COUNTRY NEWS AND NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13906, 3 December 1910, Page 10

COUNTRY NEWS AND NOTES.

ASHLEY. ■.. -~ At a meeting of the Ashley IfcjjJ <ij Board, on Thursday, at which"Mestn ' J. O'Halloran, H. C. Knsor," • J. Harley were present, it was decujgg ? to apply to the Government for autJujp. ity to construct tue" Ckuku Pass road ' '' tor which the sum of £500 has fa^" ■ voted. Tho Road Board agreed to com ■ tribute £250, and it was resolved that plans nnd specifications bo tonranfed. ■ RANGIORA. A. a meeting of the Finance Com, ' mil too of tlio Northern A .and J*, ■ sociation, at Uangiora, yc&terdav," th» ' conditions of kase for tJie Association's' " chamber for meetings, wore arraa«ni • It was decided that the porUuta b o f officers and leading members of tha ' •Society be hung on its ■nails, an<l that V the rooms might bo let to kindred societies for meetings. The Commitfe* also decided to have certain arrears of ' monies due to the- As&ociation. fartf,, * with paid. The Territorial Company {pee into camp this evening for one week's training, on the llangiora Show Grounds. On Thursday evening there vas "» largo attendance at St. John's Auolican Church, Rangiora, when Maunders cantata, "Penitence, Pardon, &&& Peace."' was sriven with much « pression and effect, the soloists beine Mrs Gibhs Jordan and Mr T>. W X" Mehrtens. Prior to its rendition" 3Jr - G Gjbhs Jordan also played Mendelssohn s '-Funeral March." , "In Memo* mm (Lrnst), and "O Rest in the' Lord," as a tribute to the memory «f •"■ the late Rev. A. J. Steele. PttJbS tenan minister, f KAUPOI. The funeral of the late. Brother Bos. kin, W.M. of the Southern Cro» Lougc, kaiapo; and a member (of' Court Woodford Foresters, takes plkce this afternoon. ; * The Kaiapoi Territorials and nkfiitarv cadets' camp, on the Golf Links, is l>eing attended by about eighty of all ranks, including t\\ . tho officers, under Captain P. A. Gates. The work has been enthusiasts cally entered upon in tlie morning, under non-coms., and in the> evem'nfl under officers. Last night an inspeo. ■ tion of tho camp was made by Captain H. E. Potter, A.A.G., and an attack on a position by one company wns carried out with zest. The inspeo ing officer expressed satisfaction at th* • camp equipment, accoutrement, and tho progress made in the ■drill. Instead ■ of the usual church parade Captain - Cliaplain A. Mitchell will conduct a service in camp on Sunday nftefnobn.- " .and the camp •β-hi break -up on Mkhi, day. :