WEST COAST NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20180, 7 March 1931, Page 5

WEST COAST NOTES.

r , PERSONAL. (special TO THB PRSSS.) t 1 GREYMOUTH, March 6. Miss Nita Hopkins, who is at, present in Wellington, has been appointed mistress of the Te Kin'ga Sohool. Mr W, L P. Fitch, who has been visiting the Weet Coast, has returned to Te Kuiti. . v , Mr, P. J. McLean, chairman of the , Greymouth Harbour Board, "is visiting Wellington iand Patea. Mr Vie. Baxter left yesterday on a visit to Palmeraton North. - Mrs A. O. Wilkinson. (Brunner) left yesterday on a visit to Wellington. Mrs ST. Cribb left yesterday on a .twelve-months trip to England. " Mrs'R. Kennedy and. Mrs J. Oilman left yesterday on a visit to Christchurch. Mr and Mrs Colin Angel, who have been spending a holiday on the West I Coast, returned yesterday , to ChristS church. • - ■ • ■ . . . MrsG. Anderson, whohas been visit-, ing Wellington, has" returned to Greymouth. ■ ■ • '' . .Messrs Walter Leiteh and C. C. Davis arrived in Greymouth yesterday, and' proceeded to Westport, where they are interested in eoal-mining. v Mr H. Bowman, who has been, visiting his mother, returned to-day to Wellington.. , Weddings. The wedding of Mr Michael O'Dowd and Miss Anne Henries,, of Westport, Was celebrated yesterday at St. Canice's Church. The Rev. Father McGrath officiated. Mr and Mrs O 'Dowd are spending their honeymoon in Chrlstehurch and Wellington. The wedding , took place at yesterday, the BevL A, B.' Collins officiating, of Mr John Paul and Miss Win* 1 ' tue Clark, both ofMillertoiuMr and Mrs Paul left to'-day for Wellington on their honeymoon. , Balance-Sheet* "Sagged." Some'surprise has been occasioned by the,Auditor-General 44 tagging' * the bal-ance-sheet of the . Borough Council, because the , Council had. allowed ' a. charge to be made on more occasions and higher than the law lows for admission' to "Victoria squaTe. Obituary. t The death oecur/ed at Milleirton on Tuesday of Mr Thompe Allan,. age<U?s years. He leaves a widow. The Vines. Whilst the majority of the coalmines in the district are working short time, the Paparoa xriineq at Boa have commenced a second shift. This has been rendered necessary owing to the heavy orders for steam coal, supplied by the mine to the freezing works in Can* terbury." The coal ■ being an anthracite is specially adapted for such use, being smokeless. ' , / Ohiireh Building Deferred. At»a meeting of the parishioners of All Saints' Anglican Church, Hokitika. on Wednesday evening to discuss the erection of a new church it waß decided _to postpone consideration for two years and in the meantime to endeavour to increase the building fund to £6OOO. County Council. The Grey ; County Council met on Thursday. Present: Crs.'W. Qgilvie (chairman), H. G. G. Blair, J". Mulcare, A. Donnellan, A. Robinson, J. Ryall, A. McDonnell, and the county engineer, Mr J. Biggins. - . Before commencing the business of the the Council carried a motion of . condolence with the widow and family of the late Mr Chas. TJddstrom, who was for a number of years connected ■ with the Grey Power Board and Cobden Town Board. The tender of A. ,D. Price at £241 Ss was accepted for the erection of approaches to the Little Hohonu bridge in the Greenstone Valley. There were seven, tenderers for the work. Cr. Donnellan thought as there was so touch unemployment at present the i work should be . carried out by <Jay labour. The-suggestion did not find f&vour, the engineer stating that work' of the kind could best be carried out by tendering..: The Treasury and Public Works Department advised payments to , the County Fund Account totalling £2773 19s 9d. , * , The Main Highways Board forwarded authorities for: repairs to slips at:

Nine-Mile (Coastal road) £2OO, and Kamaka £75, and also £SOO for road maintenance.

The Minister for. Public Works advised that the county's application for a vote of £4OO in connexion with the Little Hohonu bridge was tinder . consideration.

The Commissioner of Crown Lands ad- | vised that he had received ah objection j to the Council 's proposed gravel reserve , on the Grey-Punakaiki road from John t Rodgers, one of the owners of - the . land, from which it was proposed to , take the area for the reserve. Cr. Ryall j suggested that Rodgera wanted compensation, and it would be preferable | to come to some arrangement regarding < a payment to him instead of allowing , the Warden to hear the objection. On , his motion it was resolved to invite j Messrs Bodgers and Noble -to meet'the ! engineer, chairman, and himself, and ,j come to an agreement for a just payment. • Permission was given L. R. Shuttle-;': worth to erect a gate, on the road near his. farm, , , * , , * . f . The Greymouth BorpughCouncil m- ? timated that following a discussion- in the Council, it had bepn decided' that \ only those,local bodies contributing to- ; wardaj the majntenancer of. the Grey- , mouth Cemetery would be allowed..to BW- »' it for interments. Cr. Robinson I 'Baid they coiild not "" stop anyone who -owned a plot in the ?, cemetery from using it, whether he i: lived outside the borough or not. The -engineer said the reason \ why local bodies had been asked to eon-, tribute was for the purpose off -buying a further two acres of ground to extend the cemetery. The borough, which hitherto had managed the,cemetery, had . "been losing £1 on. every interment eonducted. This did not seem fair, and the Borough Counoil felt that users of the ground, should contribute. The general consensus o£ opinion .at the conference was that the borough phould act aa the controlling-body. Before, any capi* | tal expense was made the local bodiea j. who contributed were to be consulted. , <3r. Carter said the! Borough Council r could be trusted to do the rigM; thing. I The charges should'be made sufficient to make the cemetery self-mipporting., It'waa resolved to hold, the, matter over till njpxt meeting, and in the meantime to get further information- as , to. 1 the exact proposals 1 for control of the cemetery* ' - . ' • The county engineer was given antn* • ority to prdeeed'to Westport to inspect the tar-sealed *oad at Ngakawa\)i • to enable him to draw up. specification*! fend ■estimates for similar work in-tW Grey, bounty portion of the main highway. 1 _ - i Supreme Court, ' At yesterday'a .sessions of the Supreme Court fft Greymouth, hia Honour, Mr Justice Kennedy ' heard an aetion Hy New Zealand" Breweries, Ltd., 'against Andrew Gr6gan, aerated water manufacturer, of Greymouth,. in which mi injunction was sought to restrain defendant from infringing the plaintiff's two registered trade-marks, and 'from passing off goods.not of the plainmanufacture, and in, particular, to restrain defendant from using any bottles marked, with plaintiff's trade mark for the purpose of disposing of his aerated waters, and for the delivery zO plaintiff of all bottles bearing the plaintiff's trade marls;; damages of £IOO ana the "costs of. tho action, as well as anyfurther costs the Court might impose, were also claimed. Mr A. T. Donnelly (Christchurch) appeared for plaintiff company, and Mr J. W. Hannan for deOutlining the case, Mr Donnelly stated that ttfe company's bottles were well known all over the West Coast, largely used in connexion with their bottled beer trade,, the trade averaging 3000 dozen bottles per annum. £he loss in bottles became so high that the plaintiff company had inserted a warning notice in" the WesJ; Coast papers. As a result, the bottles returned increased considerably. Since July, 1929, defendant had returned none of the plaintiff's bottles and about 50 per eent. of the bottles returned from the West Coast to,' Christchurch bore thp defend- J ant's, label, showing they had been used bv him in the sale of his aerated waters. On the basis of conversion it was claimed that plaintiff, unentitled to damages, arid also to an, injnnctioi. For the defence, Mr Hannan contended that the allegation -was that the trade mark 'had'been uied in the pale of fermented liquor. It was doubtful whether the company was. entitled to register under the classification under which it had registered. Defendant' contended there had been no infringement. Had defendant manufactured any bottles bearing the' plaintiff's trade mark he would have been guilty of'an infringement. . All he ,had done waa to use hot- ■

ties marked with plaintiff's trade mark, ; and this- rfas not unlawful. She first; i essential of a trade mark was that it i must be attached to goods for sale. He quoted authorities supporting hj&. con- - tention that defendant was entitled to use, the bottles, and> he bad used then/ ] to sell an Entirely different beverage i to that sold by plaintiff. -The plea, ofinfringement was necessarily in ' direct conflict with plaintiff's plea-of conver- < aton. 'No 1 evidence had b6en/<pveai.by plaintiffs to show thai there -was any deception. Plaintiff . had .claimed, {to have suffered damage, but had given no evidence of loss, except in the -loss; of bottles, which had nothiug to do with the question of "passing off.'* Fopi ther, no demand had by , plaintiff ,on defendant fpr;jrfeturn st' pottles,.-and <sueh a demiind/Wajj newssary before in Assuming the ' Bottles, 'remained the l - property ; of ttie , plauatj4. - the '.only, J3vi<|ence - oßs*thi'3)OT ; ' ' Admitted aa a Solicitor, i On the notiM of Mr F f A. Etchingham. his Honour ijr Justice I at' yesVday'a, feffctftg o' the .Supreme ; Qotart <at "Mr .fijk. > iSres -Mervynr a V^-. This moitning* hia Hini<ij[i',wt<nb^cl the Statol j mative detention for twelve months., Gtgeory OWaiH/ yho to a charge of bigamy, was *dnßttes 4 to jobation fortwd years, and ordered: to pay, . jSreymoutibi Borough Couneil'Sqrt) last evening. Present; The J. W. GrB. A/ M;< 'Carfoll; j. B. ; J. m* liamst, J. and V.< A. <Kit- •' . V/ 'lg&iH A motion of condolence the widow and, Charles TTddstroni, of Cobden, "Who had takes a keen interest in rivift.*atters£ and'had eat on the OaV&a Town* Board and Grey Power Bdard,, The West Coast" Criekot Association wrote requestingtbat 4enta be mada tor the wmitiwfg^ ls ®® l ;: pitches; TWb Mayor thaisoiaa limp. ago it h£d to ©at • Certain improvements -and to approach, the sports bodies who ased to contribute, The matter had tatti left, in abeyanoa,a»d .takeii up, again -later, the present not "being opportune time. ■ '"4 ;.' s-vj^'y' A number' _ofratepayefti, prtpto >?&;/ garding • the or l thwr. during the last heavy,rains,' plaint was referred- to. and Works Committee:^t^^;ffiliching4 : Sfrain ik Marsden road,VMcb" wawnadequate to. cope ,with -JlMjlaafe "flood.*- fee spected and: reported on. \ 3, It iflras tesolved -to tender the Conns" cil'if thanks to life,J*. W* Badger, for. Jui; gift of a small at the intersection oil -Heaphy 'iMantt' Shakespeare streets, fox • ;tne ; ment of' visibility. - "v----.Tie Engineer repqrted'thatjhfl,«i*ervoir" Had toeea kept fall witty an average daily pumping of- 7f Muw,' )pl| that an.average pressure of'J3slj> to thesquare inch had been maintained- Considerable expert enced in-maintaining the-pressure and inspections of mains -had bcjen madet. several time's . during the w'onth to locate faults.' The,survey of the Oobden Aerodrome site wasjbeing ed with as opportunity- oftfereo.- Dririog; , the month a- total of .£ll.BO ing permits jbad Seen issued. u ;v< .-'N. '/s><"■- C-'J , • ' i OycUag The weekly evening roorts jwere .under the auspices of fte ling Club in Victoria' Park Inst ing. Besults j ' . \ S ; T " . Half-milo -(open)—H. Turtilli' ; H. Wilson (flCycfß) 2, ,H. G. l , yds) 3; Pour others, started won ,by ' half a length', a fength between second ' and third.' Time Imin %' 3;sse<£ ' 1 Boys' Half-mile- (under. 18)~-l)ufty' ' (scr) 1, Greaney (39yds)'2 ; Bradley <3{i 1 yds) 3. Two <itjier (starters; "won » half a leigth, four .length's, second' and third* siifte ' 'lmitt-. 9 2-5 • sec. , ! Boys' Half-mile r 1 under - Hogarth 2. Turley 3.. One other starter. 3 Won easily. Time lmin, Slsea. / : Two miles (open)-r-H* • 1, H- G. Wilson (90yd») % Innei <IBO »i ' t r> " ..M ...i A.

r ds). 3. otherestarEed, cWon alf a length,/a length between seeoud',<®d ? third.. Time 4mia 59 4-ssee.' ' . ,jflßtt«MfidWßcontß. i* >&.' of\Girl, Soy Scouts left "by express' afirjring'for PhrisMiurclj.'-to n tho JdrelflOaw /to the Chief Lord Badeir-Powell, and the Chief S 3uide, r Lady B&de?-£oweIL -They lejfarpKto Qxeyraoath prf r l4siffiay. __ {" ■> '■ A ,nmn Dan <Ncena&.' was laitlted at Beefton on dates day night. ,'* &' STeenan,, whi jia aboftt 60 years o£ ? lives'hi abut by himself' in Broadway,,'-' j in- Beef toil.' He had retired to, dtitor 'woke him. "While looking fori* j.'jf: match, he 1 J was struck from .behind the hbad, and also received a blow 4