BLACKBALL NOTES

Grey River Argus, 19 June 1933, Page 4

BLACKBALL NOTES

(Our Own Correspondent.) A fair gathering of Relief Workers at the meeting held under the presi* dency of Air r. Rodgers, . the delegates’ report of the District Council meeting, after a bit of dis cussion and quite of lot of questions, was received as satisfactory. Regarding married men’s cnmn« the followresolutions wore adopter ‘‘That the r.uon at pr«*svnt om] on the Upper Mu-on light track, seeing it. is only a short job. use their discretion as to what they do, but that in future no more married mon -_o into any camp: that the District .Council's action bo endorsed re the (following motion: “that wp the Grey District Council have definitely decided to pititiou in protest against the Govern r.iunr sending married men into camp, am! that the National Executive ciiculari'O all union’s ;•<. iihted tu a"-!-! in this i-ffvit. Carrie«W’ It was also resolved; -That in ilture. that sei ing that this Branch haslthe large* s t number of members of |ho unesn pioyed. we send two delegates to the District Council Meeting.” The Chairman Air I‘. Rodgers was elected second delegate. It was decided that a petition be taken up at an early date protesting against camps. The Local Unemployment Committee disire to thank Alessrs J. Quinn and O’Donell, the local Mine managers of Blackball and Ron .e < t-v.-ly, f or tl.eir donation of <-«»•!I. (one truck load each) to be. distributed among those of the unemployed with most children. The distribution was placed in the capable hands of Air J. Park (carrier) assisted by members of the Relief Workers’ Union, and worked out at about three ba"’ for each family supplied. This should heln to tide over some of the most severe weather, and has proven very accep table. There was Cfuite a stir i 5 the town recently owing to an invasion of the rush dwellers, the occasion being the natal day of one of them The waters of ihe Moonlight Creek are second to none in the Dominion, for purity, and are excellent for all culinary purposes, but as a medium for celebrating a Birthday, well they appear to take the necessary “kick.” The cele brants put in a full day. and were seer, to leave the town in the “wee sum hours.’’ on their return journey to their mountain fastnesses. Happy apparently in having achieved some thing of such things are dreams made of. Jlr and Mrs Cains and family of Inehbonnie, are si ending a holiday in Blackball among their old friends. Mr J. Dillon. Seerctarv of the Un employed Worker's movement has received the following, reply to_a letter of enquiry to th'* < ’ominissioner of Unemployment: —‘‘I have to ac knowledge receipt of your letter of the 2nd. instant, addressed to Mr bromlev of the Unemplovment Board and in reply have to state that work in., boots manufactured for thejßoard will be forwarded to centres for dis" tribution to eligible workers as scot as supplies are available. (Sign" cd; E. G-odfrv, Commissioner.” Delegates from, the B'ackhall School Committee consisting of Airs Ilutchen" sen, Messrs Nuttall ami Robinson, v.ith Mr Kibblewhite (Head Alaster), visited the Taylorville Dental Clinic Committee on Monday nisht. The Head Master of Taylorville Schoo! showed them over the Clinic room and the visitors were thoroughly pleased with the way the room was fitted up for the comfort of the children to be neared. Air Smith, (Chairman ""of tbo Dental Clinic Committee) sug gested ways and means, *or the Black ball school children to be treated at a very small cost to their parents. The Blackball delegates, after getting ail the information, will report to the School Committee, and in the very near future will call a public meeting and all those who are interested in the health of their children should not fail to come along and assist in secur’ ing a Clinic for our school. At the close of the meeting Mr Nuttall, on behalf of the Committee, returned thanks for the kind manner in which the Dental Clinic Committee of Taylor ville had received them.