MID-CANTERBURY

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21355, 24 December 1934, Page 8

MID-CANTERBURY

J ASHBURTON CHRISTMAS CHEER Through the Ashburton Hospital Board's Christmas collection, which was conducted by the Mid-Canterbury Women's Division of the Farmers' Union, the board has been able to give assistance to 112 families, compared with 160 in need last year, during Christmas. Orders for groceries were posted out last week, while in some of the most necessitous cases the Ashburton Citizens' Relief Committee has provided the means for obtaining meat rations. Children boarded out under the care of the Child Welfare Department will also receive Christmas gifts. Including a gift of £4 4s from the Ashburton Club and Mutual School of Arts, the amount collected for the Christmas cheer fund this year is £lO3 5s 7d, compared with £IOO last year. Rebate on County Rates A total of £1637 2s Id is the amount of the claim made to the Treasury by the Ashburton County Council representing the rebate of 12£ per cent, which is being allowed by the Government on the current year's rates. Only those whose properties are used solely for agricultural, horticultural, or pastoral purposes will be entitled to the rebate, which is not being allowed to anyone whose rates are less than Bs. The Ashburton County Council's clerical staff has been busy during the last week in compiling returns showing those who were eligible for the rebate, and these were sent on to the Treasury on Friday. Relief Workers' Bonus A total of 399 unemployed relief workers participated in a bonus of £l4Bl paid by the Unemployment Board for the Christmas and New Year periods at Ashburton on Friday. There were 30 A class men, 223 B class men, and 146 C class men. Infectious Diseases A case of scarlet fever in the country was the only disease of an infectious nature reported in either the borough or county last week. | Church Services Christmas services were held at several churches at Ashburton yesterday. At the Methodist Church the singing of Christmas music was a feature of every service. A special festival in aid of the choir fund was held at the close of the evening service, and was well attended. Under the conductor, Mr H. A. Humphreys, the choir gave the following:—Carols, "The First Nowell," "Silent Night," "O, Christmas Bells," and "Ring Out, O Bells"; anthems, "Rejoice Greatly," "The Brightness of Thy Glory," "Christians, Awake," and the Hallelujah Chorus. Others items were: Solos, "O, Thou That Tellest," Mrs A. Black; "The Holy Child," Mr W. Corbett; "Open the Gates of the TemDle," Miss M. Brown; quartet, "Carol, Sweetly Carol," Miss N. Bishop, Mrs A. Black, Messrs W. H. Higgins, and C. Bishop. There was a large attendance of children in the afternoon for the Sunday school's festival, the singing by the scholars being under the direction of Mr R. Watts. The Rev. G. B. Hinton presented the prizes won during the year. At the Baptist Church, carols and anthems were sung at the morning and evening services. In the evening Miss M. Lewis was the soloist for one anthem, and a solo was given by Mr K. Norrish. Parties for Children

The annual Christmas tree gatherings of two lodges were held at Ashburton on Saturday. The Foresters' Lodge gathering was held in the Orange Hall in the afternoon, when 150 children were handed presents from a gaily decorated Christmas tree by Father Christmas. Bags of fruit and sweets were also given to each child. The parents were entertained at afternoon tea. Before the arrival of Father Christmas at the Hakatere and Daphne Lodges' Christmas tree, held in the Tancred street Hall in the evening, Mrs Mitchell's orchestra pla.yed selections to the children. About 200 children received presents at this function. While the parents had supper, the children received ice-creams. Carol-Singing Several parties from the Ashburton Silver Band commenced their Christmas carolling early yesterday, when the whole of the borough area was visited. To-morrow morning Hampstead, Tinwald and Allenton will be visited. Festival of Music A programme of Christmas music and dialogues under the direction of Miss Margaret Donaldson and Mr C. Bishop was given at Tinwald on Saturday evening by the Tinwald Methodist Young Women's Bible class. The proceeds were in aid of the Methodist South Island Orphanage. After Miss Donaldson recited the opening exercises, carols were sung by the Bible class. Dialogues and a playette were also given by the members of the Bible class and individual items were given as follows: —Recitations, June Breakwell and Lorna Christie; musical dialogue, Miss O. Christie; solo, Mr C. Bishop; Christmas greetings, Miss Daphne Bishop.

Record Consumption of Water A record consumption of water in the borough of Ashburton was reached last Thursday when 642,000 gallons were consumed, the day being the hottest in the town for about two years. Particularly during the' hot weather of the last five weeks, the use of high pressure water from the borough's system has been phenomenal for the town, and on several occasions the record daily consumption of slightly more than 500,000 gallons established in December of last year, has been exceeded. The average for the last month has been about 520,000 gallons a day, reaching the peak on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of last week, when 567,000 gallons, 570,000, and 642,000 gallons respectively were used. This is equal to about 107 gallons a day for each person in the borough. There has been no difficulty in coping with the demand, and two of the three pumps at the Ashburton power station have kept up the supply. With one pump with a pumping capacity of 30,000 gallons an hour working throughout the day, the high pressure water tower tank empties slowly, but when the demand eases about 8.30 pjn. each day another pump is brought into commission, and the j tank is filled over night in readiness for the following day. Cricket Ths Ashburton County Cricket Aasociation's competitions were advanced a. further stage on Saturday. There will be no competition gamea next Saturday. SENIOR GRADK ASHBURTON A v. ASHBURTON B A win by 8.1 runs on the first innings was registered by AshbmtO)) B against Ashburton A. The B team batted urat and made 126 runs. The A team replied with 45 runs. The A team's second innings produced 96 for the loss of two witketa. Details were as follows: — ASHBURTON B First Innings J. B. Nicoll, c Lainc, h Todd „. 47 J. Edmiston, lbw. b O'Reilly 7 R. Pear, b Todd . . . . .. 14 T. Newton, b Foscarty . . .. 5 B. McMillan, c Todd, b Foirarty .. 0 R. Ross, c Lainjr, b O'Reilly . . 20 J. Pritchard, c b O'Reilly 0 J. Varcoe, lbw, b Fogarty . . a J. Browne, not out . . . . 2 P. Fiiar, b d'Auverync .. .. - Extras . . ■ . . * 12 Total for nine wickets .. 120 Bowling—jr. O'K.illv took three wickets for 2U runs; F. Fogarty, three for 45; d'Auversrrie, one for 22; A. A. Todd, two fur 16; G. Heasley, nouo for 8.

ASHBURTON A First Innings H. C. Hynam. lbw, b Fear .. ..„-,■ 6 A. A. Todd, c McMillan, b Varcoe .. 8 M. O'Reilly, c Varcoe, b Fear .. 3 M. Keeley, c McMillan, b Edmiston .. 5 F. M. La'ing, c Newton, b Varcoe ~ ..• 1 T. Hanley, b Kdmiston .. >.. O G. d'Auvergne, b Varcoe .. .. 3 F. Fogarty, b Fear -« • • ° ,T. Pattle, b Varcoe -. -. O G. Heasley, b Varcoe .. 0 I. Gilchrist, not out -. - . 0 Extras .. •• "-• ™ Total .. •• '-•' 45 Bowling—J. Pritchard, none for' 5: Tt. Fear, three for 16; J. Varcoe, five for 2; E. Edmiston, two for 3. Second Innings Gilchrist, run out .. ..-. .. 6 Heasley, run out . . • • . . 0 ■ Hvnam, not out .. •• ..47 O'Reilly, not out .. •• ..41 ! Extras .. •• ..5 Total for two wickets ~. 96 FAIRFIELD v. METHVEN Fairfield beat Methven by the substantial margin of eight wickets in the match played at Methven. A total of 149 was made by Methven. Fairfield replied with 215 for the loss of .only two wickets. Details were as follows.— METHVEN \ Wilson, e Jordan, 1> O'Grady .. 8 J Watson, c and b O'Grady .. 5 E. Watson, b R. Drennan .. 3 \ Watson, c and b McKnight .. 31 G. Stephen, lbw, b Drennan .. 16 C Jessep, o sub., b O'Grady .. 21 P. Compignie, c Jackman, b O'Grady .. 4 11. Fryer, 1) McKnight . . .. 0 A R. Gourlev, not out .. -..34 M. Holland, c McKnight, b O'Grady .. 24 j. Temple, run out . . • • • • ° Extras .. •• 4 Total .. •• ..149 Bowling—Drennan took two wickets for 25 runs- W O'Grndv, five for 81; Lawlor, none'for 13; McKnight, two for 26. FAIRFIELD R. Drennan, not out •• "'^n V. Willis, retired ••,„•• A •• °?. B. Jordan, c Stephen, b E. Watson .. 23 Extras • • • • • • 10 Total for two wickets .. 215 Bowling—E. Watson took one wicket for 14 iuns. j UN i OB GRADE KIA ORA v. TECHNICAL A win by 91 runs on the first innings was secured by Kia Ora in its match against Technical. The first innings of Technical produced 78 Tuns (K. Stigley 20, 11. Jones 15 and T. Spicer 14). Kia Ora declared when it had 16!) runs up for the loss of night wickets. B. T. Clothier made 45, H. Lennon 37 not out, L. Chambers 30, and R. Wear 27. In its second strike, Technical had made 140 for the loss of six wickets when time was called. H. Jones's total was 65, A. Porter's 28, and T. Spicer's 22 not out. Bowling for Kia Ora, V. Stills took seven for 27, H. Lennon three for 12, and 11. Wear one for 4. E. Stigley was Technical's best bowler, taking four for 42. TINWALD v. METHVEN A three-point win for Tinwald was registered in the match, against Methven. Tinwald batted first, making 134 runs (E. E. Bell 39. W. J. Hockings 20, B. McKenzie 17, and W. Oakley 11). Methven made 72 runs (W. J. Owen 38 not out, M.Walker 11, and J. Mcintosh 10). In a second innings Methven made 68 runs (G. Lochhead 27, S. Smith 21 not out, H. Reid 10). For Tiuwnld, S. Roulaton took six wickets for 20 runs and R. Allen three for 16. For Methven W. J. Owen took three wickets for 2 9 runs. LAURISTON v. HIGH SCHOOL Lauriston defeated High School by 10 wickets in the match played on the country club's ground. Fielding only 10 mon, School made 124 in the first strike (R. W. Biggur 32, A. Kelly 22, R. B. Smith 16, J. Tuylor 15), and Lauriston replied with 196. 11. Adams's innings was the feature oE the strike, 121 not out being his total. School's second innings produced 78, A. Kelly 35 being the best individual score. Lauriston had 18 ruiis up for the loss of no wickets when play ceased. Bowling for Lauriston, S. Goodwin took five for 14 and W. Smith three for 12. For School, R. 11. Biggar took two for 21 and J. Tuylor two for 26. FAIRFIELD v. COLDSTREAM Fairfield heat Coldstream, obtaining a four, point win. Coldstream batted first and made 71 (It. Hutton 16, G. Young 20), to which Fairfield replied with 118 for the loss of six wickets before declaring. Alf McCall made 37, Dave McKay 3G, P. Willis 23, W. Ferris 22. and E. Dnnphy 28. Coldsi ream put up a worse performance in its •n.ond strike, being all out for 51 (L. Carter 22, A. Harris 12. and E. Merritt 12). The best bowler for Coldstream was R. Geddes. who took two wickets for 35 runs, while for Fairfield P. Willis tool; seven for 27 and three for 38, and C. Stills took five for 12 and Don McKay two for 1. Tennis The Mid-Canterbury Lawn Tennis SubAssociation's intermediate competition was continued on Saturday. Ashburton B defeated Ashburton A by 12 sets to 4 sets and Eiffelton A beat Te Marae A by 11 sets to 5. Te Marae C beat Fairton by default. Details of the matches wore as follows: — ASHBURTON B v. ASHBURTON A (B team's names first) Men's Singles—J. D. Coward 0, J. Partridge 2; R. Horrill 9, C. Denham 8; L. Crooks 9, A. Oookson 5; J. Lano a. M. Pilbrow 9. Women's Singles—Miss L. Gilchrist 7, Miss M. Fear 4; Miss M. Watt 7, Miss W. Andrew 1; Miss B. Anderson 7, Miss E. Pilbrow 2; Miss M. Raven 7, Miss R. Andrew 5. Men's Doubles —Coward and Horrill 0, Partridge and Denham 4; Crooks and Lano 7, Cookson and Pilbrow 9. Women's Doubles—Misses Gilchrist and Watt 7, Misses Fear and W. Andrew 5; Misses Anderson and Raven 7. Misses Pilbrow and R. Andrew 6. Combined Doubles—Coward and Miss Gilchrist 9, Partridge and Miss Fear 3; Horrill and Miss Waft 4, Denham and Miss W. Andrew 9; Crooks and Miss Andorson 9, Cookson and Miss Pilbrow 5; Lane and Miss Raven 4. Pilbrow and Miss li. Andrew 9. EIFFELTON A v. TE MARAE A (Eiffelton names first) Men's Singles—J. M. Stoddart 7, A. 0. Shaw 9; N. Stoddart 9, C. Parsons 3; R. Davidson 9, N. Moore 5; J. Roche 9. F. • Jordan 7. I

Women's Singles—Miss K. McQuilkin'7, Miss J. Smith 1; Miss M. Crossman 7, Miss E. Thomas 4; Miss M. Stevens 7, Miss D. Burgess 5; Miss E. Anderson 7, Miss M. Willers 3. Men's Doubles—Stoddart and Stoddart 3, Shaw and Parsons 0; Davidson and Roche 7, Moore and Jordan 9. Women's Doubles —Misses McQuilkin and Crossman 7, Misses Smith and Thomas 2; Misses Stevens and Anderson 7, Misses Bur£ess and Willers 6. Combined Doubles—N. Stoddart and Miss K. McQuilkin 9, Shaw and Miss Smith 6; J. M. Stoddart and Miss Crossman 5, Parsons and Miss Thomas 9; Davidson and Miss Stevens 9, Moore and Miss Burgesß 8; Roche and Miss Anderson 8, Jordan and Miss Willers 9. EIFFEI/TON CLUB The Eiffelton Tennis Club's championships and play for the B and C grade cups were concluded last week. All events were keenly contested, with a marked rise in the standard of play. The results were as follows : Finals—Men's championship; N. Stoddart teat J. M. Stoddart, 3-6, 6-1. 6-3. Women's championship: Miss K. McQuilkin heat Miss M. Stevens, 9-5. B prade cups—Men : G. McQuilkin beat J. Cocks, 9-6. Women: Hiss O. Stevens bent Mis» E l . Andorson, 7-4. C prade cups—Men: W. CroßSman beat. T. Prendenrnat, 9-8. Women: Miss K. Allen heat Miss M. Sheehan. 7-3. Rlfla Shooting Over ranges of 300, 500, arid 600 yards, members of the Ashburton Defence Rifle Club fired a match on Saturday afternoon in dull but fine weather. The winner was N. Baiierle, F. Porter being second, and Cx. Lusk third. Details" were as follows:

BUSHSIDE The Bushside Boy Scouts entertained Assistant Scoutmaster J. Hooper on his coming-of-age. The evening was spent in competitions, games and dancing, music for which was played by Miss B. Cunningham and Messrs F. Fagan and F. Cutler. Mr E. Rountree was master of ceremonies, and Mr G. Rountree sang a song. On behalf of the troop, Scoutmaster F. C. Cutler presented the guest with an electric torch. District Scoutmaster E. Osmers attended and presented a number of trophies including a first-class badge to Noel Grigg, and a gold medal for most points won at a sports meeting to Arnold Fagan.

LAURISTON The annual picnic of the Lauriston Presbyterian Sunday School was held in the Ashburton Domain under ideal weather conditions. There was a good attendance of parents, pupils, and friends. A sports programme was held, all competing children receiving a small prize. The superintendent (Mr J. A. Mackie) gave a brief report of the year's work, and on behalf of Miss M. Letham and himself thanked the parents for their help in Sunday School matters. The Rev. D. B. Ashford (Rakaia) then presented the prizes. Every pupil received a book. Mr C. A. Fyfe, on behalf of the parents, congratulated Miss Letham and Mr Mackie on the good work they were doing. A sweets scramble concluded an enjoyable picnic. I

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