WEST COAST NOTES

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19172, 1 December 1927, Page 15

WEST COAST NOTES

COM INDUSTRY. rREYMOUTH, November SO. /ion prevailing in the coaliot «nrked on the co-operative kept fully cmn the nine co-operative mmes fW ■ coal to the Point Elizabeth in Christchurch, there are k*l ** ot J™,«nM two in the Buller, district, These OB L e kept going constantly, and that negotiations are K S for the taking over of *'ll properties on the Reef ton and ***& which will be worked by for supplying their fe'jYho same depot. All the r*,, operative "coal mines in the * Strict are reported to be *" and it is stated that no jSIV i experienced in finding a railway charges for is the subject of general hint However, among co-opera-one instance being that the Point Elizabeth slack on the trucks is 14s per while t he Railway Department fvil 16s 7d per ton for railage to •Web. It is contended that it to market slack successJiSw * hc existing railage charges.

Monthly Statistics. the month of November \Xiir birtn8 > seven deathB > and „Carriages were registered in rrtMitb"- The figures for November, ftMirere: Births twenty-four, deaths 1. Birriage thirteen. One marriage JjjM was performed by the Registrar, "IToffieiated at four similar functions doty tlie c°" eß P ondin S l )eriod last 'tatonis duty collected at Greymouth i November totalled £2819 14s 2j decrease of £793 2s 6d compared Jfl November, 1926. _ Viteorclogical statistics taken at {njmouth show that unfavourable Jitie conditions prevailed during the ,)tti of November, when 9.20 inches $ nil fell on 21 days, the maximum {ill being reached on November 13th, 'ijjl J. 92 inches. During the previous ■jjr'i corresponding period 9.50 inches jin fell on 19 days, the. maximum • jj'ijii one day being 2.26 inches. I s Motorists' Complaint.

; [ißplaint is made by motorists using •j old Christchurch road that the jttdi between Otira and Kumara is ijinry bad state of repair, with the jdjithat considerable wear and tear jtnffercd by cars travelling that mte.

Personal. Jjierous friends of Mr Jor'eph LythH lite engineer-manager of the Grey hirer Board, gathered at tho residence tit and Mrs G. R. Harkor last evenly It bid farewell to Mr Lythgoe on jieireof his departure for Australia. Wig the evening Mr Harker, on.behH of those prcsorit, expressed regret dUr Lythgoe 'a departure from GreyMlk and presented him with a looseIs! pocket companion. Mr Lythgoe jjltd in suitable terms. Mr Lythgoe hfH for Australia this evening.

!(r T. Jenkinson, of the staff of the fotwrt branch of the Bank of Now Wiiii, will leave on Saturday on fiufif to Eakaia. Hriff.Nahr, of the Christchurch staff llftlWestport Coal Company, is visitiiftdatives in Westport. Hr L, F. Do Borry, headmaster of Cnbil School, Palmerston North, has tonifjotated to tho post of- headnirtiji«tthe Dunetlin Normal School. Mitytary was formerly rector of the MdlJUlgh School, and spent most ' ofltfa/iift years in Greymouth. TUftural of the late Charles Sweet»J».W Ms life in the Grey river, took ftoiitKsroro Cemetery this afternoon, ««iigßt; Patrick's Church. Tho sertoh were conducted by the Eev. Father "«&My. The pupils of the Marist Mere School acted as pall-bearers; The funeral of the late Mrs Befreatus look place this afternoon at Karoro ftmefery, being well attended. Those {resent included members of tho Druids» Wge. The eervice was conducted by Arehdeaeoo Carr.

. Tawa Flat Contract. Mr 0. B. Hunter, of Christchurch, orpniser for the Tawa Flat railway tunnl cooperative contracting project, is the various centres on tho *Mt Coast, and will leave on Monday fcr Westport. In the course of a conversation with a "porter, Mr Hunter stated that the «l«ae had a strong appeal for West M«fi| particularly miners and men twatpmed to tunnel and deviation folk of all descriptions, who were inw'Mting. themselves in the big underling. He had every confidence that Jjjffleient capital would be forthcoming » variant the scheme being proceeded J 1 " I ',Of course, he said, the West MMt played a prominent part in putjag through the Orongorongo and Lake .™«Mgfl schemes, and if the company «v being formed wero the successful j»«ererg for the big Government con- ""*. the men from this part of tho Do**wa would again demonstrate their «% to carry out the undertaking suewtfoHy, ft n? anter will mect tne miners from "•Waiuta and Reefton fields before Weeding to Westport.