MEETINGS AND SOCIALS.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15776, 18 December 1916, Page 11

MEETINGS AND SOCIALS.

ILLUSTRATED LECTURE. ] A highly interesting lecture, illustrate! by ' lantern si idee, v:;ls given by Dr. J. Henry | Crawshaw on the "Anatomy of Poultrj, to the members of the- Canterbury Egg Circle, i in the new Masonic Hall, Gloucester street, | on Saturday ni?ht. Mr Kent presided over a j i~r?e attendance. CANTERBURY HORTICULTURAL | SOCIETY. t The committee ot the CJ n ter o ury ,^ 0I LV" cultural Society met on Friday nigiK. ilr . Ragg, vice-president. occupied the chair. I Arriingemente wer € sot in train for the bweet j Pea Show •which takes places on January lflth. It was decided to ask his Excellency ■the Governor to open the Show J.h© iO - j lowing judges were appointedßose classeE, | Meeere J. T. Sinclair and W. a. 1. Clark- ' son: 68-«t pea classes. Mr J. Wyn-lrwm, j fruit and pot plants. Mr J. . dccora- ! tire classes Mefidames A. K. G. A Bovle. ' The secretary printed a stateim'cnt "of receipts 3nd expenditure in connexion with the recent Patriotic which showed a good credit balance. Se era new members wore elected. SPREYDON BURGESSES' ASSOCIATION. Tine monthlv meeting of the Spre-ydon Burgesettj' Association was held in fcelwyn street H:-U Mr H. Taylor (president in the chair. The resignation of Mr Thcs. Snuth, honorary secretary, owing to pressure of business, ' ivas received, and accepted with regTe.. Mr V. uithair was unanimously elected honorary secroiarv. A communication was received from the manager of the Christ-church Tramway Board regarding the overlap section on Lincoln road. Mr A. Xichol moved that a joint letter be sent from tho Eiccarton, Addington. and Spreydou Associations to the manager of tho Tramways, tha.nking the Board for the prompt way in which it had placed the experiment of the overlap section on. Lincoln road route. He said he hoped the public in general would interest itself, and make tho experiment tho success it deserved to be. The motion was agreed to." A small committee \va« appointed to confer with tho Addington and Riccarton Associations to assist in making the overlap section more widelv known. A letter was received from the Clirisichurcli Telegraph Engineer, in reply to an application for a reduction in the charges on the telephone bureau at Lyttelton street and Lincoln road. The Engineer pointed out that the charges were on a mileage b&ais up to two miles a penny. The Association members considered it was a hardship on the residents, aa it was only slightly over two miles, and if a reduction was made it would materially expedite business. The Association discussed a statement made by Councillors Elliot and Hayes in the Borough Council, and published in the daily press, that there was no dissatisfaction amongst the residents in the West Ward. It •was moved by Mr Wm. Stewart and seconded by Mr J. P. Diack, "That this meeting of ratepayers repudiates the above statement as inaccurate, and points out' that during tho last eighteen months three requisitions had been sent to the Borough Council (bearing about a hundred signatures) anent Edinburgh street, Domain terrace, and Atheleton •street. Th© bad state of River road and Cobham street, and the indiscriminate use of shingle, along with the unwatered state of Lincoln road, had caused much dissatisfaction." The motion was agreed to, and it was decided to 6end a copy to Councillors Hayca, Elliot, and O'Ronrke.