BLACKBALL NOTES

Grey River Argus, 6 October 1934, Page 7

BLACKBALL NOTES

(Our Own Correspondent). The weather condit ioi:> ia this township have been of '■atlic!- a m.xeil nature far this time of the year, furious gales leaving b.-hii.d .hem a trail of upi’o"'.''d 1 r<‘< ■. •::■'! tem-.es blown dow:u, with sheets of iron lifted from the roofs. Qi« Ai outlay morning, the I’aparoas were wnite with sn'ow, and altogether the conditions were wintry hi lhe rxlremc. Kain has continued, more o" less, all the week. It is uiifortucnte that the weather conditions should be so bad ]>resenl. <as nearly ever;, one is busy of an- evening trying to pul in ;> garden. Which is a m'usl decided asset*. •» It is niilioured that the carrying business s 6 ali'.v conducted Mr W. I’irrie, Main Road, is *,o (-h.-iege hands. ft; is,understood 1 hal Mr J. Will'ams. junr., is likely I" Wke it Mrs M. Gerraghty, a lifelong resident of this town, lias go-’c lu live in 11reynioutl) with her -ani, Miss Beta Clark, o! Cb.ristchurch is a? present visiting li'‘r rarenrs. Mr .'-mi Airs ’Cieorge (’lark, Moonlight An Ingleside was Jield in ’h* Oddfellows’ Mall on Friday night of last week. There wn* ".oi such a good t urn out ns on previ >u> occasions. Du-rii.g the inter\:il. tea was served by the ladies’ < ommil Ice. The Chief reminded the member:; of the acceipancx l "by R'unanga ( ••.l''donians of Eriday. ,1-th ins>.. as being a suitable dafe f" r this S'»ci?ty to visit them, aird I ’aske ( | all those who intended making the trip to hand io their nann’s -to the Secretary at once. Filling reference was made of ihe untimely death of Miss AI. Smith, Die men:!i(*r,s passing a vote ol sympathy and condoldhue with Jhf :>e;t‘a\cd all standing in silence. DmSng the evening, ; were sung by Airs Al. Neilson','' “My Ain Wet* Hoose an.q Mr \V. B. McNeill, “Where the B'ue’oe.lls Grow.” These i; enis were lecicved with applause. Dam-iiig was continued to a tile hour. Mis* Jesme AlcNicol presided at tin* p an", while Messrs A. E. Whear and W. Lowery acted as M’s. C. Up to the time of those notes going to press, nothing new falls lo be reported regarding the poisoning case in the township. 'The polo-e are still busy with the matter, and -ome of the detective force are sla. ione'i in the town. They are leavirg no ‘stone un' urned in their efforts to throw light on the lamentable., and sinister affair. It is to be sincereiv hoped that they .will bo ■.iK'cessful in lliwi endeavours.

L.iSii Suj,(|;i\ nioini a meriin<» of Hu? liH-al brain 11 '.if he I'nrniployed Wonders • Movt'inen| look phu-e in '-lie Hull. Mr W. Ah-Vit-ar ITesiging. ( 'orrespoatlcnce was sub anti endorsed. Mr 31<\itai a report of the nieetino; of the previous evening of the Council ’>f Action in (hey mouth. The report v. is si:bsiantiatod l>\ the Secretary. Mr A. Mat-Gonga n, and accepted a> satisfactory. As the meeting understood that members of the l.’nemploy meat Board wore srliedtred to visit J’daikbull on Tuesday, the following were appointed a deputation to meet them ami put various matters of mome!;i to the unemployed before them: — Messrs W. M.-Vicar. A. MacGougan ami 11. Kitchie. Ou Alonday afternoon, on it becoming known that the I ’ nem ploy men i Board members would be unable ‘o visit. Blackball the next day, Mr B. Ginrk brought the following mailers under the notice of Mr Bromley, per medium of the phone, by request of the local r.W.3.1.: The Unemployment Bonn,| loan to a local mining symb calc, and As probable bearing on local employment; the J/- tax on income (other than wages) on god asking for its abolition: the Question nf repairs and painting of the unemployed workers’ homes; cml a supply.- of ‘‘butterflies’’ and ‘‘lain mies’’ for the men on 'he gold sub sidy, who are working out in Hie open all the time. After discussing the various points raised. Mr Bromlev requested that the requests be sent on to ‘he Board in Wellington, when ’ they would receive consideration. The local I'.W.M. Secretarv has now the matter in hand and will at-