WESTPORT NOTES

Grey River Argus, 2 May 1931, Page 7

WESTPORT NOTES

| (From Our ; Corr«>pundeul.) ' WESTPORT, .May 1. i Amoiigs; those who left Westport for Nelson on Thursday niorttlng wereMessis Reuben Elb’y. of butchery fame. Mr IL Todd of the Esplanade, Mr and Mrs j\ Lynch, of Leaver Settlement, Mr Cliff Thomas, and Mr A. Colvin (who will be the guest of the. Nelson Jockey Club). Mr Dav.es, Inspector of Factori- s, has been visiting Westport, having arrived on Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs Bert Winter, who have been having a look at the earthquake area up north, returned to Westport on Wednesday. Mrs Gordon and .son. of Grauity, returned from Nelson on Wednesday. The f\ e yea r-old child of Mr ami Mrs Smith, of Upper RomiUy Street, passed away in the District Hospital op Wednesday, having only been ill about a week. The sympathy of the citizens is tendered to the bereavc<l .ones. Mr IL E. Holland. M.P., Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party, rein ned to Westport last evening. Airs Robertson arrived last evening from Christchurch. Miss Fountaine and Master Jack Fountaine, arrived last even ink from Christ ehu l uh. The Hon. W. IL Mclntyre arrived from AVi'llington via N 'lson this afternoon. Mr 11. G. Holland, who has acted as ivote ~secretarv to the Member for the district during lhe ParliameiH ary f ‘ssion. returned to Westport ■yesterday by the s.s. Komata. Miss Eileen dark, on the Hank of New Zealand staff, at Wel’.iugtoh. •'»'» spending annual holiday with her people at Westport. Inward passengers pur s.s. Koniatu: Alessrs Turner, Danks. 11. G. HolL'iid. Mesdames Turner. O’Goniiell. Dudd-r idge. Mead and child. Amlu'-son an I h id; Al'isses McLaughlin. 'l'urner. Miss Barbara Tam uh. of Greymouth, s spending a few days with relatives ! .X'estport and Granity. The following are the results -f ' i,v I'l-day’s hocki'y matches:— T.a-l'os’ gang's:—. Ramblers 3. Wes’ey 3; School 7, AVestport 1. Alon’s Games: Weslov 3. St. John’s 0; United 2. Rovers 0; School 7. Westport 1. <--’ita'-n Tulloch was agi'in nuid<> 'he eu'pie-nt of a gift at St. Andrew’s Church, the Pastor making the presentation. a valuable nml. , r : ‘ll:i. \Uhonp-h all regretted the departvre of the worthy ex-harbour master, ami his d-'ughter lisa’’d. they wished them well. Captain Tulloch brief by repli-'d.. ' Charles T\earns, who is on transfer to Wellington, was mot at a social evening, on Wednesday, and made the • <u* , niont‘ of a handsome rug on behalf of the Rivals Football Club, by its President Air Xmly Phillips. There were a goodly number prestmt. including “Old Roys”. •Slars.” and kindred sports. A eon vivial evening was spent, many mem ories of tin* past being recall«*<l. but the end came at last .and hearty hand shakos accompanied a sorrowful “Good bye Charlie! ” i Sixteen feet of water on the West port Io i at. low wafer! Sm-h was the announcement made last Tuesday, and lit'tb‘ comment has b<‘eu made the r (‘On. A r e' a Avhil(‘ back w<- had deputations on the go. news writers were busy, and on* ALP. was kept busy with nuest'ons "nd /answers general consternation provaili-.pf layout our bar silting up. Bur all is ’•iherod now. sNo one -’S appareii-fly weited. The reason nrobalilv is the senr",itv of shipnino- af the nrosont. Tf is ef-.f".] the “Eileen Ward’' snet'on ( dr<>d-><> is doing excellent work iust now. th” conditions prevailing al' n win-j this dredge to be worked to the *best advantage. The “Maui” buckef- dredge is also lifting- a lot of material. aMI at the same time keeping the slrngl' from travelling f () the bar. Thus the two dredges are work’ng together in aiding nature. If the. Marine Depa'tm‘ , n.t will only keep th's work continnallv going, there is no chance of our harbour dote ’’i ora ting.. T. pon a former occasion, •when it was thought things were nough ” the “Eileen Ward” was laid r> and the result was disastrous. May that policy be a warning! Tin* nex A move is the resumption of the shipping. Let lhe local authorities. Progress League, nd would-be spokesmen for Westport, got together and see what is the reason and endeavour to reniedv ma’ tm-sg 'The Westport Bowling Club has held its final matches forf the season. Tt is not usual fo l - the season to be closed so- early, but the green has rl-own signs of wear, and it was decided to top-dre-ss the parts that weeded it. A supply of splendid has been obtained from Woodpecker Rnv and Messi’s R-. RoSenburg and W. Farr are engaged on the work. M- W. J. JGra ( nit, editor of the “Rangoon Times.paid a visrt to Wc« tport on Tuesday. He was parfbularly struck with the grandeur of the coastal scenery between Gr'cyniouth and Westport. ATessis Albert Woods, James Orman and Harold.. Smith, who -were burned i when the outbreak of fire’ occurred in the Millerton Mine, last Saturday week are reported to be progressing favi o urab 1 y a f the IT bispi t-a 1. I Mr Al oxi - Hunter’s tender was neeepted for the erection of the power • house at the Gaswortks. j Mr Harry Neilson ( of Ngakawau, who was engaged in effiecti-ng repair? to thv Crown Hotel. Burnett’s Face, met .with an accident and 1s now in ; AVestport undergoing X-ray examina- •’ tion.