NORTH CANTERBURY NEWS

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21986, 9 January 1937, Page 3

NORTH CANTERBURY NEWS

SITE FOR A CEMETERY RANGIORA RESIDENTS OBJECT A petition protesting against; the establishment of a public cemetery on the Oxford road,' near the Rangiora borough boundary, was presented to the Rangiora County Council yesterday morning. Thirty-nine ratepapers and residents - of the locality hadsigned the petition, which was brought before the council by Mr H. J.; A. Benjes. The petitioners claimed that the site was too damp to be healthy and that their - water supplies, would be- polluted. Depreciation of properties would result. .When he was told .’ that' the' matter had progressed too far .to be stopped, Mr Benjes said ..that .details had not been known in time for the petition to be brought forward sooner. He considered that the Rangiora Borough and County, Councils' had .obtained an option on the land underfalse pretences, in that they- had not told the owner the purpose for which it was to be used. • , ; Action was deferred, pending a conference with .the borough council. The site comolained about is situated near Bells station'and. has an area of 10 acres, with a frontage of from six to eight chains on the Oxford road. The inspector of health for Canterbury (Dr. T. Fletcher Telford) has' personally approved it as suitable for a cemetery. The Rangiora Borough and County intend to purchase and maintain it on a half-and-half basis. An agreement has; been signed and part of the £650 asked for the property paid. The vendor is Mrs S. A. Hurley. House Entered j The residence of Mr John Alexander Quinn,Main North road,-- Wbodend, was broken into when he was at work and his wife and family were at' beach on Thursday. A sum of money ; and some household articles were stolen. Entrance was gained by the breaking.of a window. Personal Messrs W. T. N. Keir, J. M. Fraser, L. P. Devlin, W. C. McCracken,' and C. Taylor will return to Rangiora to-mor-row from a fishing expedition to Havelock. ■ ■ Mr and- Mrs E. D. Fleming will leave Rangiora, to-day on a motor tour to the Marlborough Sounds. Mr and Mrs F. T, Ager and family (Rangiora) will leave to-day to spend a camping holiday in the North Island. . County Council ' ' A decision to increase the wages of the two truck drivers from £4 10s -to

£4-16s a week was made at a meeting of the Rangiora County Council yesterday morning/ -The chairman (Mr H. Tallott) presided, and there, were: also present: Councillors C. Rands, -Brosnan, R./Macddhaldi' Wflliam Smith, and A. Mclntosh.-. At the request of Mr J. T. : Power, it was decided to inspect his property on Tuesday. Mr' Power asked -that something be done -to divert water:- that flooded his: property, in: wet; weather. It. was decided to ask ratepayers to cut- cocksfoot on : roadsides bordering thpir properties. ■ A debit balance of £ 2221 14s 9d was shown in. thei financial statement, Receipts for December, totalled. £150:15s 9d and ; payments £586 19s 9d. s. Magistrate’s Court Office The office of the Rangiora Magistrate’s : Court will, be closed on Saturdays. :,in future.. This action will be -taken in : accordance with -the -Government’s policy of a 40-hour week. . Regept; Theatre , • * ’ Shirley . Temple’s screen success, “Captain January,” will be presented for the' last time this afternoon and evening at the Regent Theatre.' Rangiora. : The final episode of“TheVanishing Shadow” will also be shown. On Tuesday afternoon and evening Katharine Hepburn will appear in the romance . “Sylvia Scarlett.” . Cary Grant, Brian Aherne ; and Edmund Gwenn are- actors. On Thursday evening the comedian, Irvin ,S. Gobi?, . will be seen in the -comedy, “Everybody’s Old Man,” the story of an out-of-date man who beat? the youngsters at their own game. Seats may be reserved at Watson’s, telephone 202. TREES AND POLES BLOWN ,' v > DOWN ' The recent north-west gale, though it did not become very strong in the city, was strong - enough in some of the areas controlled by .the Selwyn Plantation Board' to blow ■ down a number‘of trees and power, poles. A gang, of • men was at work yesterday morning replacing the poles, CRICKET AT WAIAU - The. annual cricket match between Blackwell’s touring team and the Waiau team was played at Waiau recently, the game resulting in a draw, ea,ch iside scoring 162 runs. The best scOrers for' Blackwell's were; Byrne 35, Bruges 22-not out, and W. Dougall 30. , For Waiau; P. R. Dearden scored 35, G. Reid .30, : and :R. Gardner 25. Bowling for Blackwell’s, Bruges took three wickets for- 28, and Byrne two for 10; and for Waiau,: M. Macfarlane took five for 15. and Chaffey two for 21. • • • ' ■