WESTPORT NOTES

Grey River Argus, 16 December 1930, Page 7

WESTPORT NOTES

(From Our Own Corrfc.'pundcn* i WESTPORT, December 15. The Westport Boxing As-oc.iat : on li .'Ve been sucres <ful in matching Tommy Fairhal* (Australia) and Ted Morgan in a f fteen rounds bout for purse of £l5O, on race night. Ki«l Smith, of Denniston, and Dave RiiCihardson, of Westport have been matched n. a ten rounds profession! cont est.. A .cup presenied by the .-port sman, Mi*. J. R. McKenzie, • ■ the Westport Trotting Club, for tioPresidenl s Handicap for straight out trotiers, Is n n vic'w in AD. A.. J. Petley’s window, together with the LieeHfiOU V ctualler's Cup, for the thief Handicaps on the second day. Miss Rocs, Captain of the Gir l Guides, was the recipient of a handsome > powder box, in appreciation of the five years’ good work she had uuiie for the 'Guides at "Westport. At the prize giving at St. Margaret’s College, Christchurch Miss Lathe! Hunter, daughter of Air. Alex Hunter, of Westport, received a prize u drawing, sewing and a, house prize. Mns. N. Parker and children, leave to-morrow for Christchureli where a holiday will he spent. Aliss Olwyn Todd has passed the Government’s Junior Stenographer’s e'xanv nation. St. Canice’si and Tirirtxa Cricket learns played a drawn game at. Victoria. Square on Saturday. St. Canice’s made' 119 (Phipps 20), and (Henry McKenzie 35) being the pnnc‘pai >cores. Tiriroa made 96 for 6 wickets. The auixjiPary scow Fairburn which recently ran ashore at Little Wtnganui but was later successfully refloated., arrived at pieton on Monday 'ast and will go on the s’ip for repai.rst, which if is estimated will take about, a fortnight to effect. The damage is not extensive. As an outcome of the robbery which occurred at Harold Queree.'s .shop on the- night of Tuesday last, a yojuiijgj man inanied Edward Alahood has been arrested. On Friday night last, the stuff of tlie Karamea road wojks, tendered a soc- ai ev. ning to the roadmen and other employees at Glasseye, to colel.r ite the opening of the ma, n road, the first, ciar slne c the earthquake, ha ving got. I hrough on (he previous Saturday. For eighteen months the

road has been inaccessible, a though estimates were fur a much longer period. The staff were sy pleased with ths creditable performance that they wanted to say so« and they did, unroservt Hy cumplimei: ing and thank ing the workers employed. Besides these Vittic speeches, there were iho usual toasts and quite a number of songs, recitaticns etc, last/ ng until a lute hour. “One out of the box,' T such, vas the genera lv expressed opinion of Sunday. ’J’hcrv mu*t- have been u big run of benzine, motor ears were on the run everywhere. It s all right when some one corner along to remove the depressions. During th e weekend a. it’ajn of players Jjknn the Greymourh Tennic Club visited Westport and were enter•■»in?d by the Westport Club, Ths results w?r<? (Westport, players being mentioned first;.* — Ata’s Sihglpn: — Schadick v M. Smith 4/6. 6/3, 7/5: I o ’kev p A Smith i/6. 6/3 3/6. Phipps v O’Al a Hey 2/6, 2/6- Holder r JVost 1/6, 6/4, 6/3: Lovell v Bunt 6/3, 4/6, 0/6. Ladies-' Singles:— Mioe Risk v Miss Donovan 9/2; Mis, Tab lock v Ali.-’s 9/3; Mrs WAlker v. Mias Doogun 9/5; Alias W’lmot v M’ss Hambleton 9/2- Aliss Sloe v, v Aliss Cullen 9/1; Miss Payne v. Mrs. Alayell 9/1. Men’s Doubles:— Schadick and Lockey v. Smith and Smith 1/6, 8/6 8/6; Lovel/I. and Holder v. O’AlaJluy and Frost 0/6, 3/6; Parker and Phipps v. Garry and Bunt 6/2. 6/3. Ladies, Doubles:— M sses Lovell and Stevdns v. Afisses Do Ogan and Kilgour 5/9; Alisse s Payne and Kirk v. Al'isses Cullen and Hambleton 9/2; Aliases Wilmot and Slue v. Mrs. Maye!/ and Aliss Doogan 9/6. .Combined Doubles— Schadick and Miss Risk v. AL Smith and Aliss Hamblo ton 6/1, 6/1: Lockey and Aliss Tullock v. A. Smith and Alias Cullen 6/1. 6/3; Lovell and Miss Walker v. O’Ala'ly and Miss Doogan 6/4, 6/4: Phipps and Aliss Payne v. Frost and Alias' Donovan 1/6, 6/4; Holder and Af’ss Slee v. Bunt and Miss Kvgour

6/3, 6/3; Packer and Miss W Imot v Garry and Mrs. Maycll 6/5, 6/0. , The Hon. W. H. Mclntyre at the executive meeting of the Hospital Boards’ Association held in Wellington was successful in having a remit from the Buller Hospital Board that all adult males be levied £1 per annum ifor hospital purposes adopted by the executive. It will now be reeom- | mended to the conference for approval. I The following are the results of the I examinations held at St. Mary’s Col‘lege, in connection with the Commcrclial Business College, Sydney, on Noviember 24:— 1 The gold medal awarded annually by !the Principal of the College. Mr. W. D. IHarrison. F.1.P.5., has been won by [Miss Maureen Higgins. Diploma Book'keeping.—Maureen Higgins 96 per cent. ’Hilda Patterson 95, Maysil Murphy 93. Phyllis McElwec 91. Advanced Book- ' keeping.—Ethel Primer 91 per cent. Intermediate Bookkeeping.—Doreen Haw kins 94 per cent., Margaret Senior 93, Dorothy Elcock 93, .loan Marr i 92. iMary O’Dea 92, Nonie Brown 91, Prances Raharhui 91, Donella Kinaston 91 Olga Brown 91. Elementary Bookkeeping.—Denis Broad 94 per cent. Joseph Comerford 92 per cent. Advanced Shorthand. —Margaret Senior 93 per cent.. Nonie Brown 93 per cent.. Mary (O’Dea 92, Joan Marr 91, Frances Raharhui 9.1, Olga Brown 90, Dorothy Elcock 91, Donella Kinaston 89, Doreen Hawkins 86. Elementary Shorthand.— Denis Broad 93 per cent. Joseph Comerford 9t. The following pupils of the College were successful in the Government Stenographers’ Examination , (Junior) : — Ethel Primer, Maureen ' Higgins. Maysil Murphy. Dr. P. L. Foote returned to West port, after a visit to Whangarci.

The Buller Druids’ Lodge, Westport, held the half-yearly meeting and installation of officers at the Friendly Societies’ Hall, on Friday evening, and two new members were initiated. ( The wives and relations, and friends of the brothers were invited into the j Lodge room, when a public installation of officers took place. The lodge room being crowded. The members of the juvenile Lodge Pioneer No 2. were al-o ; presen in number. Brother J. Erskine, sen. occupied, the ( chair, Bro. J. Golding, acting as Master of G’eremany and .Bro. Mathewson and D. Moloney acting as Marshalls. The! District. President. Bro. Marr of Dennis ton, entered the room accompanied by a number of brothers from the lodges at Denniston. Millerton, Karamea. The ceremony of installation was impressive the wording of the recital being most interesting to the huge gathering of non-members present. The following officers was installed for the ensuing term:— J.P.A. Bro J. Erskine senr. A. D.. Bro. J. Erskine, Junr. V.A.. Bro. A. Shaw; Secretary, Bro. J. \V. Shanks Treasurer, Bro. W. Hart; Inner Guard, Bro. K. Wilson; 0.G., Bro. J. Golding: A.D. Bards, Bros J. Fountain and J, McGrecsty; Vice Arch Boards, Bro T. Dunean and IV. Farr; Minute Secretary Bro. A. E. Ashton; D.P. elect, Bro. J. -McGreevey; Delegate to the New* Zealand Conference, Bro. J. W. Shanks. At the close of the installation the District President heartily congratulated the Westport Lodge on its excellent set of officers and the high standard they had placed the lodge in. The ritual as recited before visitors would bo something that would last in their memory, and as non-members they would know the bonds that are to bo kept by the officers to quald their world-renowned Society. In the Lodge room were elected a circle of tables loaded with refreshments, and whet the installation was completed, the bards of the lodge bade the- visitors and lodge members to be seated and good things were, then done full justice to. Bro. J. Erskine presided I over the gathering. A toast ’list was gone through. 4 ‘The King and the Druids” was proposed by the Chairman. The toast of “The 'Grand Lodge, the District- president. ‘The newly elected officers; the visitors (and the ladies. All were very ably 'proposed and responded to by various 'officers and the toasts were drunk with | musical honours at, the piano aecompani inent while odes were played by Mrs | Archer. During the evening. Bro. Shanks gave some interesting facts jfrom balance sheets and Grand Lodge |records, including those of many thousands of members at present in the society now in New Zealand. He also explained the position of the consolidated funds of the Grand Lodge, also the I pensions fund in the local ledger. He announced that the members of the Buller Lodge, as individuals, had possessed a third share of the Friendly Society’s building in Palmerston Street .from the Grand Lodges, and the memb!ers were proud of this purchase so as to be able to govern the building on I their own An agreement was made to I the dance room on the bottom floor ’When Mrs Archer presided at. the piano and dancing was kept going until | midnight and a happy time was spent. During the evening, songs were rendered by various brothers, and there was also community singing of many of the old-time choruses.