GREYMOUTH NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1491, 27 June 1905, Page 3

GREYMOUTH NEWS.

; jpxjJ rloOD— 'A FIRE—DEATH OE ' ' ' .Ai GIRL, ,(Per Pioss Association.) GREYMQUTH, last night. .News of the damage caused by, . floods Still continues to come to ton'd. The railway lines to 1 Otira, Rcefton, and Hokitika are ; being repaired. The damage is confined to wash opts. Nearly all 'vtbe settlers ol' Grey Valley suffered oss by stock. The approach t.o ‘lackwoll bridge, at which 15 men ad been working for the past nine months, was swept away. Gangs of men wero on the street 'tio-Uay , Clearing the gravel and debris. The report that two men were drowned in the Fern Flat dredge has heen A. confirmed. V .Troubles are said never to come single handed, and this is true in the case of Mr Merrett; a‘ sottler *, of Coal Greek Fiat. Big fires were Jtr lighted in the* House and the bed- • ding anil clothes opt to dry. The man in charge left ‘-to attend, to some cattle in the yard, and When

1 returning noticed the house on fire. -. U\ 1 1 efforts to extinguish the lire

were unavailing, and the nino-room--1 ed house .with contents was dcs- • troyed. .There was no insurance 'on the contents, and £2OO on the . house,, Mr Merrett is a - heavy, loser,A sad death ocaurred at Poei-ua on Sunday, when the daughter .of Mr , A. R. Wheeler, a settlor, died. The *_/ 'girl, who.was IS years of ago. got wet walking from the station .to the home, a distance: ot two miles. On Friday she caught a severe cold , which brought, on inflammation. The parents did all that was possible,, but . owing to sho helqphbne service being cut off the doctor could not fjo summoned!. The father walked to Moana, a distance of 14 miles, and v got a railway officer to ring up Grcymou-tili for a doctor. The train had left before word was received, and' a doctor co,uld not get to the patient. On Sunday the girl Adiecl. There is a good deal of ini’ digira'tio-nj at (the action of the Government in cutting off the wire, anil not extending the service for the ■ whole Mine. If -the telephone had *Seen Tfvailablc most likely the life would) have been saved. One setffcler'at Poerua mado application for a telephone. He was willing to pay i£lo a year, but the request was refused.

THE HOSPITAL SOCIAL,

W A meeting of those interested _ in ithe promotion of a social in aid ofthe Hospital funds .was held at the Borough Council Chambers last evening. There was a large and res2resentativo attendance. His Worship' the. MayoE presiding. Those present included Messrs Hadding, T. • A- Coleman. G. Hiu-mpthreys, E-. P. Joyce,' W. Webb, lan Simsen, CJ. F, .Lewis, Edmonds, Wildish, Withers, ! Craig, R. Johnston, Nisbett, Hansen, Haws, Bon, Pool, Gaufdin, -1. Little, Palmer, Church, Jamison, T. G. Lawless, C/ooper, and DeCos'-'a. .‘.Mr Harding stated that he had in. terviewed the New Zealand Shipping .Company, and they had kindly offered to again grant the use of their C(Smm<oidious store on the Waikanae. -Thu offer was accepted, With thanks. . . 4 It was decided to hold the social on' Thursday and Friday, Aug. 10th and 11th, the second evening being ifar the children, r y Messrs T. G. Lawless and,. 'J. PLittle were unanimously elected secretaries, the good work done by these gentlemen -last year being very highly spoken of. The reception/ committee of fbho previous year was re-elected, Mr | Webb humorously adding, ‘-' Let them p'l he re-elected ■ they had nothing -Ho last yeajr. amid it will bo the ic this year.”he other up p(oin uineutu were made - follows :—’ ighting Committee : Messrs J„ vnley, Hlar'ding, and Kennedy, lecoration Committee : Messrs rnfd, Cedierwall, Clark, Bremner, alley, Cooper, W. Pot-tie, . Darto-n, L DeCosha, O, Hansen, ,W* J?. Hawley, Bewing, Jamieson, Longher, Nisbett, Morrison,. Sheet, Hue nan, Symcs, Scott, -A'. Thomson, A. Townley, F. A. Ford, Webb, AT.' Tucker, Tiiohy, Wither®, Wildish, T. Adair, Gumming, M. Craig, Watchman, -Ay Sawyer, P. Milne, Don, Poole, Palmer, anid Church.. Refreshment Comimiteee : Messrs ' {Barry, Common,. Elliot, Harding, Kennedy, Lucas, Murray, Matthew-, son. Sawyer, Francis, Sheridan l , Anderson,, H. Martin, E-. P. Joyce, Oman, Bourke. F. Harris, !J, M-ar-j; tin, and Lomax. Susaner Room : Messrs Colley, R. N. Jones. Bewing, Edwards, Harding, Hawley, Johnson, Kennedy,Tl. Miller, Peel, Poswillo, Sherratt, P Symes, Sheet,. Wallis, C. Lewis, M. Craig, Simpson, G, Tliulmpfcries, and ISkiJleorn. • Advertising Committee : Messrs Little, Lawless, Miller, and Hlarding. Ladies’ Committee : Mrs Townley , /was requested to convene a meetei inig of ladies ‘willing to act on! the * Committee. Railway Committee : Messrs U. Townley, Nolan, and Kennedy. Programme Committee : Messrs Rees, Kennedy, Johnson, Webb, H. Miller, and W. Miller. Floor Committee : Messrs Konway, Bright, Bend'all, Cole-bourne, Edwards, H. Ziaeh-ariafli. Webb, A. Ziaohari-ah, W, Barker, : V. Barker, P. Barker. , Music Committee : Messrs Foster, C. A'dair, J. 'OKrisjtf, Don, Massey, f Humphreys, Morrison, Sidebottom, amid McKellop. yG-eneral Committee Same ‘as Ifflft year. . i Considerable discussion took place ifi regard to -donating half of the • proceeds of the second evening to the- local hand fu/n'ds. and it was decided that the matter- should be left to the General Committee to make what donation they, thought

ik fit". Iu regard to charges, it was <lcfcide'd that dhb prices of admission ■on the first night should, be gen turn eu 5s and. ladies 2s 6d, anil on . i 1 10 second night adults not accompanicil by children 2s and children Is. It was ''decided to hold a meeting of the Committee on Monday evening next.