WEST COAST NOTES

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20491, 9 March 1932, Page 3

WEST COAST NOTES

PERSONAL. 8 (SPECIAL TO TEE PEESS.) jj GBEYMOUTH, March 8. J ' 7 Messrs K. B. Bain and C. L. Grcon, j fire underwriters' representatives on ( the West Coast Fire Boards, are visit- t ing Greymoulh. * Miss Elma J. Hock, of Christchurch, * is visiting friends, on the West Coast. Sir William and Lady Ellis, of Eng- j land, are visiting the West Coast. . ! • "wko have 1 been on a holiday in the North Island, , have returned to Beefton. i Mr and Mrs J. Lawn, who " have J been spending" a holiday in the .'South Island, have returned to Beefton. Obituary. ! The death oceurred at Moana yesterday of Mr George Parsons, of Banfurly ( street, Christchurch. Mr Parsons, who i was about 70 year? of age, leaves a J widow and family. Mr Parsons has ( been in the habit of spending some \ months at l&oana each year. . ! McLean Park. ■ A meeting of: the Management Com' i mittee of McLean Park was presided i over by Mr S. Willis. It was decided to hold a gala on Easter Monday, and to have a sports and dancing programme. < Mr W..E. Norton gave a silver cup for the boys' race. - It was reported that the rotunda from the miniature golf course had been taken down and re-orected on the Park for the use of the band, and for serving ice-creams and other refresh* ments.; '■ Single Men's Oamp.. 1 Single" men lire being, offered-work at the ainglt unemployed men's camp at Charleston, on the Westport-Greymouth coastal road, by the secretary of - the Greymouth committee. Weather. Unusual weather conditions prevailed in Greymouth yesterday afternoon, when after a morning of beautiful.sunshine, a dense fog from the south enveloped the town, and appeared to extend a considerable distrnco seaward. Trawlers in the roadstead lost no time in getting back to harbour when the fog descended. At 8 p.m. the atmosphere had cleared again. Colli* Club. The annual meeting of the Grey Valley Collie Club was held at Ikamatua on Saturday evening. Mr W. Clayton, president, occupied the chair. Before' proceeding with the business, the present referred t° the loss to'the club by- the recent 48& th of Mr John O'Meara, fend moved a vote of condolence with his mother and the members of her family. ' Mr W. Clayton was re-elected president. ' It was, decided to increase the prize money for this year's trials. Itwas resolved to consider running trials at the Beefton Agricultural and Pastoral Show if' suitable arrangements could be made with the Association, as the-show ground was an ideal place for dog trials. . , Magistrate's Court. . A sitting of. the Greymouth Magistrate's Court was held, yesterday, Mr W. Meldrum, ;SrM., presiding. William Shaw was fined £1 and costs 2s 6d, for disorderly behaviour at Dunollie on March Cth. Henrietta Wingham, licensee of the Dominion Hotel, pleaded guilty to selling liquor after hours on February 2nd. A fine of £5, with costs 10s, was inflicted. William George Bailey, miner, of , Blackball, pleaded guilty to theft of articles valued at £1 5s 9d, and his brother, Henry Bailey, pleaded guilty to theft of a hammer valued at 7s 6d, the property of' the, Paparoa Coal Mines, i The police stated that the two men had previously borne good characters and had not been before the Court before. They were ordered to come up" for, sentence if called upon within twelve months:", and ordered to pay costs, 28:6 d, Frederick. Thomas Harris, alias Percy Thomas Timmins, was. charged .with *

breach of probation on or about February Ist. He was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment, to be cumulative with a sentence he is at present under' going. ■ Charles Edwards, alias Henderson, ■ was charged with theft of £10 r the property of the Brunner Bevue Company. and also with failing to account lor £i 18s, the property of W. Sampson and Co., undertakers. He pleaded ,gnllty to. t both charges. The Magistrate said he could not grant probation, and sentenced him to one month's imprisonment on the first charge, and 14 days on the second, the sentences to b$ concurrent. Edward Creagh and William Downos pleaded guilty to having stowed, away on the s.s. Eata at JTelso'n,' / tfownes pleaded-not guilty'to' a ihargeyof 'theft of tha proptfrty of Mra ligan at tha Commercial Hotel,Grey-. mouth, on March 4th. They -were remanded. *"" Cobden Town ISoard.' \ , The Cobden „ Town Bpard f -wft. last evening, the chairman, Commissioner T. H. Jones, presiding. * , The Borough Engineer advised that the engineering survey of the proposed / aerodrome at Cobden Jtiad. been completed. • 1 > iv- ■ } * . ■ The County Clerk advised that the • . County Council had agreed to the alter-, ation of the boundaries as between the Board's district and the County, which - would take effect as from Apiil Ist.- > ' It was decided to advise the Department of Internal: Affwnrtbat tKe Boardv* Objected to the transfer until an ad-: justment of the,rates had |>ees made.,„ Thd Municipal Associations ' adviiied , the Board that it was not- entitled' to.. collect license fees from the biprprft-* prietorfr at present operating between' - Greymouth and Cobden. -