TIMARU AND SOUTH CANTERBURY NEWS

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20907, 14 July 1933, Page 5

TIMARU AND SOUTH CANTERBURY NEWS

TIMARU. MAGISTRATE'S COURT. "A teetotaller is one who voluntarily abstains from liquor," said the magistrate, Mr C. R. Orr Walker, at a sitting of the Magistrate's Court. Timaru, yesterday, when William Housley Hughes, who was charged with being in arrears with his unemployment levy, stated that he did not drink, but admitted, when pressed, that he was a prohibited person. ''ln other words," said Mr Orr Walker, "you are not a voluntary teetotaller." "He is one through force of circumstances," said Mr G. McKessar, who represented the Labour Department. Defendant said that he had earned nothing for six weeks, and before that had earned 3s or 4s a week as a canvasser. . . Asked why he had not paid his levy out of £lO he had received some time ago, defendant said that he had used the money to pay back board. A fine of 10s with costs was imposed. For being found on licensed premises after hours, Edward O'Loughlin, Richard Davidson, and Kenneth McDonald Henshaw were each fined 10s and costs. . John Shaw Mcßride and Frederick A. Underhill were each fined 5s and costs for having driven a car without a rear light. A tine of 5s with costs was imposed on William John Sullivan for having driven a car without a license to do so, and for Fiaving no rear light on the vehicle he was ordered to pay costs. Ludwig Seyb and William Driscoll were each fined 10s and costs for haying ridden a bicycle after dark without lights. On a similar charge John Leach was fined 5s and costs. Nimmo Beresford Ritchie was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for having failed to comply with the terms of a maintenance order, in respect of which he was £126 0s in arrears on April 4. 1933.

Personal. Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., who visited Timaru to attend the farewell gathering to the Rev. P. Gladstone Hughes on Wednesday evening, returned to Christchurch yesterday. Benefit Concert. Reporting to the final meeting of the combined committee which arranged the benefit, concert for the relatives of the late Mr P. L. Collins, the chairman (Mr G. H. Andrews) said that after paying all expenses there was a credit balance of £9.3 us Od, which would be used for the benefit of the family. A letter was received from Mrs Collins thanking the committee for its efforts and stating that it was her desire that the amount realised should be applied solely in meeting payments of principal and interest on the house property She preferred not to handle the money herself. It was agreed to act on the suggestion, and Messrs Andrews and A. J. Allport were appointed trustees. After passing votes of thanks to all who had assisted in the concert, the committee disbanded. Mortgagors' Relief. About 800 applications have so far been dealt with by the Canterbury and Westland Mortgagors' Relief Commission, which is at present, sitting in Timaru. The business in Timaru will probably occupy the commission until July 2l| after which a sitting will be held in Waimate, beginning on July 24. Later the Commission is expected to return to Timaru for a week's further businers. About 120 applications are expected to be dealt with during the Timaru and Waimate sittings.

Orange Lodges Celebrate. The Loyal Orange Lodge Institution of South Canterbury celebrated July 12 by holding the annual concert and dance in the Scottish Hall. Worshipful Bro. F. G. Cumming, District Master, presided, and with him on the stage were Worshipful Bro. E. Robertson, Master of Lodge No. 35, and Bro. C. Cross, Deputy-Master of Lodge No. 13. The following programme was provided:—Pianoforte duet, Misses L. Gilbert and D. Tuck; vocal solo, Mr R. Shiels; cornet solo, Mr R. Milligan; humorous item, Mr J. Duncan; vocal solo, Mrs W. L. Johnston; recitation, Miss Olive Gibson; Highland Fling, Misses O. Cairns and M. Stephens; violin solo, Mr Inglis Todd; vocal solo, Miss A. Arnold; recitation, Mr R. R. Wills; clog dance, Misses O. Cairns and M. Stephens; accordeon solo. Mr W. Crawford. Miss M. Tubb played the accompaniments. Dancing was continued till a late hour. Golf. The following will represent the Timaru Club in the match to be played at Glen-iti to-morrow afternoon:—Gee, Johnston, Steven, W. J. Foote, Tait, Mangos, P. Gresson, D. Moyes, Hold gate, Kennedy, Lawson, Holmes, D. Beswick, Hassell, Newton, J. Sutherland, Skir.ner, Greenfield, M. A. Raymond, J. A. Mullins, Wilson, Torlesse, and others.

The following is the draw for the first rounds of the club's championship:— Seniors —E. A. Scott v. M. F. Ledingham, J. G. Niccol v. N. S. Cramond, G. A. Ussher v. D. S. Mullan, F. L. Barker v. D. Moyes, E. G. Kerr, jun., v. D. J. Mcßeath, N. C. Martin v. M. T. Houlihan, D. S. Kemshed v. A. L. Marshal], and J. R. Mackay v. W. A. Scott.

Juniors—D. .T. Purdom v. F. G. Raymond, J. M. Kerr v. W. H. Walton, W. Thomas v. R. C. Tonkin, P. B. Foote v. J. C. Kay, J. G. Johnston v. H. Coxhead, B. W. Moody v. F. M. Ward, G. C. Reid v. E. D. Hunter, and W. Crawshaw v. C. S. Smith. North End Club. The following will represent the North End Club against Pleasant Point:— Men—G. Hedges, H. C. Bradley, R. Ayres. F. O'Meeghan, L. Edyvean. H. Washer, L. Provan, and J. Barnard. Ladies —Mrs Robertson, Mrs Washer, Miss Ellis, Miss O. Bradley, Miss N. Sullivan, Mrs F. Cox, Mrs Stevens, and Mrs Edyvean. The following will play a friendly match against Pleasant Point at North End:— Men—A. M. Robertson, J. Arnold, J. J. Duncan, B. Lane, C. W. Wood, jun., and A. Rippen. Ladies —Miss Lynn, Miss Pryor, Mrs Kellett, Miss E. Grant, Mrs Sullivan, and Mrs Barnard. Glen-iti Club. The McDougall Cup, which was given last season by the relatives of the late P. McDougall, has been allotted to the men's section, and will be played for in a bogey match by the Glen-iti Club on Saturday week by those who gain the best two next scores in the qualifying round. Those eligible to compete are:—P. Sinclair 141, I. Cunningham 141, R. G. Slade 144, J. Menzies, sen., 144, A. Caithness 144, Rex Jones 144, J. Healey 144, W. Skelton 147, O. Joseph 147, W. Mancell 148, E. J. Thompson 150, M. rowley 150, R. Parker 151, C. W. "'~ele 151, O. Robertson 152, G. Gamble 152, and T. Carr 152. The draw for the senior championship is as follows: —Rex Jones v. D. Menzies, F. Cave v. R. Parker, P. Sinlair v. V. Nicholas, J. Menzies, sen., v. A. Moore, C. W. Steele v. A. Symonds, G. Gamble v. C. Hawarth, E. Thompson v. W. Skelton, M. Crowley v. B. H. Low.

The draw for the junior championship it; as follows:—O. Joseph v. Walter Smith, A. Caithness v. G. Carmichael, W. Mantell v. T. Carr. O. Robertson v. M. Cosgrove, R. Slade v. Kennedy, I. Cunningham v. J. Satterthwaitc, H. Clark v. E. Lawrence, and J. Healey v. H. Bedford. The draw for the second four-ball knock-out is as follows: —First round: Cave and Lawrence v. Steele and Mcintosh, Sinclair and Lamb v. Joseph and Mantell, Crowley and Satterthwaitc v. Nicholas and Kennedy, Parker and S. Martin v. Menzies, sen., and W. E. Jones; second round: Syrnonds and Carmichael v. Dodd and Cole, Gamble and Bed?ord v. D. Menzies and Walter Smith, Slade and G. Martin v. Thompson and Healey, Leslie and Sceats v. Skelton and Robertson, Rex Jones and Wain v. Lee and Caithness, Moore and Clark v. Hawarth and Cunningham.

The following team will represent Glen-iti against Timaru on the Gleniti links to-morrow: —Crowley, Jones, Gamble, Cave, Sinclair, Symonds, J. Menzies, sen., T. Mitchell, D. Menzies, E. Dodd, C. Steele, N. Moore, Thompson, Skelton. J. Allport, Joseph, Parker. Leslie. Nicholas. Hawarth. W. E. Jones, Slade, J. Healey, and Robertson.

Pipers and Dancers. The annual meeting of the South Canterbury Pipers' and Dancers' Centre was held last evening, Mr W. Duncan presiding over a fair attendance. The annual report stated that the year had been begun with 17s 4ci and had ended with £.5 5s 6d. There were 15 financial members and 8 unfinancial members. Entries had risen from 270 in 1931 to 470 in 1932. The tirst competition had been a big success, but the second had resulted in a loss of £3 Bs. The Miller cup had been won outright by Ivy McLeod arid the Scottish cup by Hazel McKay. The report and balancesheet were adopted. The election of officers resulted as follows: —Patron, Mr James Craicie; president". Mr W. Duncan: vice-presi-(dents, Messrs C. Carr, M.P., T. McLeod, [ T Hughes, R. Oliphant. R. A. Rodgers, R. Kearns, and J. Shea: secretary. Mr J. Glass: treasurer, Mr T. H Hughes: programme committee, Messrs T. McLeod. R. Oliphant. and W Bell; executive. Messrs Hughes, F. Triggs. S. Guthrie, and McLeod: ladies' committee, Mesdames G. Ford, W. Lyons, W. Drew, D. Shilling, R. Oliphant. T. Jacobs, and J. Plever. The secretary's honorarium was fixed at six guineas. Messrs McLeod. Guthrie, A. Mclnnes, C. Campbell, D. McAteer, and R. Young were appointed honorary pipers. Returning thanks for his re-election the chairman said he would welcome the opportunity to have a tussle with the Dominion council, as in his opinion there was a need for improvement there. He was determihed to do his best to get matters between the council and the centre on a better footing.

At the general meeting which followed. the chairman said he thought a mistake had been made in restricting the open class to the area between Ashburton and Oainaru Mr McLeod expressed the view that tnc area should extend from Auckland to Stewart Island. It was decided, however, that the boundary should not be altered in the meantime.

TEMUKA. Further arrangements for the celebration of the jubilee of St. Joseph's Convent were made at a meeting of the committee. Many interested persons from other parts of New Zealand wrote stating that they intended to be present. Constable Abernethy, of Lyttelton, who was appointed to replace Constable J. Southworth, at Temuka, has taken over his duties. Adjutant 11. Chard, who was farm superintendent at the Bramwell Booth Boys' Home seven years ago, has been appointed manager of the home, to succeed Commandant J. Hawkins, the present manager. At the ninth annual meeting of the Temuka branch of the Mothers' Union, the Rev. C. L. Mountfort presided. The oflicers elected were:—Enrolling member, Mrs C. h. Mountfort; vice-presi-dents, Mesdarnes W. P. Routledge. F. A. Joynt, and L. Salmon; hon. secretary and treasurer, Mrs J. F. Hayhurst. The annual report dealt particularly with the activities of the general meetings and disclosed a total membership of 80. This, with the balancesheet, was adopted.

ALBURY. Mrs P. Kidd presided r.t the June meeting of the Mount Nessing Women's Institute. It was decided to order a crate of goods from the institute for the blind, Auckland. The competitions for the August meeting are are sixpenny packets, bring-and-buy, and a light fruit cake. Mrs Kidd introduced Mrs Mai thus, of Cave, who gave interesting demonstrations on the making of gloves and on papier mache work. Excellent entries were received in the competitions. The accompanists for the afternoon were Mesdames Dunnet and S. Irving and Miss N. Dale. Tiie hostesses for the day were Mesdames A. and S. Irving and Simpson, sen.

A general meeting of those interested in the sixteenth annual flower show was held recently in the vestry of the Presbyterian Church. The following officers were elected:—Patron, Mr A. Austin; patronesses, Mesdames Austin, T. D. Burnett, and H Fisher; president, Mr P. Kidd; treasurer, Mr Brown; secretary, Miss Austin. A strong working committee was also set up. On Thursday a social afternoon in aid of the work stall was held in the Mount Nessing hall. The afternoon was spent in games, competitions, songs by Miss M. Fraser and Mr Mann, and community singing. A fine collection of garments, material, and money donations was received. Mesdames A. and S. Irving, P. Kidd, and W. Stevenson served afternoon tea.

GERALDINE. Mr J. Kennedy, secretary of the Geraldine Racing Club, is at present in Wellington attending the racing conference. Mr D. McKeown (Duncdin) is visiting Geraldine. Miss Mona Tiplady (Geraldine) has left on a holiday visit to Hamilton. An enjoyable social evening was held in the -Kakahu school, when friends of Mr and Mrs A. Maxwell, who were recently married, attended to welcome them home. The evening passed pleasantly in dancing and musical items. Music was supplied by Messrs D. Park and Lyon, and extras were played by Misses Henderson and Reed and Messrs A. Maxwell, Wallace, and B. Cain. Mr J. Tindall was the master of ceremonies. The Hilton branch of the Women's Institute held its third birthday party in the hall, the function proving a very successful one. The earlier part of the evening was spent in competitions and games for the children, and a short concert programme was also given. Vocal solos were given by Miss A. Williamson and Mr G. Knibb, and recitations by Miss Reed, of Kakahu. Two short plays were contributed by members of the institute's play-reading circle, and by the Misses Reid. During the evening the institute's Glee Club sang several numbers, the accompanists being Miss G. Brenton and Mrs H. Brosnahan. A choir competition, judged by Mrs A. Mackenzie and Miss A. Williamson, was won by Mr G.

Knibb's team. During supper a birthday cake, given by the president (Mrs H. Brosnahan), was cut by Mesdames J. Cunningham and J. Tindall, two senior members. Competitions held during the evening resulted as follows:—Lucky spot, Mr and Mrs Crotty; maxina, Mrs B. Hall and Mr C. Brenton; lucky button birthday cake, Miss May McCormick: tennis ball, Miss Darroch; musical arms. Master Francis Parish. After supper the hall was cleared for dancing, music being supplied by Mrs Brosnahan, Misses Scott, Wilks. Brenton, and Messrs Meredith and W. Smith. Mr H. H. Brosnahan was the master of ceremonies. A meeting of the Geraldine Domain Board was held on Wednesday night, the chairman (Mr B. R. Macdonald) presiding. The financial statement showed that receipts for the month totalled £ti 10s. There was u debit balance at the bank of £24 S)s 3d, and after accounts had been paid there would be a deficit of £29 14s lOd. The receipts for the month in the Cemetery Board's account amounted to £8 7s 6d. There was a debit balance at the bank of £1 19s sd, and after ac counts amounting to £9 9s had been paid, there would be a deficit of £ll 8s sd. The management committee of the Geraldine football Club wrote suggesting that the board should give lurther consideration to the possibility of putting the number two football ground into better playing order. The request was discussed at length, and it was finally decided to meet representatives of the management committee this morning and inspect the grounds. The Geraldine Football Club wrote notifying that the net receipts ol thv senior football match on Saturday would be handed over to the board. The clerk was instructed to write thanking the club for its offer. Mr B. Hayes was appointed to co-operate with the club officials.