WESTPORT NOTES

Grey River Argus, 8 May 1936, Page 7

WESTPORT NOTES

(Our Own Correspondent.) Borough Affairs: WESTPORT,. May Cr. J. M.. Robertson, deputy-May or, in the unavoidable absence of the Mayor (M.r .1. .Kilkenny), presided, at last evening’s meeting of the Borough Council. Mr W, Woodcock wa.s grant, cd annual holidays. A complaint from G. Turner regarding condition of Peel Street was referred to the Works Committee. A request for installation of electric Jig-ht at' his residence from E Ellis was referred to the Engineer. The Buller Hockey Association was granted use of Victoria Square for training purposes. Buller Progress League drew attention t,r> the need for facilities for’ pedestrian traffic over the Buller. bridge, and i,t. was decided 1.0 reter the matter to the Mayor who is visiting Wellington, to enable the question 'being discussed with the Department. It' was decided to purchas e Anzae Commemoration stamps to the value of.. £2. Tl was agreed that the Mayor an.d Cr. Pox interview the Caiinty Council in ,’uonneetion with the bad State of the road to the power house al Pulldown. The meeting decided to renovate iand paint the grandstand on Vie.toriia. Square. 'l'he Piimne () Committee recommended ilhut. a. giant of £2 2s be made t-o the Si r Arthur Pudlev Dobson memorii.nl fund, and tha.t the appliciat'ion of the Labourers' Union for a restoration of cuts in wage s of borough employees be hold over until Ihe es'timates are considered. The general purposes Com. mit’ee reported that 19 applications wore received for the postilion of shift engineer mt the gas power station, and Mr Stevenson wa s appointed at a salary of £250 per annum 'l'he tender of Mr I). O’Neill for painting and paperhanging at the abattoir manager's house, being the lowest, was accepted. ft was agreed that >h fi Mayor should proceed to Welling'ton to interview Mi'niste.rs in connection with the aerodrome, new Town Hall, clock tower and other matters. Hospital Board Vacancy: A't the Bprough Council meeting held last evening' the matter of filling the vacancy (»n the Hospital Board, created bv the death of Mr 11. Nahr, was mentioned, and Mr \\ . Caldwe.l proposed by Cr. Pox. seconded by C l '. O’Dea. being the only nominee, was elected. Wedding: A pretty ceremony took place at the Methodist Church yesterday, when Valmai Winifred, only daughter of Mr 'and 'Mrs C. T Bayne, Westport, to Robert, younger son of Mrs A. Buist and ’he late Mr Buist, of Waipukurau. Rev. X, P. Larsen officiated. Plunket Society: Miss Harkness wa.s in the chair at the monthly meet'ing of the Plunket S’ociw'y held last evening. Accounts totalling £5 12s wer 0 passed for paymdn't.. 'Elie nurse repotted as follows: Visits to office, adults U>3, babies .142. pre-school children 34, making a total of 369. Visits to homes', old cases 77, new eases 61. making a total ot 13S. Th e repot’if was received. Mesdames Enright and Parkhouse, were appointed a visiting committee.

Miniature 'Rifle Shooting: The Miniature Rifle Chib held a shoot at ’the drill shed' evening, wh'ch resulted as follows: — Score Hep. Total

A farewell function was held last evening in honour of Air J. Coibishley, of "he Courthouse staff, who leaves Westport to-morro)W' on transfer to Masterton. Mr Corbishley took :i prominent part in (he spor'/ing life of th e town during the past three ye ; irs. Members of the Kavafiri Rowbig Club and the White Star Football Club, with both, of which be was ae t.ive'y associated, expressed regret at last evening’s function at h’s departure. Great' tributes were pa'hl io the tib’iity of Mr Corbishley in the field of sport., and as a token of c steem in which he was held. Im was made the recipient of a beautiful travell'ng bag ''ami gn engj'aved pipe and tobheeo pouch Mr 'Corbishley suitably replied. Householders’ Meeting:

At ilie recent meeting of househo 1 ' 1 ers to appoint a School Committee, only six nominations 1 wer fi received fo? nine vacancies. Those elected were: Alessrs Bird, Rees, Parfitt. Knight, Dobson and Harris. Any further nominations received by the com. ni'lice will be forwarded Ito t'ho kelson Education Board for approval.

Shipping: The balvu s and Te Aroha arrived in the roadstead yesterday, but owing to a flood in -the river di'd not berth until .this morning. The Tito'ki is due from Tarakohe on Saturday. The Kaimai is expected to-night from Napier.

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