LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 July 1918, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

Tho funeral of the late Mrs Charles Evans took place yesterday afternoon. The cortege was a large one frien

coining from as far as South Westland, to pay their last tribute of respect to the departed one. The Revd.. Holloway officiated at the Clmrch and-the graveside. The remains of the late Thomas Orr cere conveyed to their last resting place this morning. The funeral was a large one, many ok? friends of the deceased and family gathered from fan and near to mark their respect. Fraser officiated at the grave.

In the course of tho examination of a witness in tho -Magistrate’s Court this morning, when Counsel for plaintiff (Mr. Murdoch) was examining ho own witness the opposing counsel (Mr. .Vipers) said counsel was looking in a dark room for a dark hat- -that was not there. Later on his Worship referring to this quotation said that the (lark hat had been found in the dark room, but apparently it was tin wrong hat. The Argus reports,the death of Mn Blair, wife of Mr. Adam Hlair of Putarn, and a member of tho Oreymout-h County Council. Mrs Blair appearet to ho iu her usual health yesterday morning and proceeded about her domestic duties as usual. She was busily engaged brushing the coat of one oi her sons who was going to town when she collapsed and expired shortly afterwards. The deceased was a native of Bendigo. Australia, and had resided on the Coast for -19 years. She lived for many years ,in Greyrnout'h, and subsequently at Marsden. She leaves a family of twelve, the daughters being Mrs G.. McKenzie (llunanga), Mrs Carter (T’ioton), Mrs Drtmiin, (Gre.vmouth), Nurse Blair (Palmorstor North), Maggie, (Wellington); Chris sie (at home). The sons are Jacf (at the front), Bosun (dead), George (returned soldi or), Bob and Gordoi (at home). Great sympathy is fell with Mr. Adam Blair and tho family in their great loss. The Glint tunnel should be pierced in the course of the next ten days or so, says a Wellington scribe on Saturday last, for their remains only a length of some seventy feet betweer the two headings. If it should hap ppn that the two ends meet exactly it will be a triumph for the engineers who made the surveys, for the country on which they had to he made is most difficult. After the headings have met- the tunnel will have to ho widened throughout- this middle part of this length, for the widening and the lining work is not kept up with tho first advanced drive. Then it will be possible to have the tracks laid, and it will ho possible to walk through the tunnel without wearing oilskins. At present tho tunnel is about the wettest place that could bo imagined. Tho conditions resemble a continuous show-er-bath. The tunnel will be f>J miles in length when completed, and it will he necessary to draw trains through it by electric power. It would be impossible to ventilate it for locomotives. Three or four schemes for developing power for the tunnel are under considwn'tion.

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