WEST COAST NEWS

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22509, 17 September 1938, Page 7

WEST COAST NEWS

MARRIED WOMEN TEACHERS

POLICY OF EDUCATION

BpARD

ADVICE TO GREYMOUTH

COMMITTEE

It is not the policy of the Canterbury Education Board.to retain married'womeh teachers.in its service unless- it can-be proved that their husbands cannot support them. Advice to that effect was received at the montnly meeting of the Greymouth Main School Committee, held on Thursday evening. Mr G. Batty presided. This advice was in reply to repre- j seritations made by the committee to the board that the services of Mrs Ferguson should be. retained at the Blaketown School. at the main school were at present under consideration by the Minister - for -. Education (the Hon. P. Fraser), according to. advice received from Mr J. O'Brien, M.P. • The Dominion conference of school committees will be held at Christchurch ■on September 20, according to advice received from: the West Coast School Committees' Association, which forwarded remits for consideration and inquired what was the committee s view about a proposalto form a separate education board for the West Coast. .;. / . It was decided-to advise that the committee strongly supported the proposal. ■ "Approval was received from the Education. Board for repairs to heaters land the provision of curtains at the Blaketown School.

Accounts totalling. £IOB-10s were passed for payment. It was reported that the credit balance was £2l, less outstanding commitments, leaving £8 7s 4d a month free after meeting all expenses'.' The roll, number,. according to the report of the headmaster (Mr J. Graham), was at the main school, 320 boys and 282 girls; at Blaketown, 76 boys and 68 girls. Because of the prevalence of influenza and measles, the attendances so far this . term had not been gopd.

UNITED BEATS

ST. COLUMBA

INTER-CLUB DEBATE AT GREYMOUTH

"TJiat all medical'practitioners in New Zealand should ;be placed on the Civil Service list and controlled by the Government," was the subject of a debate on Wednesday evening between the St. Columba Club and the United Club- ■•-■'•

The judge was Mr A. H. Paterson, who awarded points as follows: United (negative) 244 points (Messrs W. Steer 67 points, A. E. Bastings 88 points, and W. Sheppard 74 points); St. Columba (affirmative), 224 points. (Messrs P. Blanchfield 70 points, P. Morel 67 points, and W. J. Butler 72 points).

WORK FOUND FOR FORTY-ONE MEN

STATE PLACEMENT SERVICE

AT GREYMOUTH

During this week work was found by the Greymouth branch of the State Placement Service for 40 men and one youth..Of these, three men and. the youth were placed in permanent, one man in' temporary, and five men m casual, private employment. Thirtyone men were placed in State or fulltime subsidised work.

SHIPPING

PORT OF GREYMOUTH

[THE PRESS Special Service.]

GREYMOUTH, September 16. The Alexander arrived this morning from Nelson, and will sail at midnight tonight with coal for return. The Hokitika arrived this'morning with cargo from Wellington; To-morrow she will proceed to Hokitika. The Karu this morning arrived from Wellington with cargo. She will load timber for Petone and. Wellington. The Karepd arrived this morning to load for Miramar and Wellington. The Kaimiro sailed. this. afternoon for Auckland and Portland. The Omana is loading timber for Adelaide, and will sail to-morrow morning. The Gael is due to-day from Jackson's Bay, and will sail on Monday, afternoon with cargo for return. The Titoki is due on Monday from Tarakohe to load coal for Tarakohe and Picton. '

The Kalingo is expected to leave Wanganui to-morrow for Greymouth, and will load on Monday for Sydney and Newcastle. .

The Kartigi is expected to leave Wellington on Monday with Greymouth and Hokitika cargo. She is due on -Wednesday to load for Miramar and Wellington. The James Cook is due the first week of October -.with Australian cargo,, and will load for Sydney and Newcastle. The Totara' is expected to load "at Bruce Bay next Wednesday for. Wellington.

PORT OF WESTPORT

[THE PRESS Special Service.!

WESPORT, September 16. The Holmlea sailed last night for WangaThe Tit'oki has sailed'for Tarakohe. The' overseas vessel Antiogne is due from Wellington to-day. : The Totara, loading timber - for Miramar, is expected to sail to-morrow morning. The Wingatui will arrive, this morning from .'Wellington, and will load again for that, port, sailing to-morrow. ' ' The Gabriella is due to-morrow morning from Gisborrie and will load for Wellington. '"■■' . : The • Kiwitea is due to-morrow from Auckland, and will, load on Monday for return to that-port. - ■ ■ . The . Kaimai will, leave . Wellington .. on Saturday for Westport, and- will' load on Monday for New Plymouth and Wellington;' - ."•'■• - "- • ' The Poolta will' leave "Lyttelton "to-day and' will -load here -on Monday- for Bluff, Dunedin, Port Chalmers,: .arid Lyttelton.

The Kaikorai is expected to leave Auckland next Tuesday for Westport, and will load here for Lyttelton. •

INQUEST- AT HOKITIKA

An inquest" was held at the Magistrate's Court, H6kitika, ,on Wednesday afternoon, : before Mr. A.. E. Benjamin, iCoroner, into the death of Thomas James • Victory Cooper, who was drowned in the Hokitika river on August •'27 while' attempting to cross the river with a horse and dray. / . I Evidence was given by the police 1 and father. (James. Cooper), T. J. V. Stopforth; J. A: Cuttance, and James Atkinson.. '.■.'■. - • .■; The Coroner, returned a, verdict of aceidentaTdrowhirig in accordance with the«videnco,

FALL IN SCHOOL /.ATTENDANCE-'-':

PUPILS LEAVE TO TAKE

POSITIONS

CLASSES AFFECTED BY

SICKNESS

Advice that no grant would be made for the conveyance.of country pupils from the train at Westport to the school was received by the. Westport Technical School Board .of Managers, at the monthly, meeting. The principal (Mr J. Metson) . was instructed to make arrangements for a recital at the school by Mr-Paul Schramm, the well-known musician. Miss A: I*. Anderson,* home science, in-j structreSs, was granted six- months leave of absence next -year, to. tour abroad. . ■ - ■ _ For the visiting committee, : 'Mr J. M. Robertson reported on several matters, and on his suggestion it was: decided ■to plant young trees' along the Cobden street frontage, to meet the trees at the school boundary.

Mr J. W. Jope said that the. school ground was in good order. It was left to the principal to arrange entertainment for the Christchurch Technical School teams,, which he expected to arrive at Westport on September 27. The principal's report showed that sickness was- still prevalent amongst the pupils and the actual attendance on Thursday was 98. .He. said .that there was still a good demand for boys and girls in shops and-offices, and four boys left school recently to take positions. Evening classes .were also affected by prevailing sickness. There has been, a drop • in the • number: of .senior pupils attending the engineering class Many .former pupils had left to take positions. Comment was made on the great I work done at the school, especially in grounds improvement, by six men- employed by the Labour Department, at a cost of £lO to the,board. The new tennis court had almost' been completed. '■■■.'

PERSONAL NOTES

GREYMOUTH

Mr A. M. Johnston, of Gore, is on a visit to Greymouth. Miss:D. Hi Stephen has arrived from Christchurch.

Miss N. G. Needham has arrived from Christchurch.

Mr G. Duggan, Chief Inspector of Mines, of Wellington, accompanied by Mrs Duggan, has arrived from Westport. ■ Miss P. Gillooly, formerly of Cobden, has arrived from Christchurch. . Mr N. B. McCallum has retired after a -visit to the Far East, the Continent, and Great Britain. Mr, H. Milliken has .. arrived ' from Christchurch to attend the .wedding of Mr R. King, the All Black footballer, to Miss Pearl Dowell.The Minister for Mines (the Hon. P. C. Webb) is expected to visit the West Coast next week, and to address a public meeting at Greymouth on Monday evening next. WESTPORT

.'Mr. and Mrs I. Dillon and Master. Dillon. (Nelson) are visiting Westport. Mr J. Bentley (Westport) is visiting Christchurch for the CanterburyBuller match to-day. Mr W. Atkin (Westport) has returned from a visit to Wellington. Mr W. Phibbs (Westport) is visiting Christchurch. . , Traffic Inspector J. Roworth (Westport) is visiting Christchurch.

TROUT OVA FOR WESTLAND

LIBERATION IN SIX. WEEKS

A consignment of v 200,000 rainbow trout eyed-ova was received by .the Westland Acclimatisation Society at Hokitika on Thursday morning from the Government hatcheries at National Park, Rotorua.. ' ...' The ova were taken to the hatchery at Lake Kanieri, where they were set down for hatching. About six weeks will elapse before the-fry from the eyed-ova will be ready for liberation, when it is the intention of the society to place 100,000 in Lake Kanieri and 100,000 in Lake Mapourika, in South Westland. ' . • ~ Mr L. F. Ayson, formerly, Chief Inspector of Fisheries, was keenly interested in acclimatising rainbow trout in Lake Mapourika, and considered I it a most suitable place for this particular species. There; had-been one previous liberation of rainbow—about five, years ago—in this lake, but up to the present nothing further had been heard of them. The outlets, from Lake Mapourika and Lake Wahapo conjoin in the Okarito lagoon.' :It ;is hoped, if the; experiment is successful, that both" these-lakes will be stocked with rainbow trout.

BASKETBALL

BULLER ,■'.■ SEASON ENDS

ST- MARY'S RUNNER-UP IN CHAMPIONSHIP '■>. The BuUer basketball- season ended on Thursday,- evening, -when play-offs were necessary to decide the runner- ; up • to - Technical ■ Old; Girls' A, the championship. winners. This honour went to the young St.. Mary's College team, which;beat Technical Scbool/Ui a brilliant game,.by 23 to 15. At halftime.' Technical School -led by 10 to 9, but in the second-half St. Mary s played brilliant basketball. and won comfortably.'..... . •. ■:•' -- ' For the winners, Misses I. Hagedorn, J. Connelly, F. o;Gorman, andJM. Hansby. played excellent-games. The best of the;losing team = were. Misses E Kaye, J.: Watson, and B.' Strachan. "Technical" Old' Girls*; A : had a good wto over Kawatiri A by 12 to 9. Kawatiri settled down well; and at half- : time led by 8 to 3. In the second ; half, however, the forwards lost touch < and could only shoot one,goal, where- : as Old Girls rallied splendidly to take ; complete charge of -the game. Misses J. Robertson and M. McHerron played splendid games for the ] winners, and Misses N. Woodcock and 1 J. Paul, also played: well. The pick of - the Kawatiri. players.were Misses M. 1 Hanstock, S. Connelly, and TVf. Reedy. Technical; Old Girls retain the Dunn Cup, f which •.: they have won for the , last "six' yeais, and the Black and 3 White Cup-goes to St; Mary's College. '

MATCHES AT HOKITIKA

The following are:'*; the basketball matches to be played mHpjritika ..today:—:" -• ' ■-., -i\'.-: ■'''.'■-,;•■.;'■< vA- Grade—St Mary's v Convent. A (Miss Dale); Old Girls A v. Koiterangi, at Koiterangi (Miss • Robinson);: St Mary's v. School A (Mr Turner). School B team is the. winner-of-the B grade cup, with Hopefuls and Convent Primary tieing for. second .place. Convent Primary■- will play Hopefuls for the runner-up* in this grade. - The following is the position of the teams in the competition:-—School B 14 points. Convent D 11, 'Hopefuls; 11," Convent Secondary 6, Old; Girls -B-4, Rivals 4, School C 2,-School D 2.

GOIiF ■

-■WESTPORT LADIES*-~-GLUB I

The = following qualified in,-the two rounds for the "Thomas -Brown rose bowl, played by the Westport Ladies' Golf Club:—Mrs Walker, ; Mrs J. Slee, Mrs Mullan, Mrs Roberts,-Mrs-Wilson, Mrs Parker, "Miss Payne,' Miss Egan, Mrs. Nahr, Miss Suisted, „Mr.s Bird. Mrs Walker and :Mrs;Mullan both reduced their handicaps to 15. The bogey match was -won- by - Mrs Walker, 4 up, Mrs Mullan -being "next with 1 U P- " '"■ ■ ■"-- --- ''■"'■ " " - '