LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 June 1920, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

A Union Company’s steamer will be leaving Dunedin and Tiniam early next week for Grey mouth and ,will be available for general cargo. . ■ Messrs W. Jeffiries and Co offer for immediate private sale freehold section with five-roomed cottage and out-build-ings at oerner of Park and Revel! Streets.

The Supreme Court is engaged fhis afternoon hearing the case of Arthur Herbert King, of Bluff v. A. Hall Ltd., and Hugh Cassidy and A. Hail, claim for £2,000 damages. The case is being heard before a. jury of twelve and is likely to last some time.

The Supreme Court sessions which opened to-day will probably extend into the middie of next week. The business includes some suit s which will he contested at'.some length. In one case, affecting a will there are said to he upwards of sixty witnesses to be called, while special outside counsel wili he engaged also in this and other cases. Mr Seddon M.l\, is leaving Wellington on Monday night for the Coast and will be at Greymouth the following night for s the reception to General Birdwood. On Wednesday Mr Seddon will confer with the Grey Harbor Board regarding proposed legislation, and visit Hokitika that evening, when he will attend the Oversea Club’s l-dl held ill honor of the Prince of Wales’ birthday. At the annual meeting of the Canterbury Progress League this week it was stated it was proposed that a party from the City Council and the Progress League should visit the West Coast in order to investigate the question of encouraging closer trade relations between the two provinces. Mr H ~J. Mnrriner said there were immense areas of forest land on the West Coast which, could bo utilised for the paper pulp industry. Air A. Kaye said that beloie the war a Swedish expert had assured him that the West Coast timber was mo s t suitable for pulp purposes. Mr J. R. Wilkinson suggested that the new Director of Forestry should aecom. pany the party to the West Coast to assist in the wood pulp investigations.