MID-CANTERBURY

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18721, 18 June 1926, Page 4

MID-CANTERBURY

ASHBURTON. Dixieland. Dixieland was very well attended on Wednesday evening, there being about •300 people present. The Ashburton Pipe Band played several selections during the evening, and songs by Mr V. W. Russell and a Highland dance by Miss Thelma Harper, to'piping supplied by Piper D. Wilson, were well received. The side-shows were well patronised, and dancing to music supplied by Mrs A. Mitchell's orchestra was freely indulged in.' The first round of the* tug-of-war competition, among teams of five men, whose aggregato weight is o7st 51b, resulted as follows:—Hakatere beat Railway; Eiffclton beat Dixiehind; Tucker's beat MoacJcm's. In Bankruptcy. A petition iu bankruptcy has been tiled by James Benjamin Hillyer, farmer, Lauris'tbn,- and a meeting of. creditors wiil be held in tho offices of the Deputy-Official Assignee .'' on Monday. Hockey. . . The second round of the- ladies' hockey competitions will be commenced tomorrow, when some good games arc anticipated. The following draw has been arranged for tho sceond round:— July 19th:—Seniors: Hinds v. High School, at Hinds; Rakaia v. Old' Girls', at Ashburton. Junior A Grade: Rakaia v. Methven, at Methven; Allenton v. Old Girls', at Ashburton. Junior, B: Methven v. Rakaia, at Rakaia, July 3'.—-Senior: High School v. Rakaia, at Ashburton; Old Girls' v. Hinds, at Hinds. Junior A Grado: Allenton v. Rakaia, at Ashburton; Old Girls' v. High School, at Ashburton. Junior B Grade; a bye. July 17th. —Senior: Rakaia v. Hinds,' at Rakaia. Junior A Grade: High School v/ Allenton, at Ashburton;' Methven v. Old Girls', at Ashburton. Junior B Grade: High School v. Methven, at Methven. I July 24th.—Junior A Grade: Allenton v. Methven, at Ashburton; High School v. Rakaia, at Rakaia. Association Football. In addition to the ordinary Association football.competitions to bo played to-morrow, a match between the Baring Square senior team and a team from Timaru will .be played on the Domain Baring Square will be -represented by. the following:—Barrett, Smith, Frew, Donaldson, McClymont, Silcoek, >,'. Johnson, L. Beauvais, McElhinncy, Stockdill, and Quarterly.' Tho Wanderers' .junior team to play Baring Square B is as follows: —Walli's, Bright, Johnstone, Mulvey, McElhinney, Parish, Moody, Shaw, Osborne, Cunliffe, Shcirlaw. Wanderers' seniors to play Wakanui; are as follows: —Js'cilson, Anderson, Miners, Craighead, Calver, Harris, Devlin, Gould, Nicholls, Thompson, Parsons, Mulvey; emergency, Judge. Wakanui seniors .to play. Wanderers are as follows:—Wilson, (2), Rcid, Heggy Cavill (3), Murlson,. Brown, Thompson, Petrie, Puttl, Doming. _ • Wakanui juniors to - play Baring. Square B:—Wilson, Doak, Protheroe,' Begg (2), E. Wilson, ■ Buttrick (2), Foster, Johnson, Bonifont (2), H. Wilson, Mcaclem. • Bifle Shooting. .At-the weekly shoot, of the •J&llowby Miniature Rifle Club tho H.otty Button resulted in a tie between B. Broomfield and H. Mitchell, with possibles, and: in a further shoot wastwon 1 by B. Broomfield. The scores were:—B. Broomfield 35,' H. Mitchell 35, T.-Mackay 34, F.. Gre'enall 34, L. Pratley 33, D. Mackay 32, V. Nichbl 32, II." White 32, J. Greonall 31, J.'Keith 31, W. Mackay 30, B. Stoddai-t 30i' ... . Ktigby Football. The Old Boys' Football Club will be represented by the following players in. its matches to-morrow:— Seniors v. Rakaia, at Rakaia; Orr; Knight, David, Stephens, Robilliard (2), Friedlandcr, Scott, Buckingham, Withcll, McGregor, Watkinc, Orchard, Seyb; emergency, Crowe. Juniors v. Mayfield, at Mayfield—Dalton, Bray, Rapley, Boucher, Thompson, C. Pawson, Peterson, Hopwood, F. Pawson, Cooper, Burgess, Penney, March, Mora, Welch; emergencies,. Campbell, Buchan, Upton. Third Grade v. Allenton—Donaldson, Urquhart, Wilkinson, Lloyd, Boucher, Evans, Milli- ' champ, Laing, Todd, Croy, Holland, Nicoll, McEachen, MciMillan, Burgess; emergencies, Anderton, Buttonch, Lewis. f ■ ■ ■ The following will represent the Hampstead Football Club in its matches to-morrow:—Seniors v. Methven: Tait,, Stephens, Satterthwaitc, Bishop, Kennedy, Day, Brophy, Pettcrson, McCormack; . Crowe, , Mulliern,. Manchester, Burgess, Mann, Reid; emergencies,.McLaren, O'Grady, Gourley. Third Grade A v. Allenton B—Mqodie, Holland, Hume, Fagen,: Burgess, Keeley, Flanagan, Watson, Childs, Evans,. Millichamp, Tutty, Boswell, Brown, Cates, Smith, Sutherland. Third Grade B v. Rakaia —Carpendalo, Boswell, Wellman, Todd, Harrison, Cavill,. Etwell, McNally, Mcllraith, Johnston, Garrard, Nelraes, Bettridge (2), Tait, Turner, Knight, Lamb. Fourth-Grade v..High School A—Mcpherson, McNally, Burrows, Keen, Morally, Harrison, Keeley, Burrows, Varcoe, Thomas, O'Connor, McKay,- Tait, Lysaght, Meflservey, Doig. • . .•;.'■' .: Ghsif. ■':■' Several members of the Ashburton Ladies' Golf Club participated in >a ljogey match yesterday for atrophy presented by Mrs J. Smith,, and the game resulted in a tie between Mrs Brodie and. Miss E. Stewart,'who will play off during next week. Chamber of Commerce. The Council of the Ashburton Chamber of Commerce, met this evening, when the president (Mr A. A. McDonald) presided over a good attendance. The District Railway Traffic Manager (Mr H. Chapman); wrote stilting that the matter of bringing Ashburton under a 50 or oo mile radius rate of Christchurch had been submitted to Wellington for' consideration, and a definite reply would be sent at an early date. With reference to the Chamber's advocation of a parcels delivery in Ashburton, the railway business agent for Canterbury (Mr C. Pawson) wrote stating that the whole,system of parcels traffic was under review, and. as any system that might in the meantime be Introduced, at Ashburton was affected by the proposals, it had been decided to let the matter lie in abeyance in the meantime. The Chamber, would be advised as soon as the system to be. adopted was agreed upon. The president'of the Canterbury Industrial Association (Mr E. H. Marriner) advised that he would give an address in Ashburton on July Ist on "The Relation, of the Secondary to the Primary Industries." ■ . Mr A. Raven, chairman of the Retailers' Committee, reported, that the ques-tion-of a universal day for discounts on. accounts had been investigated, and. retailers were of opinion that the idea' was a good one. ' The question, however, was'.one in which the retailers themselves' had a final say. It was suggested that a meeting of' business rneii be called with a view to.arranging a 'universal day on . which discounts would be allowed. . He moved in that direction, and 3lr F., V. • Seldon sec-

Jonded the motion, which, was carried' unanimously. Mr Raven was appointed convener of (he meeting which will bo held at an 1 early 'date. A'lecture by Mr F. W. Hobbs, of Christchureh, was later delivered to business men. Mr Hobbs spoke on problems of the day, taking the subjects of the cost of living, immigration, and currency. The president of the Chamber of Commerce (Mr A. A. McDonald) presided, and at the conclusion a vote of thanks was accorded the speaker. ' Schools' Rugby. The Ashburton ' primary schools' Eugby competitions were continued yesterday in fine weather. The games resulted as follows: First Grade.—Allenton 23 beat Borough 0; Ashburton East 12 beat Tinwald 0. Second Grade. —Borough 8 beat Allenton 3; Ashburton East drew with Tinwald in the second grade match played on Wednesday; Convent drew with Borough after a very close and hard-fought game. RAKAIA. . . The monthly meeting of the Rakaia branch of the Mothers' Union was held in St. Mark's schoolroom yesterday afternoon, the. Rev. J. C. Hawks worth presiding over a good attendance. The speaker for the. afternoon was Mr Hawksworth, who gave an interesting address on "The Mission to Hop-pick-ers." Arrangements were made to hold a short service in St. Mark's Church on Wednesday to celebrate the jubilee of the Mothers' Union. . The Rakaia Ladies' Hockey dub held a very successful and enjoyable social in iSt. Mark's Schoolroom ou ; : Tuesday evening. There was a largo attendance. Music for the dancing was supplied by Misses A. McClurg,. (.'. Shannon,.! 1 . Cornelius, N. McCoy, and 11.. l'enriv. Mr J. Allen was M.C . . There was another large attendance at the -weekly euchre tournament of the Rakaia Football Club. The ladies' prize was won by Miss M. Tntterson and the gentlemen's by Mr J. Tnrton. Consolation prizes were presented to Mrs T. Clark and Mr S. Pluck. A meeting of tho committee of the Rakaia Football Club was held on Tuesday evening, Mr C. Evison presiding. The secretary reported that the recent ball had resulted in a net profit of £l4 6s 6d. ; It was decided to take up a collection at the match on Saturday in aid of the accident fund. It was decided to apply to the Ashburton Sub-Union to have three juniors regraded to third grade. Tho following teams wore selected for tomorrow's matches: —Senior v. Old Boys, at Rakaia: T. Greygoose, T. Hooper, E. Henderson,,-L. Boag, J. O'Reilly, T. Gayler, B. Barclay, A. Watts, S. Hooper, A. Hooper, A. Cany V. Bong, W. Tatterson, A. Mead. D. Cornelius. Emergencies: G. Cornelius. •T. 'LawJer. Third Grade v. Hainn•stead.at Rakaia: 0. Greygoose, -I. O'Reillv, A.Farquhar, A. Pluck, B. Hooper, H. O'Reilly, R. Pye, E. Mead, S. Campbell, A. McCansland, D. Orsbourn, A. Donaldson, J. O'Connor, W. Butler, T. Connolly. Emergencies: N. Breach', J. Craig, W. Shannon. Fourth Grade v. High School B, at Show Grounds: L. Houghton, A. Houghton, A. Kennett. J. Kaan, D. Mead. T. Shannon, If. McNeill, R. Rapley, J. Patrick, J. Lawler, H. B. Breach, S. Pluck, L. .Street, F. Tliomnson, R. Orsbourn. Emergency: J. Holmes. ; STAVELEY. ...At,tho monthly, meeting; of ..tho; Half Committee,' Mr R. Grieve "iVas:T6ted- to the chair, and there were also present: Messrs' J..T. Hooper,.'J. Wolfrcy; : ;;C.C'drnick, and H. Rutherford..- <f Reports on tho futuro financial arrangements were received and approved; It was: decided to hold fortnightly euchre parties in the hall, in aid of the Society's funds. No . assurance of any .definite date for. starting the alterations to the: hall, had been received from the con-, tractor.. i Accounts totalling £ 10 15s 6d were .passed f or-.paymeiit.. ~- . A meeting of the Sta'veley branch; of the Plunket Society was held in the hall on Wednesday afternoon. There was a fair attendance present. The question of forming a separate: branch or affiliating with Mount Somerswas held over until next meeting, , when representatives from Mount Somers will be present. Tho district nurse will also be in attendance at the next meeting. The president (Mrs D. A. Syme). reported that the following new members had joined: Mesdames T. Sutton, G. L. Bufton, L. Hicks, jun., B. Flyim, L. G. McFarlane, W. Wright, hart, W. Grieve, G. McFarlane,, A. Sutton, Allan Smith, A. Robertson, W. Gundv, T. Mutt, G. Goldsmith sen., W. E. Farqubarson, E. Aldridge, .and' Miss Smith. , MOUNT SOMERS. The late Mr Joseph Green, who. died at Ashburton on Monday, was welt known- in the district. Until recently ho ■ had lived for a great many years. •'■ Tuesday was a typical winter's day. A bitter cold southerly wind blew ,all day and rain and sleet showers fell during, the morning. The wind ceased towards evening, and • conditions became more' settled, followed by a hard frost, ten dcg. ;being registered on_ Wednesday morning. Three ■ to four inches "of snow are'reported to be' laying around Lake Herron/ and about two inches at Hakatere. . ■ Shooting oh the miniature rifle on Tuesday-evening, for Messrs Graham, Wilson; and.Smellie's trophy, the best scores wore: R. Hix 32-30, W. McClimont 32, J. Flawyes. 31-30, G. Mor-gan-31, G. Williams 3*o, Hugh Morgan 30, B. Hood. 30-30. A tie has resulted between Messrs G. Bland, J. Gorrie, and G. Morgan, for Mr J. Clinch's phy. Tho Club has received two Loewe pipes as trophies, from F. Pet«r. At a meeting of the committee, the proposed agreement with the Domain Board, regarding tenancy of range, was discussed, and it-was-, finally agreed to. submit the whole question to a general meeting of members on Saturday. ". A band of willing workers attended Wednesday's "working-bee" at the Anglican Church grounds, and as a result of the combined labours of ladies and men the interior of the church has been renovated, while the pathways and grounds also present a neat and wellkept appearance. Refreshments, were provided. by the ladies, in the parishroom. The"ladies ,have decided to hold a jumble sale, and paddy's market in the Library on Saturday, July 3rd,, for the purpose .of augmenting church funds. A dance will be held in the memorial hall.during, the' evening. A meeting of householders was held jin tho school-room on.Wednesday evening to discuss the question of issuing a couvenir booklet to mark the jubilee of: the school. Mr C. R. Williams presided over a fair attendance; including a number of ladies. A temporary bal-ance-sheet .was.submitted of the recent jubilee function, which showed receipts £37 14s .od, expenditure £.15 4s Od, credit balance £22 10s. Mr Jones, who, has given much time in obtaining information regarding the publication of a booklet, submitted specimen copies,' together wth quotations;. After dub Consideration, it . was decided .■ to -..endorse the committee's recommendation, that a souvenir booklet be published. Compiled in the booklet will be a history of the school and district as published in The'. Pkjsss and biographical notes, programme and- report of the recent

jubilee, together with jubilee photos, and photos of old ex-pupils, committeemen, and teachers. A sub-committee consisting, of Mrs P. H. Jones, Messrs K. iW. Todd, and P. 11. Jones, was appointed to compile the booklet.' • METHVEN. The following players have, been selected to represent the Mcthven Ladies' Hockey Club in their matches to he phi} - - cd-on Saturday:—Junior A v. Eakaia, at-Methveu—M.'Duff, I, McLcnnau, I. Watson, S. Newman,.D. Ireland, A. Jes-; sep, D. Williams, M. Daltpn. (capt.), I. Dalton, M. Crooks, J. Burrows. Emergency: M. Cranfield. Junior B v. Eakaia, Grieve, A. Anderson, N. Duff,'M. Owen, E. Newman', C - Burrows','. A. Legg'ett, G. Owen, o:']Watson, E.'-Watldington. Euiergeneies:.•E.':M..'Cleev'ei J. Miller.' •The usual' fortnightly meetiiig~of' the - Loyal Mcthven..Lodge, M.U., 1.0.0.P., Mas held oh Wednesday evening.: This being Past Grand's night, P.O. Bro. W. G. Johiiston presided,' and there was

, an exceptionally large attendance of • members. A motion of'sympathy was • passed to Bro. P.- A, Goodwin, Lau- , rifton, in his'..reeent-bereavement. Ae- • counts passed for payment amounted to , £l. The.-question of ,:visiting . sick members-, was discussed, .arid two ntem- ' hers were appointed'to undertake this work. Oiic; new* candidate for member-: . ship was "proposed.- The' next, liodga > night will bo held-on Juno 30th, and is . •" Grumbler's.Night.",, The. secretary of the committee reported that arrangei meats wore well in hand fpr the Annual ," Ballto be held, next : week. • ROKEBY. The' fortnightly euehre tournament i. of the Rokeby Seliopl Committee was j held in the sphppl on Tuesday evening, j when ther<3 was a ..large [attendance. The ladies' prize was won by Miss, Y, ; ■ Jiunwes, and the gentlemen's by Mr ]/. .Goulds.- Consolation pri7.es awarded, to Mrs Bouuldson and'Mr \\\ Oakley. After supper a dance was ; held. Musfc was supplied/by Mojs-

dames DonaMson JicGcorge and H°9P^'>l^M^K O'Reilly and .S. , Hooper was M.C. J 4 ■Jv^M^^Bm.