WESTPORT NOTES

Grey River Argus, 5 December 1940, Page 11

WESTPORT NOTES

[Our Own Correspondent] High Tides: Thursday, 5. —2.06 a.m,; 2.2iy p.m. Friday, 6. —2.57 a.m.; 3.18 p.m. Saturday, 7 —3.56 a.m.; 4.19 p.m. Sunday, 8. —5.05 a.m.; 5.34 p.m.

Shipping: ■ WESTPORT. December 4The Plolmlea is due from New Plymouth to load coal for Wanganui. The Totara is expected from Tokomaru Bay on Friday to load coal for Gisborne.

The Poolta is expected from Gisborne on Friday afternoon to load coal for Wellington.

The Wingatui i s expected from Wellington on Saturday to load coal for return to the same port. The Kaitoa is due from Nelson on Sunday, to load coal for Picton. The Kakapo is due from Lyttelton and Wellington duriirg the week-end and loads coal for Auckland on Monday. Personal:

Major Kingsrote, Area Commander of the Hom e Guard for Canterbury and West Coast, is due at Westport to-day. i Mr M. B. Scully returned yesterday’ from attending the meeting of the N.Z. Acclimatisation Society at Christchurch.

Pilot Officers K. J. Creighton and C. Johnson were in Westport yesterday interviewing applicants- for service in the Fleet Air Arm. Mr G. G. Chisholm, S.M., will not preside at this morning’s session of th e Magistrate’s Court because of the death of his brother. Messrs J. M. Robertson and F. Morgan, Justices of the Peace, will preside instead.

Patriotic Fund: The treasurer of the Buller District Controlling Committee acknow-' ledges the sum of £ll2 13s 9d from the Karamea Patriotic Committee, being £lO6 13s 9d gala day at Kongahu on the King’s Birthday, £5 competition at Oparara and £1 Nelson raffle, also 10s from O.A.P. for All Purposes Appeal.

Matinee Trotting MeetingA monster matinee trotting meeting is being held on Saturday aftermoon at the Mill Street course in aid of Patriotic Funds. A procession will leave the Post Office at 2 p.m., when Lady Godiva and the Municipal Band will head a parade of the horses participating in the events. Messrs Nowman Bros, and Gibb’s Motors have generously offered buses to convey passengers to and from the course, charges geing 6d single, Is return. Mr Claude Walsh has generously donated a sheep or lamb for a guessing competition, and has also consented to pasture it until Christmas if the winner so desires. In addition to the trotting events, a number of novelty events are being held. Following are the acceptances for the trotting events; —Race I—One1 —One mile and a-half, 3.49 class, for trotters: Real Reta, Topsy Guy, Worthy Pointer scr, Sea Meal 36, Travis Pringle 48. Race 2 —One mile, 2.27 class, for pacers: Blue Homer, Clarctown, Red Worthy, Travis Queen, Worthy Pointer, Lone Song scr, Silk Attire 12, Counter Attack, Bill Travis 24. Race 3—One mile and a-quaNer, 3.5 class, for pacers: Red Worthy scr, Parallax 12, Kingussie, Travis Pr'ngle 24, Tarn, Lord Zetland 60, Derbyshire, Brian Boru 72.

Bowling: The following teams have been chosen by Messrs C. Mitchell, G. M Powell and K. Mara, match committee, to pay an official visit to the R.S.A. Club on Sun/lay afternoon; Hay-MacKenzie, Caldwell, McDopgall, Knight (s), Munro, Kelly, McKenzie, Sara (s), Erskine, Levestam, Mullens, Smith (s), Shaw, Watson, Lee, Roselli (s), Ritchie, Hartigan, Luff, Cox (s), W. McKenzie, Green, Hansby, Levy (s), Jenkins, Fairbairn, Fox, Head (s), Gadd, Bentley, Taylor, Skilton, (s). Cricket Fixtures:

Cricket fixtures for the week-end are: Technical v. Denniston at Westport; Railway v. St. Canices.