WEST COAST NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20178, 5 March 1931, Page 6

WEST COAST NOTES.

PERSONAL. (special HO THH I.FBKSS.) . GKEYMOUTH, March 4. , Miss E. Thomson, who has, been spending a holiday] on the West Coast, returned on Tuesday to Wellington. Mr and Mrs Alex. Aitken, of Christchurch, are spending a week's holiday inHokitika. Miss M. Porritt, who has been Siting Mrs T. A. Johnston, Greymouth, has returned to. Stratford. Mr Percy Grant, of the' Union Steam Ship Company, Ltd., Wellington, is visiting his, parents in Greymouth. Mr J. Gilbert left on Tuesday for Palmerston North, and Mr Vincent McSherry, of Greenmeadows Seminary, who has been visiting his parents returned to Napier with him. Mr M. Hanralian, who has been spending a holiday in Wellington, has returned. Mr J. Kerrigan, Chief Veterinarian for Canterbury and Westland, who has been paying ah official visit to the WestCoast, returned to Christchurch on Tuesday;, ; Dr. Eleanor Baker-McLaglan, medical' officer to the Canterbury Education Board, is visiting the West Coast schools. Mr J. Crossman has been appointed headmaster at Ikamatua and has commenced duty. Cricketer* Injured. During the progress of & cricket match at. Beef ton on Sunday, Mr B. Chandler, of the Granity team, was struck on tie mouth by the ball, and had his upper teeth broken. Road Worker Hurt. . Mr T. D. Blackadder, of Springs Junction, while working on the Maruia road last week,, sustained injury to tho cartilage of a leg, and was taken to Reeftoh for treatment.

Scbool Committee. . tfhe Hokitika High School Committee met on Monday evening, Mr A. C. Armstrong (chairman) presiding. Miss Ann Duff wrote advising that Messrs A. and T. Burt, Christchurch, had given pewter for the arts and crafts classes. It was resolved to thank tlie donors. r

.< The Canterbury Education Board wroto enquiring if the" Board could vsecure a/classroom for mental classes. The matter was referred to the rector, chairman, secretary. The Board wrote regarding stopping further bursaries for scholarships, and requesting " Bome definite information thereto. It was resolved to forward all information to Mr J. O'Brien, M.P., and -to asTchim'to take up the Committee's cause., .■' • j The , Department of Health wrote that no appointment of an assistant dental nurse could bo made to the school at present.. It,'was decided to advise the Department that a duly 'qualified dentist was available in'* the district. Mr Sweney urged the teaching of emergency drill at the school. So3ie of thOr .committee thought such drill would have a tendency 'create nervousness amorig the younger children, '' and thought the matter could be met by training the '.children to leave the school -building Un a speedy, orderly way daily. i Large Eel Caught. . A,! big to Keecftqn' tm ilM&tky Walker, , jwJiich jvas flvtf feet i» length,

Supreme jCour£,.. ; . } In the Supreme Court to-day, Mr Justice Kennedy presiding, Lionel George Hood, and John Joseph Morris (Mr McCarthy) were acquitted ou a charge of breaking and entering John Tennent's, jewellers, in Mawhera quay, and stealing goods valued at £OS. Both were found guilty of receiving' stolen goods. Sentence will be. passed' tomorrow.' j -Prank Brace; lat? chief clerk in jthe State. Collieries, Dunollie (Mr Hannan) Waß' charged with the theft between February 6th and December'' 22nd, 1930, spins totalling £433 15s 2d, tho property of the, government. He was found guilty, and will be sentenced.to-morrow.* ' In a petition for divorce by Myrtle i Bose from' William Alfred . Cyril Bose, ,on the ground of desertion, a decree feisi was granted, to be made absolute in throe ninths. Costs on the lowest scale Were allowed. In the case of Francis Frederick Boustridgo jV. Ivy Olive Peart , Boustridge,, an'application for cancellation, <of' a- maintenance order and for , custody, of' a child, respondent having - remarried, was reserved. Meatiag of Creditors. A meeting of ihe creditors of Stanley Dfirrisll, a second-hand dealer, was' to* ,day adjourned' sine die, there being" no quorum. The amounts owing to 'Unsecured creditors were £409 12s 7d, and to secured creditors £47 19s Bd. The, assets were estimated at £B6 8s 8d and the deficiency at, £413 3s lid. Wedding. On-Monday evening in the Presbyterian Church at Seddonville, Agnes i Grace, eldest daughter of Mr and (Mrs J. Bain and Bertram, youngest son of Mr A. Briggs, of \yingate, England, •were married 1 by the Bev. Mr Humble. , The bridesmaids were 'Misses Ulsie Soloman and Elizabeth McGuire, cousins of the bride. 'The flower-girl was Ada Bain, niece of the bride. The best man -was Mr Edgar Bain, brother of ' the brjtle, and Mr , Claude Butcher was f groomsman. \ •

Green turtles, celebrated as the source of turtle soup, are found on tlie Aldabra Islands. ' They are captured on shore by being turned on their backs,. Almost 1,000,000 tons i additional shij>ping used ihe port of London during the 12 months to October Inst compared with the 12 months to October, 1929/