SOUTH CANTERBURY

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21334, 29 November 1934, Page 6

SOUTH CANTERBURY

TIMARXJ j TOC H The third annual meeting of the Timaru group of Toe H was held on Tuesday evening, Mr J. B. Hamilton being in the chair. Reports showing the activities of the last year were adopted. The election of officers resulted as follows:—Chairman, Mr R. J. Runciman; secretary, Mr D. W. Beswick; treasurer, Mr J. Watt; job master, Mr S. Taylor; ordinary members of executive, Messrs E. C. Segar, J. M. Gliddon, and P. Ruston. Mr W. G. Tweedy reported on the activities of the health camp committee, with whom it was decided to co-operate to the fullest extent. Personal Mr W. H. Hall left yesterday for Wellington to complete arrangements for the visit to Timaru of the Band of the Grenadier Guards. Magistrate's Court Before Mr C. R. Orr Walker, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court yesterday, judgment was given for plaintiff by default in each of the following cases: —Para Rubber Company. Ltd., v. James Burns, £l2, costs £1 3s: A. R. Clark v. Isobel Grace Macdonald, £8 fls lOd. costs £ 1 14s (id; Timaru Herald Company, Ltd.. v. M. Leonard, £lO 13s, coi'ts £2 Ms. "The Flower Queen" Dr. G. F. Root's operetta, "The Flower Queen," was presented in the Wesley Hall on Tuesday night and again last night under the auspices of the Banks Street Methodist Ladies' Guild, a large audience being present on each occasion. The cast was as follows:—Rose, Miss Betty Holdgate; Crocus, Miss B. Davies; Violet, Miss Hocking; Sunflower, Miss Audrey Holdgate; Mignonette, Miss J. Cross; Dandelion, Miss Joan Holdgate; Dahlia. Miss Gwcn Milne: Touch-me-not. Miss Pearl Hocking: Heliotrope, Miss Maureen Cross; Tulip, Miss Betty Smith; Japonica. Miss Joan Head; Lily, Miss R. Jacobs: Hollyhocks, Misses Rao Holdgate, Marie Greenwood, J. McAuley. M. Averis; Poppies, Misses Noeline Tait, Betty McAlister, Joan McLaugh'lan, Jean Tweeddale; Heather Bells. Misses Betty Hogg, Sylvia Vernall. Raowyn Cross, Shirley Giddinfis: Butterfly, Miss Ngaire Hogg. The part of the recluse was taken by Mr Ralph Holdgate. Main School Jubilee Mr C. E. Kerr, chairman of the Timaru Main School Jubilee Committee, and Mr C. R. Home, secretary, visited the school on Tuesday morning and presented each of the children with a photographic button to commemorate the jubilee. In doing so, Mr Kerr said that as old boys Mr Home and himself had every reason to be proud of the school, and hoped that the present scholars would bo at the centenary celebrations 40 years hence. Women's Swimming Races Results of an evening swimming meeting held by the Timaru Ladies' Swimming Club were as follows: Junior, 25 yards: J. Lcggott 1. Joan Flanagan 2. : i Senior, 33 1-3 vards: A. Rogers (2) 1, V. Chamberlain (8) 2. Diving: M. Sutherland 1. M. Young 2, J. Pope 3. Political Meeting; Mr R. Semple, M.P., addressed a well attended meeting in the Theatre Royal on Tuesday evening, Mr Clyde Carr, M.P., presiding. The subject of Mr Sample's address was "The Greatest Political Scandal in the History of New Zealand." At the conclusion of his remarks Mr Semple, on the motion of Mr S. Lang, was given a vote of thanks, and a vote of confidence was expressed in the Labour party. Later, the following motion, moved by Mr G. Roller, was carried unanimously by the unemployed present: "That the unemployed of Timaru present at this meeting again record appreciation of the efforts of the Labour members of Parliament to secure more adequate provision for the unemployed and their dependents, and pledge themselves to do their utmost to secure the return of a Labour Government at the next election." Official Opening of Baths The Waimataitai Jubilee Baths in White street were officially opened yesterday afternoon before a large crowd. The chairman of the Jubilee Baths committee, Mr H. H. Fraser, said that the occasion was a red-letter day for the school. The baths project had been inaugurated by the Former Pupils' Association as a memento of the school's 50 years of life. All had agreed that there could not be a better memorial of such a jubilee. The baths and section had cost about £IOSO, and when the baths were handed to the council the property would be worth between £2OOO and £2300. The cost to the council would be absolutely nil. The Former Pupils' Association had given £240, said Mr Fraser, towards the work, and the North End Association £SO. An appeal by former pupils and dances had produced £75, and a donation of £175 was made by the fair committee. A loan of £4OO by the Borough Council was to be repaid by March. In declaring the baths open, Mr G. Bcnstead, Deputy-Mayor, said that he was proud to realise an ambition he had had for 15 years. He expressed thanks to all who had assisted in the project and stressed the responsibility of the committee to find the £4OO borrowed, assuring those present that the committee would honour its obligations. Mr Eraser said a tribute to the work of the architects, Messrs V. H. Panton and F. Lewis, in drawing up plans and specifications. Cricket Mr A. E. Lawrence presided over the fortnightly meeting of the management committee of the South Canterbury Cricket Association. The Ashburton Association wrote stating that its representative team would not be participating in tha Hawke Cup competition. It was decided that no challenge be entered this season.

The secretary was instructed to write to the Canterbury and West Coast Associations stating that the South Canterbury Association was in favour of the proposed competition between the Canterbury minor associations. The following dates were approved for representative matches:—December 26 and 27 —Second grade team v. Kia Ora Club (Christchurch); December 26—Third Grade team v. Albury Club; January 26 —First, Second, and Third Grade teams v. Ashburton, at Ashburton.