MID-CANTERBURY

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19611, 6 May 1929, Page 6

MID-CANTERBURY

# • ASHBURTON. PERSONAL. T%o Be v. F. A. Crawshaw, of Palmerston North, formerly of Hinds, preached at the Baptist Church yesterday. Mr W. Berry, of the Presbyterian Home Mission staff, preached to the St. Aadnw'i congregation yesterday mornlag, giving a graphic description of the miaaioa wt>rk »n the backhloeks of Xew Zealand. Mr F. B. KobilJiard has been appointed the Aihburtou Trotting Club's delegate to the New Zealand Trotting Con ioroneo. to bo held in Wellington, on July 9th. County Election*. Chief interest at the County flections inn Wodneaday wilt be taken in the poll en tho Ashhurton Power Board's proposal to raise a loan of £85,000 for thy eoaatructiou and completion of electrical works, a.Hauies to consumers and trading In electrical appliance*. Tinproposal i» t«> raise the money at a rate. «f interest not exceeding 5* per cent, for a t«rm not exceeding 3** years, giving a* security a special rate of 1-oM ia the *, on all rateable property hi the Board'! dint rid..

In April last year, a poll was take" •n a proposal to borrow £!>O,OW), and th.li wu rejected by the narrow margin of about 0.1 v'otrx, a rem.nrka.ble feature, being that the loan was carried on the vott) of the County ratepayers, but rejected by those in tho Borough. Booths will be situated in various parts of the County as will as the Borough and AlUntoD, and they will be open iron 9 a.m. to <* p.m. AH the sitting member* of the Power Board representing the County have been re-nominated in addition to Mr B. J. Mulligan, of l.iamore, and an •lection is necessary for the displacement of <»"»• nomine*. Aa the County representatives for the Ashburton Hospital Hoard and Lyttelton Harbour Hoard do not exceed the number required, there will bo no election in these eaten-

For seats on the Ashburton County Council, however, an election is neeessary for only one riding, that of Mt. Hutt, The sitting members, Messrs J. Cars (who la chairman of the Council) and H, E, Jessep are offering thamselves for re-flection and in addition thert have also boon nominated M. Mrs G. A. J*ranks and James Campbell. Only two are required. r\>r thii i»»ue only ratepayers In the Mt. Hutt Riding are eligible to vote. Fanners' Excursion. AbOßt 90 Ashburton farmers have booked seats for the Canterbury farmart' oxeursion to Marlborough and N«l----fon. Pormer instructions received by the local railway Looking office were that 40 scats were available for Ashburton farmers, but another 30 have ainoe been allotted. The excursion train will leave Chrut«hureh at f.flft am. to-morrow morning, which nutans that all loeal farmers will have to stay in Christchureh overnight. Th« itirwtrary, which has boon laid out ■o as to give the visitors a good insight into all class** of farm work in Marlborough and Nelson, extends ever eight liars, the emersion train arriving buck in ChrUtchuroh about 11 P-m. on Tuesday, May 1-ttb-Pack Shooting. Conditions since the opening of the duck shooting season have not bco« favourable and consequently there have »ot been many birds bagged. Lakos t'learwator, Camp, "aud Emma were vlsittd by tl»« Ashburton Acclimatisation Society '* ranger during the last week, and he states that a party of sight guns from Timaru and Christohurca were out, but did not do much «,od. The season opening in the middle Of th« week, no doubt, slopped a number of local tports from going afttr the game, There has been a pleasing absence of poashing this year, and tft§ birds are still within easy reach. Tanojr 9mm JHueo. Th# St. ittpheii's Girls' WW* Clans l«ld a fasoy drew dance i» thosehool•ooa» «» latnrday, with the object tc falsing monoy. Them was a good attena- .»<>• of young folk a»d mwio was applied by Bible Class members.

■ JCttnldpal The recount in connexion with the election of Borough Councillors was completed on Saturday by the Returning Offlcer (Mr W. Patterson), and docs not reveal any alteration in the personnel of the new Council as formerly announced. There is alteration, however, to the totals in several cases, and Mr F. J. E. Smallbone is placed second on the list, instead of fourth. W. H. Bundle .. .. 1213 F. J. E. Smallbone .. .. 1153 E. H. Orr . . . . 1151 F. W. Seldon .. .. IHO R. A. Collins .. ..1113 ! K. Kerr .. ..1103 I \V. 11. Robinson .. .. 1053 J. Watson .. .. 1044 I F. Z. D. Ferriman .. ..974 i J. H. Thompson .. ..893 ) J. MeEihinnev .. •• S3O (Elected.) ! A. L. Jones .. ■ • " ,5^ If. D. Johnston .. • • "56 T. S. J. Doheftv .. . • 718 A. Wilkie .. , • 622 Informal . . • • 4 ' British Sailor*' Society.

i There was a large gathering at _ Cue i meeting of the British Sailors' Society | held on Friday afternoon, when the I president, Mrs H. Galbraith, presided. I The function took the form of a social, : when an opportunitv was taken to i'aroi well Mrs C. O. M. Boyee. who has been '' treasurer for a period and is leaving to ' reside in Christehurch. The Mayor (Mr 1 R. Calbraith), on behalf of the presi- , dent and members, presented Mra Boyee with a token of their regard for her, ! voicing their regret at her departure. | He also paid .1 tribute to tho manner in which she had assisted the Society. Mra Hovee was greeted with musical houours and returned thanks. A programme wis arranged by Mr L. Elliott, the following contributing:—Pianoforte solos, Miss Audrev Ruddock, Mr Elliott; songs, i Mesdames Chambers and W. Thomas; musieal monologue, Miss Galbraith. Social. Another of a series of fortnightly socials conducted by the Hampstead Football Club was held on .Saturday evening, when there was a good attendance. The music was supplied by Mrs 11. J. Chapman '» Orchestra. Transport Board. Criticism at the personnel of the recently-constituted Transport Board was made by the chairman of the Ashburton County Council (Mr J. Cmrrl at the meeting on Friday. He said that they had a Board which was not representative of the essential interests. There were five representatives of motorists and only one of County Councils. They had forwarded a protest to Mr D. Jones, M.P., and to the Counties' Association, and they were now awaiting a reply from the latter to see what aetion it wai intended to take in an endeavour to get greater representation of County Councils on the Board. Permanent Roading Scheme. Soma finality waa reached by the Anhburton County Council yesterday with regard to the construction of a permanent road for the 25 miles from Raknia to Hinds. District Highways Council No. lo wrote stating.that tho Main Highway* Board had approved of the scheme tQ have the main road through the Ashburton County from Rakaia to Hinds at a eott of about £IOO,OOO, and it wa* prepared to recommend that Ashburton be given advantage of any increase in subsidy rnad« to lpcal bodies during the next two years. It waa also prepared to advance the Ashburton Council's proportion of the cost to ft maximum period of ten year* at SJ per cent, interest. The Tinwald Town Board advised J that, although it would like to see its j portion of the highway paved, the finan.* cial burden would be too great. Tho Board'* rate income was £SOO per annum, and the paving scheme would increase its expenditure by nearly £3OO per year. Then it had to find its portion of the cost of the new traflle bridge, £450, out of its income. To meet those payments it would have to raise its rates by over 7"> per cent., which was impossible. The chairman said that Tinwald was going to get mora benefit from the bridge than tha County Council. He suggested that the letter be referred to th« Highways Board and that the Council give all the help possible. The clerk said that the new paving scheme would cost the Tinwald Board £Bfo po* year. Mr Lill *aid that under the psesent system Tinwald was contributing *t*o per year. The chairman'• suggestion was adopted. The chairman said that the Council had based its estimations on obtaining the loan of the money from the Board at 8 per cent., but they were now asked to pay 3} per cent. This would increase the eoat by £IOOO. Mr Gallagher *aid that actually the Couneil would bo borrowing its own money from tho Board, which was asking it to pay a quarter per cent, moro than money could be borrowed outside. Recommendations upon the class of paving to be adoptod were made by the engineer (Mr Fooks), who stated that he wa* in favour of a bitumen road at a eoat of £3500 per mile. Mr J. Moore said that their roading scheme required a great deal of careful consideration. He predicted that in five years' time, with paved roads from Christchurcb to Dunedin, all their goods, including cartage of produce and sheep, would bo by road to tho detriment of the railways. Tho chairman stated that they must advance and be progressive, although the railways must suffer, but it '7as necessary Stat the users of the roads should pay tho cost and not the ratepayerg, most of whom did not use tho main road a great deal. It was reooffnis«d that the bitumen road was the worst type to salvage. Mr Moore said he wondered whether it would be the right elass of road to •ult the amount of traffic it would be required to carry in ten years' time.

Mr W. T. Lill said he would like to see a portion of the Mayfield, Hinds, Methven, and Kakaia townships in eluded in the permanent road scheme. He moved that they adopt the recom- | mendation of the engineer for a I bituminous concert© road at a cost of £3500 per mile, to be let in one or two block* of IS toilet each, the time limit for completion to be two years. Mr A. Horsey seconded the motion, stating that the highways funds were dwindling, and If the Council did not take advantage of the offer now it might not havo the opportunity later. Mr J. Bruce said that the work was most necessary to meet present-day conditions. The clerk stated that the total cost for the new traffic bridge and the road paving would be about 5s 2}d per head per annum for ten years for everv £IOOO of valuation. The motion was carried, and it was

agreed to negotiate for the money at 5 per cent, and to ask for the Highways Board '■ opinion on the question of who was to call tenders and supervise the work. Musical Olub. The Ashburton Musical Club held an evening on Saturday, when the President, Miss G. Galbraith, presided over an attendance of about 50 members. An interesting address was given by Mr Watts, his subject being "The Origin and Development of Music of the Pre-Christian Bra." The following musical programme was presented:—-Or-chestral selections, "Arsinoe"; song (Schubert), Mrs A. T. Smith; violin solo (Beethoven); "Sonata," Miss Staples; song "Bells of Bole," Mrs J. Scales; pianoforte duet; "Hungarian Rhapsody," Mrs Williams and Miss Lewis; songs (a) "Serenade," Madame Boscoe, (b) " Schubert '• Serenade " with obligate, Mr J. W. Wood; vocal trio, ''The Little Sandman," and "Hieland I*4*V' MMdaaM Dt A. Lawton, H. •

Naylor, and A. T. Smith; aonga, "One Fine Day," and "I am longing for the Spring," Mrs C. Parsons; pianoforte solo, "L'Aloette," Miss A. Madden; orchestra selection, "Rodan." the conductor, Mr J. W. Wood. The Mayor, Mr E. Galbraith, thanked the hostesses (Mesdames B. Tucker and F. Watts) and also Mr Watts for his address. Golf. A medal match, in conjunction with the first round for the Christie and Bonuington trophies, was played by the \sliburton Golf Club on Saturday. The match was won by D. X. Christie, with a net score of OS. Best cards:— D. N. Christie ..76 3 68 J. Sinclair .-88 16 72 C. O. Pratt .. 82 8 <l J. T. Smith ..81 6 io E. Brophy •■ I°° ?* i« A. B. Lane .. « lb «T C. A. Cuff ■• « 14 ,0 C. >T. Thomson ..90 11 >v D. A. Lawson • ■ IJ7 2> <9 C. Bonnington .. «- J- °" 8. Thomas •■ J4 H SO W. Thomas • ■ 0- ;- |J C. B. Gass •• l° s 2S 8U

Rugby Football. There was a fairly goed attendance of RuVby emhuHMt. at the Show Crowds on Saturday afternoon, when toe. principal match played was that in the senior grade between AUcnton and Old Boys. . resuMng m a win for the latter by 25 points to 0. OLD BOYS (25) v. ALLJSNTOJ? (0). Old Boy* set the game in motion and invaded the territory of AUenton, endeavouring to register a score, but mishandling on the part of their backs and strong tackling by the AUenton pack prevented theni from penetrating The Illuu forwards, showing good combination, gradually drove play to the opposite end of the field, where K. McCormiek and I'ennal made unsuccessful attempts at the posts. AUenton held the game under control for a time but lacked stability, and Old Boys gradually brought play to within striking distance. Although tprced hard to defend, the Blues found several weak points in the back rank of the opposition, and pierced the attack on numerous occasions. Flannagan and White kept their side out of danger on several instances with effective lino kicking. From a scrum about twenty yards from the AUenton line, Old Boys hooked the ball, which went out to Clark and Bobilliard. The latter made a good dash, but was hauled out by McCormick within a few yards of his goal. Old Boys kept up the pressure, their backs getting possession, and letting out to Davis on tha other wing. He was on the point of opening the scoring account but was prevented from depositing the ball by Eeveral ol the opposing forwards. McCormick kicked the leather into the dead area. Old Boys were kept on the defensive for some time, but eventually worked their way to midfleld. Davis {Old Boys) got possession and made a splendid run for the corner. After outpacing several of the Allejton team he got over to score. Jordan converted with »n equally fine kick. Old Boys 5, AUenton ml The Blacks connected again a few minutes later, when the strenuous method in which Allenton was playing began to tell. Clark peered near tho posts, but Lane failed with the kick. Old Boys 8, AUenton 0. A penalty kick relieved the Blues when Davis was instrumental in carrying the ball to the line. Old Boys kept the game to advantage for tha remainder of the period to half time, with the exception of one occasion, when Houston and Cartwright got away up-field, but their effort was stopped by Jordan and Clark. On tl -t resumption of play, AUenton attacked for a short spetl, but Old Boys put njore vigour into their effort and turned the defence into Attack. Davis relieved the ten. sion by marking. K. McCormick attempted to open AUenton's scor.ng account from s penalty but the ball went wide. Old Boys forwards again livened, and forced AUenton to retreat to a position within a short distance of the goal. The backs handled nieely, hut failed in their first movement, A better opportunity came later, however, when the full line handled and Davis scored near the corner. Jordan did not convert. Old Boys 11 AUenton 0. Setting up a strong attack, AUenton earned the hall downfield and a score seemed likely, but Oiark (Old Boys) was too fast for Caters in a race to touch down, and a fore ereeulted. The Blacks carried the struggle back to within striking distance, where they were awarded a penalty, Jordan increasing their score to It points, Clark and Pavis broke away at a Inter stage, but McCormick tacked the latter successfully, sending him o«» near * ne corner. A war* brought temporary relief to AUenton. Todd (Old Boys) marked in a handy position, but the ball went wide of the posts. Old Boys continued to attack, and AUenton were sorely pressed to defend. Davis was collared within an ace of scoring, but Todd was handy and took tho paBS to score a try near the corner. Jordan failed with the kick. Bobilliard followed up with another score when play resumed. Old Boys 20 AUenton 0 From a melee In front of the goal a few minutes later, Frjedlander dived across and Lane converted. Old Boys 2d, AUenton 0. Both teams made play willing, but no further score was registered before time. Mr A, H Guiney w«s referee. Rakaia. playing on its home grounds, was defeated by Methven by 10 points to a The rame resolved itself into a forward struggle between two good packs, with occasion*! flushes of back play. Hethven's score was made up of two converted tries, J, P°'a» "coring twice and D. McDonald converting. Two tries, one convened, comprised teakala's total, Carr and Dunßtan being the scorers, while Cornelius converted. M* *■ C. Croatia was referee. After a good, fast game, £•*«*••**•,: feated Hinds by 13 points to 0. *»•>»»* atead backs, on the whole, were and executed some very pretty »»««"»*».• The forwards were good In the «°W. • n " gained the hall from the majority e! *W*The Hinds forward* worked,,™'l » n * h j«. the advantage !n the tight For the winner. S Alexander scored two tries and k. *»> nui one, the latter converting two.

JUNIOR GRADB.

Playing at tho Show Greun«>. AUenton and Hanvnstead drew with three points each. For the former Evans wore* «a wwswi' od try, while Burgess scoretl Hampsteaa b Po Kakai» defeated Hinds by 28 point* to nil at th* Show Ground*. Springburn, playing, »* Methven, ««*«»• ed tho home team by 10 Po»» ts *° 8 -. Fo J tho wbipers Beckley potted a «Ml, and Young and Monks seored triet, while Dolaß and Scoon scored for Methven.

THIRD GRADE. AHenton 6. Hampstead 3; High School 11, Technical Old Boys 11; Rakaia 3, Old Boys 0. FOURTH GRADE. Hampstead 28, High Ethool B 6; High School A 33. Technical A IS. Woman's Hockey. The weather was fine on Saturday afternoon for the commencement of the Ashburton Women's Hockey Association's competitions. The playing fields were in good order, and some Tory interesting games were played. The results were:— SENIORS. Methven met Tinwald on the latter'a (round, and after a very interesting game, the result was a draw, three goals being scored by each side. Miss B, Milliehamn (2) and Miss M. Forsyth.

Playing at Rakaia, the home team defest•d High School by 3 goals to 3. JUNIOR GRADE A. Baring Square A 5 defeated Old Girl* 1. Playint at Ashburton, Hinds A defeated High School B by 12 coals to 1. JUNIOR GRADE B. Mt. Somers met Rakaia at Ashburton and iwon by 2 goals to nil. Playing at Lauriston, Old Girls A defeated the home team by 3 goals to 1. Owing to Methven being withdrawn from the competition the Junior Grade B draw has been amended as follows:—May 11th: High School A v. Rakaia, at Rakaia; Old Girls A v. Hinds B. at Ashburton; Lauriston v Mt. Somers. at Mt. Somers. May 18th: High School A t. Old Girls A at Ashburton; Hinds B t. Mt. Somers, at Hinds: Lauriston v. Rakaia. at Lauriston. May 25th: High School A t. Mt. Somerss, at Mt. Somers: Old Girls A v Rakai*. at Rakaia; Hind* B t. Lauriston. at Lauriston. June Ist: High School A v. Lauriston. at Ashbnrton; Old Girls A t. Mt. Somers. at Ashburton; Rakaia v. Hinds B. at Tinwald. Basketball. The Ashburton Basketball Association's competitions were continued on Saturday on good grounds. The results were as follows : SENIORS. Technical Old Girls A 6, St. Stephens 1: High School 9. Technical 6; Technical Old Girls B 9. St. Andrew"s 8. JUNIORS. St. Andrew's 12, High School B 6; Technical B 13, High School A 4; Hindi 4, Convent 4. Ashburton Hunt. The first hunt in connexion with the Ashburton branch of the Christchurch Hunt was held at the Fairton School on Saturday. The attendance exceeded al] expectations, there being over 30 members and as many cars and giga. Those mounted were: ActingMaster A. N. Grigg on Chief Justice, Huntsman J. Selby on Monaway, Whip M. Edwards on Nurse. Misa Jackson on Sealegs, Miss J Rawnsley on Dolly, Miss K. Lemon on Chum, Miss A. Lemon on Elfin, Miss B. Ferriman on Patch, Miss K. Eawnsley on Monk, Mr A. J. NicoLl en Moonraker, Mr J. Cochraaa on Lumps, Mr J. C. Guinness

oa Dnd»nell», Mr L. J. Fechney oa Master Garland, Mr P. Duncan on Higicourt 11., Mr E. Roberta on Kempton, Mr R. A. Shallcrass on Waiting Maid, Mr F. Pratt on Mataipuke, Mr A. Pratt on Diamond Jack, Mr L. Pratt on Clayton, Mr H. Pratt en Scion, Mr R. Ferrirnan on Tommy, Mr VT. Z. D. Ferrirnan on Beau Ideal, Mr Todd on Stargazer, Mr J. Roberts on Toby, Mr W. Lemon on Joe, Mr T. Lemon on Nigger, Mr B. Pritchard on Nobby, Mi R. Campbell oa Sandy Mac, Mr J. Wilaon on Kanette. In cara were: Mr R. Tucker and party, Mr A. Bray and party, Mr E. C. Rawnaley and party, Mrs A. A. Mac Donald, Mr L. Maginess and party, Mr J. Scales and party, Mrs J. Grigg and party, Mrs A. M. Grigs and party, Mrs Roberts, Mrs R. E. Shallcrass and party, Mrs A. J Kicoll and party, Mrs H. Stringtellow, Mr J. T. Thoaiaa and party, Mist I Jaina and party, Mr T. Drisnan and party, Mr J. Wall and party, Mr Sullivan and party, Mr T. Corbett and party, Misa Lemon and party, Mrs W. Z D Ferrirnan and party, Mrs Kerr and party, Mrs J. C. Guineas and party. In gigs were: Mr H. Moore and family, Mrs Lemon, Mr P. Lysaght, and others. Moving north along the road from the Fairton School, the public eaw the first jump into Mr E. C. Roberts's paddock, where the hounds picked up the scent, puss running fast in a westerly direction over a wire fence, which proved disastrous to two horsemen. After jumping two fences the hounds checked through the scent being bad. A road double was negotiated into Mr Andersen's paddeck, where the scent was again foiled, the hounds going in a northerly direction back into Mr Roberts's property. Owing to bad scent caused by the hot day the hounds again checked. However, the scent was once more picked up in the same paddock, puss making in a westerly direction serosa Mr Anderson's piopertv and into Mr R. Campbell's. The scent was again lost, giving the cars a chance to catch up. Puss was sighted, and after a strenuous ten minutes' run' was killed in front of all tha spectators.

MAYFIELD. The annual meeting of the Mayfield branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union was held in the Band Hall last week, the president, Mr It. Oakley, presiding over a fair attendance. Correspondence was received from the Agricultural Department outlining the proposal to form Boys' and Giris agricultural clubs in the Ashburtou County. it was deoided to hold the matter over until next meeting. The secretary of the MidTCanterbury Executive wrote advising that arrangements had been made with notable men to gn e lectures in the country districts on subjects pertaining to farming. It was decided that arrangements be made at next meeting for a lecture to be yuen in Mayfield. The annual report stated that the Union had had another successful year. The year from the farmers' point of view had been satisfactory, although the wool and lamb had shown a slight falling-otf in price, but this was counterbalanced by the abundance of feed, a good harvest, and a moat satisfactory lambing. The topdressing experiments conducted by the Agricultural Department were proving of interest as to the value of top-dress-ing in this part of the country. The Union's trading scheme had been availed of to a much larger extent during the year by members. The bal-ance-sheet showed the Union to be in a good financial position- Tha following officers were elected for the ensuing year; — President, Mr J. Moore; vice-president, Mr D. R. Howden ; hon. secretary, Mr J. S. McLauchlnn; treasurer, Mr J. A Fleming; hon. auditor, Mr A. H. Guiney; delegates to the Mid-Canterbury Executive, president, past-president, vice-president, and secretary. It was decided that the Union protest against the proposal of the Education Department to form Junior High Schools, /t was argued that such v scheme would make it necessary for children living in rural districts to be boarded near the school, which would cause expense to the parents as well as hardship on the children living away from home at a tender age.

MOUNT SOMERS. Apart from the heavy rainfall at the close of the month, April was an exceptionally dry and mild month. These conditions were much appreciated by the farming community, as farmers were enabled to make good headway with their grain carting, besides which there was a splendid growth of autumn feed, and stock generally is in capital fettle to withstand the approaching winter storms. Rain fell on 11 days dqring the month, totalling 334 points, as against 465 points for the same period last year. A maximum fall of 141 points was recorded on the 28th. The present year's rainfall which, to date, is the lowest recorded during the past 10 totals 10.16 inches, compared with 12.93 inches for the corresponding period last year. Frosts were registered on 13 mornings, with a maximum of 7 degrees on the 30th. * At a practice shoot of the Mt. Somers Miniature Rifle Club, held on Thursday night, best scores were:—J. Gorrie 76, L. Hood, R. Hix 73, J. Fraser 71, W. Morgan 71, topped the junior score. HINDS. The Hinds Ladiee' Hookey Club opened the season with a dance in the Hinds Hall on Thursday evening, when opportunity was taken to eleqt Miss Fulton, who was captain of the club for some years, a life member. There was a good attendance and the music was supplied by Mrs Chapman's Orchestra The lucky spot waltz was won by Miss Galletly and Mr Hawke, and the Monte Carlo by Miss Hampton and Mr J. McCormiek. Mr H. Donaldson acted as M.C., and Miss Lowe as secretary, RAKAIA. The monthly meeting of the South Rakaia Road Board was held last *eek and was attended by Messrs Jas. Lambie (chairman), H. A. Harrison, and Andrew Doig. Leave of absence was granted to Mr W. W. Carrutbers. [ The returning officer reported that at the annual election Messrs Jas, Lambie and H. A. Harrison had been re-elected unopposed. The retiring chairman, Mr Lambie, thanked members for their support during bis term of office and trusted that the same cordial support would be aocordea his successor. Mr H. A. Harrison was then unanimously elected chairman of the Board for the year. Tbe clerk reported that the re-conditioning of Jones's road had been completed and the plant had moved to the Rokebv-Mitcham road, ren concrete pipes had been put in at the water-race crossing at Croziers. Notice given at last meeting of the Board to strike a general rate of 3 ot a penny in the £ and sanitary charge of 30s per pan per annum, were conhrmed. Accounts amounting to %2i 1 los lid were passed for payment. The clerk was directed to purchase 100 tins of poisoned oats and to notify defaulting ratepayers that after seven days legal proceedings would be taken to recover the amounts due. The balfor the Tear endi "g March SiIlPP' '*?•"* * r SS? nt «l and g adopted subieet to audit.. The annual report of ateS^d mainßMrd^Srecei - d hJhwlt °ac 3 ft H t s of socia ' s to be H 3 Z !?■ Ia u k ? Laclies ' Gl »ld was erininS on Thursday amiT anl Jl™? Was * * ood attendance anti a pleasant evening was spent in bv Mrs Clark and .Mr Maxwell, ond Mrs Clark and Mr J. Lawler. A lnckr m,mW competition was won l„ Miss Jc ■ A - Smith '- Tas