NORTH OTAGO NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 23408, 27 October 1939, Page 11

NORTH OTAGO NOTES

[From Ocb Oamard Correspondent.] BOROUGH COUNCIL. The monthly meeting of the Oamaru Borough Council was held last night. The architect’s plans for improvements to the Opera House, estimated to cost £10,600, including new public conveniences, were referred to the special committee. In order to assist the Swimming Club, season ticket charges at the baths were increased, except children’s tickets. The Community Week Executive’s recommendation to hand the balance of funds (£25) to the North End Hall Committee was adopted. It was decided to take steps to acquire the Medway street property of the Crawshaw Estate. It was agreed that, where trees planted on footpaths • encroached on the asphalt, the paths be asphalted an additional width not exceeding the encroachment. at no cost to the property owners. BOXING. The Waitaki Boys’ Junior High School boxing championships were held yesterday, the finals resulting as follows; —Fly-weight: T. Rowell beat A. Currie: Bantam-weight: B. Kilgour beat B. Collett. Welter-weight: W. Turner beat A. Smaill. Midget. I. Smith beat N. Robertson. < Paperweight: M. Bowen beat R. Gillies. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. At a meeting of the North Otago Horticultural Society, it was reported that its application for the 1941 na-

tional dahlia show had been submitted to the Dahlia Society of New Zealand. Members were asked to obtain data concerning historic trees in the district for submission to the Department of Agriculture. BAPTIST CAMP. A camp was held at Waianakarua during the week-end by the Baptist Young Women’s Bible Class. A church service was held at Herbert and a pio nic on Monday. RAINFALL. In the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday 29 points of rain were recorded in Oamaru, making a total of 40 point* for the month. PERSONAL. Mr G. A. Gillies (Oamaru) has left on a six weeks’ visit to Australia. Miss E. M’Quade has returned to Oamaru after a tour of England andi the Continent. . Miss Rushworth (Auckland), president of the Methodist Women’s Missionary Auxiliary, is visiting Oamaru. PRIZE ESSAYS. Included in the list of prize-winners in the Palmer prize essay competition, conducted by the Wellington Navy League, are the following:— Senior Boys.—Subject. ‘ The Effectiveness of the British Navy in the Event of a Far Eastern and Pncifio Crisis.’ Prize-winner: William Dalrymple Trotter (Waitaki Boys’ High School). Next in merit: David Brian Meek (Waitaki Boys’ High School) and John Scott Dennison (Waitaki Bovs’High School). Intermediate Boys.—Subject, ‘Tha Growth of Air Defence.’ Prize-winner: Henry Price Houghton (Waitaki Boys'High School). Next in merit: Kenneth Sydney Dalefield (Palmerston North Boys’ High School) and Sydney Ivan Brlghtwell (Waitaki Boys’ High School). Junior Boys.—Subject, * What the Navy League Has Done for New Zealand.’ Prize-winner: Peter Frood (Scots College, Wellington). Next in merit; William Gibson (Waitaki Boys’ High School).