WESTPORT NOTES

Grey River Argus, 8 December 1932, Page 7

WESTPORT NOTES

(Our Own Correspondent.) Plunket Society. WESTPORT, December 7. At the usual monthly meeting ot the local branch of the Plunket Society Mrs Cook occupied the chair. Mesdames Roche. Montgomery and Barrett. wrote regretting their inability to be present. The Nurse’s report was received and Mr Hammond was thanked tor a donation of an exhibition case lo the plunket, room. Final arrangements were completed in connection with the carnival ball to be held on December 27. A combined meeting of ladies in conjunction with the advisory board was held subsequent to the completion of ordinary business to discuss an offer from Greymouth players to stage “Nothing but the Truth.” The committee discussed the matter and the opinion was expressed that owing to the unemployed concert- on December 13, it would bo inadvisable to stage the play this side of Xmas. If was agreed to write asking if the Groymouth ipilayers would! come to Westport after Xmas. A competition recently conducted bv the Society was won by Airs Eva Sawyers. personal. Nurses Beck and Buckland, of the Buller Hospital staff, left for Grev)r.>uth this morning to attend the annual examinations, which are being held in that, district. Mrs Russell Pearson left for Auckland this morning to join her husband who was for many years a member of ‘he Westport Branch of the Labour Party, and now occupies the position of president of the Auckland Branch of the P.W.M. M r L. R. Martin, a son of Mr Loe I Martin, px-M.P. for Raglan, is visiting Westport in the interests of Wrig leys Ltd., of which firm he is New Zealand re; rosentativo. Mr arid Mrs E. C. RoUington are vnitiiig Groymouth. Relief Committee Meets. 'I he coni.inittep, ap f rointod at the re cent public meeting for the purpose (»f establishing a fund to provide comforts for distressed families in the Westport district at Xmas time, hold its initial meeting last evening. The Mayor, Mr J. 11. Harkness, occupied the chair. A proposal emanating from the local unemployed union with regard to a street collection, dances and other methods of augmenting the fund was considered. The Committee deemed it inadvisable to proceed with the street co’leetion, but favoured the holding -of dances, provided they were not instituted prior to the concert, which the Committee intended conducting on December 13. The Secretary of the Farmers’ Union whote stating that) members of hhs organisation were prepared to give produce, etc. The meeting decided to extend every consideration to single mon where possible and the Mayor announced that he would O'on a fund for their bono(it with a donation of £l, which would ensure 5s each to four single men. The' meeting also decided to canvas shops ■‘or donations of groceries, etc. After' d aHng wi h routine matters, mainly in onupctjnu with the concert, the meet lug adjourned. Unemployed Union. Prior to the transaction of business n‘ the usual fortnightly meeting >‘l the above, the Secretary of the Modi '•al Association Air Hayes, intimated that be had been advised by Air Powell. Secret ary of the Hospital Board 'hat the funeral benefits would app v '•>' members and their families. Air Hayes referred to the utmost countesy i’li which he had always been treated by Mr Powe 1 .!. Air Potter (Pr“sidont of the Association) mentione>i ’hat the membership had now reached 240 and in the near fu'lire he expected it to bo 100 per cent, of the unemployed workers. In the absence of Air Rees, the Union meeting was presided oved by Air Martin, viee-Pre-sident. The meeting expressed strong disap; ointment of the apparent difI'dence toward the unemployed work e'-s at the recent public meeting convened by the Mayor for the purpose of providing comforts for distressed families at Christmas. It was mentioned that lepresentatives of the unemployed workers offered to assist in anv direction possible, but their services were declined. The meeting toox exco; tion to the attitude adopted by Mr Parfitt on the occasion of a recent de; utation to Air Holland in ■ connection with the reduced allocation, ami a resolution moved by Alp Hayes and seconded by Air Alar b in. expressive of the Union’s disapproval of his action. was adopted. It was decided to write the Progress T.eague and Mr Skilton, thanking them for their efforts to provide reFief for distressed families at Xmas time. Air Potter referred lo intermittent workers being made up to £5 12s per month, ami was of the oipinion that the rrivileges enjoyed by waterside workers should i»e extend d to members of the Unemployed Workers’. Union. Air Stan Davis supported the remarks of Air Potter that unemployed workers should receive the full benefit of the allocation the same as intermittent workers. A member dre w attention to discrimin-

ation in payment of relief wages and quoted specific instances where some received mote than others. Tt was decided to writ® to the certifying of ficer in connection with the matter. Thp conditions under which relief workers were asked to work on the dredge, Eileen Ward, were referred to and it was agreed to draw th© attention of Air Holland and die Minister of Afarine to the matter, with a view to securing a supply of overalls for men engaged in work of that nature. On the motion of Air Potter it was decided to ask l.he ATayor to convene a (public meeting to discuss the decreased allocation of relief monies to rhe district and to discuss the advisability of adopting a vote of censure on the Unemployment Board for he harsh treatment meted out to the unemp'oyed. The meeting then concluded. SMpping. The Karepo arrived early this morn ing and will load timber for Australia. The Kini leaves Wellington to-night for this port. The Opihi, via way ports, is announced to leave Dunedin to-day for Westport with general cargo. Rifle Shooting. The local Rifle Club, under woathci conditions which adversely affected the shooting, held the third and final; shoot of the second competition recently. The scores were:—

The following* are the scores in the lest tv.o of the three shoots:—

Andy Phillips is now at the Sergeant’s Hill Hotel, where a welcome awaits all.—Advt.

Morgan’s Pictures To-night at the A’ictoria Theatre Paramount present Clive Brook and Vivienne Osborne in “Husband’s Holiday,” based on the novel “The Alarriage Bid,” recommended by the Censor as more suitable for adult audiences. It is the story of a man who loves two women—his wife the devoted mother of his two children, and another woman. A modern story dealing entertainingly with a modern problem. Excellent talkie support. To-night Alaster Finlay Gillespie has been specially engaged to appear at the Victoria Theatre in conjunction with the above talkie programme. Alaster Gillespie possesses a wonderful soprano voice which is said to be equal to Lex Macdonald, the Dunedin singer, so that Westport song lovers are in for a treat on Thursday when Finlay Gillespie sings “Who is Sylvia?” (Schubert), “I Attempt from Love’s Sickness to Fly” (from the opera “The Indian Queen” by Henry Purcell), “On Wings of Love” (Afendelssohn). “Hark, Hark the Lark” (Schubert). Be wisp and book your seats early at Aforgan’s, near Theatre. No advance in prices.

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