Local and General

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LIX, Issue 36, 6 May 1938, Page 4

Local and General

Killinchy Miniature Rifle Club has arranged to hold its annual meeting next Monday evening. Mr Colin Campbell's orchestra has been engaged for the Oddfellows' ball to be held at Leeston on June 23. To arrange for a farewell to Miss A. Maw and Mr J. Maw, a meeting of Doyleston residents will be held in the hall to-morrow evening. For a dance to be held at Leeston Town Hall on Thursday, May 19, the Ellesmere Young Farmers' Club has secured the services of Mr Colin Campbell's orchestra. The annual meeting of the Elles- ! mere A. and P. Association is to Ibe held on Friday, May 20, and ' nominations for the offices of president, vice-president, treasurer and committee close next Wednesday. In support of the Leeston candidate in the Brass Band Queen Carnival, a social and dance will be held in Leeston Town Hall next Tuesday evening. There will be j cards and dancing-. The proposals of the Progress Association's candidates for the Town Board will be placed before a meeting of electors to be held at Leeston Town Hall next Monday evening, over which Mr J. C. Free will preside. All electors are invited to attend. It was reported by the clerk at the Ellesmere County Council meeting" yesterday that the period of fixed deposit on the war memorial maintenance fund lapsed last month and had been renewed for a further year. The fund now stood at £163/2/7 and the amount placed on deposit was £150. On account of Mr G. Mcßean, who has leased his farm, Messrs Pyne, Gould, Guinness, Ltd., will hold a clearing sale at Springston South next Tuesday of live stock and implements and sundries. Particulars are advertised to-day and special attention is drawn to the draught horses. Farmers, contractors, and others requiring labour for potato harvesting or other work arc requested to make their wants known to the local Employment Bureau before communicating with the District Placement Office at Christchurch. Valuable time may be saved if application is first made to the local bureau at Leeston Post Office.

On the application of the solicitor to the Public Trust Office, the Supreme Court has granted to the Public Trustee probate of the will of Arthur Tong, of Southbridge, farmer, who died on April 5. There was a large attendance from all parts of the district at the concert given at Doyleston by the Piping and Dancing Society of I Christchurch in aid of the funds of the Doyleston Athletic Club. The programme was an enjoyable one and the concert was in every way a success. On Wednesday evening while approaching the Doyleston bridge from, the north, a car which contained two occupants got into difficulties and landed in the Doyleston drain, where it capsized. The occupants escaped unhurt, and little material damage was done to the car which was subsequently removed. Mr Bert Stafford, the popular JLeeston owner, has been the recipient of hearty congratulations on the success of his horse, Pot Luck, in the grand final of the InterDominion Championship Event at Addington on Wednesday. Many followers of the sport in the district enjoyed a measure of good fortune with Mr Stafford. Information was sought by Cr. W. O. Rennie at yesterday's meeting iof the Ellesmere County Council as to when it was likely the main road between Ellesmere bridge and Doyleston would be reconstructed, j Cr. Anderson said that he under-, stood that the preparation work j would be done during the winter! and the sealing next summer. Cr Rennie said that the work had been I held up for a long time and some of the ratepayers were asking how long it would be before it was done. The Council had collected the money from the ratepayers and he thought that it should endeavour to have the job pushed on. It was decided, on his suggestion, that a letter should be sent to the Highways Board through the District Highways Council asking when the County Council could expect that the work would be commenced and hoping that a start would be made as soon as possible.