HOKITIKA NOTES

Grey River Argus, 30 July 1935, Page 2

HOKITIKA NOTES

(Our Own Correspondent.) HOKITIKA, July 29. The Te Aroha arrived this morning from Wellington, with general cargo, and is loading timber and sailing on Wednesday. The Gael arrived from Welling'on .•and Greymouth this morning at eight o’clock with a full cargo. Owing to ■> he Okuru bar being unworkable, she trails lor Wellington to-morrow instead of for Okuru. Last week was practically free from rain, the fail being less than half an meh, while there twas 56 hours of sunshine here. The death took place to-day of Airs Bose Robinson, the well-known newsagent and stationer, of Revell Street. A native of Melbourne, the late Airs Robinson was 74 years or age, and was highly respected by ail who knew her. fcjhe had been (twice mairied, her first husband having been one of the 66 men who lost their lives in lhe Brunner Colliery disaster about forty years ago. Her second husband, the la‘e Thomas Robinson,, also a resident of Brunner before coming to Hokitika, dicu some years ago. She leaves a son (Mr P. Peillon) in Auckland, and a daughter Mrs Barraclough, of Pahiatua, besides several step-sons and daughters. Yesterday the Kokatahi Gun Club held matches, and the results were as follows: Memorial Cup match (12 birds) —V. Fleming ten 1. S. Godfrey ‘•nd 11. O’Brien each nine, equal 2. Novice match (4 birds) —H. Godfrey four 1. Sweepstake (six birds) —H. Diedrich five 1, S. Godfrey four 2. West Coast exhibitors met with good success at the Hokitika Poultry Club’s show on Friday and Saturday, cups being won by J. Huitt (Westport). J. Lawn (Hokitika)., and C. D. Hart (Hokitika),, while others, confined to Coast exhibitors went to J. Hutt and D. Breeze (Hokitika). Other prominent exhibitors were W. Hall senr. and junr., T. Lynch and T. Staines (Hokitika), B. Cropp (KokaCahi), P. Heslan (Koiterangi), and M. P. Lynch (Grey mouth). In the canary and cage bird section. Mr P. Lynch, who was exhibiting for the second time, secured ten firsts, three seconds and three thirds, a good performance. Several basketball matches between 'ocal .and Christchurch teams were played here on Saturday. The Hokitika rep team beat the B Grade ret)* of Christchurch by 14 *.'o 10 in a fast game. The team R were: Christchurch —Forwards, N. Leigh (capt.), M. Hobbs, F. McLeod; centres, G. Langford, B. Cullen, P. Martin; defence, M. Toon, V. Calvert. N. Eraser. Hokitika —Forwards, J. Veale M. Saxon E. Orpwood; centres, D. McWhirter (capt.). 11. Ridland, F. Hall: defence. K. Duncan. M. Herring, R. Anderson. M. Saxon and K. Duncan played well, also N. Leigh (Christchurch). In 'the second spell, the visitors’ display of quick and clever passing was splendid but unfortunately they missed several shots at goal. In the second match of the day. St. Mary’s A 'team defeated Sacred Heart College Old Girls in a closely contested game by I’2 goals to 10. The visitors showed very good combination, passing and finding pnsitions excellently. The Sacred Heart team comprised the following players: Goal. P. Threlkeld P. McMenamin. J. Mahoney; centres. E. Grimes, C. Smith,. P. GttJe; defence. V. Roche, G. McCormick and M. W;a.tson. Hokitika Old Girls A 'team were beaten by Canterbury representatives by 15 'U> 10. Miss' Grey, president of the Canterbury Basketin'! Associa ion, accompanied the teams to Hokitika, anti commented very favourably on the Irgh standard of Saturday’s games. Misses Grey and E. Dale controlled the games.

Th v Golf Club’s Medal March on Saturday resulted: Gower 80 (handicap Id). Chesney 78 (7), Tomlinson 86 (14). Andrews 87 (II). On key 98 (25). McCabe 93 (19). Reese 98 (24), T. Stuart 11’0 (‘26). Cox 88 (13). McIntyre 99 (24), Mi'len 91 (18), Fin er'V 94 (17) Eeelesfie’d 98 (21). Warren 101 (24), M’llner 104 (27). McIntosh 107 (30) Houston 100 (22). AThompson 100 (22). Townsend 102 <241. Guthrev 108 (30). Steel 88 (.->) Caiari 109 (30), Pain 88 (8). Routledge 101 (21) Childs 107 (27), H. Thompson 111 (31). Ad.-nnson Bfi (7: N’ghtingnlo 100 (19), .1. Stuart 110 (29), Perry 112 (30) Brown 107 (24.. Darbv 100 (16) Griffin 102 (18) Cooke 106 (22). Wyles 111 (25). In the second round of the women’s oh■:nmionsliip, Alr< Andreiwes defeated Miss Mortland 8 and 7. and Mrs fo. defeated Mrs Winchester 4 and 3. The final w’ll he played on August 10. Mr .1. A. T-ee. M.P, addressed a numerous audience at the Town Ha l Ou Saturday evening. He remarked 'hat depression was not an art of God hut of man and man must provide tl,e remedv. In spite of there h° ng hi” •f life’s necessaries available th'>” eould be disposed of. the New Zcalan ' G vernmeno bad approved of arcs suggesting iv>‘iomi' povertsWhen -the Rt. Hon. W Massey died Mt Coates was boosted in a series oi political advertisemen''s without par allel in any other country. The people 4 'fell for it.” They accepted labes and not policy. Mr Lee instanced the Middleton railway yards. yards” they were called bui't a-t tremendous cost, never used, and too expensive to break up. The speaker doubled whether Mr Forbes had yet got. over his surprise of how he be-

came Prime Minister. Messrs Coates ami Forbes had gone Home to England. .where they were trying to undo '4ie mischief of their own policy, and they would bring back another policy —a jubilee policy. “Be careful of it,” warned the speaker. The world crisis was due to under-consumption of commodities, because of which there was a glut'. Labour’s policy aimed at setting New Zealand’s house in order. At the s't-art of the depression]. there had been a fall of £20,000.000 in sterling prices, but this had not meant decreased output, health was piled up, but f Mr Forbes said “the farmers are down. Let us bring others dow n to that level.” Labour, on the contrary, proffered a policy to assisi' the fanners by- means of a guaranteed price. Mr Forbes’ reply had been to reduce wages, and incomes had been lowered by £50,000.000. praeticaly pauperising commerce and farming, and intensifying the situation extremely. In an effort' to recoup the £20,nno.ooo lost through the fall in sterling, iit was urged that exports be doubled,. Britain being regarded as an expanding market. Goods had been dumped there, but this was followed by a greater drop in price levels. In 1931 the official unemployed registered was 11,400, while in 1933 it was 79 400. The speaker considered the figure to-day was 100.000, there being many others involved besides those officially registered. They .had destroyed the system o.f free denial clinics, and grabbed funds from the Highways

Board. “And this they say is their way of solving the problem,” continued the speaker. “Every tiui© they sqi out to cure the disease, they made it worse.’’ Thousands of men were Backed from public works; unemployed men were sent inko relief camps; the live-year-olds were barred from ihe schools; wood and coal allowances at schools were reduced; kindergarten subsidies ceased; salary cuts wer e imposed; the Arbitration Court’s powers were weakened, and apprentices reduced; the W.E.A. subsidy was wiped out; nurses’s salaries were cut >o economise on food and medicines. They grabbed portion of the old age pensions; reduced the soldier’s economic pensions by 29 per cent; and abolished lhe war pensioner's right to the old age pension if his war pension were greater, this being done when wearing Flanders poppies in the button holes. Unemployment funds were used to subsidise new buildings. Guaranteed prices -would mean placing ho fanner in a far bettor position. Money incomes would be retained and more men in all branches of industry employed. If ithe farmer bad been made solvent he would have released a demand of £20,000 r 000 annually, and would have saved the skilled artisan from the pick and shovel. On the contrary, the Government had failed to solve the farmer question, the labour question, and the budget question. After cutting wages, repudiating interest, and destroying confidence, they altered the exchange rate The exchange premium wa s a 15ft plank to cross a 40ft abyss—“ Coates and I he confidence trick.” added the speaker. “The condition of New Zealand today/’ he concluded, “is evidence of the fitness of the present crowd to rule. Labour has not got much to beatl