WOMEN'S INSTITUTE

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LVI, Issue 41, 24 May 1935, Page 3

WOMEN'S INSTITUTE

MONTHLY MEETING.

Miss V.1 Bowis presided at the usual monthly meeting of the Leeston Women's Institute, held in the Presbyterian Sunday School on Tuesday afternoon. There was only a fair attendance of members, on account of the rough weather.

An invitation from the W.D.F.U., Dunsandel, to attend an entertainment on May 28, was accepted, and members were asked to make their own arrangements to attend, if possible.

Proposals for the birthday party, which is to be held in August, were discussed, but final arrangements were left until a later date.

The arts and crafts exhibition is to be held in the Art Gallery, Christchurch, on July 3 and 4. Entries should reach the secretary not later than May 30.

Dr. H. T. J. Thacker, of Christchurch, again gave a very interesting and instructive talk, at the conclusion of which he was accorded a very hearty vote of thanks. The doctor was accompanied by Mrs Thacker and Lady Sidey.

The potato growing competition, judged by Mr Leech, of the Department of Agriculture, resulted as follows:—Miss A. Parkin 1, Miss L. Parkin 2, Miss V. Bowis 3. The competition for the best bloom was won by Miss L. Parkin. <

The hostesses for the afternoon were Mesdames Quigley, Rennie, J.

Prosser, Mitchell and L. Prosser.

The singing of the institute ode brought a pleasant afternoon: to a close.

To prove that he had not been guilty of -contempt of court, an Indian lawyer recently summoned 1650 witnesses in his defence. But innumerable witnesses are the custom rather than the exception in India. Not long ago, a lawyer, defending a murderer, summoned 500 witnesses to prove that they had seen the victim murdered by another in a certain room. But when the judge decided to test them, it was found that with the utmost crowding, not more than 100 could possibly enter at the same time. Outside every court wait hundreds of "professional witnesses," who for sums as small as a rupee will swear to almost anything.