CENTRAL OTAGO.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20322, 2 February 1928, Page 13

CENTRAL OTAGO.

QUEENSTOWN NOTES. L ' * (From Our Own Correspondent.) QUEENSTOWN, January 31. THE WEATHER. During the week the weather has been | very pleasant. On most dayc we have i had grey skies, with little sun, but the dullness has been a pleasant change after the glare and heat. On Wednesday morning we had a light shower, and ! another at noon on Sunday, but they ! passed over in a few minutes. There has been some dew at night lately, which has given us a little moisture for vegetation. The barometer is still high. GENERAL. Taking into consideration the dry • season and the effect it is likely to have upon the entries and the exhibits at the Lake County A. and P. Show, which had been fixed for March 14, the members of the A. and P. Society met on Saturday evening to consider the advisability of : holding the fixture. , After some discussion a motion was tabled that the fixture ■ be abandoned. It met with the support of the mover and seconder only, seven- ! teen recording their votes against it. On the same evening a meeting of the Wakatipu Collie Club was held to discuss the dates of the dog trials. The secretary informed the meeting that there was a promise of a good deal of support from the south for the jumping and certain other events at the Lake County A. and P. Show on Mi - h 14, and if the Collie Club fixed its dates for the days following the show the parties coming would bring tl: dr dogs too. This would benefit both organisations. On a vote being taken it was decided to fix March 15, 16, and 17 as the dates of the trials. The building which has done duty as a fire station in Queenstown for a great many years is in course of demolition at the present time. Some little t: le ago the Borough Council decided to erect a more up-to-date station, and the old one is being removed to make way for the new building, which will occupy the same sit:e - .... -r A small garden fete was held in Mr J. J. M’Bride's grounds last Wednesday evening in support of the Town Princess (Miss Rene Powell) in connection with the Catholic Presbytery building fund. A number of electric lamps were suspended from the trees so that business might be carried on after daylight, the effect being very pretty and alluring. All kinds of stalls displayed attractive wares, and good business resulted. Several competitions assisted to swell the proceeds. On Friday evening a social and dance in aid of St. Peter’s Church property improvements was held in the Garrison Hall. Progressive euchre engaged quite a number of players, while dancing was indulged in mostly by the young folk. The music for this was supplied by Mr Mat. Hunter (piano) and Mr D. Grant (violin), extras being played by Misses M. S. Warren, E. Hales, Alison, Fraser, and June Robertson. Mr R. Burfort carried out the duties of M.C. Both the convent and public schools in this district reopen to-morrow. PERSONAL. Sir Benjamin and Lady Fuller, with their two daughters, spent two days in Queenstown at the week.-end. On Sunday they left again in order to catch the Melbourne boat. Mr and Mrs J. J. Ardagh, of Timaru, have been the guests of their son, the Rev. Father Ardagh, at the local presbytery, for the past two or three weeks. Miss Ardagh ha s also been staying with her brother. Captain Robert Fraser, superintendent of mercantile marine, Dunedin, spent the week-end in Queenstown on departmental ■^ ness -

The Rev. Stanley Hurd, of South Invercargill, haa been staying a few days ia t Queenstown. He and his parents and other members of the family have been' among those under canvas on the motor-" ists’ camping ground. The party has now left for Wanaka and Mount Cook. There has been a great exodus of holi-day-makers from Queenstown during the past three or four days. Among those who left for Dunedin this morning were Dr J. E. Holloway and family, Dr George Thompson and his wife and daughter. Dr Irwin Hunter, Mrs and Miss Hunter, Mr* Champtaloup and family, the Misses Wat#* (5), Messrs Arthur and Malcolm Watt, and Mrs W. H. Shepherd and family. Miss Rita M‘Neill, of the teaching staff of the Caversham School, who has been spending the vacation at her home in Queenstown, returned to Dunedin to-day, in readiness for the reopening of tfie schools to-morrow. Miss Bella Houston, of the Riverton School, also resumes duty to-morrow, after being for the greater part of the holidays with her parents at Lower Shotover. Mr and Mrs E. P. Lee, Oamaru, who have been at Paradise for some weeks, have now left for home. Mr and Mrs W. H. Berry and their family returned to Queenstown this mom. ing after three weeks’ motoring in Canterbury. Mr and Mrs D. F. Macdonald arrived in Queenstown this morning, after motoring as far as Nelson.