TIMARU AND SOUTH CANTERBURY NEWS

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21391, 6 February 1935, Page 9

TIMARU AND SOUTH CANTERBURY NEWS

TDIARr jiEETINfi OK PRESBYTERY . ~„ , f 1 '!-■ 'J':--,"i-i Presbytery i f.ec'.:.'.v ' - - A " ,• . ...-<-',-• ih" retiring rr.oa- ,-< KU- .' c L ' .',.• is-c Hcv. .-'. J. ii- Dow, presid- !'-; ~.V c~ '■•- (-:tci;ded to the ,r J. Bicken-tr!-. ;. visitor from the : „h Z Presbyf-ry. 'X.' p.-v W. J. C'.-'.; I '!'-; was elected *'.' ~r- 'n- ii •■ vear. and r --aerato. j "- , , ~ '". ~-* ~f th-O'K '•■■:.:■ accorded Mr ' '*fr- •'•-,'■ ;-o> ••■.!"':'':• in which he ---'.'.'.,.'- r'r! '.■:• ! o-••!'•■■ during the

J ''-„r '" :)■■• '.-.■-■-'-; r-.-.' ::;Mtecs were ap|;."r<:'"'...• 1;-'-- .■■:.::■---Public ques- :',."'--," "n-'.''. •' Baird 'convene!'). t.- i \\ !;i:;j:: - -. and J. For- -■ .. ■■.., ; , ■ .:<. .-;c--!'.-'11!\ - o elders; '■■";; ; i- c "i'{<- : :■.. •; h. Dow iccn- •/■",', -,v :,:-.-N;":'. J ".I'.'.nn. with re\,..'r •-./': •■<?'■. o: S'.tr.dvsv schools and "'• : l - nc! representative eld~'l V<- and work, the Revs. C. A. i.;; r 'Pv >(•;'•.::vc.:.r-n W. J. Couling, h r '. ar.a J. S. Young, with ."--'esentri'.ive e'dc.s: students', the -T'/ V; F. N.chol (convener), J. -'.'Vd A. Be2g. and A. J. H. Dow. "'•i+Z Rev. A. J. H. Dow was re4"hted Presbytery's representative '•'r'l'cYavt-h r-dvisnry board, '"p't'sbvtory vishations for the year . '/.iy.' p•_■;•:;■:::;; j of tile commissions I -VTrran'V--'; : follow:;: —Waimate. •-'p'Rers. ..'. Teunant (convener) and •"3 Kirk, witi; '-vpresentative elders: ''-.•keiizic- county, the Revs. J. Mann '"■'■'-•:er.':-: > and H. L. Williams, with c-lders; Temuka. the -f-,'s. J- Sand 'convener) and A. J. iT'Bo'.v, with representative elders; ,'Lihco Down?, the Revs. J. Tennant ■ .Tver: or < and \Y. F. Nicho], with re■.•.:Cr.tat;\ e c-ltic. Rowing >c fh.a! of the William Evans Me~:r:al Double Sculls, held by the Ti-'■'■i'-i Rowing Club, resulted in a win -'"Hutchison's crew by a length and i"ha!f from Turnbuil's crew: The ',- t "vc*v. ere: K. Hutchison (stroke) and 5 ij«her and R. T. Turnbull and J. oCorir.tr. Bowls Tr.'.' champion of champions •it .saints- will be played on <--..urday. commencing at 8 a.m. >--,•* p'lav will be on the two''C system. Each of the 10 clubs Ltliated with the centre will be re- : resented by a champion rink. The ira-.v for the first round is as follows: Tenuka v. West End. Tirnaru v. Geral'l.ie. Waimate v. Fairlie, Park v. AshLurv. Kir ~oa v. Highfiold. Or: February 28 the Redpath Shield • itch will be played on the Christ'hurch Club's green, when South Can-t'-rbury will be represented by a rink. Prosperity Fair Mr G. H. And"eas presided over a r.ceting of the committee which was :■:: up to organise the Timaru Pros- ::«::'.;.• !-"air. It v.-as reported that the Bay Hall :..: bet:: bcokeci for the event, which vis to be hold over a period of four tsys. C( : :r;rr!Cncinf< en March 13. Various sub-coinmittees were ap•/.lnisd to coidrol competitions, disi '.c'j. cr.d ether attractions. A genr H meeting will be held shortly. Personal 1 M: Ih.gh Lowry was inanimously 0.-c'.ed ;; ! ; ft- member of the Timaru I T:ot , . , m Club at a meeting of the " ■■:*'■ ittee en Mondav The pre-.--ir-r.it 'Mr John Kole) seated that Mr :...',:-y v:a: u fc.-undation member, who ■ d r.cv.c a i;real deal for the sport .:. ;::. disirict. Ar.y honour which the i':.b f.-ild ;dve him wotdd be well "•!'.ti:i:t of sympathy were carried .' thi -.'.••ekly meeting of the Timaru .' ; ;o;a:v Cub with the relatives of Mrs ".V. Priest Mrs G. S. Crev. and Mr M Dn.nisto::. At ;■ meeting of the committee of "i'.t Tirr.uiu Trottint; Club, the chair"Z'l 'Mr John Hole) made reference •'. the death of Mr J. H. Tompkins, of i-'r.:isichi:rc!). with whose relatives a :r.':*.icn of :ympathy was carried. WAIMATE • j f.vrdy to leave for Christchurch. was '.'.tytahicd at a social by the ladies' I L";r:ci: of St. Patrick's Literary and •"•f'but:!];■ Society, members of other o::b; and societies, of which she is a r-.crr.bcr also beim; present. The speakers referred in eulogistic terms \ : - 'he- valuable services Miss Whelan : "-i re::derefl the \-ariou.s organisa-' '. o:;j. and the loss which would be 1 stained by her departure. Prcsen'ttjons were made to Miss Whelan on L*r.a:! of \h<- following:--Library ■Pev. father Gmistvi; Dramatic Club 'Mr N. L. Knell 1. Tennis Club (Mr ;' Foley,. Easketball Club (Miss B. --tughtoi:,. Miss Whelan feel;'?lv acknowledged the gifts, and •:.. r :diy remarks. The evening con- '-- ded with supper and dancing. Excitement was caused in Waimate "'"fit-n a horse attached to a spring '-ray bolted from the back of busi-•'-'ts premises in town. The horse (areered along Shearman street and t- r Jng High street, but managed to jwade what traffic there was about. '.'".» horse was pulled up nrar ParsonE Ee road. One wheel of the dray v 'fs damaged and the axle bent. Fining in tiio Waitaki has imrroved, and most anglers out recently .'.avc reported catches. The new r -;.er:::ig made at the mouth of the ;.v*r has made a great difference. •::'*!* success is being met with in the /'•uihao river at present. The river i-- low. and in many cases stranded l-.-h are being removed. .The v:tal statistics for the Waimate r -.-trict for Jnnuarv are as follow, the '-rjres for the samr- month in 1934 t*.ng g.vr-:i ii ; parenthesis:—Births 17 '= '. marriage? 4 (3), deaths 2 '3).

TEMUKA Mrs W. Blyth and Mrs Low, of Duncdin, are spending a holiday in Temuka. Mrs L. Story has returned from a holiday in Christchurch. The Rev. Father T. George, S.M., of Christchurch, has commenced duties as assistant priest of St. Joseph's parish, Temuka. Mr Wallace and Miss I. Wallace, of Palmerston North, are the guests of Mrs D. A. Stewart, Birkett street. Miss O. M. Dalton has returned from Methven. As the Mayor (Mr A. W. Buzan) is on holiday in Invercargill, the DeputyMayor (Mr G. Hancox) presided at a special meeting of the borough council held on Monday evening, when the resolutions passed at the last meeting for the conversion of borough loans Nos. 1 and 2 were confirmed. Pursuant to notice of motion. Cr. E. Blackmore moved that the resolution passed at a meeting of the council held in January delaying the date for imposing the 10 per cent, penalty for unpaid rates from February 15 to March 15, be rescinded. Cr. Blackmore said that the council could not legally make this concession. Correspondence was received from the Minister for Internal Affairs stating that the Government had no intention of re-enacting the legislation passed last year giving local authorities power to postpone the penalty date for unpaid rates. It was pointed out by councillors who were in favour of the later date, that the Government did not pass the necessary legislation last year until November, and there was still ample time for them to do so this year. After further discussion the resolution was carried by five votes to four. Exception to the rate of wages paid to relief workers under the new scheme was taken by Cr. W. H. McMillan, who stated that Temuka was on the lowest possible scale and quoted other towns of a similar size where, he said, single men were receiving 2s 6d and married men 3s a week more than the men were getting in Temuka. He also stated that the single men would cease to get relief work at the end of this week, and something should be done for those who were totally unfit for harvest work. Other speakers spoke in similar strain, and it was unanimously agreed to make urgent representations to the Unemployment Board. The mouth of the Opihi river, which was blocked for some considerable time, has been opened by a gang of men, under the supervision of Mr F. W. Pellett, ranger to the South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society. The river is very low, but some fairly large fish have been taken out of the lower reaches. The Temuka Municipal Band, under Conductor R. G. Allen, gave an enjoyable open-air concert in the domain which attracted a very large number of people. The programme was: March, "Viscount Nelson"; hymn, "Bradford"; cornet solo, "Roses of Picardy" (Bandsman P. Pierce); selection, "Souvenir of the Opera"; hymn, Lead, Kindly Light"; march, "Knight of the Road." Playing in the A grade singles championship of the Temuka Ladies' Bowling Club, Miss McGarva beat Mrs T. Winter, and Mrs Winter beat Mrs Shand. In the B grade, Mrs L. Bussell beat Mrs S. Clinch. In the men's pairs championship, J. Sullivan and C. L. Fraser (s) beat A. C. Palmer and W. Clarke (s). The team to represent the St. Joseph's Tennis Club in a B grade competition match against Orari at Temuka to-morrow will be: Misses M. Spillane, K. Spillane, Z. Dwan, and Mrs W. J. Tozer, G. Dwan, V. Sullivan, K. Gillum, and P. Gilmour. GERALDINE Mr H. \V. W. Williamson (Gcraldinej lias returned from a holiday visit to Christchurch and Akaroa. Mr and Mrs C. W. McKenzie and family have returned from a holiday trip to Central Otago. Miss M. Cruickshank, who has been spending Ihe holidays at Napier, has returned to Geraldine. Both departments of the Geraldine District High School resumed yesterday after the Christmas and New Year holidays. At the Pleasant Valley School, 98 degrees were registered in the schoolroom, shortly alter the luncheon interval. At 3 p.m. it had cco.'ed down to 91 degrees. . Excellent entries: have been received for the Geraldine Amateur Swimming Club's carnival, to be held on Thursday evening, there being 46 from the local club, and the other clubs of the district are well represented. The Geraldine Cricket Club will play a match against the Peel Forest Cricket Club at Geraldine on Thursday, when it will be represented by the following players,:—W. J. Rule, R. L. Hayes, G. R. Webb, W. L. Angland, Jas. Pugh, G. Vial, A. Vincent, G. Coombs, C. S. Davies, A. H. Stringer, G. J. Palcrson. Play will commence on the Oval at 2 p.m. A meeting of the Geraldine Sports Association was held on Monday night, the president (Mr W. H. Kirk) presiding over a good attendance. Correspondence was received from the Geraldine Swimming Club asking that the associaticn allot the Patcrson Challenge Cup to the club to be awarded for most points in swimming. On the motion of Mr J. R. Lack it was decided to loan the cup to the club until such time as the association wanted it. The president referred to thholding of a fete to raise funds, but it was decided to hold the matter over until the annual meeting, to be held in June or July. Delegates were instructed to place the'matter before their respective clubs before the meeting. The resignation of the secretary (Mr E. Vincent) was accepted with regret, and Mr T. J. Patcrson was appointed acting secretary until the annual meeting. The spell of exceptionally dry weather still continues in the Geraldine district, the last few days being very hot. Yesterday afternoon a temperature of more than 90 degrees in the shade was recorded. The rainfall for the month of January was 2.46 inches, recorded by Mr B. R. Macdonald, "Waitui," Geraldine. The fall during January, 1934, was 5.83 inches, or 3.37 inches more. The maximum fall during the last month was .75 inches on January 2, while the remaining 1.61 inches was distributed over seven days. The following players will represent the Geraldine Bowling Club m a match against the West End Club at Geraldine on Wednesday:—H. Turner (s) J J- Mulvey, P. Russell, and A. A 'Readdie; G. Loach (s), Campbell, J H Lewis, T. B. McKinlay; P. Hendry (s), W. H. Broad, C. J. McGregor F. O'Brien; J. D. McKeclr.ue r s , w! McClure, L. C. Mail, W. T. Turner- A. J Burmcster <s), W. Hamilton G. R. Knibb, A. G. Malins; G. Watts (s), J. R. Lack, E. H. Logan, I J. H. Woolhouse.

GAPES VALLEY Miss M. Clark, who has been the guest of Mrs A. Mackenzie, left on Saturday for the North Island. Miss G. Nystram and Miss James, who have been guests at "Brookwood" for several weeks, have returned to Lyttelton. . ~ Miss Glanville is the guest of Mrs J. Ashby, "Sunny Downs." During January rain fell on 11 days, the total rainfall being 3.31 inches, as compared with 7.19 inches in January, 1934.