WEST COAST NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20184, 12 March 1931, Page 15

WEST COAST NOTES.

* PERSONAL. , ■ 1 ■' - (SPSCIAIi TO THE PBBS8.) GBEYMOUTH, March 11. , Mr and Mrs J. Panckhurst, -who have • been on a holiday visit to Ohristchurch, lave returned to Beefton. Mr Sinclair Trotter, engineer to the Grey Power Board, underwent an operation at the Grey Hospital on Monday evening. Messrs Alan Kennedy and Vihcent Meates left yesterday for Palmerston North, where they will enter Hayden Seminary, ■ later going on to Green--1 meadows,- Napier. Mr B. "Williams (South Westland) left for Christchtircli. Miss K. Garvey (Bunanga) left today on a holiday trip to Wellington. Mr Walter Leitch, formerly manager of the Blackball Coal Company at Blackball, who has been visiting Westport, returned to-day to Ohristchurch. Mr W. S. H. Wick (Bunanga) has received advice that he has been successful in completing his degree as a Bachelor of Science. Mr George Smith, sen., who has relinquished the position of mine;:manager at the Westport Coal Company's mine at Denniston, was tendered a farewell social on Saturday, and presented with a wallet of notes from the company. Mrs G. W. Meado, wly>. has been attending the Scouts and Guide celebrations at Ohristchurch, returned to-day to Bunanga, ' Empire League. An' address on the aims and objects *f the Empire Service League , was given by the General Secretary of the i Xieague, Mrs J. Hotchin, yesterday to the- .pupils of the Bunanga District .j School, _ following the presentation of, : the Swimming Shield, which was won ; by the School at Saturday's swimming sports. .Mrs Hotchin stressed the .assistance given to New Zealand if buyers . always asked for Dominion-made : goods. A branch of the League was > formed,' Miss Ethel Brown being elected ' president, 1 and . Miss* Beatrice Mossop : secretary and treasurer. Cyclist-Injured. A youth named Hugh Allen, while attempting to cycle down the hill at the Westland Hospital on Sunday, had a nasty fall receiving severe, injuries. He had been only recently discharged' from the HospititJ'following a cycling! '■ ac-cident in Cans' square,-OElokitika. Hospital Board. The , Westland Hospital Board inet : last- evening. - Present: Messrs J. J. Breeze (chairman), G.- Davidson, W. Jeffreys, W. HI Evenden, A. B. Elcock, H. Wells, T. .W. Duff,, and .M, Keehau. ' A resolution fit sympathy was extend-' ) ed to the family of''the-lata Mr Arthur ■ Clifton, a former member of 'the Board. The Minister for Health wrote, stating thait the amount given by the. Board ] to the. Cancer Bs«earcJi Fund could not, j ho authorised,;,<as the money was ac-| quired'"by levied and did not come'under the Board's unauthorised expenditure. It '. was suggested that the Borough Coun- - oil might be asked to make good the amount. TDr. .Watt wrote asking what limita-. ,;tion-there was to the (agreement with -] .the Timber Workers' Union. It was ! resolved to forward the agreement for \ perusal and also a' letter concerning the ' eame. , > j i Dr. ;wrojp'*egarduig the' 'j jajßtem iot ente?HJgf.;Oashmexe Sanator-, S .stating that he' would visit ~ 'HoMtika on March 10th. /, It was rer that there were no- patients <-io . meet him, and'the expense ; of bis-visit • was unnecessary." It •was pointed : out ! : that the^Board.-had; agreed .to, pay its. quota in connexion with, the work,. ' Two' applications lor "the popitiori. of t&oetor for w«re received. It! 1 ;was, resolved that' they, 'be .sent to the ' Knmara'Medioal'AsSociation for consid-' j 'eration. , , In connexion with. the Timber Work* ' ers* Union payments for saedical treat-. • want it was resolved that the Board' regretted that the' Union- had failed to keep its part of 'the agreement in < its >obligations, and that' I Grey"; | • Oourfc! ;■ mt'&k ,We^po > ft:Co*tirt, Mr W, M«M } QQbti was- oSarged -ivith J.fßfati;J. Cullen, arid A-> " ,NottieL;by'means false 'pretences. He guilty and was sentenced to i : * imprisonment -on each j iMk*ge> t the aentenees to be concurrent. 138r5k"*&&&*&■"Wfaae, Cmisf were each charged with participating., in a game of eha&ce at Inangahua. Aecnsed , Vere'jconvicted and. each .was flaad i®; jmSffoatbi M-def ;day«imprison^ | '■ 1 The death occurred in th 4 . rital id-day,' Of Mr Henry Beck.er'aged 69i of Te SSilaa„He is survived by a widow," two sons, and one aaugb* I v fti ' . Jjjmis Singer was found flead m his hut at Bimu,'. this morning. He was ' about M years, of age. 'A post mortem, examination was wade this afternoon, anil an' "will, be held r to-morrow». 4