Bulls

Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 307, 16 December 1940, Page 10

Bulls

(From Oar Own Correspondent.) Defence Rifle Club. The Bulls Defence Rifle Club opened (he season on Saturday, when there was also a large party present from Ukakeu Air Force station. They were shooting without slings or aperture sights, their scores comparing favourably with the others. The scores are:—H. Meads, 48, 49, 97; D. Wilkie, 48, 44, 95; K. Wilkie, 48, 46, 94; A- F. Taafe, 48, 45, 93; K. W. Dairymple, 44, 48, 92; J. W. Kelly, 46, 45, 91; J. W. Amon, 43,-47, 90; H. Goile, 45, 45, 90; D. M. Fredick, 41, 43, 90; Y. Simpson, 42, 46, 88; D. Furby, 43, 41, 64. Bulls Women's Institute. There was a fair attendance at the ! Bulls Women's Institute held on. No-1 vember 9, Mrs. Jackson presiding. At j the outset of the meeting the president ; referred to the death of Mr. Escott, i whose wife was a very prominent member of the institute, a motion of sym- j pathy being passed in the usual manner, | ell members standing in silence. An j amusing guessing competition was won ; by Mrs. Farrer. The cake competition was won by Mrs. H. Meads and for the antirrhinum Mrs. Gobcl 1, Mrs. E. Ellery ! 2, Mrs. Ross 3; best bloom, Mrs. Cole 1, Mrs. D. Holland 2, Mrs. ii. Meads 3. Two delightful solos were rendered by Mr.=. M. Brookic and Miss M. Kearney. Miss M. Huddleston was heard to advantage in a piano solo. The next inatitute meeting will be held on the first day in February. The competition will be" the best decorated preserving jar of Cowers, best bloom and antirrhinum competition. The Rainfall. Mr. K. W. Dalrymple, of “Waitatar»ia,” Parewanui, supplies the following rainfall information:—Rainfall for November was 3.19 inches falling on 12 days. The total for 1940 so far is 28.42 inches, last year’s fall for 11 months was 28.95 inches. The average rainfall for November for 25 years is 2.58 inches, and during that time the rainfall ranged from .76 inches in November, 1932, to 6.79 inches in 1922. Bowling Club. For the week-end bowling the weather was perfect, and games played on the Bulls green resulted as under: —Shaw, JJte m 28 v. Pearce* Capstick 19; I* . btevens, Meads 23 v. Scott, Clark 13; Green, Archer, H. Stevens 20 v. Winks, Scott, Capstick 21; Clark, Angliss, Amon, Drew 23 v. Patterson, Meads, Wilson, F. Stevens 21. Presbyterian Sunday School Social. The Bulls Clifton Hall presented an animated appearance on Friday evening when the Sunday School children combined with the Maori girls from the Turakina Maori Girte’ College, held a very enjoyable social. The programme Was as follows:—Opening with the National Anthem. All the children presented a song (“Far Out on the Desolate Billow”), Eva Maskic and M. fcutherland (duet), item by Maori girls, action aong (“Tina Koutou”), Sunday School children's choir (“Ivory Palace”), Maori girls (the double poi), Eva Maskie (recitation), Turakina Maori girls (the Maori marching song of last war), Sunday School choir

(“Wide as the Ocean”), I. and Margaret Sutherland, duct (“Billy Boy”), Turakina Maori girls, action song (“Kia Ora”), choir (“Gospel Bells”), Sunday School choir (“God Defend New Zealand” and “There’ll Always Be an England”), Busy' Bee it6ms (play, “Seeing the World,” the Long Poi, two English songs, two ancient Maori songs, the combined Poi, two songs “Home, Sweet Home” and ”Po Atarau,” the school song).