HOKITIKA NOTES

Grey River Argus, 9 August 1935, Page 2

HOKITIKA NOTES

(Our Own thirrußpmu'ient.) HOKITIKA, August 8. Th o milling Irwde is Reaping hu&y. Uu-ge oar-tig iiiiiuiitb of timber are be *“K railed tu (huyipoulh fur shipment from day to day Rov. \V I.' Davies, successor of Rev. **• W. Koighiri liero as Anglikun X ie-Ur, urriv-ed thia evening with Mi.i Onvion, and <o morrow evening will bo Inducted at 7.30 o'clock by Revs. It Nwvco-nba and 11. H. Hamilton at All Kalnts* Church. Mr T, Lock, of the local I > itinch of J the N.Z. Clothing Factory, who is leaving Hokitika Xo reside nit Ha,s ting", is Io be tondeieil n I'nrowtdl burial nt At Mary's Club rooms tomorriow (Friday) night Mr .1. ]•’. Ward, solicitor, of Dunedin, wnx a vialtor to Hokitika yesterdmy. being on a holiday visit: to his parents, Mr and Min B. Ward, of Ara hurn. Mr Ward Mtnto-H considerable interest is taken in Otago in llio pro .socujion of the South West'and roid extension, and there is much public support for the project in Hint quarter Captain ‘Nalder, who is leaving tin 1 m.v. Gael shortly Io (take- command of the Waitapn for the K.D.V. Company trading in :and ou.t <>f the Big Wanganui river, will he succeeded on the Gael by Captain Tredegar, of Nelson, who joins the vessel immcdiate-ly. Iniprovoinents are- being completed in th(\ Princess Theatre, and the new onltranee i« being made available for use this week. The K.D.V. Timber Cov. has acquired at Auckland a fair sized steamer, which is being put into condition ,toi engage in the transport of timber from Westland. The vessel, which will have Diesel engines installed. is to he commanded by Captain Nalder, of the <f Gael.” The. company, is stated, will obtain .three more boats for conveyance of timber from South Westland, and the vessels will take cargoes to Greymouth from Big Wanganui River, for transhipment tn Union nnd other steamers. The K.D.V. Coy. is erecting a mill ;at the mouth of ithe Big Wanganui River. At Oknrito harbour improvement works arc proceeding, and a training wall for the straight channe 1 to be adopted is being excavated. The closing of the *old channel is expected shortly, -and as soon as the lagoon waters back up sufficiently, the new channel will be opened for shipping. A Itimber loading wharf next to the eommercial loading wharf is about to bp, constructed. Tt is anticipated Iha. r t : mber cut between Wataroa and Waiho will bo exported via Okarito. and the necessary shipping is arranged for. Basketball marches to be played on Saturday at All Saints’ courts are: A grade—Old Girls A v. St. Mary’s A: Old Girls D v. School A. 2 p.m. B grade—Kokatahi v. Koiterangi, at Kokatahi, 3 p.m. Tn the Golf Club’s competitions, the points at present for )‘he Captain’s trophy (bogey aggregate) are: Adamson d points. Nightingale 4, Millen 4. Mclntyre 4. Chesney 3, Tomlinson 3. A. Thompson 2. Steel 2 Pinerty 2 Andrewes 2. Mclntosh 1. Darby 1. McO'be 1, Griffin 1. T. Stuart 1. The points for the Cranston Vase (meda aggregate) are as foDows: Chesney 5 points. Cox 4, T. Stuart 4. Gower 4 Kcclesficld 4. Milnor 4. Mclntyre -• Tomlinson 2. A. Thompson 2. Wyles 2. Darby 1. Brown 1 Andrewes 1. Tn the ladies’ senior chnmplonshin fina'o n Saturday. Mrs Andrewes will plav Mrs Cox, while in the Cun nuCch Mrs Warren will play Miss Wi n d. There was a good attendance last evening at the Fire Brigade’s annual ball. Mr T. W. Addison, who has been the school teacher at Jacob’ 1 ’ River (Druce Bay school) tor th' past ten vears. has ier;o’<’d to ’be Noi<on district with Mrs Addison, owing I" his health not having been lh v best of late. The erection of a c awmill near Bruce Bay is causing the. township to increase. ’Electricity, which is being provided for the mill, is also available for lighting for the resident in the cottage and huts. The Bruce Bay Landing road has been repaired, and i s n ow in a. satisfactory state.