GREYMOUTH NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 901, 22 August 1910, Page 5

GREYMOUTH NEWS.

".•'';' RIVER. BAR. UNWORKABLE. ; ! . . ■ (From,Our..Own Correspondent.) ■'"'■"..■'. ■'■' Graymouth, August 19.' For .the past couple' : of \, weeks' thW '■': ■ Grey has been. unworkable,' except : by '■; small boats; and the loss caused on this account, not only to the shipping com-, panies, but also the merchants, aud workers,'is very considerable. It is > being, urged that the Harbour Board, . which should procure, loan or other-' wise, and < as'■ soon as possible, '. a suitable suction dredge to/clear away the '•■ shingle that has accumulated 'at the ■ niouth'of the river.' . ;' The. Greymouth Licdcrtafcl, under the conciuctorship of Mr. Charles Staf. - fan, gave its third concert this week . in the Opera - House, and although the ■', night was wet and disagrecablCj there was- an _ oxcellent attendance. ''-' The choir's singing was a distinct improvement on that heard at the previous . concerts, and its general excellence was ■ freely admitted. "On the March," '(The Goslings," -'.: "Men of Harlech," : and "The Hunting Song" we're excellently: rendered by the' choir, and de-; : lighted the audience.- Miss Holder'. '« Miss White, and ; Mr. Croft were' tho ' : vocal soloists. " ■-.■:■■■■■• ..■..:■ Vi , ■ Tho boy scout movement has assumed - largo dimensions on tlic'West Coast ■ In Greymouth a corps has existed somor' considerable time, and just recently : corps have hcen enrolled at Bmnnerton, Kunvara, aud • Hokitika r in all of which towns the utmost enthusiasm was displayed by tho boys: \ On the occasion of tho formation of the corps'at'■ Kumara, tlio Rev.. Mr. Horc stated that'there nro more than thirty, thou-'-'' sand- boy scouts -under • instruction ' throughout the British Empire (By Telegraph.—Press Association.). . ■ ■ Greymouth, August 20. ( '• The Lauderdale's heavy • machiiiorfl'"; will all bo removed to-day, and tho' ■■'•':' discharge of timber will begin on Mpii- -' day. • ' -' Tho Greymouth "Co-operative Society; have agreed upon.the plans for a hand-•' some ■ two-storey premises, ■"' etc., to bo ' erected fronting the uiaiti; >" street. ' - ■ -'. ■"'■." " '." -'■