WEST COAST NOTES

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18218, 31 October 1924, Page 15

WEST COAST NOTES

THE WEATHER. ■«?zc:al "0 "-HX ?2151."> n l I GSEYMOUTH. October GO. c '■ Hea-.'y rain has faiicn praeticaUy '■ cessation curing the past 43 ,' •' hours, rir.d the rivers and creeks arc all '- I rising. The present spring has been '. i vcrv wet. ', Bailirav Communication. . T::e firev Cliar..ber of Commerce has rj been advised or the Railway Conimise fcioii of if.; inipc-nding visil to the Coast, i, r.r,>} rennested *.o report on matters ' > which v.v.v c>::;0 within its scone, e • ' I Tennis. ■ : Mr E. R.'Warncs presided :.t the ! ;.!;n::;.l n-.eetir.g cf the L'nited Tennis > s Cii-.y. The t'oiiowiii-.' ofiieers were p elected:—-President. Mr E. -Warnes; vice-presidents. Messrs- J. R. ileNangh- . ton. J. T. Rvbertsori. E. ("'. Wadc, C J. Meli'.doe. E. I'. Shorland. A. A. Adams. X. Jones. G. Ke;;r, and H. F. Doogan; (•oiniriii fee. Messrs .S. Maokay. A. Warnes. .S. Whiie, \. Grant, K". East. > A. F. Gunhill r.r.d A. Shorland; ladies' i eomini!tee. Misses M. Warnes, D. He- : Kav. E. Lindsay. N. C. Mc- • ; Knight. M. Shcrland, B. Steer, V. Dob- • j son. Ai. Boustridge. and G. Mabin; 1 i selection tominiftee. Messrs A. "Warnes, ' j 11. Jan:ie.=oi:. and McKay; delegates - i to Asso'-iatioii. Messrs H. Jainieson and - - S." McKay: secretary nud treasurer. ) I Mr 11. Ja'mieson. . | Personal. - ' Tnclnded in the passengers for Christ- " | churc-Ii by to-day's express .were ex■t ! Inspector W. Fonliy and Mr H. Kite. i | Mr W. Sexton,'cf the Post Office, ! • i Blaekbail. has received notice of trans- ; i for to Motueka. Ho will be greatly j ', | missed from the throe-quarter line of i i ! the representative League football j ■ i team. • ! ' i Mr 1. A. Jitrucs. superintendent of | \ i the State Mines, in confined to his bed j ! with an attack of influenza. | f .Mr K. EoJlitr., cf tlic- National Mort- j ! gage Co., left for Chriatchurch on .. I transfer this morning. j i Mr B. J. Evans, West land County j j clerk, returned to Hoidtika this after- | I noon front Wellington. ■ J The wedding was solemnised this . j morning at St. Patrick's Church of Mr j j J?.. If. Briekeli, eldest son of Mr and | ] Mrs It. Briekeli, of Carterton, to Miss { Ellen I. "Walsh, eldest daughter of Mr j and Mrs Walsh, of Murray stroet. ! Father o'Regan celebrated " Nuptial j Mass. The bride was given away by j her father, and wore a dress of bis- j cuit satin niaroeain with lavender hat. j Miss Alieo M. Walsh, the bride's sister, was the bridesmaid, and wore blue satin marocain and blue and lenion hat. Mr P. C. Hope was "best man. After the ceremony- a reception was held at Harker's tea rooms. Tho happy couple, who will reside in Greymouth, left later by.the express, on route for the' North Island, where the honeymoon v.'Ul be spent. Magistrate's Court. At a- sitting of the Magistrate's Court at Granity; William Gape, of Millcrtoii, was fined £5 for the theft of -a quantity of coal. Several cases under the Coal Mines Act were heard. Lewis Newbnrn was fined £3 and costs for entering the "VVestport Coal Company's mine while intoxicated, and Thomas Carroll was fined £3 and costs for failing to bring explosives out of the mine". Two other charges against Newburn were for failing to obey the command of an underviewer and with threatening behaviour and bad language towards an under-" viewer. He was fined £1 and costs on each charge. Obituary. The death is announced of Mr Louis Casset, a native- of France, at the ago I oi S3 years. The deceased was one of the pioneer miners of the Coast. | On Tuesday morning there passed I away at his residence at. Lower Hutt f J Wellington, Mr John McDonnell, a re- j tired police officer, who had resided at I the Ilutt for the past six years. The } late Mr McDonnell, who was aged 70, j was born at Panmure, Auckland, in 1 1854, and joined the Armed Constabulary in 1877 at Auckland. He was one of the picked men sent to Parihaka to effect the capture of Te Whiti. After the Armed Constabulary was disbanded, the late Mr McDonnell joined the police force, and was stationed for some years on the "West Coast of the South Island. He was gaoler at Dennistou during the 1890 strike, and in 1907 w r as appointed gaoler and probation officer at Nelson, from which positions he retired in 1918. He was one of the old school of policemen, and. took a paternal interest in the young people who came tinder his charge. His kindly advice helped many back to the paths of rectitude.. He is survived by a wife, a married daughter, a"nd three grown-up sons. Sunday Sport. With the .termination of the llugby i Leagued agreement with the Cobden j Domain Board and the commencement of the Sunday (Ticket matches at hand, the opposition to all forms of organised sport on the Sahbath is again manifesting itself, and the Cobden Town I Board v.iil discuss tho whole question at its next 'meeting. j WESTPORT ITEMS. ! i (special .to "thi PRESS.''} WESTPOET, October 30. The Westporfc Trotting Club is installing a Eeynolds patent starter at its racecourse for the coming mid-sum-mer meeting. The club's stakes this year have been increased to £2200. j Comparing totalisatcr turnovers, the j We-stport Trotting Club is offering bigger stakes than any other club in the j Dominion. I A new concrete lighthouse is to be j erected at Cape Fouhviud. to take the | place of the old wooden structure, j which is fast falling "into decay. It j is to be equipped with the latest automatic lighting apparatus. j It is understood that the rumour regarding a coal mine strike here in November is without foundation. Miss Ellen Jones, a native cf Westport, will succeed Miss Turner as local j officer at the State Dental Clinic. The Rev. Alex. Miller will attend the Presbyterian Assembly to be held in Palmerston North in November. In connexion with the development of the cement works at Cape Foulwind, it is expected that the utilisation of the enormous proved and tested deposits will do more for the Bullor district's progress than the completion of the muek-talked-of' Gorge railway. i ' .