MID-CANTERBURY

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20789, 24 February 1933, Page 4

MID-CANTERBURY

ASHBURTON, TRANSPORT FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN. Arrangements for the transport pf secondary school children of the Mount Somers district, into Ashburton by bus, because of the curtailment of the Mount Somers railway passenger service have been completed, and a daily service will be commenced on Monday next. About twenty children of both the High School and the Technical School, from Springburn, Mount Somers, Mayfield, Valetta, Hackthorne, Westerfield, and Lagmhor, will take advantage of ,the service. In reply to representations made to the Education Department for a subsidy on the cost of transport of the children by bus, the Ashburton Technical School has been advised that no assistance will be given by the Department in this direction. Unemployment Committee. The executive of the Unemployment Committee met yesterday, when the chairman (Mr B. Kerr) presided. It was reported that thero would be 221 men on tho register for the week endipg Alarch 4 (Class A 12, Class B 132, Class C 77). ■ The allocation was £327 17s npd the amount required to give tho men their full quota of work would bo £450 IGs. It was decided to give one, two and a half, and four days respectively, involving an expenditure of £323 10s, and an extra day to eight B2 men with up to two children. It was reported that three married men and 11 single men wore still working under the No. 4A Scheme, while 27 were employed under the No. 10 (building) scheme. The value of tho work under the JNo. 10 (building) scheme was £8551 2s 6d tho cost Of f hp labour being £2620 16s Bd. The total cost of the jobs completeft to date was £5812 4s lid, and the value of tho labour was £1554 12s Cd - • • i m Of the 13 applications received, io wero granted, two men were granted two days and one was granted one day. Person!. Mr J. J. McGuigan, who has been first assistant master at the Ashburton East School since the beginning of this yoar, has been appointed headmaster of the Pleasant Point District High School, and takes over his new duties on Monday. j Timber Merchant's Failure. Inadequate capital and steadily deteriorating business conditions were advanced as the chief causes of tho bankrupty of David Llewellyn McKay, timber merchant, of Ashburton, at a meeting b£ creditors yesterday. The financial statement showed a deficiency of £282 17s 6d. Tho amount owing to unsecured creditors was £615 9s lOd, and to secured creditors £6O 17s 6d, thp value of securities being ~ £l7O 17s 6d. Stock-in-trade was valued at £193 ss, and book debts wero shown as £29 7s 4d. In his statement bankrupt said he was 23 years old. He commenced business with £75 and borrowed other sums from his family. Under examination by tho Official Assignee (Mr A. J, Ching), bankrupt said he owned racehorses, four of which he had sold to his sister. He had the free use of his sister's car on condition that he kept it in order. Creditors considered that the position revealed by bankrupt was unsatisfactory, as no books had been kept and there was nothing to indicate the extent of his trading transactions during the past two years. The meeting was adjourned for two weeks to enable bankrupt to produce a balance-sheet. Tenuis. The Ashburton Tennis Club will play a match with the Timaru Club at Timaru to-morrow. It will be reprer sented by the following players:—li. M. Hbbbs, V. W. Bussell, J. Coward, C. J. Bonnington, D. A. Lawson, A. Bruce, Misses D. Vesty, T. Oowan, Mesdames N. Eobilliard, J. M.-Mcßae', Misses N. M. Taylor, and A. Amos. Shimming. The East Ashburton Amateur Swimming Club held an evening club carnival in tho Hnmpstead Memorial Baths last night. There was a moderate attendance ajid a cold northerly wind made conditions unpleasant for swimmers. Results: — 25yds Girls' Breaststroke Handicap (Hardy Shield) —Leila Brown (4sec) and Betty Epoch (2ucc) .dead heat) 1, Olivet Wilson (ger) 3. Time, 83 2-ssec. 35yds Boys' Breaststroke Handicap (Hunt Shield)—G. Bylos (ser) 1, S. Price (ssec) 2, G. OplHns (bct) b. Time, 8* 3-Bgep. 25yds Curtis Cup Handicap—-8.. Keeley (3sec) 1, B- Crum (3sec) 2 D. White (3sec) 3. Time, 15sec. 100 yds Nicoll Cup Handicap—W. Blight (scr) 1, G. Glossop (lOsec) 2, B. Keeley (6sec) 3, Time, lmin 24 2-ssec. School Children's Dive—G. Eyles 1, Shirley Hume 2. 50yds Club Handicap—First heat: D. Wilson (Ssec) 1, M. Thompson Usee) 2. Secopd hb«t: Miss H. Wthgpw (lQaep) 1, IP. Schluter (spr) 2. Final: D. Wilson X, Miss Lithgow 3. Time. 37sec. Op«n Dive —Miss J. Blight 1, ft. Keeley 2. I 7Cyds Belay Handicap—MJss I'. Anderton, W. Blight, S. Thompson (scr) 1; N. Thomson, E. Harrison, M. Thompson (3sec) 2. Time, 52 l-ssec. ,' School's. Swimming Carnival. The annual swimming carnival of the Ashlyurtop Easit School wbb held yesterday before a large attendance. The standard points were awarded as follows:—S. VI., 24; &. IV.a, 20; Standards 111. and IV.b, 19. Besults: — Learners' Width under 11 yeara-^-Girls: Merle Sherratt 1, Beverley Corbett 2, Elaine Valentine 3. Boys: Newton Donn 1, Ralph Chi Ids 2, Noel McCrea 3. Learners' Width, over 11 years—Girls: Daphne White I', Bona Taylor 2, Boys— First heat: Cecil Dellow 1, Bon Smith 8, Victor Bowman 3. Second heat: Bertie Barsons 1, Eric Blackburn 2, Kelvin Meaclem 8. Final: Bertie Parsons 1, Cecil Dellow 2, Victor Bowman and Eric Blackburn (cqunO 8. 25yds, Boys under 11 years—Newton Donn 1, Cliff Stokes 2. 25yds, Boys, over 11 years—First heat: Lorenzo Fittoclt 1, Bon Kerr 2, Ray McQuarters 3. Soeqnd heat: Cecil Dellow 1, George Eyles 2, George CoHins 3. Final: Cecil Dellow 1, Lorenzo Fittock 2, Goorgo 25yds, Girls over 1J years—First heat; Olive Wilson 1, Margaret Tajt 2, Jean Harrison 3. Second neat: Betty Beech 1, \ r ormu Valentine 2, Nadine Viai 8. Final: Olive Wilson 1, Botty Beech 2, Norma ValC °2syds Girls' Breaststroke—First, heat: Jean Harrison 1, Betty Beech 2. May Looms S. Second heat: Olive Wilson 1, Joan Hill 2* Leila Brown 3. Filial: Jean Harrison l" Olive Wilson 2, Jean Hill 8. ' lOOvds Relay—Betty Beech, George Eyles, Olive Wilton, Kay McQunrters, 1; Jean Harrison, Shirley Hume, George Collins, and Leo. Reid. 2. „ 25yds Breaststrofce. bpys—Geprgo Lyles 1, Lorenzo Fittock 2, George Collins 8. Girls-' Dive-rS. Hume 1, O. Wilson , 2, J. Harrison 3 Boys' Dive—G. Kj-les 1, K. Lithgow 2, J. ftcid"3. j Athletics. Tho Ashburton Athletic and Cycling Club met last evening. Mr 0. H. Samuels presid- ; ln n was decided to hold au ovening meeting j on March 2, and a programme of eight events, including match racoe, was drawn | UP it was also agreed to hold a cycle rpad , race of 17J miles and a three and a half miles Marathon rac» around the AlUtttoa block next month. '