NORTH CANTERBURY

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21341, 7 December 1934, Page 4

NORTH CANTERBURY

I ! RANGIORA I J AMATEUR ATHLETICS The team which will represent, the Rangiora Amateur Cycling and Athletic Club in the Canterbury Amateur Athletic Association's inter-club competition to-morrow is as follows: —K. E. Novell, W. Maunder, K. Campbell, R. Moir, P. Brown, N. Morrison, G. Fahey, W. Jackson, E. Rands, V. Corbett, L. Cooke. ! Returned Soldiers* Association Social j There was a good attendance at the weekly social held by the Rangiora branch of the Returned Soldiers' As-[ socialion. The prizes were won by j Mosdames 1,. Walls and W. Muir, and! Messrs W. Watson and W. Gardner. November R-ainiall The total rainfall for Novemcr was 1.80 iiiches, 1.31 iriches of which felt on November 20. Rain fell on five days during the month. The average rainfall for November for the last 10 years was 2.01 inches. Cricket The friendly cricket match between the Rangiora branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association and the New Brighton branch of the Association, which was to have been played at Loburn during the week-end. has been postponed. The match will probably I ! not now be held till alter harvest. i Tennis The following will represent their respective clubs in matches to-morrow: A Grade—Rangiora United v. Balcairn. at. Balcairn: G. Carpenter. L. Taylor, L. Wilson, J. Hosken. E. Dogget't, T. Kinley. T. IT. Blain (one I<> be; | omitted i. Miss M. Henderson. Mrs D. | Holm. Miss B. Honey. Mesdames I). | Taylor, F. W. Reynolds, and Kims. I B Grade- Rangiora Celtic v. Amber- : ley. at Celtic: J. Mcßrcarly. .1. Brown, j J. A. McKay, C. Devlin. Misses P. j Devlin. G. Kennedy, 11. Gibbs, P. Lynskev. Rangiora Methodist v. Ciist.l at Cust: E. Withers, C. Ayers. \V. | Maunder. K. Ayers. Mrs E. Withers, Misses 1,. Nelmes. B. Smith. M. Matthews. ': A friendly match was played yesi terday afternoon among the ladies of ! the Rangiora and United Tennis Clubs on the United Club's courts. Rangiora ; won by 110 games to 100. i A trophy given by Mrs D. Holm for i the player securing the highest aggrei gate of games during the afternoon j was won by Mrs C. Bell. HA WARDEN i On Saturday next the Hawurdcn A ! team will play Waiau. at Wniau. in the j Mancler Banner competition. The B I team will meet. Scargill on the llawarj den courts. i The following are the draws for the ! handicap singles of the Willoughby j Tennis Club (Hawarden>. The first round must be played by December Women—Miss .loins 'owe 15i. a bye: i Mrs Pickering (owe 30 3-o'. a bye; [ Miss N. O'Carroll (sen. a bye; Miss M. Learv dec. 15i. a bye: Miss D. 1 Gaiosford (sen v. Mrs E. Pawsey i owe ! 15); Miss P. Manning 'owe 30) v. Mrs Cowie (owe 3-G>; Miss M. Pohl (owe 3-0) v. Mrs F. Barker (owe 30 3-6): Mrs Hole (owe 30> v. Mr.- ' W J. Karl i owe 30); Miss O. Earl , i owe 30 3-01 v. Miss \'. Ryan ' owe :15 4-(i); Miss G. Evan- 'owe 13) v. i Miss Piatt -owe l.'i; Miss :\]. Gaiiisi ford irec. 1 .">> v. Mrs .1. White 'owy ■' !s>; Miss Davev irec. 15'. a bye; Mis. j V. Earl 'owe 30). a bye; Miss V. Mason (owe 15>. a bye; ?vliss N. Hayward | irec. 3-u'i. a bye; Miss A. Leary i ree. I 3-6), a bve. 1 Men—T. Smellie 'owe 15). a bye: B ; Penny fowe 30 3-6 > v. .1. Low 'owe i 4-6); L. Smellie 'owe 15> v. E. Hunt ' (owe 15): G. Mason 'owe 40) v. A. | Cowie (ree. 15); M. O'Carroll 'ree. 15i ! v J. Pawsev (owe 15); P. Leary <scr> i v J. White "(owe 15); F. Pohl ' ree. 15) j v. B. Dalzell (sen; R. Manning (owe i 15) v. W. Mason fowe 30 3-6;; .1. W>l- - letts fowe 4-6) v. J. Perry (owe lot; ! E. Arthur fscr) v. E. Pawsey (owe 15); i IT Sidcy (owe 4-6) v. A. Pickering ! (son: 'S. Shutts (owe 4-f!» v. H. <■ Shields (ree. 15); 11. Davies dec. la) i v. W. O'Carroll (scr); C. Bunting (owe ! 15) v. G. Evans fowe 15); A. Neeve I 'owe 15) v. H. Earl 'owe 30 3-fi); C. Drummond fscr). a bye. ■ OXFORD i A successful social of the Oxford i Band of Hope was held recently in the ! Coronation Hall to close the work of I the year. About 50 children, besides I parents and friends, were present, and j several musical items were given during the evening. The remainder of the evening was spent in games and i competitions. The results of competitions were as follows:—Bubble blow- • ing. Phyllis Waterman. Winnie Water- | man, and Archie Baxter; egg competition, under 15 years, Pearl Dawe 1. Phyllis Waterman 2; under 12 years. Audrey Roi*l, Jean Squire 2; under I nine years. Ngaire Gilchrist I. Muriel j Squire 2: and a special prize for under i six years was awarded I<> Stuart ! Squire. | SEFTON | A social arranged jointly by the i dramu and folk-dancing circles was j held in the Sefton Rink Hall on Tuesi day evening, and attracted a good | attendance. During the first part of the evening a demonstration of folk j dancing was given by the senior and ! junior children, under the direction lof Miss Eldridge. the music being I played by Mrs R. J. McGowan and Mr A. Anderson. The items were in- ! terposed with general folk dancing in I which a good proportion of the adults I took part. The drama circle staged 1 an amusing one-act farce in which , the parts were creditably taken by ' Mrs Thorne and the Misses Eldridge, j Tallotl, Thorne. Ford, and Hales. The costumes worn by Iho performers | were supplied by the courtesy of | Hays. Limited, of Christchurch. After ( supper ordinary dancing was enjoyed. 1 Mr J. Haigh was master of ceremonies. i and the music was played by Mes- ' dames A. McNally, .7. Rowe. and Mr i A. Anderson. HORNBY The fortnightly meeting of thv Olive Branch Lodge of Druids was held in the Parisli Hall, A.D. Bro. J. Lloyd presiding over a fair attendance of members. Correspondence was' received from the No. .1 Royal Arch Chapter about the quarterly meeting. One new member was admitted by clearance. It was decided to hold a party for the children before Christmas, arrangements being i left to the social committee. The no- ■ mutation and election of ollicers rc- ' suited as follows: —-A.D.. Bro. L. B. j Freeman; J.P.A., Bro. J. Lloyd; V.A . I Bro. T. Taylor; secretary, Bro. Robi mis; treasurer, Bro. .1. J. Keeno; i A.D.8.. Bros. G. Taylor and A. Taylor. 1.G.. Bro. J. J. Still; 0.G.. Bro. Johausen;' grand lodge delegates. P.D.P.'s Bros. Kecne and Roberts; deputy representatives, Bros. Richards and Clegg; delegate 1o U.F.S.B. Association, Bro, J. Lyell; U.F.S. council. Bro. Clegg: U.F.S. dispensary, Bro. A. A. Scott; auditors, Bros. Richards and Clegg; M.C., Bro. Scott. The D.P., Bro. Scott, installed the various officers, assisted by Bro. Richards. All the officers returned thanks. The' balance-sheet of the lodge for the last six months, which was presented by the secretary, showed the funds of the lodge to be in a satisfactory position.

DARFIELD At the invitation of the Darfield branch of the Mothers' Union, a large and representative gathering of ladies met in the Memorial Hall to hear an address by Deaconess Park. The Rev. A. S. Moflatt welcomed the visitors. Deaconess Park gave an inspiring and helpful address, taking as her subjects "The Call to Renewal." "Motherhood," and "The Spirit of Christmas.'' On behalf of the Malvern branch of the Mothers' Union. Mrs Moflatt ex- ' pressed thanks and appreciation to the speaker. Mrs G. W. Dent (Court-j enay), Mrs Gilchrist (Oxford). Mrs G. B.'Nans'on (Cust). and Mrs W. G. \ Clarke (Darfield Presbyterian Women's Missionary Union) also expressed thanks to the speaker, and to the Mothers' Union for an enjoyable afternoon. Afternoon tea was served by the members of the Darfield branch. An afternoon was held on the croquet lawns and tennis courts recently, each member paying a contribution for games. A bring and buy table, of which Mrs D. McMillan was in charge, did good business. A well attended general meeting ol the Croquet Club was held in the shelter on a recent afternoon. It was j decided 1o apply for affiliation with | the Canterbury centre. Mrs H. Bar- ; ker was appointed the club's repre- j sentative on the general committee. ■ The following will represent the Daiiield Bowling Club in the Malvern Centre's competition to-morrow:—v. , Oxford A, at Oxford—W. McKay. P. Morrison, J. Robb. S. J. Bushel! 's>; v Sheffield A. at Darfield—H. Barker, D. McLaughlin. W. T. Cooke W. G. Clarke isi- v. Sheffield C. at Shefhcld -L. Hewitt. G. Rcvcloy. T. Westwoocl A. G. Porteous is). The Darfield D riiik has a bye. LITTLE RIVER The rainfall for November was 1.26 inches. Rain fell on two days. The maximum fall was 96 points on November 19. The rainfall to the end oC November was 85.42 inches. The rainfall for November last year wa» ;;2<S inches and to the end of November in 1933 it was 29.34 inches. HORORATA , The Hororata school tennis lean? . played a friendly match with the ! C.icendalc school team at Greendak on Tuesday afternoon, the match resulting in 'a wm ,or Hororala. The . visitiiTg team returned thanks for the Greendale team's hospitality. The Hororata cricket team will be ; selected from the following to play : Sheffield H, at Sheffield, to-morrow:-- I II A. Thorne. C. Thorne, H. Uiatt, A. ; Stone. .1. Glen. T. Tarling. .). Ritch, 11. i Murray, J. Oliver, E. Fleming, i*:. , Beds, and A. M. Jones. j The Hororata B tennis team to play Coal rt ate at Hororata 10-morrow is as fellows:—Misses E. Gray, M. Fuller. E. Felton. H. Phillips, Mrs Fleming, and Miss E. Chapman; men, N. Brown, J. Mitchell. R. Barrett. P. Derrelt. F. N. Wright, and S. Ilore. The Hororata A tennis team to play Springfield at Springfield is as fnl7,,Wk:—Mrs K. B. Dalmer. Misses Me-| Kcnzie, D. Oliver. E. Thorne. P. Oliver, land R. Barrett: men, V. Bell. S. Gib- ! son, E. B. Dalmer. .1. McKenzic, A. Oliver, and K. Kellaway. i | GLENROY ; The meteorological recordings taken for the month of November show that ram fell on nine days, the maximum fall being 59 points on November 20. A total of 1.911 inches was registered for the month, compared with 3.(>4 inches for (lie corresponding month in 1933. The total fall for the II months I of 1934 wa* 41.19 inches, and for the : iiino period of 193.') 27 1! inches was. ; registered. I I At a meeting of the school committee held recently it was dtcided to hold the annual picnic on December 18. instead of December 19. as previously arranged. SOUTHBROOK j A meeting of the school jubilee] executive, called to consider the holding of an annual gathering of former pupils, was held on Wednesday evening. Mr Frank Martyn presided. After considerable discus-ion it was agreed that the jubilee committee join with the school committee in n picnic (for former pupils and present pupils) to the Waikuku beach on February 16, 193"). The secretary was asked to call a meeting of the general committee and school committee for January 23 to make necessary arrangements for the picnic. Mention was made of the offers of prizes made by the late Mr T. List and Mr Bob Cook for citizenship and gardening. ]