OPIKI.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 111, 11 April 1936, Page 10

OPIKI.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) OPIKI, April 7. The usual monthly meeting of the School Committco was held on Monday evening, there being a full attendance of the committee. The headmistress reported on the satisfactory nature of recent work earned out in the grounds. Mr Dwyer (agricultural instructor for the Wellington Boaiu) visited the school during the month and reported favourably oil Uie condition of the grounds and gardens. Correspondence included a copy of the board’s specifications for repairing the storm damage. Several accounts' were passed for payment, including expenditure on maintenance work. The cash book and balance-sheets have been returned from the board’s audit department and satisfaction was expressed at the state of the oonnhittee’s finances. Although the credit balance is quite a considerable one, the committee have been rather handicapped with regard to raising funds for special purposes during the past two years, and the credit balance in the,special account is particularly low. 'lho incoming committee will be faced with the immediate necessity of raising funds, tor- such purposes as supplying cocoa during the winter months and for their share of the dental clinic expenditure. Before . closing the meeting, the chairman expressed his sincere appreciation of the work of members during the committee’s period of office and of their earnest co-operation in regard to ail school matters, concluding with an appeal to members to again offer their services to the school and the community at the" forthcoming householders’ meeting. , , , ~, „ The Ladies’ Sports Club played the first practice game cf basketball on Tuesday afternoon, when quite a satisfactory munber of players arrived on the. scene and everybody is looking forward with keen expectation to some hard practice before the association matches begin Tuesday was the opening night of the ping pong and judging by the number of young players wdio came ping pong is growdng to prove more popular than ever this winter. After some'‘hard and interest-, ing games supper was served by the hostesses for the month (Misses IC and M. Johnson, M. Alvo, and J. Young).. Detailed results of the play arc as follow: A. Coley boat R. Bond 31—28, \V. Young 31—17; J. Maboy lost to W. Webb 15—31, R. Bond 28—31; L. Soutliec lost to R. Webb 23—31, A. Simpson 23—31; A. Simpson beat \Y. Young 31—21, L. Southcc 23 31; J. Wilkes lost to . I. Pcrawhit 23—31, L. Simpson 25—31; 0. Young, beat G. Pcrawilit 31 —30, R. Neil 31—4; H. Parsons lost to A. Young 21—31, heat E. Lovatt 31—28; E. Lovatt lost to E. Kay 25 —31,. H. Parsons, 28—31; E. Kay beat B. Hickson 31 —24, E. Lovatt 31—25; J. Johnson lost to R. Webb 29—31, beat R. Croxtcn 31—22; J. Gosling lost to A. Hodgson 32—‘34, boat A. Aldrich 31 —26; F. Lash beat D. Craiv 31—25; R. Carr beat S. Moycs 31—21; A. Hodgson beat W. Webb 31—21, J. Gosling 34—32; R. Bond beat J. Maboy 31 —28, lost to A. Coley 28—31; Miss J. Young beat Miss K. Johnson 31 —23, Miss B. Beard 31 —2O; Miss B. Beard last to Miss M. Johnson 20 —31, Miss J. Young 20—31: Miss S. Webb boat Mrs V. Claridgc 31—26, Miss J. Southcc 31 —25; Miss M. Johnson lost to Miss K. Johnson 28—31, beat Miss B. Board 31—20; Miss F. Carson lost to D. Hickson 25 —31-; Miss M. Alve boat Miss N. Alve 31 —25; Miss V. Henderson beat Miss L. Carson 31—26; Miss J. Southee lost to Miss L. Carson, 22—31; R. Croxton lost, to L. Simpson 17—31. Several members of the local institute attended the Longburn Institute birthday meeting. On the. same day other members , went to the Linton birthday meeting.