REEFTON NOTES

Grey River Argus, 30 July 1935, Page 7

REEFTON NOTES

CUur Uwu Currebpoaileai..j REE± auN, July 29. Mrs J. O. Byrnu, ui VvuLaiuu, was a ViSxior io Rcufiuu oil iSa-uruay, to see nei uuuguieii who is a paiiuuc ill 'tile ibccfluu. Hospital. j. Cu Lei day morning was usiiuie-d. in with tliu sevuiest frost of ihe present winter, and the 'trees luoKeu as chough .now uau la.iea so tinciuiy were they coated with the wmte frost. Needless io say there were many broken waler pipes reported. This morning the frost •u asirguju though not quite us bad as yesterday. , Mrs E. Parhtt and her sifter, Miss .brOuKs* were visitors u> Keerton yesterday. Many will learn with regret of the iiuai’h at Ghrrsitchurch of Mr A-fred A ilis, or Giey Road, Reeiton, who passed away alter a very brief illness. A urd was received yesterday that his condition, was very serious, but few expected that his end was so near. The late Mr Wills was a native of the 'district, 47 years of and served m llio Great War. He had been associated with the Merrijigs district since his youth, where he was engaged in sluicing opeiatiousJ The deceased was Secretary of the Reef ton Prospecting Association, and was a N.G., of the Oddfeiiows’ Lodge. He left Reeiton. on Satuiday week to bring Mrs Wills from Christchurch, where she was recovering after an operation. In addition to his widoWj he leaves three sis’ters, Mrs Pearce, Reefton, Mrs l.’rembath, Palmerston North, and Mrs L. BettSj Wellington and live brothers, Messrs Richard and Arthur Feilding, James, Nelson; Thomas, Greymouth and Joseph, Christchurch. The remains will be brought to Beef-ton to-morrow i where the interment will take p ace. The relatives will receive the sincere condolence of a very wide circle of friends in their great loss. The senior rugby game. Stars v. Waratuh, played at Cronaduu yesterday. resulted iu a draw, each side scoring six points. Owing to the ravages of the influenza, the Convent schools closed to-day.