Te Arakura

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 66, 19 March 1936, Page 2

Te Arakura

From Our Own Correspondent. Table Tennis. The annual meeting of the Te Arakura Table Tennis Club took placo on March 16, ]Mr A. J. Baxter (president) presiding. A satisfactory balance sheet was presented, showing a credit of IBs lOd, a creditable performance compared with last year’s small membership of 13 iinancial members. .During the past season the team showed much improvement in its play-, having won 13 matches and lost four.

The election of officers resulted: President, Mr A. J. Baxter; vice-presidents, Miss W. Bailey, J. .H. Bennett, E. Whisker, S. Sorensen; lion, secretary, N. E. Hansen; captain, J. Gore; committee, Misses J. Bennett and L. Gore and Mr M. R. Sullivan; representatives on hall committee, J. Sorensen and Miss M. Firth; delegates to tho association, Messrs J. Gore and N. E. Hansen. A vote of thanks for donations was extended to Miss b. Gore and Mr .7. H. Bennett. Thanks were also accorded the past committee for the way it worked to keep the members interested in the club and to Messrs Sorensen and Goro for the use of their ears for tho travelling of tho team during the past season. The ping pong season will open in the hall on March 30 and the form tlie evening is to take will be decided by the incoming committee. The date for the nert annual meeting was fixed for March 15, 1037. Personal and General.

Miss Ruth Pedersen returned homo last week after spending an enjoyable three weeks’ holiday in Nelson. The friends of Mr and Mrs Mason Durie will regret to bear their little daughter Kahu is in hospital and extend sincere wishes for her speedy recovey. Ms A. J. Baxter is away on holiday and Mrs T. Bird is staying with her sister, Miss E. Baxter, Cameron's line. A light frost, the first tills autumn, was experienced on Sunday night. A thaw set in in the early morning, being followed by an overcast sky, and no damage was noticed.

A number of farmers are making ensilage from surplus maize at present. The maize, after the big storm, lay flattened to the ground, but with the continuous rain which followed, most of it stood erect again and grew well. The maize is very succulent and is settling well in the stacks, but is quite a problem to sweep. As maize is subject to be cut by frost, the making of it into ensilage will save much valuable fodder which otherwise would very likely be rendered almost useless after a heavy frost.