WEST COAST NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19267, 2 January 1931, Page 6

WEST COAST NEWS.

KARORO SPORTS CLUB. (Special to the “Star.”) GREYMOUTII, January 2. At the annual meeting of the Karoro Sports Club the following officers were elected:—Patron, Mr G. Perotti; president and treasurer, Mr J- Condon: vice-presidents, Messrs W. Young, H. D. James, W. Brown; sports executive, Messrs Young, Barclay, Dunn, Gilbert, M’Diarmid, Reynolds, Izzard, the president and secretary; handicappers, running, Messrs T. Condon and P. McGrath; chopping, Mr J. Flaherty; cycling, Mr D. Wright. The balancesheet showed a credit of £255. The addition of £lO prize-money to the chopping events was decided on. Greymouth Court. As the result of a fracas in Guinness Street,- Dawson M’Robbie, William Ryan, Robert Sweetman and Raymond M’Kay appeared before the Court. M’Robbie and Ryan, for fighting, were convicted and fined 10s each; Sweetman, for using obscene language, was fined 10s; and M’Kay, for behaving in a disorderly manner whilst drunk, was fined 10s. Shipping. Kartigi sailed from Auckland on Wednesday; due here Saturday. Titoki is due at the end of next week to load coal for Onakaka and Wanganui. Ivaitoa is due at the end. of next week from Lyttelton with general cargo. REEFTON NOTES. The weather continues to hold out, and high temperatures are being recorded. It is ideal holiday weather, however, and traffic through Reefton is brisk. Many motorists are making the round trip Greymouth-Reefton-Westport and home along the Coast road. The roads are in first-class order. Maruia Springs is also a favourite resort, and during the holidays hundreds of people have visited the locality. A large crowd assembled for the races. Unemployment Relief.

The unemployed are rather dilatory in taking advantage of the work offered under the unemployed relief scheme No. 2. To date only one man has been put on work, and there are several offers of work still open. Bush Fire. Fire broke out in the bush near the Globe mine, and quickly spread to the mine buildings. The store-room, containing some valuable mining implements and a cottage behind it, were destroyed. The property is owned by the Consolidated Goldmines, and the loss in mining implements is a serious one. Cricket. Playing a friendly game against a home side, Cobden won by three wickets and 34 runs. Cobden made 188. Best scores were: Matthews 26, Knapp 68, Sandham 17, Rose 18, Gilmour 14, M’Nabb 13. Reefton scored 154 (Paul 16, Blom 19, Scott 21, Hannah 44, Hill 20). Blom took six wickets for Reefton, and Knapp eight wickets for Cobden.