SUMNER ITEMS.

Press, 1 February 1930, Page 7

SUMNER ITEMS.

Personal. Mr and Mrs W. R. Lascelles (Pupanui) have returned home after spending six weeks in Sumner. Mr and Mrs K. W. Ballantyne (Merivale) have taken a house on the Mr and Mrs A. C. Gardiner (Riccarton) have returned home after a month's holiday at Sumner. Mr and Mrs H. S. Williams (Manchester street) are arriving to-day to spend a short holiday in the borough. Mr F. P. Tymons is visiting Sumner. Mr and Mrs Pryce Jones (St. Andrew's square), who have been staying in Bury street, have returned home. Mrs C. Fright has returned to her home in Hume street after a short holiday at Sumner. Mr A. A. Sandford, who has been staying in Dr. Crawshaw's house on Clifton, has returned to Rossall street. Mr and Mrs Peter Wood are staying at Sumner. Mr and Mrs C. K. Sams, who have had Dr. P. C. Fenwick's house on Clifton, have returned to their house in Aikman's road. Mrs F. Lund, who has been staying in Stoke street, has returned to her home. Mr and Mrs R. J. Loughnan (Glandovey road) have returned home after spending a holiday at Clifton. i Mr and Mrs J. S. Whittaker (Straits Settlement), who have been spending a lengthy holiday in Sumner, left for the north last evening. Mrs L. Haynes, who has been staying in Euston street, has returned to town. Mrs P. Craze (Opawa) has taken Dr. Fenwick's house on Clifton. Mr and Mrs Jl. R. Sellers have returned to Fendalton after a holiday of several weeks' duration in the borough. Mr and Mrs G. van Asch (Hoon Hay) have returned home. Mrs W. Wood (Elmwood road) has returned home after spending a holiday in the borough. Mr and Mrs G. Wallace (Gloucester street) and Mr and Mrs C. H. Clemens (St. Andrew's square) have taken Mrs Suckling's house on the Esplanade. The girls from the Shirley Orphanage have returned after spending two or three weeks at Sumner. Mr G. C. Bromley has returned after a trip abroad and has settled in Sumner. Mr P. Vance returned this week from the Dominion bowling championships at Dunedin, where he was runner-up in the singles championship. His progress was closely followed by his fellowmembers of the Sumner Bowling Club, and he was warmly congratulated on his return. Mr C. J. Kite has returned after attending the surf championships on the West Coast. Rowing. The following crews will represent the Sumner-Redcliffs Club at the Christchurch Regatta at Kairaki this afternoon: —Junior fours, M. Hullett : (stroke), C. Truscott (3), W. Killner (2), A. Sutherland (bow); maiden fours, S. Sutherland (stroke), C. Truscott (3), W. Killner (2), J. Wing (bow); vouths' fours, C. Wing (stroke), R. Dale'(3), J. Gant (2), J. Sutherland (bow); light-weight maiden four, C. Wing (stroke), J. Sutherland (3), C. Blunt (2), E. Woods (bow); maiden double sculls, L. S. Woods (stroke), R. C. Neville (bow); junior double sculls, L. S. Woods (stroke), R. C. Neville (bow). At a special meeting of the committee M. Hullett was elected captain, and J. Wing and M. Hullett were appointed delegates to the Canterbury Rowing Association. Final arrangements were made for the club dance to be held in the Redcliffs Community Hall this evening. Athletics. The second day of the inter-club athletic meeting will be held at Elisor's road to-day, and the following teams have been selected to represent the Sumner Club:-—440 yards hurdles, A. E. Joseph, C. L. Wiggins, R. H. Neville; discus throw, A. E. Joseph, C. L. Wiggins, D. W. Bishop; three miles, C. Ell, M. Rudkin; hop, step, and jump, A. E. Joseph, J. F. Bamford, R. H. Neville; 75 yards women's, Miss Grace Williams; 220 yards, J. F. Bamford, G. W. Murray, I). W. Bishop; hammer throw, A. E. Joseph, C. L. Wiggins, T. Smith; 880 yards, D. K. Coleman, D. W. Bishop, M. McCaskey; pole vault, A. E. Joseph, C. L. Wiggins, R. H. Neville. The club continues to secure a share of wins at the various meetings, and the success of the relay team, comprising D. W. Bishop, R. H. Neville, J. F. Bamford, and G. W. Murray, at English Park last Saturday evening was extremely meritorious. This month, on a date yet to be decided, the club will stage another meeting at St. Leonard's square. The departure of A. E. Joseph for South Africa next month will be a severe blow to the club. Mr Joseph has been.with the club since its inception, but he will gain comfort from the knowledge that it is rapidly making itself felt in athletic circles. Mr Joseph has been outstanding in field events, and his place will not be easily filled. Band Concert. Weather permitting, a further band concert will be given from the Pier Rotunda to-morrow at 3 p.m. by the Christchurch Municipal Band, under the conductorship of Mr J. Noble. The programme includes: —March, "Ravenwood"; hymns, "Eternal Father," "Fierce Raged the Tempest"; contest selection, "Semiramide"; March, "Colonel Bogey"; contest suite, "Zamora"; selection, "Parsifal"; concert waltz, "Birds of Paradise." This band is one of the two A grade bands from Christchurch taking part in the Dunedin contest and should be heard to advantage tomorrow. Re-Opening of Schools. The School for the Deaf, the Sumner District High School, and the Redcliffs School will resume on Monday. At the Sumner School several new appointments have been made. Mr R. G. Hampton, an old boy of the Sumner School, who has taken a special course of physical correction classes at Dunedin, has joined the staff. Misses Ivy Oliver and Runa Hall and Mr Lawrence Carpinter, also an old boy, are the rfther appointees. Concert. The success attending the concert held in the Town Hall on Thursday evening in aid of the school and borough picnic fund must have been very gratifying to the promoters. A well varied programme was enjoyed by a verv large audience. Items were contributed bv the Scottish Society's pupils, Master Robert McLachlan, Vlisses E. Coleman, M. Walton, R. Belmer D. Ellis, Kathleen Brewins, M. Watson J. Dickson-JHart-Stewart, Rita Campbell, I. and M. Fowler, Messrs Laurenson, V. Greer, A. Campbell, L. Woodward, K. Suckling, H. Edwards, the Woodward trio, and members of the Avonside Girls' Club. Mt. Pleasant. There has been much speculation regarding the work of three men on the mud-flat near the Mount Pleasant jetty. They are engaged in pulling up the old pipe line from the Estuary well, which now is not used since the new wells are proving so satisfactory. This pipe will be re-laid on the new road to meet the main pipe on the flat near the bridge. On the whole, the hill roads under the jurisdiction of the Heathcote County Council are in good condition even after so much rain. From the Mount Pleasant tea house to Evans Pass the surface is bad and extensive repair work is needed. Next winter it is hoped to effect an extension of the water supply to the Morten Settlement, and this will neces-

eitate building a reservoir just above this part of the hill. To comply with the Government regulations, it was recently found necessary to instal a new transformer at the foot of the hill. The annual inspection ot the county will be held on Tuesday next. Metalling and channelling of the new sub-division is now in progress. The new road has opened up many splendid building sections from which an unrivalled view of the plains and sea can be obtained. To indicate the rise and fall of the tide, a ptake marked up to a height of four feet was driven into the mud, just near the Mount Pleasant jetty some time ago. Judging by the marks thereon, the average depth of water at high tide is about two feet. Borough Affairs. The footpath on Monck's Spur, Redcliffs, was a subject of discussion at this week's meeting of the Council. It was reported that scouring eight or nine inches deep had occurred in many places and constituted a very grave danger. The trouble appeared to result from the action of the stormwater from nearby houses, in the majority of cases, there having been no proVision made for its disposal. During the past week very rapid progress has been made with the work of restoring the Scarborough Boat Harbour protective wall. The gap has now been filled, but a further quantity of rock has yet to be placed in position before the wall attains the required height. Blasting operations have removed many tons of rock for the work, from the foot of the Scarborough Hill road. St. Leonard's Square. The triple mower purchased with money raised by the Sports Association has recently been used with good effect at St. Leonard's square. A small area round the cricket pitch has been cut, and the consequent improvement is very marked. Unfortunately all the trees planted round the park are not doing so well as one would like to see. Some on the south side are badly choked with lupins, and need clearing immediately if they are to survive. Life Saving Club. Teams are at present training for the intermediate championship for the Xewburgh Shield and the Sumner Cup, a seven man event to be decided at Waimairi on February 9th. Various club competitions will be decided towards the end of February. The Lifeboat. The new lifeboat is expected next week and it is anticipated that everything will be in readiness at the Scarborough boat harbour on its arrival. Good Templars. The weekly meeting of the Sumner Pride Juvenile Templars was held in the Methodist Sunday School, Sister B. Sexton acting as C.T. The S.J.W. asked as many members as possible, with their parents, to visit Sydenham, when the shield for the ritual competition would !be presented to the winning temple. j Keen competition for office resulted in j the election of the following:-—C.T., Sister B. Sexton; V.T., Bro. C. Ford; P.C.T., Bro. X. Duff; secretary, Sister D. Rutherford; assistant-secretary, Sister T. Parsons; chaplain, Bro. L. Clark; ! F.S., Sister A. Wilson; i easurer, Sister B. O'Neill; G.D., Bro. F. Harvey: ! sentinel, Bro. E. Carter; marshal, Bro. J. Clark; deputy marshal, Bro. T. Turi land. Members were reminded of the juveniles' night at the Grand Lodge 1 conference at Easter and urged to learn their parts. The meeting of the Ever Onward Temple, Redcliffs, was held at the residence of the S.J.W., Bro. George Johnson, and C.T. presiding. It was decided to accept the invitation to attend a combined meeting of juveniles in the Hastings street Hall, Sydenham, next week. The A.S.J.W. was welcomed back after her holiday. The election of officers resulted as follows: C.T., Sister Joan Darling; V.T., Bro. J. Graham; secretary, Sister E. Heaton; financial secretary, Bro. C. Wells; treasurer, Bro. M. Simpson; chaplain, Sister L. Jamieson; marshal, Sister G. Cooper; Past-Chief Templar, Bro. George Johnson; Guard, Bro. Dennis Haughton; Sentinel, Bro. Gordon Johnson; assistant-secretary, Sister Ada Graham; Deputy-Marshal, Sister Lucy Darling; pianist, Sister M. Cooper.