WEST COAST NOTES

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18426, 6 July 1925, Page 13

WEST COAST NOTES

PERSONAL. (srsciAL to "rat mss.") GREYMOUTH, July 5. Mrs A. Watson, of Millcrton. has been admitted to the Wcstport Hospital suffering from a serious illness. Messrs E. Aircy and W. Gamble returned from Christchurch yesterday. Mr .jnuies Kobinson has disposed of his interest in the Ferry Hotel, llapahoe, to Mr .T. M. Houlahan, of Wangauui. formerly of the West Coast. Mr W. E. Leiteh. inspector of the Union Bank of Australia, returned to Chrislc.liUreh yesterday. Messrs B. Falck, J. 8. Hawkes. and A. ]J. Dobsoti. representing the Canterbury Automobile Association, returned to ('hristchurch on Saturday. Mr W. Tregurtha, Assistant District Traffic Manager, X.Z.R., Clirigtoluxrcli. left on his return to Canterbury by Saturday's express. Messrs D. J. Evans (Westlnnd Racing Club). A. l'erutti (Reefton Jockey Club), ami M. If. Houston (Westland Trotting Club) left on Saturday for "Wellington, where tliev will attend tlu Racing and Trotting Conference. Messrs T. E. Coates and M. J. Fogarty (Greymouth Jockey Club) were also passengers by the express, en routte for the capital c-ity. The wedding was solemnised at A 1 i Saints' Church. Ilokitika, of Mr J. S. Strawbridge, of tlie Lauds Department. Auckland, and formerly of Ilokitika, to Miss Joyce Winifred Michel, daughter of the Hon. It. L. and Mrs Michel, of Ilokitika. The Jlev. J. Perkins officiated. MiSs Betty MeMullin was bridesmaid. Mr A. D. McCavoclc best man, aild Mr G. Strawbridge groomsman. After the ceremony the happy 'couplo left for Cliristclnireh on their honeymoon. Sir Frederick Miuehan, an old resident of Greymouth, died recently at Auckland at the age of Si years. The death is reported of Mr Peter A. ! Beyers, a WVst Coast pioneer, at the i nge of 70 years. Deceased died at the Cfrev Hospital. He was in tho Kumara > rush, and had lived of late at C'obden. The funeral was held this afternoon at Karoro Cemetery. Mails Delayed. No mails wgie received from Canler- ! bury on Friday, but. yesterday afternoon j and evening saw the mail room officers | at the local post office very busy sorting a large quantity of mail matter from i Christchurch, the Xorth Island and Austfaiia. i | Hokitika Anglican Cliurch. I . At a, ifieoting of All Saints' Church Building Committee at Hokitika, it was decided to make definite recommendations to a special general meeting of ! {iafiShibiiers on the 20th inst. If these are adopted, the! foundation stonfe of the new building may be laid on Anzac Day, 1926, It was reported that the of £2675 was in sight, and the meeting favoured the raising of £6OOO j within three years. I Roa Library. j At thes annual meeting of subscribers to the Roa Public Library, Mr B. J. Wearne presiding, it was decided to recoriifnend to the incoming committee the dxpenditUi'e of a proportion of the £l6O credit balance on n<sw books. The following officers Were elected, for the ensuing year:—Chairman, Mr Wearne} secretary and librarian, Mr E. Wetherspoon; treasurer, Mr S. Quintrell ; eomriiittec, j\[essrs W. W;ld, J. Devlin, A. O'DMiiell, and W. Hansen; trustees, Mdssrs E. Jones aiid M. McFadycn. _ • Waiho Sports. A successful feports carnival was held at Waiho iii beautiful leather. The j various "events resulted as follows.:— 1 Maidfin ffiot ¥acc—D ; Chinn 3, F. Chinn 2; Single women's race—Miss K. Condon 1, Miss AdaiiiSdii 2; Maideii clidp—=• P; Williams 1. "Ufiright Chop—G. Baniiibt&r 1", J". Curtain 2. lSOVtlfe hahdleap —Pj'Wtlltains-1, Robinsoii Handicap saw— Curtain and Williams .1, Bannister Bros; 2. Champion chop—P. Williams 1, Andrew Scott 2. Matfied men's race—D. Wright 1, K. Williams 2. Ladies' and Gentlemen V saw, -12-inch log—Miss Donovan and 'W. FairSall, MisS K; Condflii titid D. Bailnister, and Miss NelsOii and A. Seott, dead-heat. Tim 6, 12 2-sth 6ec,- Married women's raiJe—Mrs Wright 1, Mrs Condon- 2, Whitebait. Small quantities of whitebait eontihtie to make their appearance in Wefet Coast rivers. s?ort of Greymouth. For the four-weekly period ending Jiihe 20th, tlie coal exports from Grey-: mouth totalled 16,633 toiis. This was •made up as follows: —State, 7800, Blackball 5414, Paparoa, 23.93, Co-operative Mines 102 G. In the same period 2,571,466 super feet of timbel- was exported. Ladies' Hockey. , .In a Brt)dks Cup match,- played at Cobden, Mawhefa defeated Cronadun by' 2 to 1. Misses M. Jami6soii and Stubbs scored for the winners) and Miss Lockington for Cronadun. Mr F. Shaw was referee. ihe Waipofi's Firemen. Three flrcnieA in the Waipori were each sentenced to one month's imprisonment at a. sitting of the Magistrate's Court yesterday' morning. Mr W. Meldrum, S.M., was on the Bench. Tho defendants, A. Robinson, M ; Davie, atid If. J* Roberts, were charged ■ with wiiflii disobedience of the lawful command of the master of tlie Waipori to get up steam to take the ship to seat Mr J. W. Hannan appeared for the Union Steanl Ship Company, and Mr W » J. Jovce for defendants;

Herbert Michael Hurley, .master of tho vessel, said that she was in iiesfc tG ieavo port on Thursday morning; Tlio full c6niplem6rit tvfis not on board ufitil eight o'clock. The firei~en refused t6 go to sea without tririliners, and a conference was lield in the afternoon. Robinson, who acted as spokesman) then said they were determined not to go to sea with6ut trimmers. Tho liremen had been asked again that morning to got Up steam but persisted in their frefusaL „ Evidence was also given by •B. Cunningham, manager of the company's Grfeymouth branch, and WilliStn Stewart Sinart, ciiief engineer of tho Waipori, Ml* Joyce said the men demanded trimmers because of the arduous nature of tho work firing the vessel to Sydney. Thfere were two firemen to the shift and six furnaces, and in view of this the firemen's demand appeared jUst. They were willing to take the vessel to sea if two or three trimmers were employed The argument that the ship had previously rUn. without trimmers did not provide a valid reason for their non-tm-ployment on the long run to Sydney. The Bench said the defendants had not kept faith with the company after signing With a full cognisance of their articles. He asked them if they were willing to obey orders. Defendants responded, "Yes. if we are given trimmers, but not otherwise.'' Each was then sentenced to one month s imprisonment in Greymouth gaol. It is reported that the men will be placed oil board tlio ship to-morrow and tho vessel will proceed to Sydney. The Weather. After a fine morning tho weather changed at midday, and rain, accompanied by a cold wind, set in and continued during the aft_ernoaj»-