KAITANGATA NEWS.

Bruce Herald, Volume LV, Issue 67, 1 September 1919, Page 3

KAITANGATA NEWS.

$ * * k h * 1 *« I "SEOK.OUB OWN COEMBPOKDKNT. , , Mil" 1 SCHOOL COMMITTEE. Tho'ctahimittec met ou Tuesday. when rt ,; fclie -following members were present : p| i&D. 'Marshall (chairjnnn), Mrs Clarke, Messrs T. Middleman A. C. Brown, jKaye,, Clarkson, and Seaman. C -The chairman, moved' a'vote of cons}:d*kn<x to Mrs J. Maekie in the. low alio -had sustained- through the death J ( S)f .hex mother. —The. motion -was carf.',v ried* in silente. . L n ;■ N The 'headmaster reported as- follows ys- for '<the month: —Pupils admitted! 6, i, * iv-ithdrawii 3fToll number 366,^ weekly v " average attendance for the month 328, , k " yiS, 34G, 331, quarterly-attendance 301. On. Monday for the first time m the last- three months, the attendance ' .'reached the 300 mark. ' Considerable !' sickness -'has prevailed 1 in .the school ; ; during the last two quarters, prih'cipally " „ from mumpa.'Noless 'than 140 pupils, »tanging from the infant classes "to Stan* - dard> VI, vreTe' affected'. The last of the ' v children- retjirnedt to school on Monday ' * last. Inspectors Bossence and BoTjert- '' son Trill make their annual-visit to tlie school on September 4. The tea club > lias proved' an unqnalifiecb success, and' will close for the summer at the end! of next .week. The following accounts were passed *' for payment:—T. Wilson, £5 3s 6d; 1 Whitcom'b'e and l Tombs, £1- 13s 2d; Mc- ' <3ruer, "Taylor and Co., 18s; Cooke Bros.,

&v4os.' ! ■■ .= . ! ' ' Mr E. P. Lavery wrote stating that he j was leaving 1 , the district, 'and' thanked the committee for the kindness he- had received from them during the 12 years " .-he had be«.n attending the meetings. He hoped that, the interest in the fife and drum band would' ib'e again revived.— ! Members* spoke- regretting Mr Lavery f s departure from 1 Kait&ngata, and' .wished him success in his future home. "Wdlkie and Co., Dunedin, wrote stating that peace boob would net- be fin- ■, ishe'd for three weeks. -•/ The Kaitangata Borough_ Council wrote ift respect, to overhanging trees. This letter, which was forwarded) .to the Education Board, was returned to the committee asking if they were agreeable to have these trees cut down.— - * After considerable discussion: the matter wns referred to the headimaster, .as the trees are in. the glebe, he 'being responsible for'the glebe grounds. It was agreed that the secretary look «up the records of the schoel and ascertain if possible how long the school has been in' existence in Kaitangata,

and report to next meeting. , " Messrs Marshall and Seaman reported , ftavimg waited on> the council requesting "* their co-operation' in holding Arbour Day. The council has agTeed 1 to supply trees, the school committee to carry out . the other arrangements. Three hundred trees are to be planted, 50 of are ' .to be in 'memory of the fallen soldiers, the trees to be planted near the quarry, - just off the Coast- Road. -i 'S Brcwa reported that, he had m- j - spectod the place proposed iby the couu-1 cil, but did not think it very suitable,, and: the council should be asked to select ,-a 'more suitable place. It was agreed' to leave the fixing of a suitable date with the committee, so that the unveiling r of the roll of honour and : the presentation of peace books, and also 'Arbour Day, can ;be held together. . . , Mr Seamam reported! that since the alterations to the heating system every- • thing was working well. _ ir _ Air Marshall reported that Mr W. D. Patorson- 'had 1 placed one of; his shop windows at the disposal of the committee for exhibiting war trophies. Messrs Marshall -and T. Middle-mass were appointed' a voting committee- for the month.

kaitangata football club.

COMPLIMENTARY SMOKE CON

CERT.

Footballers and supporters of the game generally, to the number of about 90, assembled- in the Masonic Hall, Kai* * tangata, on Wednesday evening to tender the local club a complimentary smoke coneert-in honour of their* winf jiing the. South Otago football competition for 1919. Those present included' ' the chairman (Mr P. 'C. Hds>l6p)>,and•members of the sub-union and visitors from the neighbouring clubs. Mr;E. P. La very (president of' the Crescent Football Club) presided, and welcomed the:visitors. to the function. After the usual loyal toast had 'been (Mr ;W. Spence proposed 1 the - • toa'st- of ' ' The Soldiers.''. The "' speaker, claimed that the Expeditionary Force members had 1 proved true sports, 1 and they had made a great- name for themselves. /Their experiences had'' '• created feeling of comradeship and brotherhood 1 am ongst themi all over the Tyorldi^Lieutenant'.'Gustafson and , vtiles»» Oliver and K, Hay responded.;: *' Mr D. Mulvey proposed the. toast of "Tho South. Otago B<ugby Union." He congratulated)"the union: on the successful season experienced,'the" most- successful, he understood, in the history of the sub-union/ The members were hot there for the honour, but for the good of the game. Without proper control, and .wise heads they could! not have any I'ootbalL This season the union had J done wll, and) in holding the,matches <at Balclutha a rcvenuehad "beqn that would enable them to -send their, representative team on tour. He con- ' - gratulated! mem'bors on the excellent . • > conduct of 'affairs 'during the year, r ' Mr apologised for the . , . absenco ofy Messrs -Moore, Johnson, '{ Sheehan,\Gimthorp, and Barnett, said Jf,/"' that,ever)-' other member of the union -Was--present Tie mentioned that, with: ; ~.Mt^'Spence, .'he, "sat on the sub-union when it "was ' -The game had 1 'been:' practicably dormant . the past -four, y&fc and when the &m. v.„'-union ?ivas revived' this ,they had tho The gate >inoneft representative teams next year, prefer- - an. accident insur-&U-'tK players, in

j, v * t J * V ' * ► 1 sub-juiuon. At all eventsithat would be a' recommendation from tho outgoing committee., iHe.' congratulated tho Cresoi?.;thoir the players gvMrally oil 'ltho spirit in which the game 'had' boon played. (Messrs Spence, J. iMuir, and son also responded. .Mr Spcnce mentioned that he- commence'd his l footballing and cricketing daysi in <Kaitangata, ]iisf first football match being played at what was -then know n as. the township of {Jranton, at what< is now Clyde Terrace, a'bout 40 years ago. Mt B. DymOck 1 proposed the toast, of "Kindred!' Spores," which was - re-, spondcdi to, by Messrs -D. P. Clements ■ (fowling),;,J. T. :Ttonm;n ; -(socher),' L. Grims'haw (criclcQt), aiid :G. Anderson', (rifle clubs). ; , •. • 4 ; The president; of 4hc v sxib-uriicbi 7pre : . seated the •banner for the year. The banner hail a history. 1n.1902 the Otago Union had been nsked for mie, and that 'body provided the handsome flag they now possessed, which was -in as good order as the day it was presented'. In 1002 and 1 1903 Toko won. the . banner, and in 1904 Balelutlva. right on, except- for one year .(1900), when Kai : tangata won, : the .('banner went to Owaka. The Owaka team' was prevented competing this year on account of the .train service. The Crescent tk'miiad a great .struggle to win the.toan.hei:, but he thought that, thebesl team diid win. He proposed' the toast of the> club. Mr 'Lavery said' he was very pleased to 'have the flag placed in his hands. It was due to Messrs; Cowan and Mulvey that a team siad been put in the field, and he* was proud!-that that team had the honour of winning the first competition after the war. It was the team's intention to get the Crescent name on as often as Owaka. (Applause.) Mr'S. White then presented) the cup. He said that when -he came to Balclntha to live in 1914 he thought he would like to help the good old game along, and he presented a cup to be competed for. Owaka was leading, when war (broke' out in 1914. Football was then suspended, practically in the middle of the season. It liadi at first been the intention to give the cup for the team securing the m'ost scoring/points, bu\the teams prior to the play-off a, few Saturdays previous had 'beciv notified' that the cup would be for the most, flag points. That was 'how the cup would be fought for in future. He congratulated the winners oil their success, which was the result of the training they had gone in for, and stated that if Crescent won the cup next year it would be -their own for'good', as the conditions 1 were twice in succession or three times.at intervals.

Mr Lavery, to responding, expressed the thanks of the clu'b -to Mr White for his generosity, and Messrs Hair aud Peato also responded. Other toasts were ' ''The v Referees'' (humorously proposed by Dr Cairns) and responded to by Messrs White, "Mulve%- and Hislop)," Visiting-Clubs" (by Mr J. Muir, responded to. by Messrs Hone Anderson (Clutha), A. M. Wylie (Romaliapa), and Gustafson (Owaka), '' The Press" (by Mr , Farquhar and responded .to by. Messrs Martin and Culbert), and '' The Chairman. The musical programme, due in a largo measure to the pianist, Mr Bryson, was ait unusually good one. It comprised songs by Messrs J.. Edwards, W. Paterson, ICulbert, Peate, W. Rutherford, W. Hansen', S. White, G. Anderson, a duet by Messrs Grimshaw and McAuley, and a recitation by Mt Cowan. A "choir" also gave a number olfl topical choruses. The gathering terminated with the singing of "Auld [.'Lang Syne," a very pleasant evening I indeed having been spent.