NORTH CANTERBURY

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21256, 30 August 1934, Page 4

NORTH CANTERBURY

—* —- . j c RANGIORA a E A silting of the Magistrate's Court * was held at Rangiora yesterday be- E fore Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M. L. I. An- I drews and H. A. Grimwood for driving motor-cars and not being the | holders of drivers' licenses, were each , fined 10s and costs. H. Saundercock, i jun., for driving a motor-car at a c speed which might have been dangercus to the public was convicted and < fined 20s and costs. j On opening the Magistrate's Court j at Rangiora " yesterday morning, Mr j Mosley referred to the death of Mrs j Cassidy, wife cf Sergeant Cassidy and j extended sympathy to him in - his r bereavement. The court adjourned for i 15 minutes. t CULVERDEN The Culverden Ladies' Miniature Rifle Club held its second last shoot < of the season this week. The attend- i ance was good. The results of the < coming week's shooting will, decide the ' winners of the various trophies. In the 1 four-nightly competition, which was . completed this week, the winners were:—Miss !•'. Mockett 1, Mrs H. ' Maw 2, and Miss M. Brown 3. The 1 weekly hotty button was won by Mrs T. Woodward. The grand aggregate scores for the season are as follows: Miss F. Mockett 1.130, Miss E. Hooper 1109, Mrs H. Hempenstall 110 C. Miss N. , Hoban 1091, Miss J. Hoban 1088, Miss 1 M. Brown 107!), Mrs H. Maw 1068, Mrs i R. Crewes 1040, Mrs H. Brydon 1041, i Mrs H. Croft 1017, Mrs T. Woodward i 991, Miss B. Hodgens 977, Mrs W. , Clark 909. The weekly scores off the rifle were as follows:—Miss F. Mockett i 67, Mrs H. Maw 67, Mrs H. Hempen- : stall 67, Miss E. Hooper 66, Miss M. ' Brown 65. Miss J. Hoban 65, Mrs T. , Woodward 64, Mrs R. Crewes 63, Mrs H. Croft 62, Miss N. Hoban 62, Mrs Taylor 59, Miss B. Hodgens 53. There was a good attendance at the weekly shoot of the Culverden Men's Miniature Rifle Club. The senior medal was won by A. Kingsbury and the junior hotty button by T. Woodward. At the weekly shoot next, week the bracelet, competition, grand aggregates for the season, and the weekly buttons will all be decided, it being the last shoot of the season. The following were the weekly scores:— Senior—A. Kingsbury 70. T. Smith 70, T. Henshaw 68, D. Dalzell 67, J. Drage 67, J. Smith 67, J. Creighton 66, H. Hempenstall 6G, C. Fraser 66, D. Munro 65, N. Ross 64, 11. Hammond 64, W. Hamilton 63, V. Rivers 61. Juniors —A. Drage 68, L. Denton 67, S. Davics 66, T. Dunbar 66, L. Ford 66, E. Simpson 63, T. Woodward 62, G. Mockett 63, W. Thomson 62, J. Draper 61. CHEVIOT The Presbyterian Ladies' Guild. Cheviot, has arranged a concert and gymnasium display to be held at Cheviot to-morrow night, in aid of their funds. The gymnasium display will be given by a team of boys from the Presbyterian Boys' Orpin nage. Christchurch. Musical items will be given by a number of local artists, and an excellent programme has been arranged. ! LEITH FIELD In spite of rough wenlhcr, the fortnightly scci.'il \v:v. Will atluidctl, The winners of prizes w\ re M-fs-D.. Coffey. Miss Alma McLean, Mr K. f. Davison, and Mr I.esier Fl.-tclnr. Tic highest scorers for the series Of six nights i were Mrs G. W. Rhodes, Mrs ColTey, j Mr Nornrvi Keleher. atid Mr Stanley | Ashby. Mijsic for the dancing was ! played by Miss A. Fitzpatrick and Mr F. Trail was master of ceremonies. j CUST There was a fair attendance at the annual meeting of the Cust Cricket Club. Mr E. Wayland presided. The balance-sheet, which was adopted, showed a credit. It was decided to enter a team for the North Canterbury Cricket Association competitions, and to leave the annual subscription the same as in former years. Messrs E. Wayland and H. Sail were appointed delegates to the North Canterbury Association. Ofiicers elected for the ensuing year were:—Patron, Mr John Cowens; president, Mr E. W. Cooper; secretary, Mr Ernest Henderson: auditor, Mr G. Overend. It was decided to leave the appointment of captain until the day of the first match. At the quarterly meeting of the Loyal Cust Lodge, M.IT., Bro. Geo. Finlay, N.G., presided over an attendance of 32. Quarterly accounts and sick pay amounting to £3O 9s sd, were passed for payment. Advice was received that the members of the local Orange Lodge would attend to play a friendly game of cards at the next meeting of the Oddfellows. A letter was received from the secretary, of the Loyal Rangiora Lodge, intimating that the Lyttelton Lodges would be paying a visit to Rangiora in September, and extended an invitation to the Cust members to be present. The following district officers were present:—D.G. Master, Bro. G. Gibling; D.D.G. Master, Bro. Cole; District secretary, &D.G.M. Bro. C. I. Jennings; and P.D.G. Masters Bros. Archer and Trollope. Bro. T. B. Lock, F.S., proposed the toast to the visitors, which was responded to by each of the district officers in turn. D.D.G. Master Bro. Cole, in his reply, gave an account of his recent visit to England. After the business, supper was provided and a social hour with musical items was spent. j H4LSWELL A successful euchre party and hard up dance were held in the Public Hall under the management of St. Mary's vestry and guild committee. The proceeds were to be given to the organ fund. Prizes for the cards were won by Mrs J. Templelcn and Mrs J. Dc-ary, and Messrs E. Lunt and A. McDury. The prizes for the best hard up dresses were won by Miss M. Cox and Mr James Lafley. Music for the dance was played by F. Smith's orchestra. with extras by Mr W. Rosei lor. Mr N. Gardiner was master of [ ceremonies. A card party and dance were held by the joint committee of the State School and St. Agnes's. The proceeds were to help the annual combined picnic funds. Competitions in the card room wore won by Mrs Deary and Miss V. McConne!), and Mr W. Hnycs and L. Smart.. . Mr and Mrs li. H eyes were the winners in the lucky snot waltz. Miss N. LafTcy and Mr j. Eden were the winners of a Monte Carlo d'.mce. Messrs D. MeConnoll and W. McNamnra were masters of ceremonies, and music for the dance was played by F. Smith's orchestra with extras played by Mr W. Roselor. AKAROA A six-roome 1 unoccupied house, owned by the Lardncr Estate, at the corner of Jolie and Aylmer streets, was destroyed by fire on Monday night. The fire brigade was quickly cn the scene, and confined the outbreak to the building, thus saving two adjoining houses owned by Miss A. Brocherie and Mr W. Pool. Tnis | is the third empty house that has been destr6yed by fire since July 3, all three fires having occurred between 6.30 and 7 p.m.

LINCOLN A social gathering of parishioners of St. Stephen's Church was held in the Lincoln Hall, as part of the church's anniversary celebrations. A very large number of parishioners attended, r«ijd the vicar (the Rev. T. M. Curnow) opened the proceedings with a brief address outlining the early history of the parish. A short musical programme followed, pianoforte items being given by Mesdames H. Golding and T. M. Curnow and Miss R. Henry, £ songs by Mesdames T. Foster and T. M. Curnow, Messrs H. Mills and J. H. T. Curnow, recitations by Mr C. Mills * and Master A. Hopley, and a mando- - 1 lin-guitar solo by Mrs McPherson, the accompanists being Miss R. Henry and Dr. E. J. Cooke. A single-act farcical comedy sketch followed, the various f parts being well taken by Misses N. Stoddart, R. Henry, A. Hopley, E. Zuppicich, M. Reynish, and M. Hills, pi Mesdames Harvey and H. Golding, I Messrs C. Mills and A. J. Lysaght, and * Masters W. and A. Hopley and A. Mills. Mrs T. M. Curnow was stage manager. After some community singing and games supper was served by the women. ! HALKETT The severe storm of last week-end caused heavy losses of young lambs, c Only those that were sheltered sur- 1 vived. Lambing is general throughout the district, and very few farmers escaped losses. . Because of the boisterous weather, the Malvern returned soldiers' reunion was postponed, and will now be held on Saturday. SHEFFIELD j A meeting of the vestry of St. Ambrose's Church of England was held 1 in the vicarage. The Rev. A. S. Moffatt . presided. It was reported that the , new roof and the repairs to the church had been completed satisfactory 1 ily. It was decided to proceed with the painting of the exterior of the church as soon as the weather was suitable. ( It, was also decided to hold a Christmas fair in the Sheffield hall on Saturday, December 22. Miss Minnie Schwebo is the guest of Mrs S. J. Cullen (Waddington). Miss M. Byrne, of Christchurch, has returned home after visiting Mrs J. F. Duncan (Hawkins). , Mrs Blompied, o£ Christchurch, is | the guest of Miss M. T. Bates, "The Bach," Sheffield Miss Hoben, of Spreydcn. has been visiting Mrs C. D. Sealey, of Waddington. The annual meeting of the' Sheffield Tennis Club was held in the pavilion. Mr L. Melrose presided. The balancesheet, which was presented by the secretary, Miss D. Judd, showed a credit balance of £1 16s lid. The election of officers resulted as follows:—President, Mr H. C. Townshend; patron, Mr R. Colthart; vicepresidents, Messrs A. W. Adams and G. H. Judd; captain, Mr L. Melrose; vice-captain, Mrs Q. A. Wright; honorary secretary, Miss D. O. Judd; delegates to Malvern Lawn Tennis Sub-Association, Messrs L. Melrose and F. Austin; committee, Mrs L, T. Wright, Misses H. Lillev and I. Innes. Messrs A. Pctrie, A. AT. Adams, F. Austin, and C. D. Sealey. It was decided to enter a team in the A grade competition this season. The membership fee was fixed at 15s for men, 7s (5:1 for women, and 5s for juniors. It, was resolved to top-dress tiie courts, and the opening date was left to the incoming committee to arrange. It was decided to hold a (handicap singles competition for the i silver button, which had been given by Mrs Q. A. Wright and Miss Judd, and the arranging of the handicaps was left in the hands of Mrs Q A Wright, Messrs L. Melrose and C d' ! Sen ley. • A vote of thanks was passed to the secretary for her work tiu-'iu" ! the Inst year. " ! | LITTLE RIVER j I Miss Mary Craddock is spending the j j school vacation at Gore. ! Miss Daphne Aburn is spending the j school vacation at Christchurch/ I MOTUKARARA j A meeting of the Motukarara branch j of the New Zealand Farmers' Union i was held recently, there being a large attendance. Mr M. J. Scott, of Lincoln College, gave an address on the feeding of pigs, and Dr. O. H. Frankel of Lincoln College, explained to members how to cure animals y/Uh milk fever. At the conclusion of the meeting the speakers were accorded a vote of thanks. I