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Grey River Argus, 30 April 1931, Page 7

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I SYDNEY WOOL SALES i j ■SYDNEY, April 29. ■ At. the wool sales to-day the offer-1 lings totalled 11,047 bales, of which 9,914 were sold, also 34T - bales were sold privately. The (conditions were unchanged. Prfices were firm at 1 ' ■' I previous days’ best rates for all descriptions. (Creasy merinos sold up to lb', pence. Westport, who is being transferred to Auckland, was farevvelled by the W’cst- ! port Bowl’ng Club on Monday evening. Capt. Tulloch has been made a life member of the Club. Nurse Atkinson, who spent her annual holidays at Christchurch, has returned to Westport. Mr W. 11. Bo water, of Nelson, is visiting Westport as the guest of h’s son-in-law and daughter Dr and Airs Dickel. Brougham Street res’dents are having a long felt want fulfilled in the? construction of a footpath from the Borough boundary to the bridg *. With so much veh’cuiar traffic, this street has always been dangerous for pedestrians and other traffic. Men under thp No. .5 scheme are employed on the work. ' The Buller herd testing returns fori ithe mouth of March are as follows:—(Herds tested: 50; cows tested, 1068monthly averages: AFilk 601; test 4.8* i per cent; fat 29.081b5. Highest herd! average: 23 cows, 667 lb milk, 5.9 test,! ; 39.601bs fat. Highest cow, GOlbs fat. | [ “What we want in the way of pub-' | licity,” stated Mr IT. R. Afoung at :thp Progress League meeting last evenling. “is a profusion of photographs, (something about our harbour and tourist possibilities.” I AVork is being carried on at the i Westport Post Office at a good pace, i and full advantage is being taken of 'the fine weather to get as much of the I | ferro concrete foundation done as possible. There wero sixteen feet of water on the Westport bar at low water yesterday. i At the Progress League meeting last ’ evining in the course of a general dis- { cussion, AFr Parker said many people i from West-port had visited ATaruia and I they wore disgusted with the lack of accommodation and bathing facilities. This League wanted to know thp conditions under which a lease had been granted. They wanted to see this a second TTanmer. Tie thought the League should ask Miss Aforris what her pro- j posals were to popularise the Springs.—' Air De Tourettes moved that action be deferred until a reply was received from > Messrs Holland and Black, re the lease. ( —Seconded by AFr Betts and carried. f At a meeting of the Buller Hockey I Association, Air Bowden was appointed ' sole selector for the season. Names | to bp added to the Wesley Rover list are: AT. Delaney. G. Phibbs, and N. MeEl wee. Thp following is thp list of names to be added to the Wesley Ladies list: Misses Lockington, Crowe, Weekes, and Airs O. Nahr. It was decided to write to the Tnangahua Sub-Association asking their opinion regarding the challenge for the Pope Shield. It was decided that AFiss A. Crowe’s name* bo added to the registered list of the Rambler Club.