SOUTH CANTERBURY.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20215, 18 April 1931, Page 7

SOUTH CANTERBURY.

timaeu. -f - ■ O&fUAttY. 'j?iib death, dfccurfed 011 Thursday dt tliii Tiinaru Public hospital, after £ fairly iong illness; of Mr Gbbrg& Jonii Sealey, a very old and highty-respected resident of Tiindrn, -who played a very useful part in tKe activities of the coiiiniunity, always giving his services unselfishly to advance anjr worthy cause.. For many yedrs he held a seat on the Timartt Borough Council, on which he accomplished much useful work. ; Mr Sealey wits born in England 78 years ago; and Was brought tip a&. a gdrdener, an occupation for which he showed great capacity; andhe was widely recognised as an authority on iiLmatiefsai>£eiMhirig tb hbrticulttii , 6, ftnd fruit-grbwiiig. Whilst in his native Country ho was for a time engaged at Pft'tsall Hall, the property of the Earl of IJartniouth. tike ihany more at that time, when the cblbriios "tvero being Setlted,.Mr Sealey decided that he would seek his fortune in the south, and in 1873 arrived in New Zealand by the'ship Peeress. Mr Sealey's first engagement after arrival was at Bluecliffs, and later he was for four years on the Otipua Station. In 1882 he finally settled in Timaru, aitd began gardening on his own acßdtuit, He £tiS(JiiirSd a vdludblb pro,-' perty in King Street, ifrhei^. he made, his home, and erected vineries which constituted one of the show places of Timaru, the extent being in excess of 1000 feet.

Throughout his long residence., in Tiiharil, Mr Sealey gave freely bf His time dnd. energy in public workj and never spared himself in the performance of a'tty task which . T»b K Mcfiiltboie; fcntttfhfe ihtd the ifrork tfHth" wholehearted enthusiasm. He was a ttiefrtfcbr of, thS firfct (SCiidiiiitteS ih, cbnnexion with the Timaru South School, and also filled the . position of chalriniiii. It Is, worthy, of hote thfet. at ■ the rebent jubilee celebratidns ,in conhiixion with this schoolj Mr yrVlbb& werb euiogised, and appreciation was expressed of the work which be had rendered; On that occasion Mr Sealey delivered Ms last pnblici spfeech, in which he modestly disclaimed that he deserved all the kind things that were said of him, , life g&lejr was' ihittifea in 1817.7 to ft daughter of the late Mr- Gibb, o£ Rathfes, Motayshite, Scotland,, but his wife "predeceased him ma,ny years ago. He an earnest mfember of, the Presbylbriaii Chiirch,aha #j»« ft iribA" her of the congregation of Trinity Chiirch.

WAIMATE. At the atittuttl rtiefeting L of thfc WWmate Miniature. Rifle Club, the pf*®" afettt; Mt 0- A. Manchester; presided over a large attendance. Thfc b&lance-Shfefefc. A «*tufactory credit, was adopted. Ifa fdcatiilfc tKfe chair, Mr M«bchester, who has been president erf the club since its formation, ;declxnjo boriiiiidtloii ft* the ptegiddjUtf W tl» coming yfear. He nominated. Mt,. «>, Warren. ■ ' • ■?'. The election of officers resulted: —~ gltrphi?,, ilip M4yor, (Mt G, DafSh), ftttq r J., Bitchener. M.P.; presidentr W Paterson, L, Reeve},. secretary ftna trfeasuter, Mr A, B. Kernick (reelected); assistant, Mr J. Glynn; committee, W. Purvis, A.Dunnell. T. Koppert; han-. dicapper, Mr W. D. Paterson (J®" elected); official tester, Mr 8. MattHtis (re-elected); delegates to Associafob, Mesßts Warren ana KopJertj In Recognition of his services to tiie cldb, Mi? MancHesfcer wag Slecited life member. ; , THb subscription was fixed at tn® Bame &S last year, 7s 6d. . • ..> At the monthly meeting of the. Wainiate School Committee, the chairman (Mr W. F. George) presided over R good attendance. : / A statement of receipts and expenditure in connexion with the recent fexcursion .to Tim aril, showed a net profit of '£l2 3s Bd,' which was congideffed-. ytiiy satisfactory: , . • tHe headmaster (Mr.D; C. Browfij rejirifted " that. TV rOlkrltimbfet- sWbd at 6bl-20S toys fttid M giHs. The avfetiige attending wtt§ bdVs afict 205.5 giHs: (life Hercerita# of feitehflaiibo beitig 95:6. Tjio .flUjJ* l ?? .of tfe fittfetidflticfe httd beett 4 tinifwmly gdbdi Sttd thtj &m&fal, Health fcf the pl&nils eicelleilt. ... . < -This being the eothrthfctfee s last meeting, the chairman thanked members for their support during, the year. ■ ' In connexion with the forthcoming municipal elections, the -following nominations had been received up to Friday morning:— , . For the Mayoralty: Mr George | (sictlnt? v Miiyor). and W ..Fbtbe|. I 'iT; WSllhce. Mr Dash's nominators, ■sffiiSrsstiS- & were Messrs R. Eddy. W. F/. Evans, T. L. -Wood., J. A. T,ash: 4 Cyril Coventry, arid Mfs M. B. Merits. . For thb position hf Cottnfeillors so far only Messrs M. J. Corrigap ana A. W. Gixicl itdVe feedh rioitilWated. Mr H: «Tj .Dftsh has befen. homjnated .as 1 the Frlendlv fcaHd)dtlte f<* r a seat on the Waimate Hospital Comi mitee. " .. - ■ -• -

ORARI BRIDGE; The first bf ttie fortnightly facials in aid' of the hall funds was-held in the Orari Bridge Hall on Wednesday, evening. There was a large attendance. The prifeel were won by Mrs W. H. Morris Md Mr G. kftrUh. _ _ , A. movement is on foot to form a branch 8f flie Women's Division., of tH6 Farfaers' Uiiion at Orari Bridge. feT; ANDMWS. A special meeting; of the . Wometi'6 tnstltiite W£s hfilil iii the Mblib Hall bit afternoon iheriiijers. of tiie Otipua InBtitiitej under the direction of Mi ß9 id: Talbdtj feave at ekhibltidn bf Wlk daricing. Mi-s Mills; oil. boKftlf of the St. Andrews Instittiti, extended a hearty Votb of .thanks -td Bliss Witbfellj PJ*® 1 " dent ,of the Otipua brancllj and w MiSs Ci T,alboi. . . ' . The hostesses, for th« were : &tid Matty*;. ; 5 ;- The.Monthly meeting of the.Mdtji.ets 'Uxiion,, was . M\A . in„ .the A.ngllicart Guild itßojfa on afternoon. „Hay presided. . Mesdam.es Cook and Wftmsßtt were the hostesses for feffe Alfred tiell, feei-ne May, 1 Auckland, wjio Hdve beenoil an extensive. tour of the South Island, nava beeii the. giesti of Mr arid Mrs I* \ C Mk ivkyhiciith and (Ca^Hffigfe l Hills V,' iHio iMf .bfeentbe SfoltS G. ChrifetianSßh: . • Jk , . >Mr kU Mrs t>. MBelll|te Md MiS| Mbria MdOailtiSi Ajamtik) ire t»l ijf Mis E. Hbdfeiiifl:

ORARI. A successful effort wis made on Poppy Day at Orari oil Wednesday. The Orari Women's Institute, working in conjunction with the fcferaldine Returned Sbldiera' Association, appointed two, Qbllectorg: Sirs JBligh, and Miss Taylor, tyhb iMde a systematic canvass of the district. The tbtal collections ft> r Ojdri ditiountod to £3 7s. Mr N. MiUsoh (KaikouHi) is spendf h is reuts in f%i>. .itaiikiii (Ruru, West Coast) WfttS&ii (Reeftoh); who have beeii Btrying iij iDrari as delegates to tile atinutil conference of the Canterbury Fderatlon bf Women's Institutes, left on for the north. Miss Joan I'altner (Christcliurch) iS the guest of Mrs J. U. Roberts (Orari). WOODBURY. There was a good attendance at tjie first practice of the Woodbury iten's iVlittiature Rifle Club. The. best ecores were as follows: —Gr. Cain 79, K. Quaid 77, K. Loach 78, N". Champion 75, J. Fifieid 72, D. Fifield 72, ttiid D .<»J?ergusoh. 71. The hdrveSt thanksgiving service will be held in St. ThomM's Church, Woodbury, tb-iribrrow morning. ; Mi- E, De&n, who has been visiting' ■relatives in Woodbury and Geraldine, has returned to New Plymouth. ' Misd Marjory Webb, Pleasant Valley, is spendihg a few days ixt Temuka. < Miss Dean has returned from uui. .. ... Miss E. Arthur, of Timaru, is the guest of Mrs J. Wooding, Woodbury. TEIvIUKA. Ikliss H. (jtoodinan left Temuka off Thursday by car to spetid a week's holiday in Dunedin. Mr B. Davis, of Temuka, .left yestgfday -Ctf spend his. annual holidays in Dtinediii. Captain R. iuoore, of the. Salvation Army Bramwell Booth Boys! 'Home,, fiill lfeiUrb Temuka on Thiiisday next on'transfer to Palmeraton. , ■ . ,Mrs D. o'Sullivan, of Okoroire, Ndrth Island, is staying with friends in Temuka. <, i. * StJ far there has been oply one possible . fcafididate * mentioned t for the Mayoralty of Temuka at the . forthcoming municipal election. Cr. A. W. Btiz&h awa approached by a. large and influential deputation, headed by Cr. A. E. Slhith, on Thursday afternoon, tirid he tfjzreed to allow himself to be norainatedior the position., _ So far the Mayor (Mr T. E. Gtmnion) lias, made no statement as tb his mtentiotie). For the seats :©n the Council only thrift <d the present Councillors—A. E. Smith, J. Gobrley, and' probably. -L. F. Robins —ate likely to seek re-election; and Crs. E. J. Chapman, E. B. Cooper, and R.. Jamieson b&ve definitely signified their intention of retiring. Cr. C. Davidson told a Press representative that he would gtpfl for the Council providing that (there was an election for- the Mayor- ■ No other names have been mentioned as likely Councillors.

GERALDINE. The official closing of the bowling gekaoh was observed in Geraldine on Thursday afternoon. Ttfe Hockey C3ub held it? opening to Thursday, whjai victory fo 'Jbe Whitoa by si* goals to, Jtfiiahrtbms are now plentiful in th® ah 4wctibh for the Mayoralty. Mr J • Kennedy, the present Major, has aniidtiiic6d , his intention to. Stand, ana Mr B. fe. Macdonald. of '.'Waitui,' will probably be a candidfetfe. , ARUNDEL. , second fortnightly Social was held in the Howard Hall, Arimdel, when a very pleasant' evening wag spent. The prizes were won by Mrs W. McDonald and Mr W. Johnston, anS the consolar tion by Mr and M*s Turton. « FAIRLIE. , The annual general meetirig- «>f the. "Aorangl Football Clitb was in the Adratigi Mslly the president: Mr W-. ijfcott; pjbesiiiiiig over a gbbd attendfthcb: . The report and bWince-sheet vt-fcfe read the Secretory, Mr J. M. ijurt, . -ii&d'" adopted. THe report Showed tiie blub to have had a, sucr showed'ijie club to fife lit a godhd, position' linaßcially, with a credit.of £3l 6s, showing an increase of £25 over the prQvipus year. . The election =of officers, tefulted as follows: Messrs J; Bitchener, M.P., and' W. Scott; president, Mr li. M. Brice; vice-presidents, .same as last year, with the additiod of Messr? G., Burt, W. A. Jtobertson, JS. L. Read, J. AhnW afad P. Miller; f on. secretary ana treasurer, Mr J., M. Jjurt; auditor, Mr W. J. Harridi trustees, 'Messrs W.'Scott and J. BUH; seniorcoach, held over; junior co&h, Mr W. MeMarry: selectors, captain, .vice-cap-tain and coach; captain, .sSnior Mr W. ilobertaon, junior Mr VV Rowan; vico-captain, junior Mr ;■ G. -Cameron: General * Committee/' Messrs J. Wyber, W. B. Cooper, E. Parfoot/ W; McNarry, ,C. JKerr, arid- K. . Campbell; delegdtfes to SubiUrildh/ ' W. McNarry: L. M. ferice, and W. B. Trotter. The following new, meitibere were elected: Messrs J. Dickj J. Barron, A CutliilU-C: GiiiHill; aid Fs SurriflgeN ' -The first social,function of the n§wlyformed JEx-rPupilp.'.. Association of.. the Fairlie District High School was held ift: thß Tfechnical Schtkjl fMbiidfiy fveniiig. liie jjresidbht (Mi* SlilWrC' Giddmgs) presided. The programme 1 for the evening consisted of nity einging, violin solo by. Mr, Southgate, songs by Mi 6& Cliriisil Tdlbbt, hj, one-act play entitled "Trying a Magistrate" played by Misses M. Cooper, G. Riddte, and SI. HfthiStt,'€nd Mfe'sijfS 8. CoojJpi'j.D; Surridge) A-' ih fthrt, G. GiddingSj J; Dick; tttad Kt McNeill- .%."■ Rebfehthr tiie mferin^fttgiit-knd gt&f| bf tlife FaitliS Mofer. .Caih|t&iiy i f mw Ih th 6 comptiny's bffiw.ipt thtf of making a presentation fo' Mh Get). Sliefratt, who has held the ct maniget fßf- the fIW veiiri i#' to take . .uj» A.: uositioh irt Ohristchurch s Mr Stapt &f tHe directors, made the presuitatid'ii cf iv wallet ftoin the fafemberfe Bl tJii Man ahd a dlieqtife ft-ohl, the iftila" fexpreased the wfchjhat Mr and family, would enjoy health and (fros^ferity. A mfeeliint of ike j;ee of, th? held in the.Anglican Hali ou,Thursday evens (Eeid .presiding. The Bedtetary reported that the ground was in good nrder the. spelling game on ' Saturpayv Practices had already been hfeld with good attendances of players. jjuestion of finance was, discussed,! and to asslit the funds of the .Club it which pppulftif last, year. The president advised thdt bfie'hftd received Offers. of prizes fo? from Mrs CookslSy anii Mr, D. Fle^ and it trfts decided to accept these with thaiiki. ,