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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 83, 7 March 1938, Page 4

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The Women’s heid “ c at (he Esplanade (his ~ t j ine was weather, and a very on] j beautiful spent under the shade of the > trees. Lunch and afternoon tea nor joyed, also games and compet t'Oiis, a visit to the begonia 'house by the cour tesy of Mr.P. Black, who points on gardening. .. *, i iam _ were won by the following, -a „^ aw 2; stepping, Mrs Payne 1, Mrs -- musical stick, Miss Florence Wood 1, Burbury 2; ladies quoits, Mrs Vson 1, ‘Mrs J. Gheetljam 2; men s quoitsMr C. Collins 1, Mr J. Cheetham 2, match-bottle competition, Mrs Watson L Mrs McCauley 2; consolation prize, Mr Bangay 1, Mrs Lovelock 2. At the con elusion of the afternoon, a vote of thjH™ was aocorded Mr Black, >also Mrs gay for her accordion music, which was muoh enjoyed. ~ Mr and Mrs Colin Collins are spending a holiday at (Plimmerton Beach. Mr W • Shannon has returned home after spending a holiday in Wellington. The friends of Mr Ross Simpson will be sorry to l ea J. n that he had the misfortune to break his arm while cranking a car. A meeting of tile School Committee was ■held on Tuesday evening. Mr Hansen was in the chair and apologies for absence were received from Mr Whitelock and Mr S. Death. Mrs Maiden, the headteacher, reported that tho health of the children was good and that during February they had been attending the swimming baths of the Central School. Tho committee decided to try to arrange for the children .to go in once a week as long as the- baths remain open. Mr Russell Maiden and Miss Dorothy Davis, of Wellington, aro the guests of Mrs Maiden. Miss M. Strange-Muir, Mr S. and E. Palmer and Mr Robert Appleby, of Wellington, and Mr Bruce Palmer, of Auckland, have all returned home, after being the guests of Mr and Mrs A. K. Simpson. ‘