HOKITIKA NOTES

Grey River Argus, 9 May 1936, Page 2

HOKITIKA NOTES

(Our Own Correspondent.) HOKITIKA, May 8. At the Alagistnote’s Court, on a charge of allowing sawmill refuse to flow into llokit'ka river on October 25 and on November 9, Ivtnieri-llo-kitika Sawmills, Ltd... were fined £lO and com’ JOs on each charge. The licensees of th e Pioneer and Club Hotels were each fined £1 with 10s costs for breaches, and similar penalties were imposed on four persons found allegedly on hotel premises. Judgment for plaintiff by default was given in the following eases: William 11. Stopforth v Clifford J. Smith, His and costs 8s; same v. Lou Reid £2 2s and costs 24s Gd; same v. J.ame s W. Lamerton 10s and costs only. At the chrysanthemum show on Wednesday. flic special prize for most [ic.ints went fo Mr 11. Fitzgerald with 38, Mr A. Groufsky second with 23, and Mr F. -Martini 10. The Yarrull ros e bow] went to Mr l Fitzgerald for best local-grown bloom. lie also secured the Jackson Cup, a'so cup for two whiite Japanese. -Mr A. Groufsky won the Con son Cup, .also hud most [joints for vegetables, and Airs Ashley secured t’h e Garden Cup in the decorative section

Messrs 11. Turtill, F. Thomas, P. Veitch and A. Ralston, the noted cvclists, are visiting the Glaciers, and return to Hokitika to-morrow. Visitors al Keller's Hotel: -Mr and Mrs 11. B. Gordon (Lower Hutt), Miss Deans', Air J 11. Doans ami Air J. Deans (Colgate)., Aliss Al. Post (V,\ iling’lon), Air C. L. Baigent (Welling, on),. -Mr C. O. Ronberg (Wellington). Mr R. 11. Post (Wellington), Alis s 1.1. M, K'ng (Darfield), Aliss Al. Cogan (Darfield).- Mr and -Mrs Jorgenson (Sydney), Air I’. Bankier (Chrislchurch),. Air Al. O. Sinclair (Ch risitchurch), Air IV. L Meili !e (Ceylon), Miss F. 1). MurrayAuslev (Christchurch), Aliss E, AL Murray-Ansley (Christchurch), Air D. F. Bauchop (Wellington). -Mr J. S. Langford, who presided >at the annual <neW'ing of Stafford (West Coast) Gold Dredging N.L., in Melbourne, on April 30, sa d that difficulties had been encountered with the gold saving devices on the dredge operating at Stafford,, and much fine gold h.::d been lost. The experimental set of jigs had proved sat sfactory, and if had been decided : b instal a full set and other erpiipment aZ a cost of about .CIGOO, wlrch should result m higher gold yields. The dredge was now out of the d fticiil ground. A|, present, the company had approximatelv £.18(10 cash in iinnd.

At th,. Warden’s Court the following nn^iica-iions were ginnied: John J-. extended beach claim. BiK X. Bruce Bay; Dora Cron. ex-'.ended bench claim, Bruce Bay; West Coast Gohl Development C"-> Ltd., 100 acres, B k Nil, Okariio; Verdun ADen. ; a., water riiee, Blks 1 and V, Toturn; Jas. Glass, ex.ended alluvial claim, 2 acres, Bik \ r III, Wai'-augi-'laona; W. de B ikiter, renewal of water race and dam; 1). G. Jefie, or dinarv prospecting Ltvense. 80 acres. ILk Xl’, Wa niea; G. T. Adamson, license for dam, Bik N, Wa- mea-. for 5 ye-.irs; N.Z. prospect mg and Aiming Lid., ordinary prospecting license, JUU acres, Blks I and F, Kanieri. excluding area of M’s Harvey's resi'denee site; also another 100 acres in same Block; G>uldni:ne s of N.Z., Ltd., two ordinary prospecting 'license. { Blks XIV and NV. Waimed:

The senior footljall marches here .to-morrow are Cobden v. Kiwis, ano Pirates v, Rxee's.ors. The junior competition games are all played out of town. K.wi meet Ros s at Ross, Lxcels'ors play Arahurw at Araliura. and Pirates meet' Kokaitahi at Kokatahi. The third grade game is Pirates v. Excelsiors at Woodstock The local seniior teams will no; Kiwi—-L-Morgan, Cooper, Mason. Rochtord, M. Morgan, Robei'ts, West. Griffin. Webb Chinn, Leslie, Garden. Buckingham, Walker, Wriglut, Cox, Henderson. Excelsiors; B. Rely, Turley. While, M Kelly. King, Key, Parker, Adamson. I tavidsvm., Fleming,.. Muir, Gonii'ing, Connellv, Bradlev. Mackr.ill. Enterg.: Wright/ Kckatt’.hi Women’s Institute held its b'.rthd.iy social on Wednesday evening, many attending. Mrs Kelly <-ut tlic birthday cake made by Airs Cron and iced by Aliss E. Aleharry. Mr I) Alorri s presented the prizes for the year’s work as follows: Airs Meharrv'l. Airs WieblMz 2 and Miss E. Aleharry 3. A statue waltz was won b.y Air Citon and partner, lucky spo t by Air A. Alarsluall and partner, and the Monte Carlo by Airs Hewer and partner. Extras were supplied by Alesdaines Higgins, Wilson, Kelly and M'ss Al. Stopforth. The monthly meeting of the Alaor) Pah Women's Institute took place on Tuesday afternoon a.t th,, residence of Airs A Hamilton. A very interesting comi'ctiUon took p'ace. and was ’won by Aliss Dick-