HOKITIKA NOTES

Grey River Argus, 8 May 1936, Page 2

HOKITIKA NOTES

rOnr Own CorrespO"<b'ntA HOKITIKA, M'.y L MK S K. Kennedy, letichei of Manautii School, who is* l.ansferr ng t" Aralikti. is being tendered a i-.irewei. uanee ami presentat .on tomorrow evening' at Manauui Hall, and a 1 ttingemenis have been made lot <l large gather'iig. At the All Stunts' show, '.he pr’z< for nu'iM points in the flower section wa s won by -Mi' H. Fitzgerald, who : Iso won the event for the best deenrated bowl of e.hrysanrhemums. 1-or the most points in vegetables Mie piize was won by Mr A. Groutsky. inc : t.mpeli. ion' for the best dre.-sml stall was won b ? _ AU Saints’ Cho'r. with the Union and Ga s’ Club euiinl second. . 'The Poultry Club at tt s annual meeting, elee'ed oliicers us follows:— Patron. Mr W. Hall; presided, M; (’. Hart; vice-presidents, Messrs J. .1 Mclntosh, 0. Jackson, C. .Sanders. F Grout sky, C. Piahlei't and I*. l>ailu'iger; chairman, Air R. Herring; secretary, Mr T. Lynch; assistaiuseeretary, Mr C. Sanders; treasurer, Mr G. A. K'ng; auditor, Mr F. Balinger; conimi.tee, Messr s \v . Haj iunr., II Pearson, J. Andrews, o. L i.vn, j: A. Jackson J. ALorgan, 1. Staines C. Preston, G. Macintosh, J. Bennett, 11. Staines. G. Walton, <l. R. Tavlor. F. Groufsky. James Breeze and I’. Lynch. There was a cridu balance of £l7 4s JOd shown. It uan decided to hold a show on July I'4 and 25, the judges being; Poul'-ry. M> G 11. Bradford; English game and game bantams, Air C. Pfahlert; cage birds, Air R. W. Thompson Lhe lor iowing championships me allotted to ll(flwitiktt: M norctv open clas>, Stlum Fowl, open class; Utility Black Beg horn; Utility Khaki Campbell drar.c or duck; Flving Homer hen, 275 mi.es ,>r over' Yorkshire- Unflighted Canary, N C F. Yelhiw Yorkshire Canary, open class, C.T.V.N.C.F. The iollv'wiug is 'the draw tor Saiu. -dav’s btu.kJiball games: Ross v. S-hool A (Mrs Stevenson); Old G.n. 5 v. Ros s (AVss Redder), players to be at All Saints' court at 2-30 sharp. Pirate foo bad team to play Excelsint's on Sa itrday will be chosen from the following: Thorpe, Agnew. Plahlert, Hislop, ■ Broadbemt. Harrison, Matin. Cribb Shannahan, Hanson. Inglis Aitken, Herluml, ALcM'-Uan, Anderson. Abboilt (2), Brown. Hagan. Hinton. ’ i . The Harbour Board at yesterday > meeting decided -'o urge that the proposed overflow channel be formed as etrly as possib e to avert damage from flood wa.ter. Regarding the grab i.i action in the Ever for deepening the berthage at- the wharf, 'he seeretai'v started th (l work had added six feet to the dep-h of 'water at the wharf. About -a foitn gh.t was required to comple'-'e lhe job as far as proposed. Sime d'seussibn took pace a s to the slow pace of the return <> the grab wh eh At, was thought could be speeded up. It was resolved (hat the board confer with Air G. McKa;, when he came to Hokitika in me course of a day or two. Air F.. W • Heenan referied to 'the (lumping of sawdust into ■•he river, discussed a' a. recent meeting of the Acclimatisation Society. The Harbour Board was jnteresled as lhe river wa s vested""in the board. The wholesale dumping of sawdust should not be pc'-mitted. Sawdust must be kep’cut of the riven during the iwliiteb.ai’t season. That only extended for a couple of months. The troubl e that had arisen wins caused by the action of one firm, who had anticipated Hoods. C J. Higgins wrote suggesting action to turn the- river’s course. The Alarine Department' advised that the proposal of turning the river could not be authorised. .1. Gobrich was granted 'the lease of :t section near Renton’s niagazpnc. The Harbourmaster reported a good bar, straight channel 'and a depth of 9 to 11 feet. Aeeount s ampunting to £583 10s were passed for payment (including £2lB 15s, cost of the drag to date; It was resolved that the road to the o : l dump be placed under rejair.