THE Inangahua Times TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1931 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Inangahua Times, 25 August 1931, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1931 LOCAL AND GENERAL

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Pacific Lodge will be held at the Masonic Hall. Shiel Street, this evning at 7.30 o'clock, to which an invitation is extended to all visiting brethren.

The funeral of the late Mrs Mary Cahill took place yesterday afternoon, when the remains were interred in the Suburban Cemetery. The Rev. Father Seymour read the prayers at the Church of the Sacred Heart and at the graveside.

The average man is iust a iittle thankful that listening is not compulsory, His feelings toward loquacity in any sphere were once neatly summed up by a story told by a noble Duke in the House of Lords. A tipsy fellow was passing St, Paul’s one night, the clock slowly began to chime the hour of twelve. He counted the strokes with dramatic solemnity. When the chimes stopped he looked up at the dial and confidingly remarked. "Confound you, why couldn’t you give us all that at once.

I The Reefton Fire Brigade, at its meeting last night, reported that the prospects of the annual bail, to be held on Friday. September 11th are exceedingly good. The canvassers met I with a cordial reception everywhere I and ihe result of the collectors’ efforts have been very good intfeed. The Ladies’ committee also have h ,en active, and the result of their efforts will be seen on the night of the bail, when they will provide the choicest supper ever put before a Reefton gathering.

The return frnm the Okarits frive M T « Dredf ng Coy. for last week was 76 ozs. of gol f.

The Rucrby football match, Maoris v West Coast, will be played at Grevmouth to-morrow afternoon. A good display should be witnessed.

A team of Rugby footballers from St. Canice’s School, Westport, arrived in Reefton this mortrrg, and this afternoon, played the local Convent School on the Reefton Racecourse.

Wng:e tax stamps were wanted by a W’rnan who went to the Christchurch Post Office, says “ The Sun.” She said so in a brisk, businesslike manner of a woman who knows what she wants. “What denomination ?’‘ a9ked the clerk. “ Presbyterian,** said the custoner, promptly.

A collision between a motor cycle ridden by Mr A. Collie, and a motor car driven by Dr. Wicken, occured short’y after midday to-day. Dr. Wicken was proceeding up Broadway and Collis along Walsh Street, and hhe collision occurred at the intersection of these street, the car having a splashboard badly buckled and a good dent in the side. Collis was thrown heavily to the ground and sustained cuts on the face and chin, and when he wa9 picked up was bleeding freely. He wa9 at once taken to Mr Magee*s Hotel, where Dr. Wicken attended to him, and later he was taken home. Beyond the cute and shock, Collis is not severely injured, and should be about again in a few days. Dr, Wicken was not hurt at all.

Yesterday, a(>cmt 2 30 p.m, people in Brougham Street, Westport, were alarmed by a terrific roar, as what was apparently a waterspout, passed over the town, up in the direction of the Trotting track. It appeared to come from the sea and cut off the tops ot trees in the section on the the north, side of Brougham Street. Passing c*?, it tore up the gravel 011 ihe road. At McKenzie’s it carried oft some clothing that was on the Hue. The spout continued its flying trip across Mt Percy Adatu«, property, razing off the tops oftrer-s and flattened out a cow on the ground Fortunately, the unweb come visitor appears to avoided houses in its passage inland, and no serious damage is recorded. Many people in the town heard the roar, and were unable to account lor it. Some believed that the Buller river had come away in heavy flood. The swathe across the road where ii passed was 12 yards wide.

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