LATE LOCALS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 January 1924, Page 3

LATE LOCALS

all ollicers of the Railway Department who bave served lor IP yinr- are to be retired on superannuation. Probably about ft! members oj tim Department s stall' will lie affected immediately by ibis deei-ion. Tbe road between Alim)'- Eass and I Him. and Jacks.mV ami Wainihinihi j. blocked. Tbe sout'u mail car lelt Wtiilto ibis morning, but the car Imm Hokitika did not leave owing to a bold up at Donnelly's Creek, ibis side ol Ross. It is notified Hint llm Wniuroa-Wai-tangi Races Imre been pn-tponed until Thursday. January -'i I si.. owing to Hoods. Entries close fur W.uama ami Stewards ffamlica]s on January 20th. ft is alsn understood tlmt the ITarihati races have also been postponed for a fortnight. A Wanganui dealer in opo-stim skins reports eon - iderable i.-- - oil skills sent | Liine to market, in some instances, up to Is (ill. lie is of opinion that unless the market improves at Home before next trapping season, prices of kins here "ill be down to zero, and dealers "‘ill not be keen In handling them. In that ease- it will not pay tbe trapper to go out alter skins. Opossums are very plentiful in various parts (l f tlie Wanganui district, and are spreading into new localities, in which nwners ol orchards are not at all plea-ed. On account of the state of tlie market, several hundred skins have been held over at Wanganui. A presentation was given to llm Misses Kate and E. .uitrlba of thu Central Hotel this mnrt.iug by lac members of Derry’s Jtiiml. Air \»i!!i::m----soii, speaking on oebai, of the in.■inkers ol tbe Band thanked tbe two young ladies for the good lime they laid gi\en them "tide over here. Jo also thanked them for tile way in which they attended and wail d mi them. Miss Kale .Mnrtba. respmniri! on India 11 of her sister and sli lor tlie presentation and the nice remoras paid to them. Then three cheers were given for the two young ladies, alter which the Band lelr by tbe morning train. The Calliope Coal Mining Company, recently funned in Kevfton. has is band the const ruction ol an aerial 11 ansiiiission line by which the coal mil be conveyed I rum the mine at Murray creek to the laiiway trucks at Reel toil, a distance ot about thieir miles. Hitherto the coal, which is -ai,| to be of a high finality for household purposes, lets been carted over a particularly steep and narrow road at a tost of I o'- per Hi'. 'H»e excessive eo-t of landing the coal in the railway trucks at Reel ton has retarded the level.ipment of the mine: the new aerial transport "ill make it possible lv tnil the coal profitably. Ihe aerial trau-mission line "id permit of Hie deliver" of -VI tons per -bill of eight hour'-. The line will he constructed over precipitous country admirably adapted for a gravitation scheme, and the weight of the full buckets. with tbe fall available, will be sufficient to ■ic'd up the empty buckets. Ibe xuivey cl' the line ha- been eonipieted. and the eonstruetion oi tbe necessary trestles is at present in band. The Work is being carried out under the supervision of the company's manager. Mr Walter Wilhy.

SHIPPING. SEYA. Jan. 15. Arrived--Ttifua at 5.30 a.m. and sails at 5 o’clock this evening for Tonga and Samoa,