MILLERTON NOTES

Grey River Argus, 12 October 1936, Page 7

MILLERTON NOTES

COur Own Correspondent.) Mr A. Stewart has returned to the Hill after .being an inmate of the Westport Hospital for several weeks. Air H. Walkingshaw has returned to the Hill after being discharged from the Buller Hospital. Dr. Maxwell, of Millerton, is at present ass.sting in the Westport Hospital. Dr. Sampson,, of Ngakawau, is attending to Millerton and Stockton districts. Mesdames Mclntyre and Corbitt, of Millerton, • wero requested by the Stockton School Committee to act as judges at the children’s fancy dress ball. Millerton Caledonian Society is giving lovers of dance music an opportunity of hearing the Sergeant's Hil'il mouth organ orchestra at theii social and dance at Peggie’s Hall on October 23. Nurse E. Aladdison, of the Buller Hospital staff, underwent an operation on October 4, and is progressing favou rably. When the local junior Soccer team played Birchfield juniors on the hitter’s ground, the weather wa.s rather windy, making control >of th'' ball difficult. Nevertheless, a bright display -was witnessed,. the game ending in a draw, one goal each. Joe Cumming scored for the visitors, and W. Milligan fjor the home side.- Air C. Orman was referee. Atil’erton Women’s Institute held their usual meeting <n the Recliabite Hall b’l-'t Wednesday. The roll call was "Hands' Cooking H'nts.” awl qu'te a largo number of useful huit< wore given by the members. 'I hicompetition (a useful arfie'e) was .von by Mrs R. MeGavin. and Mrs F. Fox was second. A candle-1 ght ng i-omp-tition was won by Mrs F. I' A dainty .-upper was served bv th< ho-losses. Mesdam-'s Corbe’t. B rch Heid, Budd. an,] Clarke. An 'uv'tothm was) n-C'-ived from the Xgamtwaii bianch. for the annual di-qray of •irtie.'es made by the various [n-dtute-to be held at Ngakawau on Ortolu" 23. and a number of the members decided t,o attend.