LOOKING BACK

Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1933, Page 3

LOOKING BACK

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. From “Guardian,” for. week ended June it , 1008. Warden’s Court.—The following applications weie heard by the Warden (Mr Acheson) Perry and Ilegan, surrender sawmill license.— Accepted; Baucke and party, special site, Back Creek.—Adjourned ; l).' Davies, residence site. —A dj our hell ;A. Cbclorniaii, prospecting license,- South Hokitika.— Eiranted; G., Shaefer, timber Ikenso.— Withdrawn; W. Lawson and party, ex tended claim, Seduon Terrace.- Granted. .

Totara Bridge.—Regarding the Ro.s railway works, our correspondent says that nearly all the piles for the bridge are driven, and the permanent way is also carried up to site of the bridge. There is now nothing , to prevent the completion of the line up to the station in the course of a few months. This is good news, but there can be no, denying that the whole Work, from first to last, ha s been characterised by inexusable diiatoriness. •

Toaroha water power.-—The County Council having authorised the survey of an easy route l'or heavy waggon transport to the foot of the Toaroha Falls, Messrs' J. C. Macfarlanc and C. J. Parham leave town to-day to lay.,out the tunnel and pipe line, and measure the height of the Fall, in connection with the proposed hydro-electrical j pumping scheme for-the Rimu terraces. Licensing Committee. —At the annual -meeting of the Westland • Licensing; Committee this - week ‘ the application j by G. McMillan, for a license for nrueVv j -house to be calle<| the'-Dominion Hotel! was adjourned, the'cliairiri.fili declining' to vote owing to tiie bearing of correspondence in tbe local- press on this case. The-application was objected to in a memorial signed by Messrs W. Hall, .T. J. Breeze, serir., W. Baxter, J. Satehell, W. A. Thompson, and the Rev. J. W. Ellis

Land Board.—At ithe last Lrfmd Board meeting, Run- 72, of 12,000 acres, Matakitaki aiid Clark, South Westland, was-taken by Mr John Cron at the upset price of dil2.per'annum.

Petersen Road.—The Westland A. and P. Association met-this week-, there being present Messrs J. S; Lang, J. J Mclntosh and the Rev. J. W. Ellis* The secretary wag. directed'-to Write -to the-'Department of Reads; and Minister of Lands requesting c he early coinplei ion of Peterson Road, Wanganui Flat, to enable settlers to supply thqir milk to the dairy'factory now being erected at Inter-Wanganui. ' " ' ,’ ! ' Ross Library.- 2 A public meeting was held at Ross to a'frahge the preliminaries to start a public library at Ross Tn'ormation was 1 received from tlie different Library 'Cbmriiittcek in the (lis trict, and after long discussion, tlie following committee*".' was appointed Messrs T. Mienhan,' TelfofcV, 1 Pariane, Rice, Osmers, Seai-le, Peebles, R. Ford Caulfielct'and ; J. : Martin. ; Fire IfmraTn—‘The annual social evening held by the Hokitika Fire Brigade was an outstanding success. The usual toasts, .were '‘honoured,*’ and . the following gentlemen contributed items: Dr. Macandrew, Messrs J. j. Breeze. Mcßherry, Dunne, Coulson, Fireman Williams, and Good.- Long service medals were presented to Engineer ’O-. Davidson,' Ni<rhtwatollman H. Schultz and Fireman H. Thompson. ...