WESTLAND PROGRESS LEAGUE.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 October 1925, Page 4

WESTLAND PROGRESS LEAGUE.

n MONDAY. ()( I'OBER I'd. ie The moll I illy meet ill;; was held at d tiie County Chandlers at 7.1 n p.m. . PresentMr T. W. Dull’ (President), e -Messrs T. NY. Bruce, .). C. Alnela rla ne. - I. M. Morris, .). ,1. Mclntosh. I). J. o Evans. \V. ( raw and Dr d'eieiie 1 ilia nn. Ml Dull' returned thanks fur I lie r mol ion named hy the League in his i. late illness. i. The minutes of the previous mi <u - e log were eon!ilined. e The outward enlTospomleiice Wits ap. h prnveiT. 'lh" Agi auh urn I I )cparl mem w role leu lei I ill;: I i eon Id not alter il s , |ee i - , - 'ion a Heel lIIIhe Il a osier 111 Ml Da I- ! gin- h. Hi. Id- lu-u ll,dor. In tlm Slate I'll MU . G lie. Valiev . It Wits COl Is idle, i ii would tie nuire eonveiileui loi i hi- work i" ic-ide on tlm farm, and ' at lhe same tine i; wa- not considered a i isit.s lo t!:e south dial rii I won Id ho t alfecied. The letter was received hoi t diss.i i isfnri mu was expressed with t in'! f replv. It wue. resolved to wail action I hy ihe A. and H. Sueiel \ which had I been asked to move in the mallei'. Dr d'eieliel Ilian II lepol'led with regal'd to Wesi la ml publicity a t the , Dunedin Exhibition that he had forwarded _l M'lecied plates for the makI dig of .‘l ; ) x -IH photographic prints - to the Government Publicity Depnrt- ' ment, and these |)jctures would he distributed throiigli the Exhlhilion. The railway publicity ollieer would lake some and had asked fur a photo album to lie deposited in the Railways Court. This was being arranged for. Dr 'J’eielielm.'inn said the new edition of the West land booklet was being prepared. ft would ust ;■ Hi)iii UP) per I .(Kill copies, and he hoped tu be able to order A,OOO copies for distribution during the period of the Exhibition, d'lm Aeeliina t isat ion and Tourist Society would finance 1,000 and private enterprise another 1.000. and lie thought the local bodies might he appealed to to help with the remaining .'I.OOO copies. The report was received with thanks and Dr Teielteiniami with the President and Vice-President were appointed a deputation to wail on the local bodies with regard to the matter of assisting financially. Mr Craw, S.M.. hy invitation, gave some interesting particulars of the , new time table to come into force in fl:o local railway services on Novemher Bith. d’he outstanding I'oaltire would he llie later departure from Ross and Hokitika in tlm morning. The trains ■ would also h;> quickened, and a saving made in travelling time. More goods trains would he run to lighten the loads on the passenger trains, which ] would in future cross at Arulmra instead of Kumara .Junction, d'he meeting discussed several of the alterations. and approved generally. The later hour of departure in the morning from Ro-s and Hokitika was specially approved. It was resolved to ask for I a forenoon train to Hos- on Wed liesdays similar to pre-war times, to gi vt . facilities during ihe summer to visit Lake .Malitiinpua. 'I he suggestion was i , ~ o to try the train lor a month or six weeks over the holiday period, and it * was resolved to make formal applied- j lion to that effect. The meeting closed at 5.20. |