MID-CANTERBURY

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20550, 19 May 1932, Page 6

MID-CANTERBURY

ASHBURTON. ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH. At a meeting of the vestry of St. Stephen 's Church held on Tuesday evening it vas reported that a rally of the youth i if the Mid-Canterbury District would ! held in the Parish ITall, Ashburton. jn June 4th, followed by a service in ! St. Stephen's Church on Sunday, June ■ sth. Messrs E. C. Bathurst, L. A. ' Charles, and F. Curtis, and Dr. N. E. H. Fulton were appointed a sub-conimittee to go into the matter of improving the lighting of the church. Tho following 1 church officers have been appointed:— Parochial nominators, Messrs E. C. Bathurst, L. A. Charles, W. P. Childs, ■ and W. H. Amos; district representatives: Fairton, Mr J. T. Oram; Greenstreet, Messrs G. Harris and M. Hunt; Seaficld, Mr M. Alington. Literary and Social Club. Mr S. M. Cassidy presided over a good attendance at the weekly meeting of the St. Stephen's Literary and Social Club, when k debate was held, the subject being "Is tho Cutting of Wages True Economy." The speakers for the affirmative were Messrs M. Lees (leader), C. Childs, and the Rev. J. C. A. _ Zimmerman, and for the negative Messrs If. Mcllraith (leader), J. Hamilton, and S. M. Oassidy. In announcing that, the ' negative speakers were the winners by a small margin, the judge, Mr R. H. Big gar, complimented the younger speakers , on the noticeable improvement madesince last year. Temperance Union. A special meeting of the Ashburton branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was held on Tuesday afternoon, when Mrs W. 11. Robinson (District President) presided. It was decided to >vrite to the South Canterbury executive, notifying them that the Union was of opinion that it would be inadvisable to forgo holding' tho annual District Convention in Sep teniber. Mrs Robinson referred to the honouring of Peace Day by unions i throughout the Dominion, and the work of the Disarmament Conference in their efforts to establish national peace and prosperity. A solo was contributed. I»v Miss L. Tucker. Tho Rev. G. B. Hinton, tho speaker for the afternoon, delivered an address on alcohol. Motor-Cycling. The committee of the Ashburton | Motor-Cycle Club met on Tuesday evtjn- j i. g, the president, Mr G. T„ Clarke, j presiding. : The organiser of the trial, Mr W. J. j Dalley, reported as follows:—The trial I had to be abandoned at Albury owing ' to an accident to a travelling marshal and to the fact that all the riders were over an hour late leaving the Mackenzib Pass. He regretted that riders were ; sent through tho pass, but that was due to his being misinformed at lunch time I as to tho state' of the pass. He congratulated all the riders that eventually went through on their splendid per-j formance. A recommendation from the riders that all thoso arriving at Albury be j given a trophy as a memento of the j trial was carried. Votes of thanks to 1 Mrs D. Leishmau (Burke's Pass) and ; Messrs C. J. Bax (machine examiner), j K. Vincent, J. H. Howden, and N. j Brchaut, of the South Canterbury Club, ; and Messrs Para Rubber Co., Wright, Stephenson and. Co., Ltd., and L. P. McGowan for trophies were carried. , Conditions of the expert motor-cyclist reliability trial to bo held from Christchurch on May 28th were received and distributed to members. Funeral. The funeral of Mr George Tulloch took place at the Ashburton Cemetery; yesterday morning. The service at the house and the graveside was conducted by the Rev. A. G. Irvine, while Mr W. J. Brown, chaplain of tho Loyal Orange Lodge, conducted a short service at the grave on behalf of tho Lodge, of which Mr Tulloch was a member. The pall-bearers were Messrs T. E. Watt and W. G. McDonald, representing St. Andrew's Church and Sunday School, and Messrs J. Mclntyre, D." Keir, James Bruce, and George Church, of the Royal Black Preceptor and Loyal Orange Lodges. Wreaths were sent by tho following:—St. Andrew's Sunday School, St. Andrew's P.W.M.U., St. Andrew's Girls' Bible Classes, Women's Christian Temperance Union, Royal Black Preceptor Lodge, Loyal Orange Lodge, Sisters of the Loyal Orange Lodge, Mr and Mrs E. Buchanan, staff of Buchanans, Limited, Mr and Mrs Hefford, Miss Corbett and Evelyn Wilson, Mr and Mrs Amos and Vera, Mr and Mrs Jos. Shaw, Mr and ILrs Thqrnton, Iris Murphy, Irene Angus, Gordon Harwood, the Misses Doak and Miss E. Bonnington, Mr and Mrs J. Mclntyre, F. and V. Bell, Mr arid Mrs' Drayton, Mrs White, Mr and Mrs W. R. Lane, Mr and Mrs I". Clark, Mrs E. Cameron, Mrs Banner and family, Mr and Mrs Parkes, Mr and Mrs Harvey and Vera, Mr and Mrs Robson, Mrs Ross, Mr and Mrs W. G. McDonald, Mrs Young, Constance, Ron, and Bruce McMillan, Mr and Mrs Holmes, Mrs . Watson, Mr and Mrs Copland, Mr and Mrs Fowler, Mr and Mrs Robert Johnston, Mr and Miss Cowen, and Sunday School classes. Ladies' Guild. The opening meeting of the St. Andrew's Ladies' fGuild was held yesterday afternoon, when the president (Mrs A. G. Irvine) presided over an attendance of 38 members. An interesting demonstration on basket-making was given by Mrs W. Thomas. • During the afternoon songs were contributed by Mesdames E. M. Gabites and E. G. Craighead, a piano solo by Miss D. Craighead, and a recitation by Miss L. Tucker. METHVEN. The following players will represent the Methven Men's Hockey Club in their match against Baring Square, at SJethven, on Saturday:— J. Kelliher, L. Sutherland, .11. lleid, H. Glasson, J. Dixon, R. Hands, n. Jenunett. T. Dixon, J. Morgan, F. A. Anderson, and E. Waddington; emergency, T. Anderson. v Ttjp following players will represent the/Methven Ladies' Hockey Club in their matches on Saturday: — , Seniors v. Tinwald, at Tinwald — Misses E. Newman. El Cleeve, M. Grieve, D. Brown, J. Newman, N. Owers, H. Williams. G. Owen, M. Owen. N. Duff, and T. Williams. Juniors v. High School ,B. at Ashburton—Mis.=es .L. Watson: "M. Ayers, J. Kilworth, J. Cleeve, Joan Scoon, I\. Kelliher, M Newman. P. Mc.Sweeney, B. Rejd, N. McNamara, and D. Owen: emergencies, Gwen Owen and 0. Williams. The following players will represent the Methven -Football Club in their . matches on Saturday in the Ashburton Countv Competitions:— Seniors v. Ivakaia; at Methven---L. Gillespie, j.. Lilley. E. Kilworth. 'I. Lilley, D. .Henderson, G. Dalton, A. Watson, R, Wright, K Osmers, tt. McKenzie. .!. Dolan. A. Cooksley. W. Katie. A. Dolan. and D. Smith; emergencies, R- Patterson, and G. Pollett. Juniors v. Springburn. at Springburn—G. Cleeve, W. Dolan, F. Regan, C. Tait, R. Lilley, G. Olds, E. Ashby,

C. Gilbert, L. Crooks, A. Cook, D. Cleeve. J. Rouse, W. Ashby, A. Young, and J. Scott , imergencies, 0. Gray and R. Fahey

| . RAKAIA. The Rakaia Ladies' Golf Club will play an L.G.U. medal match on Saturday. The draw is:—Mrs Hardy v. Mrs Cordner, Miss E. Richards v. Miss Langley, Miss Hariison v. Miss Donaldson, Miss B. Richards v. Mi's Nelson, Mrs Richards v. Miss Muckle, Mrs Langley v Miss Irwiu. A stroke handicap will be played by the non-handi-cap division. The draw is:—Miss Etiiel Richards v. Mrs Oakley,, Mrs Alexander v. Miss 0., ltichards, Mrs Blaekley v. Miss Lorna Lambie. ' - The following teams will represent the Rakaia Football piub in Saturday's matches: — Seniors Methven, at Methven — L. Houghton, C. Davison, I. Behrnes, R. Harrison, E. Henderson, J. O'Connor, C. Greygoose, N. Breading, A. Smith, L. Newmap, J. Dunstan, J. Lawler, S. Pluck, P. Doig, A. Doig emergencies, J. O'Reilly, D. Mead. I. Scott. Juniors v. Hinds, at Rakaia —R. Cornelius, L. Street. T. Shannon, j.*'. Magson E. Duncan, A. Pluck, J. Doig, J. Flvnn, ,H. Sant.v, K. Doig. M. Carnev. C. O'Connor, J. Finlav. L. O'Conror, A. Woodill: emergencies, R. Douslas, A. Armstrong, K. Hood, and H. Breioh. HINDS. The weekly rifle shoot Was held in the Domain building. The scores were as follows: —R. McKeage 75," A. Ellis 77, R. Bagrie 77. A. Lamont 74, D. Watson 72. and H. Watson 72. In the shoot-off for the hotty button, between A. Ellis and R. Bagrie, A. Ellis won with a possible. A meeting of the Girls' Friendly Society was held in the ''Vicarage?' Mrs Taylor presided. Miss Taylor gave an interesting Bible story, after which games were played. Miss G. Taylor and tho Rev. Mr Taylor gave vocal I items. The hostesses were Mrs Middlemas 'and Miss Grayburn.