NIGHTCAPS NOTES.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 25, 3 September 1920, Page 15

NIGHTCAPS NOTES.

Ihe voting at the polls on Saturday for the election of new members to sit on the Ohai Railway Board was as follows : Wai- Birch

Phe result of the voting is to leave the old members sitting. A visit to the Ohai coalfields shows industrial development on every hand, and it but awaits the advent of the railway to set matters on a surer footing so as to give facilities for education and other advantages, and so get a permanent settlement. It is reported that more sect-ions have been sold from the Ohai township block on the south side of the road. The fact that the Dunedin Building Society is willing to advance money on buildings erected on the freehold terrace is giving every eneouragement to miners to take up sections in this hlock. The coal mine opened up last Oetober by the Wairaki Coal Co. on Mr S. Mills' property is proving highly satisfactory. Ihe miners have been working on the dip up tiil now, but the seam of coal has commenced to run almost level, and this will mean contending with water. To give

somc idea of how the Wairaki Coal Company liave developed this mine to such an exterit in the short period of ten months, it may be stated that for three months ended 30th April the company paid royalty on 4700 tons of coal to the owner of the property. The output has been stead. ily increasing, and is abont 20 tons per day at present. There are about twenty miners engaged in the mine. The motor lorry service run by Mr H. Holmes has proved inadequate, and it is reported that the Wairaki Coal Company intend to run their own workmen in the near future from Nightcaps to Ohai by motor lorry. This is only the recent development of one coal company. The Linton colliery will probably be putting out as much coal at the present time as the Wairaki company. The transmission survey party in connection with the Monowai hydro-electric scheme are in the district this week. The party from Sunnyside, at present camped on Sharpridge, report 150 men engaged at that point (Sunnyside). It is expected that the Presbyterian Church eoncert on Friday night in the church will be well attended. The musical items on the programme are of first-class quality. Mr and Mrs A. G. Thomson are on the programme, as is also Mrs R. Duncan. The publie school eoncert-, ever a popular function, will eventuate next Friday. The programme, which will be mainly carried out by the children will he worth listening -to, and the usually large audience will be expected to be present to show their appreciation of the efforts of the teachers in train ing the children. Our Nightcaps correspondent records the death of Nurse Helen Greer, in the Riverton hospital, where she had almost finished her term as a prohationer. She was well known in the Western District and will be missed by a large circle of friends. ihe late nurse was the second daughter of Mr and Mrs A. Greer, of Nightcaps, who wili have the sympathy of many friends and acquaint-anees in their sad bereavement.

raki. wood. W. J. A. McGregor ... 46 21 67 A. W. Rodger 40 23 63 D. D. McDonald 41 21 62 D. Jardine 34 21 55 W. Excell 41 12 53 W. Crawford 33 18 51 J- King ... 20 17 38 R. Ronald 22 8 30 G. Tinker H 2 13