SOUTH CANTERBURY.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18129, 19 July 1924, Page 16

SOUTH CANTERBURY.

TDfARU. Social and Personal, Mr and Mrs J. S lanford (Christchurch) are visiting Timaru. Mr and Mrs J. C. Guinness and Miss G. Guinness ("Te Puni") arrived from Fairlie yesterday for the races. Mr and Mrs J. C. Miller (Orari) arc the guestß of Dr. and Mtb F. F. A. Ulrich (Elizabeth street) for the South Canterbury Hunt Club races. Mr and Mrs E. C. Studholme ("Te Waimate") and Mr Morton Anderson are the guests o£ Mr and Mrs Melville Jameson ("Otumarama"). Miss Amy Cox (Nile street) returned from Christchurch yesterday accompanied by Mrs R. Pinckney (Christchurch) and Miss B. Pinckney (Hastings). Miss Greville Sealy, after spending several weeks in Christchurch, is now the guest of her sister, Mrs Percy Barker (Geraldine). Miss Myra Pinckney (Glenaray) returned from Christchurch yesterday, and is tho guest of Mrs Howard Tripp (Wai-iti road). Miss Ivy Oliver has returned from a visit to Miss Rogers (Dunedin). She is spending a few days with Mrs Wm, 0. Raymond (Nile street) before going back to "Surrey Downs." Mr and Mrs H. Lavallin-Puxley will leave Ealing early in September, en routo for England. Mr and Mrs E. R. Guinness will accompany them as far , as Sydney. Boys' High School Concert. On Thursday night and last night the Timaru Boys' High School held their annual concert in the Theatre Royal, which was packed on both nights. These concerts generally draw a big audience, and those who attend never fail to be pleasantly entertained for a couple of hours. This year's concert reflected the highest credit on the promoters, and spoke volumes for the talent among the boys and demonstrated what can be done in the entertainment line when trouble is taken with excellent material to draw upon. Presentation. « Last evening the members of the staff of the C.F.C.A. met to say farewell to Mr R. Stewart and to congratulate him on being selected as an All Black. The manager, Mr A. M. H. Shirtcliff, said that the whole staff and the people of South Canterbury generally had been exceedingly pleased at tho selection of Mr Stewart. They had met that evening to wish Mr Stewart boa voyage and the best of luck on his world tour. He was going Home to uphold the traditions of South Canterj bury in general and the C.F.C.A. in • particular. Messrs Andrew "Wilson, W. H. Walton, C. E. Johnston, and A. Hoist also spoke. . After a suitable presentation had been made, Mr Stewart returned thanks. Marist Bros.' School Destroyed. Timaru has been fortunate in escaping anything Very serious in tho Way of fires for the past six months, but early yesterday morning residents in Brown street were treated to a big blaze, when the Marist Bros.' School was. destroyed. The Fire Brigade received a call at 3.15 «o 'clock, and Wero quickly at the scene. So great a hold did the fire have before it was discovered, however, that the efforts of tho brigade could not prevent the gutting of the interior of the building. Practically everything was destroyed, only the walls and a chimney being left standing. How the fire started is a mystery. Ifo fires had been burning in the'fireplaces for the past three - weeks. Tho gas lamps had not been used in the past fortnight, while there were no electric wires in the place that might have fused. The building, which Was over fifty years old, was insured for £SOO and the furniture and fittings for £250.

The Bey. Father Hurley, S.M., expressed appreciation of the strenHous Work of the brigade in keeping tho flames from spreading to the hall, which is a wooden structure. Casualties. On enquiry at the Timaru Hospital yesterday afternoon, it was found that the young railway porter, Mathews, whose legs were cut off by a truck on Thursday,, is still in a very low condition. Motorist Loses Control. At about 1 p.m. yesterday, Commander W. J. Steward, 8.N., had his Ford standing at the top Of the hill in lo Cren's terrace. Instead of starting the engine, he released the brakes, jumped in, and took tho helm. HiJ brakes refused to act again, and he steered a zig-zag course down the hill. Instead of turning into Strathallan street/" the', Commander took the wrong tack, jumped the kerbing, and hovo to On the footpath, narrdwly missing puncturing the C.F.C.A. The car finished up with a buckled front wheel, a bent axle, and a general shake up. Finally) a tow-rope was rigged,, and the damaged car was removed to the repair shop. TattersalLs' Horse Sale. The yarding was small at Tattersall's horse sale yesterday afternoon, very few horses coming forward. The attendance, was p<tor and did not compare favourably with that of last weakPrices were nominally unchanged. Big Land Deal. Yesterday Dalgety and Co., Ltd... sold" the Opawa homestead, Albury, on behalf of the estate of the'late J. S. Rutherford. The bidding, which was spirited, started at £3OOO ftnd rose in hundreds until it reached £9700, at which figure the homestead was secured by Sir H. Hartley, of England. The land comnrises 640 acres L.I.P. 187 "acres .freehold were also sold on behalf of the same esw-te. Boxing. I'red Zimmermann, of' Canada, yesterday afternoon signed articles to fight Eddie Parker, of Tim«ru, at Christchurch, on August 12th. TEMUKA. • The following is the draw for the ladies' foursomes to be played to-day: —Mrs Grant and Miss Paterson v. Mrs Austin and Miss Bremner; Miss Elder and Miss Scrimshaw' V. Miss Smart and Mis 3 E, Twomey; Mrs Smart and Miss Taylor v. Miss E. Bremner and Miss Warcing.