NORTH CANTERBURY.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18672, 22 April 1926, Page 5

NORTH CANTERBURY.

RANGIORA. i flu usual self of poppies by the tjtarMd SoldW Association took jltttM Wednesday, and realised £4l b& fflMtftle was, in charge of Mrs Jfclatoih, Mayoress, and a committee «f ladies. M; Bro. W. Feron presided over a nod attendance of members at the sating of the Loyal Rangiora Lodge, JUL 1.0.0. F. Reference was made to bdtith of Uro. G. F. Furby a very itfweber of the Lodge, And a resolus« ot'irmpathy with his relatives was *UK<|, An invitation to take part in Day. service was accepted. It I ifhiorted that the winter card socI iil'»onM start on April 26th. Two oidldstes vers proposed for member- % and One was initiated into the I JWiriA. 0. Benges, A. Cambridge, 8. toningham, J. Mathwers, C. D. Qm'M D. Rowe, W. A. Rowse, J. WjjtQ,- W. lyler, and T. S. Hitoi,'h»T« been nominated for the Ittgiora; District School Committee. 'it'mj nine are required, an election r *f-b>n*ld at the householders meetpi on .Monday evening. Mr E. Tonks and Mrs Tonks, of Wlipgtonj are visiting friends in Btnpora. Mr W. Johnson, who underwent an kptration' for appendicitis: while on a wltto'Australia, returned to Rangivi on Saturday Mr Johnson spent <k[a weeks in hospital, and six weeks nunlejcing, It will be some time yet Vm he his regained his usual health. L v KAUPOI. - • ittre mil a enull attendance at the annual meeting of subscribers fctoftiapoi Library, Mrs T. R. Ulastd ptestoed. In submitting the Ufa bajaneleheet, which showed a of £26 Os 4d, the com*wt rsported that the total number «ttbseribera to the library was 100, I* total number of .books 2898, the jPwof books added during the year a«d nagaaines and weeklies 15. IMi were&in good order and conns' . The committee, tendered its ({Pvta the Kaiepoi Borough Council 'g« donation of £4O. The balancereport were received and gwd. Tie following officers were w« J-President, Mre T. R. Leit- *[;. ton. secretary, Mr W.yA. Young,Tns' &**>■• E - M. l Dierce, hj! |2t. M«ss M. Stack, Messrs G. B5» H« W»son, and A; Gordon. It Wr?«W aW * "l™"* 8 "ndered It «L : T De , r M honorary secretary JtJ« past nine years should be re"*W<m the miuutai. • wWAtU Mayor (Sr H. Mc- >.« Kaiapoi. to 'of y itevH e > J a,id «•-officers oIHWn ;!"*" ta op ? ned b y Grand °,- .T ?* ld ltt -Kaiapoi next

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CHEVIOT.

A meeting of the Cheviot Ladies' Hockey Club was held recently, Miss V* Petrie presiding over a fair attendance. The balance-sheet! showing a good credit balance, was read and adopted. Officers for the ensuing year ■were elected as follows:—Patron, Mr G. W. Forbes, M.P.; president, Mr J. Y. Moir; vice-presidents, Miss Meikle and Messrs D. McLaren, A. D. Anderson, and J, Paton; hon. secretary, Miss V. Petrie j club captain, Miss 0. Kerr; vice-captain, Miss F. Wilkinson; selector, the club captain; committee, Misses Petrie, H. Moir, and S. Flaherty. It was decided to open the season on Saturday, April 24th. Mr W. Walls presided over the final meeting of the Mackenzie School Committee, and there were present Messrs F. S. Wilson, G. Brown, J. C. G. White. G. Ferguson (hon. secretary), and the headmaster, Mr F. R. Berg. The headmaster's report showed the roll number to be 100 and the average attendance 88. Votes of thanks were passed to the headmaster and the hon. secretary for their services to the committee during the year. The local Rugby competition was contnued on Saturday last, when Mackenzie and Domett met on the tatter's ground, and after an interesting game Domett proved victorious by 11 points to 6. Tries were scored for Domett bv J. IJpritchard (2) and 0. Denton, and A. Meikle converted one. J. Flaherty scored for Mackenzie and T. Kerr converted. The competition will be continued on Saturday, when Spotswood will meet Mackensie on the Show Grounds. Mr W. A. Macfarlane will be the referee.

Mr M. E. Lyons, of Christchurch, has accepted the invitation of the Cheviot Branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association to give the address at the'combined memorial service on Sunday (Anzao Day). During the service an opportunity will be given for the placing of wreaths and flowers on the memorial. A collection will be taken up and devoted to the war memorial gardens. The usual short ceremony is to be held at the Spotswood memorial in the morning. On the occasion of his leaving the district, Mr J. James was entertained by the members of the Cheviot Knox Presbyterian Church Choir and presented with a small token in recognition of his services to tho choir. The presentation was made by the Rev. E. Swinerd.

There was a good attendance at the first of a series of euchre parties and dances held under the auspices of the Domett Football Club. The winners of »t €ucnre tournament were Miss I Ashworth and Mr S. Denton, the consolation prizes Koing to Mrs H. C Kenner and Mr Cliff Jackman. A luokv spot waltz was won by Miss M. Unntchard and Mr J. Abernethv The musio was supplied by Mr W.' Hushes, and an extra was contributed by Miss •M. Ashw.orth. In response to many requests, the '!ffis ? mtii ?" T dramatic Society has «ci(fed. to give a repeat performance f.mrf* C fu tept A. ,nm . cnt in ««* of *»>«' Branch of tho WAIKARI. Arrangements are well in hand for the Anzac Day services in the Waipara County. Directly after the mornug services at Wafoari, a short service will be held in the vicinity of the memorial, conducted by the Revs W ■O'tnaa and a Jfc Crockett. At 2.30Tn ,vM.I A rn ° the c °mbined service, at will be held at the Hawardcn Memorial! HALKETT. At the annual meeting of the Halkett branch of the New Zealand Farmera' Union thero was a good attendance of member, proacnt. The balance-sheet showed a small credit. Tho chairman gave a rcsumo of tho year's work. We stated that tho branch had had a Jll y ? 00d , ycar in that Jt h ad more than doubled its membership. During tno year several addresses had been givon by various instructors, and these had been fairly well attended. He Wged members to attend the meetings, thereby giving the office-bearers of too branch some encouragement to carry on. At the conclusion of his report the chairman (Mr R. S Kopcr) was accorded a vory hearty vote of thanks for his work during the year. All the office-bearers were re-elected for the ensuing year, and tho president was appointed to attend the annual provincial conference. The secretly was instructed to write to Mr Ouasen, Government Poultry Instructor, '•try to arrange for him to give an address at some i nturo date. It was rewived.to continue holding the meetings monthly, on the same day as those held last year.

ASHLEY BANK.

A party of ten children in charge of Mr J. Crigliugton left by the excursion train on Monday morning for tho Exhibition. The tennis court at tho school for the uso of the children has been rechipped and marked out. On Saturday there will 1 be a meeting of tho members of the Ashley Tennis Club in the schoolat 8 o'clock. Anzac Day service will be held at St. Simon and St. Jude's Anglican Church on Sunday at 6.30, at which time the evening service will be held until further notice. The annual parishioners' meeting will be held after tho service. On Tuesday evening an enjoyable surprise party was given in honour of Miss Nancy McNally. The function took the form of a kitchen evening. Mis 3 McNally was the recipient of many useful gifts. Musical items were contributed and many enjoyable games and dancing were indulged in until a lato hour. A lucky spot waltz was won by Miss Irene Criglington and Mr C. Lundy. Among those present were:— Mr nnd Mrs J. McNally, Mr and Mrs G. Hoi borough, Mesdames Heron, W. Lundy, Stringer, J. BowWes, Misses N. McNally, Monnie McNally, Lily McNally, R. Heron, E. Crißlingloe P. Schmidt, N. Downing, E. Bowbyes," D. Schmidt, I. Criglington, M. Grimwood. L Shilton, M. Moody, McTntbsli (3). K. Lundy, Fi. Stringer, Messrs L. Heron, H. Lucas, J. Lundy, II Schmidt, B. Smith, 0. Hopkins G Allowny. A. Cox, LVyer (2). Mcintosh. C. Croft, D. Lundy, E. Schmidt, and C. Lundy.