MID-CANTERBURY

Press, Volume XLIV, Issue 19400, 28 August 1928, Page 4

MID-CANTERBURY

ASHBURTON. ACCIDENT. An unfortunate accident bef el Mr A. H. Todd at the Theatre Royal on Sunday evening. He was standing.on a ladder assisting with the preparation of the hall for. the. Competitions Society's festival when he overbalanced and fell, dislocating ; his left shoulder and breaking the upper part of his left arm.' He was admitted' to tjie County Hospital.; While assisting, in the preparation's for. the Competitions two years ago, Mr Todd a' painful injury' through an electric light bulb falling and. striking one" of his: eyes. He was also the victim lof an accident at-the Labour Day gala two years ago vrhen he was incapacitated for some months. ... . . Ladles' Golf. The third round of the eclectic match Will be played to-day. . The, draw is as follows:—Senior: Miss J. Dunlop with Mrs E. Nicoll, Mrs C. M.'Pinfold with Mrs-J. B; Nicoll, Mrs Kennedy with Mrs Smith, Mrs F. M. Brodie with Mrs G. J: S. Fisher. Junior: Mrs Sid. Thomas with Mrs Trevor Thomas, Miss M. Hunter with Mrs W. Lane, Mrs H. J. Fraser with Mrs F. W, Seldon, Miss H. Hunter with Mrs E. H. Orr, Mrs J. Lane with Mrs F. W. Watt, Miss. E. Brown with Mrs W. Thomas, Miss E. Cuff with Miss L. Wat.t, Mrs L. J. Watt with Miss.W. Dickinson.

Borough Council. The Ashburton Borough Council inct last evoning. Present: The Deputy-Mayor (Mr W. H. Woods), and Cra. W. H. Bundle, P. W. Seldon, J. Thompson, J. MoElhinney, W. H. Robinson, R. A. Collins, K. Kerr, arid J. F. E. Smallbone. .'• The chairman reported the amounts received since the previous mctieng totalled £S6S 8s 3d. - ■' It'was decided to support the Local Daylight Saving Bill, the chairm'an stating that such action would not in anyway bind the Council. ■ _ ' A circular was received from the Department of Internal' Affairs dealing with_ expenditure incurred by local authorities in connexion with jubilee celebrations. The circular stated that in some , .cases the local authority concerned had made application to «the. Government for authority to' expend money o» such in other cases no ■ such prior application had been made,- but a subsequent application had been made for validating legislation so as to cover the expenditure incurred. It Svaa desired "that any future, expenditure on purposes such as this should first be considered' by the Government,'and wherever possible arrangements should be made to meet the expenditure or portion thereof out cf the unauthorised expenditure account.. The Council was asked to supply the following' information:—(a) The nature of the proposed celebrations; (b) the amount which the Council desired authority to: expend; (c) the total amount, of the Council's unauthorised expenditure for the financial j'ear then current; (d) details showing what amounts have then been expended or are proposed to be .expended out of unauthorised expenditure. The letter was referred to the Council's Jubiloe ' Celebration ; Committee. A letter from the Mosgiel Borough Council with reference to hospital levies was received. In "connexion with the proposed new Ashburton traffic bridge, the county clerk wrote stating that as the impression prevailed that the Borough Council's proportion of the co3t of the present bridge was 14 per cent., be had been directed to inform the Council that the allocation of the cost of the present bridge was as followB:—Cost of bridge, • i' 9343' Is 8d; Government grant, £7000; the remaining a'mount £2343 Is Sd being found ' bv the Borough and County Councils in sums of £7OO and £16431f18d respectively. As the Borough Council had made its estimate of 22.33. per ■ cent, of the cost of the proposed new bridge in the belief that the contribution to the present, bridge was only ; 14 per cent., the Council Council , felt assured that its request for a contribution of- 28.33 for the new bridge would now .be agreed to.' • After a short discussion tlio matter was referred to the'special committee set up by the Council recently to confer with the County Council. <■ The Post and Telegraph Department solicited the assistance of the Council in :■ tun matter of ensuring that drainlayers and others obtaining permits have specially brought' under their notice the necessity for examining the Department's cabling and | (/uct plans before commencing any work v/hich might interfere with the underground J telephone system. Several cases of serious damage had come under the notice of the Denartmeat. The matter was left in the hands oi the Town Clerk Tbp inspector* (Mr .T. R. "Richardson) reported that recently "he assisted the police with a speed trap on East street, and- ten motorists would appear before the Court. Ho also reported that he had issued 12 motordrivers' licenses, which brought the total for' the new year to 706. The inspector,, was given authority to prosecute two cyclists for riding along" the footpath. Cr. Richardson that a. local business man mada application for *' motor

drivers' license, which was refused until he had gone through a tost. In the meantime the man went into the country to work, and was issued a license by the county inspector. It was decided to draw the attention of the county cleric to the matter. <'■ Reference to the removal of the trees from Baring square West' by tho War Memorial Committee was made by Cr. J. Thompson, who moved that the Council should express its disapproval. He had not met one person, ho said, who had approved the destruction. Or. Woods said a prbtest now would bo useless, because the work had been carried out. In any case some time ago the Council had handed oyer the laying out of the Square to the Memorial Committee. The motion was not seconded, and lapsed'. Mr Colcer wrote informing the Council that some!trees j n tho Domain at the back of his property were. growing at such a rate that in a few years he would not bo able to see the sun at all. He would be pleased if the Council would top the trees. ■ . The matter was referred to .the chairman of the Domain. Committee. • Rugby Union. At tho weekly meeting of the Management Committee of tha Ashburton Eugby Union, held last night, there were present: Messrs., F. .Prilchard (in the chair), J. .0.; 0. McSachlan, -B. H. Loy,..H-- Sutherland, and. H. Sarney'. ■- ' ' In reply to the tJnjori'slqffert'6 play EUos : . more. Sub-Union on September lSfcbj; the'Ut- ' ter telegraphed that this, . date wsb i unsuitable, as it. had mado other It'was resolved to reply, thai if Ellesmerfl could not play on tha 14th the game would htfve to be cancelled.- >' ■ '•'■' The Methven Football Club intimated ithat they were obliged to . default. their senior match against Hinds last Saturday as a j?rotoßt to the Union in requesting them to play at Hinds. ■ ' • . ' It was decided that tho Methvon Club, be written to, stating that the action of the Draw Committee was approved by the Union, the latter-took strong exception to, their default as a means of protest. Mr R. H. Loy wished his vote recorded against the motion. • •' ■ ; Permission was granted the Hampsteatt Club to play a return third grade match against Western Pirates at Oamaru on Sep: itemberlst, andalso tho Kakaia' third grade | tcamtocompetein'theGeraldine seven-a'side tournament. _ . _ . . . ' The North Otago Eugby Union advised that its representative team would arrive in Ashburton on Saturday, for the match with Ashburton, and asked the Union to submit the. names of referees who were eligible to control the game. . ' „ . ' .' Messrs C. Day, S.. Christie, and Cromie were nominated as referees. It was agreed to invite members of the Timaru Savage Club to. the match as guests -of .the Union. , ..." The following have been selected for the junior trial match, on September. Bth:-r-_ A Team —A. Lamb (Springburn), L.Beauvais' (Mayfield), R. Beckley (Springburn), W. Pagan (Mayfield}, E. Millichamp,.-, captain (Old Boys), K. Nicoll (Old Boys), BurI gess (Old Boys), Guthrie (Mayfield), *K. I Ellery (Mayfield). Boucher (Springburn), N. 1 Murdoch (Mayfield), 0.: Sloper (Springburn), |CWelsh' (Old Boys), C. Dalton (Old Boys), G. Murdoch (Mayfield). • ~, .B Team —J. Olds (Allenton), Cameron .(Allenton),Kobilliard, captain (Old Boys), Treneman (Old •■ Boys), Monk (Springburn), H.-: Anderson ■- (Mayfield),-,-W. ► Johns-,- (Allenton), P. McLauchlan. (Old Boys),, Marsden (Hinds),. Winchester (Mayflold), Hopwood (Old Boys), Fox (Allenton), Hawkes (Hinds), Ohilds (Hampstead),Lysaght (Allenton). Reserves —-Argyle - (Allenton), D. McKay (Wakanui), I. Anderson (Mayfield),. Fifield (Hampstead). ■ The senior ; representative team to play North Otago on Saturday is as follows: — Full-back, Russell;" three-quarters, E. Clark, B. Brown, G. Cartwright; five-eighths, G. Day (captain), J. Todd; half-back,' F. Kennedy; forwards, G. Dalton (wing),' D. Smith, W. Rapley, A. o: Whiting, J. Mulhern, 0. Pawson S. Peunal, N.' Hood. Emergencies: Backs, 0. Friedlander. Davison, R. Tait; forwards. J. Farr, E. Burgess, J. Mc-. Lanchlan. • .

DROMORE. The monthly meeting of the School Committee was held on Saturday. Pre-, sent: Messrs A. Copland; 0. L. Pauling,. W. Harris, and W.. Mclntyre. The. resig nation of Mr G. C. Field was received and. accepted. Mr F. Ward was ap-, pointed, to fill the. vacancy, .and also appointed as chairman of the. committee. A letter was received from the Education Board, advising that the Department had approved of the installation of-electric light in the school and residence. The resignation of Miss E. A. Thompson as teacher was accepted with regret. \ - . - MOUNT SOMERS. The second shoot for Messrs Graham, Wilson, and Smellie's trophy was fired on' the Mt. Somers Miniature Bifle Club's range on Saturday night. L. Hood, C. Gluyas, G. A. Bland, F.\W. Gifkins, and J. Gorric topped the score with 76 each. G. Smith, W. Morgan, and H. Hood topped the junior score with .70 each. Sharp frosts were experienced at .the week-end, and although fine, conditions were chilly, and the weather gives every prospect of a further change. • / Motorists will appreciate the erection of sign-posts, by , the C.A:A., at the railway station corner, directing the Ashburton Gorge and Timaru routes. Mr and Mrs V. Jeiison (Sumner) are spending holidays at Mt. Somers as* the guests of Mrs S. Hood. Miss N. M. Wood returned to Orari on Sunday.' Mrs C. Wyse (Sydenham) is'visiting her sister* Mrs G. T. Smith. Mrs W. D. Johnston (Hawke's Bay),-/.was;the guest of Mrs J. Hood ("Ho'mwood") during the week-end. . _'

METHVEN;''" Since the storm ; of Friday,: last the weather has been more days of bright sunshine/following sharps frostt on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Miss Betty Sutton (Opawa) iB the guest of Mrs C. H. Ireland, Methven. Miss Eetelle Doherty (Christchurch.) is the guest of Mrs : W. Morgan, "The Towers." " .';■". ''■ . The Methven Football Club held its annual ball on; Friday. Music was .supplied by Petrie's "orchestra, while extras were played by Mrs Alex. Lawrence, Misses Betty Sutton (Opawa) and B. Beary. Messrs L. Dalton and Alex. Lawrence were M.C.'s. SEAFIELD. On Saturday night a 6hoot waß held for a trophy given by_- Mr J. Bruce (Christchurch). The winner was Rfilpji* Martin, L. Scott being second. ' I