LATE LOCALS

Hokitika Guardian, 23 March 1922, Page 3

LATE LOCALS

The following team lias been selected to play for All faints Tennis Qlu-b against the United Club, Greymouth on Saturday next at Greymouth: Misses T. Wallace, M. Roberts, A. Andrews. B, Wallace, Maytie, Fane. Emergency Aliss Milner. Messrs IV. Chctwyn, E. Dawson, C. Heinz, W. Sherman, G. Aitkon, H. Steel. Emergency—A. E. Wogari.

The following return from the New Zealand Air Board is of interest: New Zealand Flying School, Auckland, passengers carried to January 380 hours flown 23.42, mileage 1717, number of flights 208; Canterbury Aviation Co., passengers 213 hours; flown 18.53, mileage 133(5, number of flights 110; Timaru Aero Transport Co., passengers 290, hours Hown 29.22 mileage 2193 number of (lights 1(56. The grand totals for ten months were: 8114 passengers 877.29 hours, 59.417 miles.

Appreciation of the work that has been done by the Rev. M. M. Mullineux in connection with the graves ot New Zealand soldiers in France and Belgium was expressed at a meeting ol the joint committee of the Red Cross and Order of St. John, at Auckland. The chairman, Mr J. H. Gunson, spoke highly of Mr Mullineux’s recent lecture, and upon his motion it was decided to recommend the central executive in Wellington to make n further grant towards the expenses of the work in which Mr Mullineux is engaged.

An unfortunate position lias arisen in connection with the anival ol the material for the Westland War Memorial. The whole of the marble for the cenotaph was prepared in Italy and shipped to New Zealand, via Australia. There were thirteen cases in all, and lor the last three or four weeks, the cases have been slowly coming to hand. In the end, twelve cases wove received, hut there was no trace of the thirteenth (the. unlucky number). Finally, the case was traced, and it was lound it had been overcarried hy the shipping company, and was talcicn to Brisbane. When found finally in Queensland, instruction was given to re-ship, hut in doing so, had luck still attended the case, a very heavy one, which, with its (ontents, was lost overboard in the river, and was found to he irrecoverable. It is not known exactly as yet what part of the cenotaph is missing, but this will lie ascertained upon an examination of the contents of t )c cases I which have arrived. The information 1 will thbn have to he sent to Italy to 1 make the duplicate parts, which will im--1 pose considerable delay. It was intendUd originally to have the cenotaph ! n ,«dy for unveiling on Anvae Day next ' ,-enth, but the ecuHlo cot-mohy will 1 „ot be’possible as hoped. However, the : l est will he done. The responsibility j |or the loss and delay will doubtless fall on the shipping company, which had the ; transport in hand.