WEST COAST NOTES

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20495, 14 March 1932, Page 5

WEST COAST NOTES

PERSONAL. » (SIECUL TO the ruiss.) GREYMOUTH, March 13. Mr H. Hume, Assistant Engineer for Public Works at Weheka, has left for Sydney on holiday. Mr H, H. Sharp, Inspecting Engineer for Public Works, who has been visiting the West Coast, returned on Saturday to Wellington. Mrs K. Stanton, who has been visiting friends in Greymouth, has returned to Christchurch. Mr F. Davies, formerly Collector of Customs at Greymouth, is visiting the West Coast. Mr J. Campbell, New Zealand representative of the Canadian Pacilic Railway Company, is visiting the West Coast. Mrs Charles Speight and Miss W. J. Speight (Dunedin) are visiting Greymouth, Mr J. McDonnell, of the Public Works office, is on holiday at Dunedin. Mr Sydney Morgan, a former resident of Kumara and now of Sydney, is spending a holiday on the West Coast. Mr and Mrs Nicholas Smith have returned to reside in Kumara after fifteen years' residence in Palmerston North. Cobden Quarry. Since the blasting operations at the Greymouth Harbour Board's quarry at Cobden were carried out two shifts have been worked in order to get the railway line cleared of big stones which fell on it, to enable the railing of trucks of big stone to the south tip to be resumed. As soon as the third crane is set up and in operation the work will be greatly facilitated, and is expected to be advanced sufficiently at the end of the month to permit railing operations to be resumed. Thrown from Horse. John Williams was thrown from his horso at tho Herbert street railway crossing, when his horse became restive at the approach of a locomotive. He sustained abrasions to his face, arms, and legs, and required medical attention. Poultry Club. . _ The Greymouth Poultry Club has decided to allow this year's shbw to lapse, and instead to have a small show for young birds. Plunket Society. At the meeting of the Plunket Society on Thursday, Mrs P. M. Dennehy, who has been abroad for the past year, was welcomed back and took the chair as president of the branch. Mrs P. J. McLean, who acted as president during Mrs Dennchy's absence, was thanked by the committee. The administration secretary wrote regarding tho superannuation of the Plunket nurses in Greymouth, the levy being £l3 13s Id for each nurse. It was decided that tho Society pay the amount duo for its two nurses. Poppy Day. A meeting of women was held in Hokitika on Thursday to arrange for tho sale of poppies on Anzac Day, and for a Paddy's market. The proceeds of the former will be devoted to assisting unemployed ex-soldiers, and the latter to providing a contribution to the Flock House scheme to permit of one boy being sent from the Hokitika district for farm training. Bowling. A match was played on Friday at the Greymouth bowling - green, when two teams, representing Age and 1 Youth, composed of the oldest , an<J?3rpungest members of tho club, met. The game was well contested.all the way, but Age secured victory by 15 to 18. Tho respective teams were:—Age: J. King, T. Jones, W, Cochrane, and J. Truscott (s); and the Youth: W. Gieseking, J. Osniers, D. Stevenson, and A. Steel (s). Boxing Tournament. An amateur boxing tourney was held on Friday evening, under the auspices of tho Greymouth Boxing Association, who promoted it for tho purpose of having elimination bouts prior to selecting teams for bouts for Easter Saturday night's tournament to precede the professional bo.ut between Johns and Leckie. The tournament was productive of some good exhibitions of boxing by the amateurs, M. Howson giving a particularly attractive exhibition in the middle-weight class, though he was beaten by a more seasoned boxer in T. Croft, of Stillwater. W..Pitcher, who was also beaten by Croft, cycled from Westport to take part in the tournament. His sporty action was announced by the referee, Mr A. Beban, and heartily applauded. Compensation Claim Settled. Judgment in the claim for compensation made by Alfred Henry Dearing against the Crown, in which decision was reserved by Mr Justice Frazer, in the Arbitration Court in Greymouth in December last, was announced on Friday, when Dearing was awarded £284 8s Id with costs, £7O odd, representing weekly payments up to the date of the hearing. The case arose out of an accident to plaintiff on the road construction works at Lake Haupiri, when ho fell down a bank on his head, sustaining severe injuries.