Bulls

Manawatu Times, Volume 70, Issue 291, 10 December 1945, Page 2

Bulls

(From Our Own Correspondent.) The combined R.S.A. queen carnival which includes Rongotea, Sanson, Bulls and Turakina is making good progress and keen interest is being taken throughout the whole area. At the moment the positions of the four candidates are as follows: Miss Rangitikei 4000 votes Miss Rongotea 1600 votes Miss Sanson 1600 votes Miss Turakina 4CO votes Although these figures cannot bo tajken as an indication of the final result, the people of Bulls and Parewanui consider they will have little trouble in keeping the flag of Miss Rangitikei flying at the top. Recent activities in Bulls include the carnival dance and a shop-day. Both proved very successful. The Parewanui sub-committee intends holding a card evening at the end of this week while the Bulls committee is holding a similar function early next week. The junior section in Bulls held a meeting on Monday evening. It was proposed that copper trails be held on the approaching Saturday nights. It is hoped also to hold a barn-dance in the

near future and arrangements for this are to be completed. At a meeting held this week Mr. F. Ralfe presided over a small attendance of Tennis Club members. It was decided to purchase, if possible, three new nets. The main purpose of the meeting was to consider tho request of tho queen carnival committee to use tho , Tennis Club’s courts for a tennis afternoon. The proposal was received with enthusiasm and two members were directed to attend the next meeting of the carnival committee to discuss tho matter with them. Donald, junior Sheila Murphy; violin, advanced senior James O’Neill, ad-.: vanced preparatory Joan Pinfold, first ! steps Robert Brill; elocution, inter- \ mediate Marie Doogo.n, advanced pre- | paratory Barbara Bird, preparatory i ■ Vincent Cook. Sports: Tennis championships, senior Madeleine McKegg, runner-up Eulyne Lee, intermediate Colleen Fenton, runner-up Jocelyn Broad, junior Rosemary Devine, runner- -p Gaynor Chatfield; “Barsanti Cup,” captain Eulyne T.nn. CU n i • J. »_

Lee; Basketball up, St. John Baptist’s House, captain Madeleine McKegg, runners-up St. Francis’, captain Kathleen McKegg, St. Catherin’s, captain Eulyne Lee; primary basketball, St. Anne’s House, captain Joan Candy; “Dalgleish Cup,” St. Patrick’s Junior Red Cross team; marching competition, Joyce Merritt. Primary Certificates: Pauline Barnao, Patricia Candy, Joan Candy, Gaynor Chatfield, Rosemary Devine, Shirley Duggan, Teresa Furlong, Patricia Galpin, Patricia Hanley, Thelma Head, Joan Hunter, Verone Holland, Audrey Jeram, Zita Johnston, Dorothy McKendrick, Maureen Lane, Betty Leahy, Lois Liddell, Theophane McGrath, Shirley McDonald, Joyce Merritt, Maureen O’Connor, Margaret O’Connor, Patricia Phillips, Marie Ryan, Clare O’Connell, Judith Shaw, Bernice Woodill. The garden party proved very successful. The stall holders wore: Novelty, Mrs. McManus and helpers; Victory, Mrs. F. O’Connor and ladies of St. Vincent de Paul Society; Shamrock, Mrs. R. Kelly and helpers; afternoon tea, Children of Mary.

Kiwis Increasing. Kiwis in parts of North Auckland are to be found wherever there is any bush* left for shelter, states Forest and Bird. One settler who some time ago fenced in an area of unburnt bush as a sanctuary for kiwis states that this area is j now a real breeding ground for these unique and interesting birds. Their ■worst enemy in the open country is the dog, the kiwi with its strong kick being more than a match for the weasel. A Kingfisher’s Dilemma.

Tho children of Otauta native school, near Kaikohe, are keen nature observers, states a letter received by the Forest and Bird Society. They recently heard a persistent squealing noise in the playground, and found that it came from a mouse which a kingfisher had caught by the tail. Tlie kingfisher was sitting on a telephone line and could not let the tail go to get a better hold of the mouse and could noi bat. r it against the wire. Neither could it swallow the mouse while holding it by the tail only. At last the bird flew to a big tree, where it was able to adjust its hold on the mouse and swallow it.