LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 3174, 6 December 1927, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

There is to be a euchre and dance social in the Leeston School to-night, in aid of the gramophone record fund.

The North Rakaia River Board is calling tenders for the purchase of dead trees in the bluegum plantations along the banks of the river.

Mr Tui Jones was the winner of the first prize for scones made by a gentleman, and exhibited at the Leeston flower show last Thursday. The winner's name was wrongly given as H. D. Jones.

Farmers' Day will be held at Lincoln College on Thursday, December 15, commencing at 10.30 a.m., when all interested in educational activities of the college and the research work being carried on there are invited to attend.

On Thursday evening the Ellesmere Gun Club will hold its annual ball in the Lakeside Memorial Hall. The trophies won during the season, which make up a very fine collection, will be presented. Maedonald's orchestra has been engaged and dancing is to start at 8.30.

At the practical examinations in music held in Christchurch by the Associated Board of the R.A.M. and R.C.M. the following pupils presented by Miss J. M. Webster were successful: Higher division, Rona Ryde. Lower division, Sylvia Bennett, Betty Eggleton, Ivor Smith; elementary, Joyce Beamsiey; primary division, honourable mention, Sadie Bryce; pass, Valeric Hatch.

"I was much interested in the fate of Francis Muirhead," writes Dr. G. Gosset, of Summer, "as I was under the same roof as he at school for six years and on the same staircase at Cambridge for another four —1860 to 1870." It was related in last Friday's Guardian that Muirhead, a 79-year-old barrister,. who had lived a secluded life in a small room over a shop in West Kensington, London, had died leaving a fortune of nearly a quarter of a million to his two nephews.

The children attending the Southbridge, Little Rakaia and Sedgemere Schools, together with many parents and others, as well as a good muster from Leeston, the whole party numbering close on 550 persons, spent a very enjoyable day at New Brighton last Friday. A special train conveyed excursionists to and from Christchurch. Fortunately the weather was fine all day, even though the breeze was * a trifle fresh in the morning. A good programme of races was run off.

It is a good point to remember as Christmas approaches that a lady can never have too many gloves. If you choose a pair, or more, from the excellent selection advertised by Strange's on page 3 you can be sure that they will make acceptable gifts. There is a wide variety of style and price to suit individual needs and they can be ordered successfully through Strange's Mail Order Department. Some smart lines in ladies' hose are also detailed. (39)

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