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Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1929, Page 5

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. • i ** ~ 1 . ; H Stephens Bros, are offering a special.line of \vQpllen, jumpers in all shade's) at prices 6s 6d; 8s ildj 9s 6d, 10s 6dJ —Advt. . ' -vi

' , S f" Don’t forget the concert and ball Rimu Town Hall- on Tuesday, next,, .August 1 27th, Splendid made to assure success (of function,-: Capital -concert programme, to be fo£ r l lowed, by a ball, the .music for .which * will be suplpied ; by Black. Hand]; Orchestra.—Advt.', * * -j •; if

The death occurred at,-her. residence, i Turumaha Street, t day, of - jjn, old and j;esjiec^ed(].r ( eiidj?rit!t pf the West Coqst, in the person ofj Mrs Annie O’Brien,, relict- of Mr John| O’Brien. . The deceased,': who had at£ifaijied the advanced age of 83 yearsj J )ySS, a. native _ ,of Cappamore, County! limerick, Ireland. ~.Siie. had .been it}’ fesjdent‘qf Greym'outh for 45 years. Afamily (of five are . jeft.- tb, mourn her( (98|, nafnpjy Mrs ; J1 Guider (Grey'^w?j'Div'.:fs|lfptt' iijigses Alice* and Mwy ’ O’Brien l (WelIjligtqn); and Miss .K. OlQrien (Greynjiopth). ’ ,j •' .

, “No scenery, in Europe is comparable Fjt|i the beautiful virgin push.on the : ‘.Ceast,’V said >fr, Otto^Coufal, , in Sydney ..who,, reifirped to phfietcnurch :fdif (evening after r'a five .days* Visit '..to thefWest fcpiist. 'i Difring', hjssvisi/t’'.: \ travelled' to tliai glacier, wftji' which! he was mpc-h impressed. He a,lsp .vjsited.the ; bjd gpld-diggi’ng centres find ‘at Okhrito -he -met: Mr Rlart, who has 'prepal-ations r iri hand for the erection'of-a hig gpld dredge. Mr Coufal was:‘also 'shown several smalt /(nugget He was greatly impressed with' the-officienjcjl > ftp pclgip gpi a n% r which is hpv?- oht ainiifgVg -Id] in satisfactory'qiiarinties. Mr < Cdqfal said- thaf jthe ‘ road fjyjas; excellent, and 1 , he derived' much plda&ure ‘in , the crossing of ,'the'creeks in'(■'the seryiretyc'hrs r (V: There" wak'forest 'ficenery in . (Europe but/it)whs: of..a '.different type frpfh that on the; CpdstTas iF'Was mostIy.' nrtrfipiailjl' growri'.^; '■ - ; ’

• The annual report biiithe Greym&uth police .district/-/wlucl}./extends from Karpmea to. - .-by, es-Inspector MatheiV. (since retired) -is -tis follows: / /‘The,^offences're!urn; for' the year end-, ed December 81st/ 1928/ shows the. total huinber of/ all ', offences' "to” be W/cbihpared/'with 1,158; fqr/the* previous - year, /being an.*, increase of 2'\'6J • ’The/.'prihoipaVdncrease.'.has'ibeeh in'; theft-’/ from . dwellings,/ mischief,:; breaches'' of.. ■ the peaye* drunkenness,; gaming' and, licensing-- offences, - and breaches of the Motor Regulations. '; i/Aere have befell no serious criminal, offences* reported' for, the year, apart.from "the, lisuql, ‘casss : pf ‘ breaking' and-.

entering 1 . and;' other- 'offences:’ involving dish'/nesty.'/ . Tlie general conduct of:/ members Vf • the* fpr’ce. in' this; district- ; has- been -aood, arid' I- tr:/st ■ the stand*-. •: ard of efficiency will- he Two constables were* fined for of the regulations.’.*! / *; .

. in view elf : the lamentations ;'.vhicli; 'are occasionally beard that British mi-. - grants oanriot find: work in. New? Zealand/; the . story; told to a Dominion reporter/ on Saturday evenjng hy*; ft" self-Teliant | English /woman.-/ (remarks/that '.'jonrhai)/ / ‘‘.New Zea-- ;. land is the best/ country, 1/ have., ever : Ijeeii in in .which :to’make 'nioney,” she - said. “ I came to the Dominion six years ago'with my husband and two - , soils, and now we are comfortably off;.’ My 'husband is a ;skilled artisan, and he obtained. work; right away, and has . never been idle for a. day; We .took a small farm nt .Hprokiwi,;'qnd, with T he help of the boys,' I' milked a, few cows em| kept-poultry, and I did "0, well; that. I. was able recently to buy a f-irn of 200 acres‘when Ht'was’offered to me at a bargain’ price.”’ “You foundifarming paid t then ?’ ’ .// Of course it pays,’’ was the ejnphpbc- answer. “It is all profit and no ' outgoings.”- . The Englishwoman .declared that she had come from a large Home.towp, and had h.u.* no' previous experience of country life. “ I hqve not the slightest tie sire tp go’back to England,” she said. “New Zealand offers far greater opportunities to people-, who are willing-to work. My two boys are doing well in the city, and we are much.more comfortably off than "we could evet*'have bedn had we remained in England.’’