WEST COAST NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20173, 27 February 1931, Page 19

WEST COAST NOTES.

PERSONAL. CSPXCUi. TO THE PRESS.) ' GREYMOTJTH, February 26. Messrs W. A. Flavell, managing director of the Wesfcport Coal Co., Ltd., E. C. Hazlett, Crosby Morris, and M. B. Richards, directors, - who have : been visiting Westport and Denniston, returned to-day to Dunedin. Messrs D. Standage, R. L. Wigley, and H. Hall, of the Mount Cook Motor Co., who have been visiting the West Coast, returned to-day to Timaru. , Messrs Joseph Butler, managing director of the Kauri Timber Co., Ltd., Melbourne, and T. C. Alston, director, who have been visiting the West Coast, left to-day for Auckland. The Rev. Father I]. J. B. Seward, who, since his return from a visit to England last year, has been stationed at Wellington, arrived to-day. at Ahaura, where he will act during the absence of the Rev. Father O'Meeghan. The Rev. Father Seward was about four years ago stationed at Kumara. , Mr John Kerrigan, chief veterinarian for Canterbury, and Westland, arrived to-day from Christehurch. Mr and Mrs J. Eadie, who have been visiting Wellington, returned to-day. Mr Gregory Hunt arrived this afternoon on a visit to the West Coast. Miss D. W. Bridgman arrived to-day from Christehurch, and will judge the needlework section at the A. and P. Show to-morrow. . - Mr D. M. Lane, of the Reefton railway station staff, has been transferred to Greyinouth.

j The Mines. ' The Grey Valley Collieries were idle to-day, and the Liverpool State mine will work to-morrow. A shortage of orders is stated to be the chief factor in the stoppages of work. Milling Activity. There is considerable mining activity in the Blackwater district, ' sluicing ' being started in two claims at Snowy river. A new find of a gold-bearing reef in' Blackwater creclc has been reported.

Magistrate's Court. i A Sitting of the Magistrate's Court was held at Westport to-day, Mr W. Meldrum, S.M., presiding. Frederick Upham pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife, from whom he, was separated. He was convicted ancl sentenced to one month's imprisonment in Greymouth gaol. *, "' Athol Quinri, for dangerous driving of a motor-car in the main street of' Westport, was convicted and fined £2 and costs. J. L. .Toster was ordered to pay £ 7 17s 8d on adjudgment summons forthwith to \V. Enesley. ,;l Girl Guides. ,Vv.,. s Over 30 Girl Guides from the Buller district leavo for Cbristehurch on Friday week to attend the visit of Lord ] and Lady Baden-Powell. The Guides i will return on the following Monday. i Supreme Court. ' i His Honour Mr Justice Kennedy jjre- I sided at a: setting of the Supreme Court i at Westport to-day. A juror who was j lato in arrival- at Court was let off i with a line of £l. • \ 1 Matthew Cuthbert pleaded guilty to i charges pf forgery and theft of sums totalling £B3 0s 10d, the-property of the Millerton School Committee. He is t married man. ■, He was sentenced to three hard labour-' fat*, each charge, the'senfjonces to'bo concurrent. A writ of summons for sj)M!iflc performance, Hector Saares. Yv, William Ryan Simpson-, waa Heard, /tb'p case arising, out of an option 1 . sy«n*by:.Simpson to .Scares. £dr"the eale'"bs Smip?on's shares in the Opooro Shipping' Company for £ 150.' A deposit of £5 was paid cfn the option and £145 paid into the Bank-of New South in Westport o'n'-the last day of the option. -The'defence'claimed that'the money .should .have been paid to Simpson personally, that the.sum should' have been £jso ; and that Simpson Bhould have had an indemnity' agamst his liabilities in the company, ' , , l v . '• Mr Wilson appeared for plaintiff and Mr-Morgan for, defendant. His Honour intimated that he would take time to give his judgments. Earthquake Belief! I i A successful dance, conducted by the j I Tennis Clu,bj%n behalf of the-! Earthquake Bejief Fund,yieJded "T£lQ. j u The guessing ,competition for half of a i I lamb, given by ,Mrs S. Taylor, gun., and i a 'cake given by Mr D, 'Armstrongs-were j won by D. McVicar and L. Elsmore re- | spectively. ; The Waiuta Tennis Club has given > £5 to the Earthquake Belief Fund. II 'A* and ., lr ' Ball.. • The West Coast |A. and P. Associa- | tion's annual ball V® B this eveni ing and was well attended.- . Visitors | from Canterbury for the Bhow to-mor-i row were the guests of the Association I at the ball.

Empire -Service League, Mrs J. Hotehkin, of Amberley, representing Ein'pire Service League, arrived in Greyiaouth to-day. She stated this evening that the .League urged the use of West Coafft coal and mentioned that recently a truck of Australian coal was located at Amberley, where it still regains unsold. She urges the West 1 Coast to reciprocate by tradiag with the Nor(h Canterbury farmers. West Coast Herd-Testing. Following are the results of January tests, ,butter ? fat content-only.— ; : '■ Avge, per liighest Highest District. cow. herd. cow. . Cronadun, Inangahua 29.98 • 40.47 58 Oreyl Valley 34.26 41 65 Ngahero, ' Rdtomanu 85.06 50.03 . 73 Punakaiki, Barrytown -38.11 .'86,78 : - 60 Tcremakau, Arahura ,89.11 45.22 67 Kokatahi, Koitorangi 86.68 53.13 104 Soulh Westland .. 34.16 52.66 79