NORTH CANTERBURY.

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rangiora. On Friday afternoon the conveners of : . the luncheon at the Methodist flower,-show and bazaar held a coin afternoon. There was a large attendance and Mrs M. A. Lane presided. , Mrs C. Blair, of Lyttelton, gave a talk ou .Nursing," witli practical demonstrations. Sirs Blair was cordially thanked. During the afternoon musical ' items were 6 i y °7' Misses D: Ayers, V. Taylor, D. Withers, M. Stanton,; and M. Carpenter. „ v • A committee meeting of the Hangi-. ora Football Club was held on Saturday evening. Matters in connexion with the forthcoming visit of the Temuka football team were discussed. Mr Cobden Cos was .asked to make arrangements for billeting the visitors. The secretary was instructed to provisionally engage the N .A.P. Associar tion's hall for a dance on Friday evenins. It was 4 also decided to arrange for entertaining the visitors on Saturday evening anu for an outing on Sunday. ' The secretary was instructed to wnte to the Kaiapoi Club suggesting September 20th as a suitable date for a 'match for the Mcintosh Shield, and also to i write to the Oxford Club suggesting a match on September 27th. Mr S. G. Dalley was appointed referee for .the match between Rangiora and • Temufea. , . Considerable interest was taken in an address;'given last Friday evening in the N.A.P. .Association s hall •by Mr . Colin Mcintosh (provincial president of the New Zealand Farmers* Union) on the recent tour of the : party,'of ■ New Zealand farmers who visited There was an attendance of about 140, and Mr W. Smith (president "of the Rangiora Branch of the Farmers' Union) presided. Mr ' Mcintosh gave a lot of useful, information in a very interesting way, " and he was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. CHEVIOT. j There was a large attendance at the annual ball, organised by the Cheviot Ladies' Hockey Club. The function proved most successful. Th© hal, which was decorated in the cluD's colours (blue and white)." presented, a pleasing picture. The music :- Was , faU P* plied bv Walton's orchestra church), and extras were contntvatßU by Miss N. Eraser and Mr 0. Cnamberlain. A numbei of novelty dances were introduced' during the evening, tho winners being xvir ilendle and MiSa B. Stevenson, and Mr L. Clarke ana Mrs Thomas. A dainty supper- was served b.v the ladies, and their triendb. A number of young people , and friends were the guests oi the Cheviot »YV' at. a social evening in the Jrresbyterian Hall. A unique programme, arranged by. the secretary ..(Miss Orchard) created great pleasurp ana amusement. The president (Mr Simpson) was MC, The winners of ,the various competitions ■ were Miss £l. Moir, Miss Joan Griffiths (lai Tapu), Mr L. Clarke, Miss.Margaret Sinclair (Christchurch), Mr Crossen, Miss Marian Hyde, Mr L. H l ll. and Miss M. Norrie and partner and Miss I>. Crossen and partner. A choir contest, tor which Mrs Johnston acted aa judge, ' was won by Miss i M. Hill's Items were contributed by Misses Hyde and E. M. Orchard. Miss M. Norrie (president of the North Brignton "Y's") gave an address on the aims of the movement, her _remarks being :i endorsed by Mr'G. Telfer. ' At a special meeting, of, the f*res~ bvterianr- Ladies,', Guild a number; of ■gifts wejQ received for tno annyar bazaar. '*• ... Mrs M-.i Simson (Aldington). w*" l 'her two children, Alan, PT® the guests of Mr and l\frs l). Morgan, «<The Pines,", Cheviot. i Joa P Griffiths,; .Tai .Tapu, ; 's also viaiting-".The Pines. 1 ?, . , , . In connexion with the. proposed consolidation of. the Spotswbod iand Mackenzie. Schools,' a canvass- of the dis-tricts-'concerned .has . resulted in parents. representing 61 * Children, .or and tinder '.school age, Signing fin favour of. the carrying-put of wnso"dation. .. The, number opposed to tue scheme is not yet available. . . The filial football match of the soa-. son will- be played on the ■ Show Grounds on Saturday next, when Glenmark. winners of the North Canterbury iuhior competition. wxlJj meet Cheviot" the winders' of the-Hnruttui iunior competition.. The Cheviot team will b© selected from * Crossen (2), Stevenson (2). Barnes (2), . Sargent, HusrW. Harrison. Culhane. Crampton (2). Rollmson I>obbm.. Crakhead, and Leaman. will. be'fpr the Amuri Shield, wliich .is ' conijjeted;for annually by the ' Winning tiearqs of eacb Sub-Union.-. AKAROA. The annual meeting of the Akaroa Croauet Club was held, when Mrs V. Lelievre presided -over a good attendance. lie balance-sheet,-show-ing a crdit of £ls 17s, was adopted The election of officers r«» ult ed as f" 1 ; lows Patron, Mr J. B- .Newton, president, Mrs C. W. Lcetej presidents,. Mesdames A. V. _Lehevre, I Bunny C. C. Narbey, - T., Masefieid J. G.'Lelievre,'A.; F-s C. William son Wcretary,. Miss •E. <M. treasurer, Mrs R. U. handicap. committee, MesdaJnes A. y. Lelievre. 0, W. Newton. A. liamsoh; greens committee, Mesdames A. V. Lelievre, R. L/Paterson, M.ss M. Jacobs'ori; entertainment oommi , tee. Mesdames A. H. Williams, C.__Q. Narbey; games committee ■ Mesdames Newton and Paterson. Opening day was fixed for October 11th. - It was decided :to . re-affiliate with., the Canterbury Croquet Association.. Three new members were elected, and two resignations wore- accepted. . ~ , The Peninsula Hockey Association's cup competition waa completed Duyauchelle. when ,^ iri Okain's 2—l . In presenting the cup to J C. Tikao said that the competition had been full of merit, and there was little between, the teams. . , loburn. There was a good attendance at a meeting of the Frntgrowers' Association. Mr J. MacLeod presided. The standardisation of fruitpacks was discussed, and ally considered that ..the. reform is : not fa/off. Mr B; Goodwin, Goyernment Orchard Inspector, was present, and cave a very interesting talk on sprayfnj Aftc/a wasdecided to change the name of the. Association to the Loburn Association. , WAIKUKU. ' T1 t ? meeting of the \'P°rr ~r t i y. a vVaikulru dist Churchy jasheW v id. Church when representative attendpresided over a repre _ <<what k ance. tnt by the Rey. Christian?", .was»■ * . g ut)t)er was wrved by- WaguK the At the Ij +jNa Woodend School season, fv,„ a dies' prizes were, won the ladies by; Mrs V • r a Sheppard' the f?.- ; ; , - brook) and %. pimnoted• Woodend on F jj iss p e ft-ie and Mr waltz wa& won . ( j a^ce {,y- Mr'and' : Beattie-. „ n( j the Monte Carlo j Mrs F. Sheppard, ana v Gib | ja< _.'«o w V Miss Brown and Mr »• AUW

- " ' ——— music was supplied by'MrsD. Shea, Messrs R. Sutherland, J. Cameron, ■ and 'W. Lintott. Mr E. Heney was .M.C. • V: ;■ ,* , .. A junior-representative Rugby foot-, ibal} mitch, Canterbury " versus NortA . Canterbury, was played on', the Domain : ground,! \yoodend» on Saturday. The stores were: Canterbury 'l2, '. North - Canterbury °6. Mr W. Tetnploton, Kaiapoi,. was referee. : . , I The annual meeting ;orthe.-Woodena Cricket Club ' was : held iri tbe ; Public Hall; Mr J. Ballenger presided. The. treasurer's report showed a credit balance of £.16 15s 6d. ; The following officers were elected: —Patron; Hon. G: W. Forbes, Prime Minister ; president, Mr J; Ballenger: vice-presidents', Messrs J." Little,' A- Bramly, J. Mc- ' Millan..' R. Macdonald, E; Taylor, J. Bunting,* tl. Ellen, P. o'Donohue, HBarnes, Tl Cutler, A; E. AppletOn, / Js' Judson, and A.- J. Parris; .club- cap® tain' : . 'Mr -H.' Little; hoa. secretary Mr T. Gibbsr. Hon. treasurer; Mr HL Little; committee,v Messrs C. . Bou.rne> J. Scott, W. Eder. A._ Smith, artd;.E. Little; selection committee, A. Smith, E. Little, and the captaiti of thes junior team; delegates to N.C.C.-,As-sociation, Messrs A. Smith and J. Ballenger. It was to enter a senior, and a junior team in tho petition. The opening day was fixed for Saturday, September 13th. SHEFFIELD. 'The'...finalrmeetine and .wind-up ban-: quet of the: Sheffield Literary and Debating Club was held in the Sboffield Hall. The. eveiiinz took the form a mock - wedding breakfast, and the hall was taxed to its utmost, -with "wedding guests." The club journal for 1930 was read by Mrs C. D. Sealey and the Rev. A. -L. Witheford. The wedding party consisted, of Miss Bates (bride). Misses Adams and Stephens . (bridesmaids), Mr_C. D. : Sealey (bridegroom), Mr G Clark (best man),; Mr L. Jones (groomsman), and Mr F. Bull (minister).- The usual toasts wer* honoured. A : toast to kindred"clubs was proposed by Mr W. P. Blackie. and responded to by Miss Neale, of Bay,, and Rev.. Mr, Jones, of Greendale. - ' The annual meeting of the Sheffield Tennis Club was held in the pavilion. ' The. balance-sheet, which showed a credit . balance. of £4 13s . 6d, was adopted, i Officers, for the ensuing year were elected as follows:—Patron, Mr R. Coltnart; president, Mr W. Deans; vice-president. Mr D. Deana; secretary and treasurer. Miss D. Jiidd - captain, Mr C. D. Sealey ; vice-captain. Mrs QWright... It was decided;.tbat a working bee ? held oil September I6th, and that the opening of the., season should be on .Saturday, September 20th. . \ ' WEEDONS. In the year 1880 a Cricket Club was formed in Weedons, arid it has been decided to celebrate the club's ' jubilee on: September 20th. A 'Committee , has been set up to carry out the neces-1 sary arrangements. It has been de- ' cided to ask all ; past members -of the club-to be presebt, as well'ss members, of! neighbouring clubs. . This is said to ; be the first Cricket Club in. Canterbury r to celebrate its .fiftieth anniversary.;.