LOCAL AND GENERAL

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4432, 5 September 1939, Page 5

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The annual meeting of members ol the Arrowtown Defence Rile Club will -be held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday evening, i3th Inst. Intending members are invited to attend. Mr R. Adam-on o" the Otago Acclimati aiiou >o.-ecty’s staff, has new completed the work of stripping iish in Hayes Creek. llis tally for this, season is 2,800,000 eggs. The rainfall for the mouth of August. as recorded by Mr A. fir ridge, Arrowtown. a- as fol'ows: —Rainfall for the month. 1 U points: days on which rain fed. 7: maximum "all, 4t points on the 2'Jth. The rainfall for Augu<c .a-t war was 287 points for U days. The va’u *of rile clubs as a train mg ground for tiie defenders of the coni' fry in time of war was stressed by Mr' F. W. Clayton at the annual me-iimr of the kiwi Defence Rifle Club (Duredi D 'a-t week. The Kiwi Club and the Uunelin C up both a-sist tbe 'ora! defence autho hies in the training of tee va i u- volunteer units in Dure lie. In these troubled time-. Mr Clavron sail, war was always a l c-r i: y \ ; if young men knew ho v *- a v ae’U at?’v they would hj" bd e aimed to serv<« as soldi U gave as an exam Me of th • va’u ■ V the ri 'e the effectiwness. of the showing o r Britain 4 ' ■‘Coni-em di'd-' Id Be \rmv’’ in the early stages of the Great War. PERSONAL Mrs D. Lee and her two chi : d"en. cf Nightcaps, who soent the school holidays with Mrs Lee’s parents, Mr and Mrs G. Summers. Arrowtown, returned home yesterday. Mr and Mrs John Reid. “Reid* haven. 4 ’ Arrowtown. who had been on a visit to the North Island, returned home on Tuesday last. Mrs Phil McKay, Dunedin, is at present on a visit to Her m eats. Mr and Mrs E. W. Gilnnur, Arrowtown. Arrow District Church Services. Pre-byte; ian Church. —Arrowtown, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. —Rev. K. Lan Cameron. ST. PAUL'S. ARROWTOWN. 11 a.m.. Confirmation class; 7 p.m.' Confirmation by Bidiop. Mi’lers Pai—No service.