Local Jottings

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 72, 26 March 1936, Page 2

Local Jottings

Yesterday the census sub-enumerator delegated to the town area, commenced his task of collecting tho Conns as completed by householders on Tuesd y evening aid his task will take consider-ably.-longer .than the WWjvjg forms, because the official wU te quired to check through individual forms with householders, thus ensuring 'that the Government’s search to statistical data has been satisfactorily CO Results' ( 'of tho several competitions at tho Methodist butterfly fair on Tuesday, were:— Quoits, Mr E- Hods, fir bean board, Mr H. E. Lowe I,. Miss K. Vile 2; second bean board,_ Mr D. McLaughlin; ladies’ nail-driving, _ Mrs S. •W. Matthews; men's nail-driving, M L. Timmins. . . The annual meeting of the Komm Football Club is to be.held in the. local hall to-morrow evening and an mvi ation is extended members and intending members to be present. ■ _ On Friday evening next. Miss Margaret Young, head of the High Sc oo for girls, in the diocese of Dornakai, India, will give a lecture on her work and her people. The lecture will be illustrated with lantern slides, and collection to cover expenses will be taken up during the evening. The weather yesterday was exceptionally fine in Pahiatua. There was a general speeding up of work m the town as the noon hour approached when business premises closed their doors -or the weekly half-holiday. In tno afternoon there was a good attendance o players on the Mangamutu and Pahiatua tennis courts. The croquet lawns attracted an excellent gathering . and bowlers in numbers were on the rinks. A large working bee of menfolk, interested in the town’s progress, set off for the race-course where the call of duty was that of putting a. few finishing touches to the course itself and cleaning up its buildings in preparation or the annual racing fixture.The proprietors of the town’s several hotels had a busy evening Tuesday last rounding up their boaraers and explaining to them the Government’! requirements regarding tho censustaking, and when it is considered that well over thirty returns were required of one commercial house, a fair estimate can be gathered of the amount of running about required with boarders coming and going the same evening. Advice has been received from Mr D. W. Wilton that the St. Paul’s second annual flower show will take place this year on April 21st next and that entries for same will close on the Saturday previous. 'Schedules of tho respective clashes will' bo obtainable from Mr j Wilton. - •.