WEST COAST NOTES

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20099, 1 December 1930, Page 19

WEST COAST NOTES

PERSONAL. ~oo* ™ r *" 3 ' ) i > IeX Ce Vi<>ty' s bronze medal. B unia*» B Dennehy left yeS - Jlr U ll i 0 England, where they ..rW en " for two years. ,»ri „jj 0 has resigned li tlTGrey Hospital w® 4118 ffr Kelson, was presented ?•*s£'■&»» M tl,e p who is to' be it to Miss R. FerSrf 00 Wed B f bv the Staff Of the S of which he a witt att eld u Obituaryr :< Lvell. Le H a bout ten r h had been un well for AO! sg°> aß £. B " leaves four B ons— S J. Mangos (Lyell), N. D. Jl" 119 /Timaru), and G. Mangos and six daughters, Mesand J. Conaghan (Greyjirs Turnbull (Isgakawau), nfTnffna /Whangarei), Miss B. V Slrul and Sister Medeline ( the sSers of Nazareth (BrisW> of cl. is also survived by one its')- George Williams, of Patea, ieath of Mr Terence Mullins Ihß , d f at Eeefton Hospital on He bad been living at '■ft, for some years. During the jester week hi! -n-ag found m ""IfUl and was taken to Reefton Sr'treatment. He as believed ?«b relatives in Canterbury. occurred yesterdayj nt? of Mr Thomas Rundle, aged Ve waß a native of Cornwall, to Australia. in 1861, later wto New Zealand and taking part fffSaShos in Otago. Ho came Coast and was gold mining *XSn, eventually .opening a store TT« is survived by three botis flwAomas, and Clement of GreySbW two daughters, Mesdames jtw (Greymouth) and Moore (ft Men). Crlcket . nwfiii to unfavourable weather eondittT aU the Cricket Association's for to-day were postponed. luck for league, it the final meeting for the season of tl. West Coast Bugby League Centre a wbl« presented the price of a ticket CJ tin Melbourne Cup to the Centre, rife hi! wirfieß for good luck. The titkrt proved to he worth £lO to the Centre after the running of the race.

Miner Injured. Mr Fred Willi, employed at Alexaniei mine!, met with an accident to a ma, when he had it crushed by a fall tf qu&rtz. His injuries were attended (j »t Beefton.

lack of Employment. A, an indication-of..the dearth of mployment in Keefton district, *-he Mden Coast Co-operative . Dairy Comply - received no fewer seventytiro applications fof. , the position or lorry-dnvcx. John' of Cronadun, 'was appointed. .: .

Mi wring: Man. intensive search for Ernest jfinsfleM Burr, ttJio has- been, taisaing Vrurn iiargden tiaoe November Bth, is tfij being Men. So far tijera.is no news, of iisijsing man. •• --

Magistrate's Court.. A siting of the Magistrate's Court iroMiin Beefton on Friday, Mr- W. ieldram, S.M., presiding. Frederick William. Archer, prosecuted ■ tr J, H»ghes, Injpeetor of Mines, for iiiHjig to see that ■ detonators were itrnd properly at His coal mine at Cipluton, was represented by Mr Pattenoa, and entered a plea of not ftiltr. He was convicted and fined £1 ill eoiti 15s.' - E. W. Beeves sued the Southern Minei Davelopment Corporation, Ltd., ad judgment was given for plaintiff, b? default, for £2lB 13s, with costs William Aloysius Conlon (Mr Pattenoi) sued Thomas Phillips (Mr for possession of certain freehold laud at Beefton, bought by the pUUtfflin September last, when the property' was pot up for sale by the State Adyjuiees Department. After lengthy argument the Magistateraade an order for possession to be or before December 18th, with to plaintiff, £3 ss. •-< Smith Westland. Araagejaents have been completed Jf to a portion of South WestMiy tlievWestland County Council and Thursday next. Mr J; Wofcmton, District Public Works %«er,an4 Mr J. O'Brien, M.P., will ,«ounty party, which, will IjjJjWf Mr W. Searle, county chairman, •wfMynal; members of the Council. ; will travel as far south as j "''TvWaitaiigi. Tennis Match. match was played beiflto?® Lawn Tennis Club and Al teams at Greymouth. It ®-' a draw, the scores being 156 12 sets all. W«c the Hokitika B team WGwy by 24 ge t 8 to 4. WfSTPORT notes. PERSONAL. McFarlane, who has been holiday in the North Island, '•turned to Ngakawau. Somtaerville, of Dennisreturned from the North e they have been spending a fot'aft. a^'l *®as to Westspent an extended , at Patea. •W 88 .^ ea tb of Mrs Kearns, Wport ci!' 8 eeD received in '44y»ll_ J lO Tra s very well known ■Hct, ana "i® 4 throughout the disa a famil y of 15, of whom Soiiiwn, * . Sponheimer **ri of m,, i. Weatport, are daughH e -a~ l Mclntyre, M.L.C., Wd t «elson Education Board, > «tJEw.£ for the purTtfX&T th ° Prop ° Sed Bit ° ?®iag d^tri.T 8 ' 811 identity of the recently retired ■ - ttr department, Auckland,

has been spending a holiday in Westport and the surrounding townships looking up old friends, many of whom he had not seen for 35 years. Mr Hollows relates many interesting anecdotes in connexion with his early association with the Buller district. One, in, particular, is of general interest, as it refers to the first industrial dispute which came before the Arbitration Court shortly after the coming into force of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1894. Trouble arose in the mine between the miners and the owners, and at a. general conference of miners a vote wa3 taken to decide whether the dispute would be submitted to the newly constituted Court. The result of the ballot was a tie, but Mr Hollows noticed that one scrutineer (Mr Geo. Snow, now a resident of Westport) had not recorded his vote, and it was on this vote that the matter went to the Court, upon which tribunal Mr Hollows sat as a representative of the workers. Mr Dudley Wade, son of Mrs Wade, of the Buller road, has been appointed assistant master of the Dunedin Boys' High School. Johnny Robertson, eldest son of Mr and Mrs J. M. Robertson, of Palmerston street, although only 22 years of age, continues to gain laurels for his cornet playing. He has now become cornet soloist in the famous St. Hilda professional band of England. Mr G. L. Bull, building contractor, of Christchurch, who was the successful tenderer for the erection of the new Post Office at Westport, to replace the one destroyed in the earthquake last year, visited Westport to make preliminary arrangements for the work. The building will be a single-story steel frame structure built on a floating raft of reinforced concrete. Buller Progress League. A meeting of the Buller Progress League was held, when it was decided to. co-operate with other local bodies in the matter of arranging a suitable function to celebrate the completion of Pox's river bridge, and to open officially the West Coast road. The stoppage of work on the Lewis Pass road brought forth vigorous protests from members, and a letter has been sent to the Government expressing their dissatisfaction. Mr H. E. Holland, M.P., who was present, said that he could not understand why the work was stopped, as there were only 22 miles to be completed. The Railway Committee, through Mr C. IX Betts, presented its report on the recent tour of inspection of the Buller Gorge railway. About 500 men were employed on the work, he said, and at the present rate of progress it would take about 2A years to complete the line.

West port Primary School Committee. At a meeting of the Westport Primary School Committee, a resolution was passed, resenting any interference with the present school and organisation, recognising the primary school and the work it is doing as being equal to, if not better than, any other school in the Dominion. This arose from a letter which was received from the Nelson Education Board stating that it was the Board's intention to consider favourably a proposal to transfer Standard VI. to thvi Westport Technical High School. A special meeting will be held later, however, and the committee will invite the Board's chairman (the Hon. W. H. McIntyre), as well as the committee's representative to be present. Plans for the new dental clinic were received and approved, and it was decided that the Board be asked immediately to proceed with its erection.

Magistrate's Court. Mr "W. Meldrum, S.M., conducted a sitting of the- Magistrate's Court, when Roy Ernest Lang *vas sentenced to one month's imprisonment, the warrant not to issue so long as he pays~S2 lGs 3d in instalments of not less than &4 a month.- James SuiabyTwas fined £.2 and costs, for using his car as a taxi. F. A. De Touretteß, manager of the Bank of New Zealand, at Westport, proceeded against Clifford O'Regan, for £8 6s 9d, for damages to his motor-car as the result of an accident in the Buller Gorge. Defendant counter-claimed for £.lO 15s. The parties were non-suited. General. The police have not yet apprehended anyone for the burglary which was committed when the offices of Morley and Co., brewers, was broken into. The Bowing Club has a good membership this year, and solid training is being gone in for, crews going on the river as often as possible. Buller A. and P. Association. The annual meeting of the Buller A. and P. Association was held in the secretary's office, Mr R. H. Wimsett (president) presiding over a good attendance. The annual report and balance-sheet were adopted, and officers were elected as follows: —Patron, Mr F. A. De Tourettes; past-president, Mr R. H. Wimsett; president, Mr C. M. Sargisson; vice-presidents, Messrs P. Roselli and A. Vincent; auditors, Messrs P. A. Struthers and J. Mullan; hon. veterinarian, Mr E. W. Patten; treasurer, Mr E. Skilton; secretary, Mr J. Radford. Mr SargiSson, in assuming the office of president, stated that the present time was a difficult one for farmers, but he felt confident that the 1931 Show would be no less successful than its predecessors. Various committees were appointed. The Show days fixed for the 13th and 14th of February next, and it was decided to ask the Whippet Club to arrange for two or three events on People's Day. The president's report was a lengthy one. It showed that the number of financial members of the Association is 162, which represents a slight increase on last year's number.