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Hokitika Guardian, 29 May 1924, Page 3

LATE LOCALS

The iloatli tool; place suddenly at Karamea on Sunday of Mrs Duncan, wile of Mr .1. Duncan. Deceased leaves a sorrowing husband and a grown up 1: 1111 i 1 v. Deceased was in Westport just lately for medical treatment. At tile Magistrate’s Court . this afternoon hefore .Mr Meldruin S.M.. the hearing of a ease partly heard at Boss at last sitting was eontinued. This was a claim hy .1. Boa Ofr Murdoch) v. !•'. Williams (Mr Sellers) for £O. Judgment was (riven for plaintil!' for £d It’s (Id with costs £.‘l 12s. Ihe Kstiniales as prepared hy Duller Hospital Doard. for the year 1021. are as follows, with the amounts for the preceding year; Borough £lOOl Os 7d, last year £lOll 12s Ad, a reduction this year of £2ll 11s lod. County £20.17 17s tfd. as compared with CO.'lfiS Ids lid last year, a reduction of £llO 18s ltd.

Writing to the Duller Progress l.cague the I’nion Steamship Company stated that consequent on the linking up of the West Coast with Christchurch and the improved facilities Tor overland travel, the sea home passenger travel between Wellington and the Coast is reduced to a minimum, as a result of which they were compelled to withdraw the Mapourilta. which vessel up to that data maintained a regular service hotween Wellington and the West Coast. The Koinalii was then placed in the service with the fare L’2 against Cl Ids overland fare. It was suggested that the Arahura would he a paying proposition, in the Westport passenger service, hut while the Komata had accommodation for -’ll passengers, the average numher carried jier trip during the last two years was only 2:1; the fact that the Arahura had accommodation for 212 passengers spoke for itself. If was not contended that the accommodation on the K'cuala was equal io that provided in tln> Company’s large passenger steamers, hut. in view of the limited numher wlm were likely to travel hy sea. the Company felt justified in e\-pre-sja-j ih" epinion Ilia' the service provided was as geod a one as could he expected under existing conditions.