WESTPORT NOTES

Grey River Argus, 12 June 1931, Page 7

WESTPORT NOTES

(Our Own Correspondent.)

WESTPORT, June 11. Another reason why it should have 1 been unnecessary to import coal for ! (railway purposes from Newcastle is given in a newspaper interview by a : representative of one of the principal 1 coal supplying companies. Boiled down, I the fault, if Mr Veitch and the Pre- / mier are to be taken seriously, lies with the Railway Minister and his Department, for the manner in which ' I the orders have been juggled, giving ■ .the supplying companies no opportun- ; . ity to adjust their business to the al-1 tcred circumstances. This new aspect ! may have something in it, but there’ 1 are still those whose opinion is that the coal companies and the Govern-] meat had an understanding, and that.* now the Arbitration Court has “donc|' its bit” in the reduction of wages, Mr Veitch may find it easier to carry cut his promise that there will be no necessity to resort to importations in the future. The “dole” is to be distributed amongst the fortunate shareholders of the Bank of New Zealand, amounting, •Ito £1,102,694, will be cheerful reading I for the single man relief worker on; ■ 114/6 a week. • Many residents of Buller will regret 'to hear of the, accident with which Mr ■ Oliver Stokes met at Hamilton, where | ■he sustained two broken legs and an injured back. Mr Stokes married a| i daughter of the late Mr R. Cook, who ‘built the Criterion Hotel at Miller-, ton, and was its first licensee. Judge Frazer and Messrs Monteith, land/t’rime, of the Arbitration Court, who have been conducting compensation cases in Westport since Monday, I left yesterday for Reefton. ; At 5 p.m. on Wednesday. w,e receiv- | ied another shake up. This time no, i booing preceded it. but we needed no boom; the quake was sufficient. , The. Karamoa road to Taffytown is I blocked by slips, lint it is hoped to have it dear again this evening. The Stockton mine was idle yester- , day owing to lack of shipping, but isI working again to-day. A fall occur-, red in the tunnel on Tuesday, but it I is not interfering with the working of the mine. ■ j Yesterday twenty of the constables j who were brought here owing to the ‘trouble at the Charming Creek mine ■ left on returil home to the North Island. . Mr Colin Hawes, of the Bank of New | I Zealand, Oxford, accompanii'd by Mrs j Hawes, left yesterday on return after, j spending a holiday at Karamcu. | Mrs W. Satheriey, of Oparara, is I spending a short holiday with her sis-1 ' ter. Mrs Birchfield, of Grauity. 1 Mr W. T. siee left yesterday o u a | business visit to Wellington. Westport Talkies I “On Approval” will be presented | again at the Victoria Theatre to-night , and to-morrow (Saturday) at 2.30 and j 8 p.m. A brillian/i. and worthy - sue, > ]cessor fo “Rookery Nook,” the por- • ‘trayal of the various roles being per-[ feet, the players possessing exceptionally fine stage technique, and under the capable direction of Tom Walls (who I also plays lead in the picture). This film is certainly super entertainment;. The story deals with two English i society women, who are undec'ded whe(thcr they have acted wisely in their | i choice of a life-long soul mate. Natur- | I ally the story produces many embarras « I sing and funny situations. Residents of the district should not miss the opportunity of seeing “On Approval” at the ' Victoria. Theatre, before it returns to the North Island. Excellent talkie sup- | ports. Reserves at Morgan’s, near | theatre. THEATBE ROYAL. ! I ' To-morrow night (Saturday) only, i I Universal present Glenn Tryon in I “Dames Ahoy” at- the Theatre Royal.] Tryon plays the part of a rollicking i sailor ashore Assisting him are Otis j Harlan and Eddie Gibbon, all three i be'iig wdmen-haters. How Tryon sticks his head in the noose of matrimony in ] order to free his pal Otis of a similar predicament furnishes one burst of merrinlQnt from start to finish. Sup- ' ports include the “Collegians.”'