LYTTELTON NEWS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 17981, 26 January 1924, Page 14

LYTTELTON NEWS.

Personal. Mr and Mrs M. J. Miller and Mica M. Miller, who havo bean camping st Little Akaloa for. the past five weeks, will return to Lyttelton on Tuesday. l Captain and Mrs Dykes and family, who have been camping at ; Little' Akaloa, returned yesterday. ; Miss Gann, assistant mistress, secondary, department, Lyttelton District High School has been taken, ill on tho West/ Coast, and will .be away from her duties for some weeks. . , Messrs J. Barry and E. J Oostello .went north by the Maori last night. . The Schools. Both the. Lyttelton District High ; School and the West Lyttelton Schooh will reopen on Tuesday morning. Garden Party. Members of' the Methodist Church ore holding a garden party at the residence of Mr J. Pitcaithly, Boss terrace, at 230. p.m. to-dayi. The charge of Is entitles the .visitor to ' a pleasant afternoon. of .muaic 'and song, with afternoon tea free. The pro-. coeds „ are to bo devoted to the prize fund for the' Autumn Chrysanthemum Show, which will' be held in the Excelsior Hall early in May. • Watersldeis* Picnic. The watersiders' picnic has again been postponed until Monday, this, time .owing to the Railway- Department being unable to provide a train to-day. The position in regard to tho dispute" .between the Union and the. employers remains unaltered. A Union official stated last evening that the picnic would be" held, but there was nothing to prevent members working on Monday if they wished to do so, .