WEST COAST NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20234, 12 May 1931, Page 15

WEST COAST NOTES.

persona^. .UPICIIL TO IHE tsxsa.) GBETMOUTH, May 11. Mr' E Ij. Kehoe, hJ3 ° adding to Mas her* Higgms takes place at Grcy„nth to -morroM-, was presented br the Leiing staff of the Gre >' mouth Tcch " „i«l School with a ser of liqueur passes snd a decanter on a silver frray, lT,e principal, Mr J, Hutton, u.ade the presentation. Mrs J. ; Hogan and Miss E. M. Hogan, .Wcllingt oll ) are visiting friends at. Ktroxo. Dr. iteClymont, oi" ililloiton, who ha b bcen succeeded by Dr.. Kiaibcll, left on Saturday for -Fiji. ilijs Bess Cornwall, of the Grey Main School teaching staff, left on Saturday ia-i-visit to Waitomo Oaves. Hr C. G! Moss is visiting C'liristclxuftJi. iliss Xita Hopkins, ot' Wellington, is Visiting her sister, Mrs 0. G. Moss. Obituary. Tlie death has occurred of Mrs Thomas \?atsoo, a very old identity of Crushjagton, near Eeefton, aged 80 years. She yd resided in the district for 60 years, jnd is survived by five sons and two isogbters. Tte death took place at the Wcstland Hospital on Saturday of Mr Thomas Webb, of Kanieri. He was 53 years cf ige. He leaves a Trido*.v, two daughters, jjid two- sons. Tlte death occurred to-day at the ffestland Hospital of Mr William Jones, i farmer at Kokatahi, aged 51. He had been ailing for some considerable timo. Eg.is survived by his widow, two daughters and one and also three brothers. Motor Accident. A motor accident happened at Rimu pill near Hokitika on Friday night lrhen a motor-lorry owned by Mr L. Goodh, of Hokitika, swung off the road sad overturned in a .ditch. The driver, BeU, and his sister, who were iu the cab of the lorry, were thrown out, the latl«r receiving a wound on the head irkieh required stitching. The lorry was damaged to the extent of abont £ls. Kugby Football. Tie West Coast Rugby Union's fixtures were played in perfect weather conditions on Saturday. The results rere: At Hokitika Excelsior seniors beat Blake to irn by 13 to 12. For Excelsior W. Jlaiiyn registered two tries, which he eoaverjed.- Hughes scored a try. For Bli&ettFwn, Lemin and St«el scored tiiW, aind Pascoe two' penalties. Tho game was fast and exciting all through. _ At .Cobden the home team beat Star br 20 to 15. For C'obden, Birchfield utored two tries,, Ejjgleton, Taafe, and Glover one each. Keith. scored a try which he converted. For Star, Eathome and Petrie scored a try each and Poag three penalties. The junior matches resulted: —Kumara beat Stars 17 to 5; United beat town 21 to nil; Kiwi beat Excelsior 9 ■ to - m "• Third grade—Technical beat Cpbdea 29 to 3; United beat Blaketown SO to 3. Fourth grade—Technical B : beat Teetisieal A, 12 to S. ' ' Oolf. , The Greymouth G(ilf Clnb played a bogey match at its links on Saturday iasplendid The reßtilta were: — A Qgmpetition—Meldrum 1 up, JleCar-. fjvShallcrass, igjtheson, ttsitte, » ' Ell 2 8 MeKane 4-J#wn. j ' s -""- , Heevvy Wind, >; Hftvy mud prsvaileii Lat Grfcymouth o& Satiuclay. Towards Bar- , tbo trlnd Tras 1 ., particularly itfOTg, a service car proceeding to (k«im>otk having its hood torn off. , Gout at Beeitoa. }f.t W. Meldrum, SJiI., presided at a tU&sg of the Magistrate's Cour.t at Beaton, when Cecil. Arthur Hensley, tinned with theft of an overcoat from this Criterion Hotel -at ■ Beef ton, was Miniated and. sentenced to one month 'a t ' iojirisownent.. I , A*d Harwood claimed £2 from Sydi wy Provis, the value of - a gate do- < ttMjoi by the latter, who eounter-elaim-td for 20' chains of fencing destroyed thwngh' a fire lit by Harwood on his property on December* 27th; 1930. After ce&ftag evidence the Magistrate allowtd tha'elaim of £2 for the gate. Provis , inu allowed £lO on the counter-claim, ' Viljk costs £1 16s. I , , Boxing. West Coast Boeing, Association.' ftcni an amateur aad open- tournament JpjqefKggjti&y evening, when there was "Jr&BSi attendance, and some very good Messrs A. BTeban and ■*4j acted as referees. I /M Hll'Wsiilta were:— fPiffl novice—E.' Croft " drew j 1 .wbt-wedghts—L. Shuttieworth beat i HWpt-W. Thomas beat E.- Rowan, i 'P~ Shanuahaji. beat J. ■ Styea beat, J.. Gillingham drew with * — G * Ellcry beat H, j ; < V. -jx ; League Football.". % j»jfitwday' ? B' League fixtures were beautiful weather. - the home seniors beat 8." Fur Brunner, tries; 19M'by Hunt, Ellery ? and Croft. pflHc (9cn>|ft. two"conversions an : d.'> % v For Bunanga, Qlen >an4' Marfh 'and Glen converted ' one. , "the home seniors beat to 5. For Blackball,'Dodds (2) seored tries, and twice. For Mariat, Coulso'n try, Calder converted.-. Bunanga juniors ; '.jiHPPf Mto 13. For Bunanga tries ■l i ß»lii > nid by o'Connell (4), Kennedy Wmml' Ocelli (8). O'Neill , also '' *■ penalty and Marshall a- con-jlfflfflßjfe-.iVi'r Kohinoor Frager, ' M»c- ---' s<jore£t trics,-aiid twice. v': grade beat Brunner ' grade lost to Bunpnga -beat Bunanga' [ Bthe We»t Coast Fpotball petition r>n Skturtja; were weather, recnl ts being home team b«*t Bunanga a coal# wer» -scored by McLean. Tioninn scored *"«nni beat Taylorrille <-"• ■on beat Grey G-I. For tha we» scored, by Kins-(3),. Anderson (1), For Grey \Rrade beat Grey 5-I.and