THE COUNTRY.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17701, 1 March 1923, Page 3

THE COUNTRY.

KAIKOUBA. Mr M, B. McDonald has resigned from the management of the Kaikoura Motor Company, following the reconstruction, but "retains his position as director of the White Star service, ue purposes organising a new motor service aa a co-operative concern. P. Curran, the pioneer of motoring in Kaikoura, and for -ien years with tne Kaikoura Motor Company, has oeen retired following the amalgamation or tlie Kaikoura and United Motor Companies. He is Btarting a new service immediately. . , _ The Kaikoura Swimming Club liaa | lost no time in carrying out the improvements recently decided on. ij « improvements, which cost over consist of additional dressing rooms ana an enclosure for the lady bathers,, a wing to the men's department, an proper accommodation for boys. i club is desirous that swmming snouic become a very popular nastime in "- al ~ koura, and trusts to have a mucn bigger membership n|»:t season. It ai° trusts that the members will assist the committee to prevent the destruction ■and removal of the club's property which has obtained in the past. The Cheviot tennis team has deferred its visit to Kaikoura until next Saturday. The following will represent the Kaikoura Club: —Mrs Warner, Miss Barry, Miss Keys-Wells, Mrs Flower, Miss Wayland, Miss Flower, Miss Vale, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Borthwick, Messrs Gibson, Robinson, Howard, Flower, Miller, Smith, Warner, and Maine. A public meeting was held to revise the rules of the Suburban Hall Society. Mr G. I>. Smith occupied the chair. It was decided to vest the property in the Suburban Hall Society. A vote of thanks was accorded Mr Raymond Gibson for attending the meeting and explaining the legal points in connexion with the rules. The committee reported on the financial success'of the dance recently held, and it was decided to bold another danced _ The vast improvement in the Kaikoura bowling green this year was remarked on by the Blenheim bowlers, who visited Kaikoura during the weekend. Mr F. J, Elvy, the Blenheim president, who is regarded as something of an authority on bowling greens, is of opinion that the Kaikoura green, in the course of a year or two, will be second to none in Now Zealand. , MARSHLAND. The Merrymakers' concert party visited Marshland and gave a concert ia aid of the Nazareth House Orphanage. There was a very largo attends snce. The orchestra, under • Miss Dorothy Wicks, providod excellent music. T]je concert was under the direction of Mr F. A. Maling, and the programme was considerably lengthened by the number oncores demanded. The fallowing contributed items:— Misses M.Greenlees, A. Greenlees, Rita« Petersen, Gwen Shier, Gwen Jlyde, Grade and Mavis Hill, C. (Greenlees, Daphne Forsyth, Jlazel Shier,"Valerie Tolputt, Gracie McCaw, and Raymond ; Heard. During the evening the Rev. Father O'Connell briefly addressed the audience, and expressed his gratitude to the Merrymakers and all who helped to make the evening a success, thereby assisting the, good cause for which it was arranged. After refreshments had ' been -handed round, dancing was in a dulged in for the remainder of the night. ' Messrs Hibbard and Blackburn Supplied the music, and Mr T. Quaid officiated as M.O. A novelty in the shape of a white starling h&i been seen about the district lately. •

KAIAPOI. .The annual meeting of. The Pines Association . was held in- tho Kii iapoi Borough Council Chambers on Monday, the president, Mr R. Dunn, - presiding over a fair attendance of members. The annual balance-sheet, showing a credit balance of £l6 5s 2d, wap received and adopted. The election of officers resulted as follows: —President, Mr It. Sewell; vice-president, Mr J. L. Smith ; secretary, Mr L. P. Hopkins j general committee, Messrs W. Bradley, G". Forrest, J. McGarry, E. Giles. It. Dunn, F. Heald, H. J. Hassall; domain stewards, Messrs Sewell atid Smith; grounds superintendent, Mr G. rest;_ sports superintendent, Mr iiBarritt. A motion of appreciation was accorded Mr R. Dunn, the retiring president, for his untiring effort on behalf of the Association. It was decided to request the Kaiapoi' borough Council to extend the water service and to underscrub The Pines to minimise the danger of-fire,." It wns reported 'u»at the survey was nenring completion and sections were now available for "selection. holding of a> gala iiext Boxing Day was decided upon, when it was hoped to raise additional funds to develop this -increasingly pocular seaside resort, MOTUKARARA. The harvest,'except .for one or two very late crops, is now finished, and, taking it on the whole, it has been a very poor season, having suffered -too much from tho drought in tho middle of tho year. * , ( The district is most unfortunate in [ losing Mr A. Struthera and family, who are leaving this week for Timaru. Mr Struthers has been in charge of the station for a number of years, during which time he has gained the esteem of all./' ; Thg annual^general meeting of the , Waihora Football Club is set down to take place in the Motukarara Hall on March 20th. ■ ' OURUHIA. The married men. o.f Ouruhia tried conclusions .with the "single men at Cricket in ; Mr T. Borcoskie's paddock last Saturday afternoon. Tho game was very even aft through, and many exciting incidents' occurred. The result was a win for the single men by nine runs, The ;chief scorers for the married men were E. H. Ashby 15, and H. Wilson 12. For the single men, E. Spencer scored 22, and D. Miller 12. The most successful bowlers for the winners were 3D. King and L. Spencer, arid for the losers V. Wareing, P. P. George, E. H. Ashby, and E. A. Stead. A combined team will play Marshland at Ouruhia on Saturday next. ' , SOUTH MAI/VERN DISTRICT. A meeting of considerable interest, to Glentunnel was held in the public hall on Saturday night.- This was the annual meeting of the Glentunnel Do- ■ main Board, the election of a new Bdard for a term of sevtu years, and the election of a Hall Committee for the ensuing twelve months. Mr H. Eollinson, chairman of the present Board, presided over a very gratifying attendance, including a few ladies. The balance-sheet showed that both the Domain and the Public Hall had had a successful year. Omitting shillings and pence, the earnings of the Domain were £64, while the expenditure, which included new : fencing and purchase of trees, was £sl. The hall account showed receipts £175, and expendiwas working* expenses. The general account showed a credit balance of £74 10s. The hall was entirely free of debt except for ii sum of £53, which -was owing on the piano. In addition to the ordinary work on the Domain, a large part was replanted with trees and securely fenced to keep out stock. The balance-sheet and report, which were considered highly satisfactory were adopted. Before asking for nom'i- , (Continued at foot of next column.) '

nations'"for tlie new Board, Mr KoJJjn-' .son ; signified that he did not intend, to -sees re-election. He had been a member for nineteen years, and in asking for the moral support of the now Board by the public, he. stated that one of tlio most disheartening things that Boards had to put up wiffi wag." the persistent and wilful' damage to Domain property on tho part of children;'and'some or older growth. The meeting decided'to support the Board in any action it might take to put a stop to the destruction of trees and buildings. Before the meeting concluded, Mr J. T; Todd moved a very hearty vrfte of thanks to the chairman, who had' ably, carried out his duties for so many years, -and in doing- so said that while Mr Rollinson. had been .severely criticised on occasion by a small' section, he -assured him that he had the full confidence of the majority of the residents. The motion was car-, ried with < hearty acclamation. In the election of a new Board,-eight nominations were-'-received, so a ballot was taken whicji resulted in the election of the following:—Messrs J. R. Longstaff, A. M. Wilson, J. T. Todd, Albert Smith, Sam Kirkham, John Reynolds, andl James Tarjing. A Gazette notice is necessary before the new Board takes, office, The Hall Committee is elected, annually, and those elected, oh Satur- . day night were: Mrs,J. Q. Weastell,, Miss R. M. Rydings, Messrs H. Weastell, R. Longstaffj S. C. Marsh, W. G, Smith, and. J. H. Bollinson. Entries: for the annual Flower Show on - Saturday have been coming in freely, anci .the indications are that the fruit and vegetable sections will be very strong, but that flowers'and cookery will rit>* be so g00d.,. This year, instead of special cash prizes, the committee hair secure^a number of good tprohiea, "which will bo presented at the close o:J the show, . The Plunket Society is holding ii series of functions in aid of its funds. The first one takes place at Hororata next week, followed by' a children fancy dress ball at Glentunnel on St. Patrick's Day. The.ladies of the Presbyterian Churcli are at present arranging for tho annual dinner at the next Coalgate stock sale. The proceeds are to be in aid of the funds of St. Andrew's Church. r RAKAIA., The Eakaia Domain continues to attract "picnickers in search of. a good day's outing. The latest party to utie the grounds was tho Ohoka Wool Works Company,, from Woolston. The ; party travelled" by special train, aad spent a very enjoyable day with races", games, etc. " The Autumn Show of.the Rakaia Horticultural' Society, to. be held today, promises to be as successful as any of its predecessors, if the weather will 'only be kind. Arrangements have been made by a coinmittea of ladies for the provision of refreshments. " A meeting of the parishioners of St. Mark's Church, Eakaia, was held in the schoolroom, for the purpose of receiving the balance-sheet of the Parish Fete, held in the latter part of last year. In the absence of the vicar,, Mr 11. Barlow (vicar's warden) presided. A motion of sympathy with the Rev. E. N. Blakiston, in his illness, was passed. - 2£r Geo. Black, people's warden, presented the bal-ance-sheet. This showed the income from the principal stalls'to be . as follows:—Work stall, £27 '"6s. 8d; luncheon, £2l 8s 6d; produce, £l3 18s 7d; flowers, £l3; fruit, £ll 08 8d; toys, £9 Os 3d; watches, £9 18s M; sheep guessing,.£7 7s 0d; sweets, —6 18s f>d; baskets, £6 Sa 6d: young men's stall, £5 10s 3d. In addition, and the Barfhill stall £2O os. The principal expenses were.—Rent, £G, and ice-cream £5 6s 3d. The total, income was £l9B 4s 2d, the expenses were £lB 19s 3d, and the net receipts £179 4s lid;: ~A vorie of thanks was passed to all. those who / had helped to make the fete a success.