LYTTELTON NEWS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18014, 5 March 1924, Page 13

LYTTELTON NEWS.

I Billiards. [ T. Gellety -p-on the T,ytteltnn Club's j weekly flying fifty billiard tournament nn Monday night, S. Thurlow bein» tlic runnorup. Sea Scouts. i The "Weekly Pre«B" this week contains, | in addition to numerous other attractive features, photographs of the Lyttelton and Sumner Sea Scouts loaving by H.M.S. Chatham for Wellington. The Pictures. "The Printer's Devil," featuring Weilev Barry, will be repeated at the Harbour Light Theatre to-night, together with a comedy and a further episode of "The Oreron Trail. To-morrow, "A Chapter of i£er Life," a Universal-Jewel feature, -will bo screened. The supporting programme includes a Century comedy and a gazctto. The Lato Mrs Tikao. The funeral of th<? lato Mrs Mar}ha Hanna Toko Tikao, wife of Mr J. Tikao, chief of the Rapaki Native Settlement, took place at Rapaki yesterday afternoon. The langi was attended by a large number of Maoris, including 50 from Kaiapoj, 30 from Port Levy, and others from Little River, Akaroa, Temuka, and-Tumutu. There were also present members of the Lyttelton Borough Council and a .number of pakeha friends. An impressive service was conducted by the Rev. Mr Haddon, assisted by the ltev. S. Bailey and Mr T. Pitama. Hymns in the Maori languago were ■ sung by the Rapaki choir. Many* beautiful wreaths were sent, and Mr Tikao received messages of sympathy from all parts of the Dominion.