboratory cupboard and £4 10s for furniture for teacher’s room, while a- new electric system for t Granity School was authorised. It ' was decided that although Denniston t District High School had fallen in ' grade from B to A, the present teacher [ be left in charge at the same salary 1 till the end of the first term next • year, when the position would be ret viewed. The chairman believed tho I roll number would be largely increased 'at the beginning of next year. Tiro- . roa and Wlaimangtaroa schools have j gone up from Grade 3A to 38. Tho ; board decided to let the present teach- , ers retain their positions in tho meanj time. Westport Primary School has dropped from Grade 7D to 7C, with a roll number of 614. | Tire late Captain R. Leech, who died ■ at Wellington this week, went to sea , at an early age, serving his appren- ■ tieeship in sailing ships o fthe Shaw, I Savill and Albion Company in which he served as an officer. About thirty i years 1 ago h<i succeeded his father as i harbourmaster at Westport, where he was in change until 1914 or 1915- During the war he was in the service of the Union Company as chief officer of the Katoa and Waitomata. About ten years ago lie returned to the | Shaw, Savill and Albion Company as j chief stevedore at Wellington,

A recipe for keeping ft safety razor

blade up to condition was published ; some time back. It is very simple. | Just take an ordinary glass tumbler, . wet the inside, ami work your razor t blade up and down, a few times up I and down—just o ne side of the blade | and then the other side, it does not ■ take long and the trick is done. Mr Owles. of the Central Pharmacy, states this makes the gift «of a Gillette j razor and blade all the more valuable, i as the one blade is ps good as t dozen I this way.