COLAC BAY NOTES

Western Star, 26 April 1940, Page 1

COLAC BAY NOTES

j At tlie householders meeting held at ' Colac Bay Messrs S. Burteushaw, H. i Spear, J. Stick, D. Noble and W. Benj fell were elected to the committee. The , headmaster, Mr G. Burton, was chairman and the accounts showed a small credit balance. The previous committee were thanked for their continued interest in the school. Mr Noble, who was the chairman of the former committee, and Mr Benfell, the secretary, both unavoidably absent, intimated their willingness to stand. Mr G. Belsham, whp lias been training with the 2nd Echelon, has returned home, not having passed his final medical exam. News was received during the week that lan Robert, the only son of Mr and Mrs R. M. Sullivan, of Dunedin, met a tragic death when a motor truck collided with the yacht that he was assisting to haul across the highway. Mr Sullivan will he remembered as a former headmaster at the Colac school, and the sympathy of the township is extended to him in the sad loss of his only son.' Mr J. Soar, another former headmaster of the local school, passed away a few weeks ago in Invercargill. His death recalls a similar tragic experience that he had when he lost his only son by drowning in 1914. Though efforts are being made. Colac F not too confident of being able to field a. basketball tmm this year, hut in view of their achievements last year when they were winners of the competition. a further round-up is to he made of prospective players and efforts made to organise a team. Nothing further lias been heard of the try-out of the machinery for drainage and stumping that was proposed to he conducted at Colac. The lion. R. Semple is returning to Wellington this week, and the demonstration at Tuatapere having proved not t'oo satisfactory as an illustration of what could be , done, it was hoped the drainage machinery would produce a more impressive illustration of its usefulness. Mr Fred Clode a former resident of Colac Bay, is at present lying seriously ill in the Invejrcargill Hospital, and wishes are expressed for his speedy. recovery. Reports from the mutton birders ■indicate that' the season is not too successful, many of the nesting holes appearing to have been filled with water, while the condition of the birds is not. as good as anticipated. A few kits have been brought over by fishing boats and some have got as far as WakapatU.