NORTH CANTERBURY.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19917, 2 May 1930, Page 3

NORTH CANTERBURY.

RANGIORA. A good house greeted TJnlimited fluritlW in the Town Hall on Wednesday evening in their revue and vaudeI?ij e entertainment, which was of a ery bright order and much enjoyed. Tha April vital statistics for. the registration district, with figJ?S ior last year in parentheses, were: Stt»», M ( 16 >5 marriages, 7 (4); and evening the members /ir-l feron's Girls' Bible Class organ•*f |B entertainment in aid of their T« ti the forthcoming Anglican rtnrto bazaar. The programme, of a character, was given by «;# fleople. It included two playWJfts Village School" and "The Swfthtt «**ne Painted Doll," and a nmbeVi oflper bright items in which tjuTottlidren acquitted themselves very - we n indeed. , On*- Wednesday afternoon Miss Dorttfty Mathews, of the Presbyterian Mission in the Punjab, addressed a well itt6nd«d meeting of women in John KnoX Church on life and mission work ia India. In the evening there was a (SomblMd meeting of the Girls' Auxiliary connected with the KangiOra »nd Sefton Presbyterian Churches, at which Miss Mathews spoke chiefly of work amongst the young people at the mission Station. HURUNUI. /phe monthly meeting of the Hurunui Babbit Board was held at Hawarden ' jn the 24th ult. Those present were: James Heasley (in the chair), John Sloss, H. G. Martin, J. Munro, J. ». E. Winskill, and Y. T. fihand. The treasurer, Mr H. G. Martin, gave notice of motion for the next meeting that a uniform rate of one-eighth of a penny per head on sheep and flve*eighths of a penny per head, on cattle be struck throughout the Board's district for the : { year ending March 31st, 1931, With a minimum rate of 10s. It was pointed ' out that the proposed rate was the lowest that has been struck in the history of the Board and was a reduction ©/ 60 per cent, on the previous year's »te. It was resolved that the Board ~ex«»r» ' dse its option at an early date to purchase the section of land at Domett, and tne house property at Culverden at pressat occupied by the Board's inspector. A special report, recently compiled 6y the Chief Inspector, of all proper--ties inspected during the past three months on a comparative basis, with the. State of these properties at the aanie period the previous year, showed . that a considerable reduction in the • ttbbit pest had taken place. In a few ty.tlaaes only, no reduction had been dads, but satisfactory work has since pi serried out. *V KAIKOURA. ~ f,At; the Oddfellows' Hall last night, «£'Weokly card tournament held rfffi the supervision of the To a Committee was continued. The Ipf* prise was won by Mrs Kemeys, Jjfc'iW. Ball winning the gentleman's. #sr':A. Glenn, County, Engineer, sripjdies the following weather report ffejKaikoura for the month of April: fSfLzrinfaH. 2.96 inches, on nine maximum fall occurring on IMjßib, when l.lOin fell. During tMSfflljlV'*! ' aa * year rain fell on fHHHP? or a '*°' a' °f 5.16 in, the -JWawSmibeing on the 29th, 1.89 in. ysWymtiiiz of the Kaikoura Football *" IKooaunwtPe took Djace last night, was 'a full atteMattO** wore made for the transpWrnplayors to Culverden ftt a coat per player, including, insur- ■'■; ajfce,aas. A subcommittee was set r • # So/meet menibers of the Athletic ;* <Mjt'-CKspeotihif the holding ,of a K'\ dfilce- to raise funds for the Building . efia'hew dressing shed at Takahanga !%tnain. lb was decided to enter a <Wri crade team in the. Sub-Union a team to be wleeted S-frota the list of players already pubt Vital statistics far Kattroura for the Jr.ifonth of April. 1980, are: Births, 0} 3; marriages, nil. > ■' § b ' CHEVIOT.. ' ' : i I able evening was spent 6 of Mr a6d Mrs C. G. lay night, when a social to raise fundii fer tiie at the next Church of r. The hostesses were/ Mrs 0, G. Abbott and jn, and la spite ef the large number attended. i spent in bridge, euehre, liards. The winners of waltaes were Miss 1. 'x T. M. Cottrell, and td Mr T. A. McDonaldHards competition was ). Childs with the highMr B. Bosbmworth a i a result of the efforts and Mrs Holton, the ran tub Stall will beneXFORD. ount collected for th« Canvassing Committe* ical Endowment Fund 2.19 inches of raia f«H This is slightly below the month, the rain* was .39 inches and the • cold. Several rather ve indicated the near n held their annual iday evening, there be* idanee. A luoky spot by Mr M. Leslie and fonte Carlo by Mr A. r meeting of the Loyal J., 1.0*0.1'., was held ulna*, when N.G. Bro. laea over an attend' ers. An invitation for was received from the ige. One new member JPTON. ) of the Sefton Public the reading room on ;. Tbo chairman rent of the Government Og to £9 (fa. and the est amounting to £27 arian's report showed 1 books for the past wenty-four new books I on the shelves since nmittee meeting. A *• Meretary m 4 the Lodge of Oddfellows usfr of the library pre?d. The annual iwetftr the second thurs- . meeting of the i« cal lan Temperance Union l.PresbytoHin sthoolsday ofternoon. . The P. J. Thome, gave a eeent annual convenj*>ru Mrs G. J. Rose»M SOOfetflvy of the

I AMBERJ'EY. On a recent afternon the mew*™ of the Amberley Branch of the plu ?* ket Society met at a most enjoyable gathering m the Parish Hall, the &<** of honour being Nurse fcheppam, *«» has been granted six months' JW'VK absence in order that she «** vK* her pfedplo, in Inland. Mrs £• Knights presented Nurse Sheppard, on behalf of the members, with ft hafl<lBOnie suede travelling cushion. . The next meeting of the A m °*. rl f* Brah6h of the Pluttket Society »iuw held on Monday, May sth, when preliminary arrangements will be maw for the annual ball in June. KAIAPOI. The annual meeting of parishioners of St. Bartholomew's Church, Ka»apoi, was held in the schoolroom on Wednesday evening, the vicar, the Rev. C. L. Sparrow, presiding. The churchwarden's account showed a debit balance of £46 14s 3d. The Parochial Association was in credit to £32! Is Id, and the Sunday school 14s IGa. The vicar thanked all church workers for their loyal support during the past year, especially Mr A. Gordon for his work as churchwarden for the past eight years. He reported that the vicarage had been inspected by the diocesan inspector, who stated that it would cost two to three hundred pounds to put it in suitable repair, and it was a question whether it was wise to spend so much money on an old building or to erect a new one. The matter was left to the incoming vestry to deal with. The election of officers resulted: Vicar's warden, Mr L. ft. Oram; people's warden, Mr H. W. Childs; church committee, Messrs J. EHmers, R, Belcher, G. H. Garbutt, and E. J. Wright, with power to add; vestry Messrs Chamberlain, G. Ward, H. W Childs, L. R. Oram, R. Bel- <*«*. L. Giles, F. Burgee and Dr. G. E. Gtllett, with two representatives Bach from Plaxton and East Eyreton to be elected. The monthly meeting of the Kaiapoi branch of the W.C.TVU. was held on Wednesday. The meeting, which was well attended, took the form of a ia 'afternoon, the vice-president, TV ta£ A V^ Priding, Mm i. IS. Taylor, of Chnstchurch, Dominion president of the W.C.T.U., gave an address dealing chiefly with a resume of the convention and details of plans conoerrtirtg headquarters, with the object of enlisting the eympathy of members in th*» union's activities. During the afternoon Miss E. Thorne sang Solo* and afternoon tea was served. One new member was enrolled. LITTLE RIVER. A concert in aid of the funds for the local branch of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides was helj in the Little River Town Hall on Monday night. There was a large audience and the funds benefited to the extent of £22. The following Christchuroh artists assisted at the concert:—Misses Iris Montgomery, Mavis Ritchie, Shirley Hill, D. A. Montgomery, Audrey Bellringer, Violet Robertson, April Bargreaves, Bsme Lindsay, Reno Patter* son, Jean Gibson, Isobel Towart, and Marge Wallwork, Messrs Basil Rob. 66n, Ernest Pegler, N. McVincent, and Cyril Collins. Miss Clark was at the piano. Mr Maurice Gibb, of Puaha, who fcaa been attached to the Little River Branch of the Post Office staff aver since he joined the Department, re* ceived notice on Saturday of his transfer to Hokitikft. Mr Gibb left for his new duties on Wednesday. Mrs D, R, Hay (Vicarage) is spending a holiday in Christchurch. Mrs T. wood and family (Little River) have returned from a holiday spent in Timuru. DARFIELD. The anneal meeting ot the Darfleld branch of the New Zealand Farmers" Union was held In the Memorial Hall on Tuesday. There was a fair attendance. The president, Mr K. J. G. Murckisen, presided and gave a resume of the work of the branch during the past year. Officers for the ensuing year Were elected as follows: —President, Mr K. J. G. Murohison; vice-president, Mr M. E. Jenkins; committee, Messrs P. Morrison. J. W. Green, D. Mulholland, W. Syme' W. W. Mulholland, D. Gallagher. J. B, Youngman, E. Bldgen, jun., W. Stett, 0. E. Thompson, G. H. Judd, and L.. Morrison} executive committee, Messrs K. J. G. Mnrehlson, M. E. Jenkins, W. Stott, and W. Syme,' seere« tary, Mr D. McMillan; delegates to Provincial Conference, Messrs M. E. Jenkins, W. Stott, and D. Gallagher. The following remits are to be forwarded for discussion at the Provincial Conference}-—(1) That the present restrictions on foot-and-mouth disease be iontinuedj (2) that the management of tracking and railway stock be discussed; <d) that the position regarding the frozen meat trade is not satisfactory so far as the maintenance of farmers' works Is concerned, and that the executive go closely into the position during the coming year. On May 12th the public is invited to attend the screening of an industrial picture, after which officials of the Wheat Pool will give an address.

LINCOLN. The annual meeting of parishioners of St. Stephen's Church, Lincoln, was Leld in the Pioneer Hall, on Wednesday evening, the vicar (the Rev. A. H. Achesen) presiding. The annual report referred to the very great loss the parish had incurred by the deaths of Lady Rhodes and Mr Edward Yarr. Great progress has been made in the Sunday School, which was in a flourishing conditidn. The balance-sheet showed income £173 15s Ud, debit balance £43 13s 4d, debit carried forward £23 la 6d, expenditure £193 7s 9d. The following were elected officers frt'r the ensuing year s—Bishop's warden, Br. I!. J? Cooke; parishioners' warden, Dr. F. W. Hilgendorf; committee, Messrs G. Gray.O. H. Howell, H. Howell. H. A. Klmber, T. Medline, J. Oddy, A. Payne, ft. Ji Ricker. by, Gerald Stoddards auditor, Mr A. Orchard A vote of thanks was passed to nil those who had carried on the work of the church during the year. The usual weekly sdcial and dance run by the Tennis Club was held in the Druids' Hall on Wednesday evening. The following were the winners of the competitions i Ladies, Mm Crisp and Miss Btttt; gentlemen. Mr W. Dodd and Mr W. Stewart; luckyBOot waltz, Mr and Mrs Moody; Monte Cnrlo walta, Miss Birch and ( Mr Mitchell. Mr J. Hutchison provided music for tho dance, and Miss Hughey played extras. ;

* SOUTH MALVERN* fialn set in on Monday evening and continued till early on Wednesday mora* ing, the rainfall totalling 62 potots. There was a heavy frost en Thursday morning. . 4 . There was no election of a new sehool committee on Monday evening at Glentunnel as the attendance of householders did Uot Warrant an election being held* , ■ * Mr and Mrs 0. C. Pearson, who have been on holiday ia Wellington tad the Wairarapa, have returned to Coalgate. The following will represent Black Diamond ItotSatt Club, Glentunnel, against Sheffield B at ShefueloW. Sell, ft Watson ft Teale I(wf*£ d Stuart, Jf. Stuart, N. Bateß, F. b. Smith! J. Benny, K, Blair, 0. Trevella. 0 K 0. Bardaker, G. Weastell, ami v final. Emergencies: a. Hardaker, W. U Owferf?. Tarliag, aad O. B, Powell,

GREENPARK. Owing to the inclemency of the weather and also to counter-attractions, there was not a large attendance at the Memorial Hall on Tuesday evening when a concert was given by th© South Springston Amateur Dramatic Society in aid of the hall funds. At the conclusion of the performance Mr J. B. Fleete, chairman of the Hall Committee, thanked the visitors for the entertaining programme. After eupoer had been served the floor was cleared for dancing to music supplied by Mr Stace, Mr E. Stalker being M.C. ______