LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 3221, 22 May 1928, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Golf notes by "Stymie" will appear in Friday's Guardian. ! The final social beforo the bazaar will be held in the Catholic Hall, LeesI ton, to-night. A series of euchre tournaments will be commenced in the Doyleston Hall ' next Saturday evening. Next Saturday the Southbridge Football Club will hold the^Second of a series of euchre and dance socials. The annual meeting of the Ellesmere branch of the Farmers' Union is to take place in the Band Hall, Leeston, this eveniug. At Leeston sale next Friday several horses and cattle and a quantity of ini- [ plenicnts and sundries will be offered ! by auction on account of Mr P. Shel- » lock, who has sold his farm. For its annual social, to be held at ' Southbridge on May 31, the Ellesmere | Bowling Association has secured the services of a Christehurch dance band. Valuable prizes will be given for the euchre tournament. An announcement is made to-day that - the series of socials in Leeston Catholic r Hall will be continued throughout the j season on every alternate Tuesday, the ■ next fixture after to-night's social be t ing on Tuesday, June 5. >■ Members of. the Ellesmere Gun Club intend to visit Methven in full force next Saturday to spend a day with the 1 members of the Methven Club. Mr L. * C. Lemon, president of the Ellesmere | Club, is anxious that all members should make a special effort to attend. f At the Timaru Gun Club's opening 3 day last Thursday Mr J. Winchester, t of the Ellesmere Club, won the prize i for the best aggregate for the day. 3 Other members of the local Club who I shot well were Messrs H. T. Stephens, i E. A. Washbourne, W. Patterson and t G. Nairn. t One of the old landmarks in i Southbridge township is about to.JKc removed. The Public Works Department has accepted the tender of Mr W. J. Spicer for the purchase, for removal, of the Courthouse, which is no longer _' required by the Justice Department. * ..Considering that it has served for about sixty years, the building is in a ' good state of preservation. The date of the Lincoln Ploughing Match was fixed for Tuesday, July 24, at the annual meeting of the Canter- ; bury Ploughing Match Association, [ held at Rakaia. It was decided that the championships should be ploughed at North Canterbury this year and at I Lincoln next year. Mr W. A. Sawyer, registrar of electors for Ellesmere, states that the electorar office for the Mid-Canterbury electorate will be located at Ashburton, and the change will take effect from the [ end of this month. All electoral business after that date will be transacted ' with the registrar at Ashburton. .<? in 1 the event of a bye-election becoming necessary before the next General i Election, it will be conducted within the old boundaries, with the registrar's office at Leeston. Mr C. Langdale, late of the Leeston Post Office staff, left Leeston last Friday to fill a position at the Bluff office, to which he had been promoted. Before his departure, a presentation of a silver cigarette case was made to him by his friends on the line" staff, and from the office staff he received a sil-ver-mounted safety razor outfit. His place at Leeston has been taken by Mr H. L. Thoroughgood, who has been transferred from the Southbridge office. Kidney disorders and bladder troubles should never be neglected. Consult Shaw, the prescribing chemist. He will do his part if you will do yours in restoring you to health. Call in or .write for advice and particulars to H. H. Shaw at J. A. Cooke's, consulting chemists, 212, High Street, opposite Strange's. 6 True Economy.—Mr B. O. Priddis, of the well known jewellery establishment of Priddis &,Co., Cathedral Souare, was responsible for a very ha^sp^ 43ie.ee of nomenclature when he deefdeiirHo Same his business "The Economy" 'Jewellery Store. It is economy, indeed- to shop here. Mr Priddis has a longstanding reputation for diamond rings. Wristlet watches arc another feature, and a 10/6 Lever Watch with luminous dial, carrying a year's guarantee, is one of the many bargains. 6