WEST COAST NOTES.
< —¥ PERSONAL. * ( (SPECIAL TO THE PBESB.) [ GREYMOUTH, February '25. • Mr H. H. Sharp, Inspecting Ilngineer o the Public Works . Department, is on an official .vail/ to the West Coast. I Mr Selwyn C. Orams, of Cobden, has j teen, advised that he has passed the i examination of the Royal Sanitary In- I stitute held in December for sanitary i i Miss K. Goodall, of Blackball, leaves , to-morrow on a visit to Invercargill. i _Mr J. Kennedy, manager of the Muiii--1 cipal Gas Works, Greymouth, who atj tended the Gas Managers' Conference, has returned. I Mr and Mrs J. T, Barker Gladstone, ! have been spending a holiday inI Chriatchurch, returned ' yesterday, i Mr J. G. Lancaster, eon- | suiting engineer to the Grey Power Board, is visiting the hydro-electric I works at Xaimata. The funeral of Mr Charles Udd' sttom took place this afternoon. The Rev. M. Beaumont, of Cobden, conductod the service at the residence, and also at the graveside. ' There was a large attendance. Child Fatally Scalded. June Mairidonald, the youngest child of Mr and Mrs Edgar Maindonald, of Beef ton, was severely scalded yesterday, and died later in the Keefton Hospital. The child, got into a tub of almost boiling 'water, suffering severe burns. ; " Laundry Fire. , The insurance on the Beofton Hospital laundry, destroyed" by fire on Monday, was* £125. - .In addition, a large quantity Qf hospital apd other articles were' destroyed. Several motorists drovp over the hose in use by the Fire Brigade, damaging it. Bankrnptcy. ?■ Stanley Darrellj seepnfl-hand dealer,; Greymouth, was 1 , to-dqy adjudged a bankrupt. _■ The meeting of creditors takes placo next Wednesday. . Kelson Creek Sports. At a meeting 1 of the Kelson Creek Sports last evening it was decided that the annual sports meeting be held on March 17th. "The 1 balance-sheet showed a credit, of £127 19s 9d. It was resolved- that the underhand chop carry a stake of & 0(5,- the winner receiving. £SO, seton^. i £lo,'an4 third' £5. Mr J. O'Brien,,was■.elected-• patron, W. Fisher, sen., president, and JY'Fisher, jun., and A. Dalzell joint secretaries of the club. > C > Sawmill Hand Injured. Mr /.Frejl Baretta, Dilmanstown, had'the mfalorttipe to crush his'lingers between hqavypieces. of,'.timber , while • d^ys'ago; The Blackwater sawmill has again ljiert it^r9jif r «; idle, ,as the bridge over t£e creek to bring in the logs from the bush has been washe| away by the recent #?od, j. , p&rthaviake ~ "The executive of t the Earthquake Belief (foi&nuttee met .-last evening, the' Mayor,.MrG. A. Perry, presiding. * - The' secretary reported that' there wero now eight refugees. from the Hawke's Bay. district Apprpval paving been received from the committee at pofmit'-.tbyrefurn that tlie jfeliof, fund <&s flocks, *had reached £B?,s ; ?a }d. - held . fff-ciawiiaJf eol&'i JWritry >< weather,'" 'frith \B9^eri , nfQQ J and 800 ZmMmiti p*syio#a yeaw>wbig to'ttae unfavourable w^atlier. eoitditionß. The
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20172, 26 February 1931, Page 17
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467WEST COAST NOTES. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20172, 26 February 1931, Page 17
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