WESTPORT NOTES AND COMMENTS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIV, Issue 44, 25 February 1887, Page 13

WESTPORT NOTES AND COMMENTS.

(By '■ Old Identity.")

February 14 1887 ANNUAL ELECTION OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE At the annual meeting of St. Canice's Church congregation for thp purpose of electing a school committee, the following^ me "were appointed to manage the affairs of St. (Janice's School for SnS twelve months :-F-ther Walshe („, offioio), Messrs Organ PKef/ J. J. Daly' T. Gallagher, T. James, and M. Quane T. 3 report and balanco-sheet, which, I an, proud io say showed a ores perous state of affairs, were read a.i«l adopted. 7 Votes^ thK were passed to the secretary (Mr. Organ), and the teaching staff MISS KNIGHT'S SUCCESSOR HONOUB TO WHOM HONOUR Ig DUE. I am requested to state that John Kennedy, of whom I mad P mention in my last as having most creditably passed the Junior Civil Service .Examination, was for some time a pupil o f Mr. Regan's mas, er of bt. Ounce's, evening class. All the more praise is due the^un" man when the fact ,s male known that he availed himself Jf the necessary tuition by walking a distance of eight miles (each wavVto enable him to secure the honours above-mentioned. 7)> THE LATE STOEM. The long spell of three months' sunshine weather was broken the week before last, when it raine 1 m t o ,rents and blew a hurricane Much damage was done m this district, the principal of which were the large slips along the Westport-Reefton road, completed bloS wheeled traffic. About fifty men have now been e neaped c ear nf away and it is expected to take a fortnight yet before the mai coach will be able to resume it, running on the road. The damage to the Westport-Reefton road alone will amount to £500, nT c vd inj injury to Mountain Creek bridge (on the Addison's-ChXton road) and other damage to county road, and budges ot minor detail The storm was the heaviest felt in tho district for years past Trees were uprooted, fences blown down, houses unroofed, and the teTeemnh wires down both between Wcstport and Keefton and Westnorf and Charleston, telegraphic communication being interrupted Li three WESTPORT HARBOUR WORKS. The tender of Messrs. McLean and Son, of Wellington has h PP n >zrt-^c -&™i the works presented at the fortnightly meeting of The B "S3 held on Thursday last:-" The low level line is completed and in eight or ten days they will be prepared to take u^stone fTf \u J i B S , COUr ° f thG river has made wat«r very deep [n front of the Breakwater, which increases the quantity of stone «S el 870 Sfw 6 7r R C °TS ly Hl ° W - '^"B'eakwate?, now oty tcet long. If the Board wish the railway to connect with th P bridge to proceed without waiting for the construction o hi ondge the Engineer recommends that it be let by contract , n ™ n 1 except the rail laying and ballasting. The Dredger" erected cfn The wha g r e f 3a3 a 7 Q 6 fl.^l^f I .^ l^ teßted in the Plan.* for eSding £c Tn fit fl v ' • \ aa a PP roxlmate cost of £6000, are being prepared To nt the wharf for coal-loading it must be provided with hydraulic cranes and trucks which can be lifted over the ship's hold involving a further considerable expenditure. The cost of extendine'tbe staVthf SPb£ T? d R° P™ vlde '* With BtOra^ e for 160 tons, would be about £4500. The Board ,s advised to await the completion of the hydraulic ta p Dg ?T c \ at Greymouth before deciding on the relatfve at,vantages of the staiths as against the hydraulic cranes Zff 1; recommended calling tenders for the erection Z ? 20 end tin [fuZ He reported aga.nsr the Gangers being paid for bohdlyY in regard to the many app ications fur empl.,vmeut, the Engineer repots that the time has arrived tj put men off and not to tfke on The punts will be tendered for when they are required. P SHIPPING CHANGES. The Union S. S. Co. took over the We«tport C vil Corapanv's s^eam colhers-the Orawaiti, Kawatiri, and WW d reatea-on the fst