COUNTRY NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22355, 31 August 1934, Page 12

COUNTRY NEWS

PALMERSTON i ; ' v . I 'Mr R. C. Walker, coal merchant and 1 general carrier,, Palmerston, has sold his business to Mr R. Murdoch,- of Queenstown, and will return to his former occupation of cheese making. Mr Murdoch iyiH take over at the end of the present month. ' . ‘‘* „ . The president (Mr W. B. Galloway) presided oyer a' fairly good attendance at the annual meeting, of the Palmerston and Waihemo Horticultural- Society on Wednesday evening. .A motion, of sympathy was • passed .Tn the, customary manner with the relatives of the i late Mrs M'Knight and Mr Diack. The report and balance sheet was adopted. A credit of , £22 6s'6d, compared with £6 12s lid last year; was shown. The retiring president returned thanks’ for past assistance, , and 1 regretted’ that no shows had been held last year. The annual election of office-bearers resulted as follows:—President, Mr W. B. Galloway; vice-presidents—Mesdames J. Penincuick, A. Ingram, J. Stenhouse, Messrs R. Diackj W. Arnott. D. M'Khight, W. C. Arkle; secretary, Miss M. M'Ritchie; treasurer, Mr 6. B. Smith’; committee-r-Mesdaroe* J. Currie, A.' Pastier. A. T. Field, W. B. Galloway, E. S. Edsall, Rendall, Misseg Z. Diack, D. Cameron. Messrs C. F. Arnold, A. Fastier. J; W. Sutherland. _lt was decided to hold a spring show.during the first week- in, October, Mrs - C. F. Smith ,to act as secretary fpr -that- occaSl °The senior selector of the Eastern District Rugby Football Sub-umon (Mr J. Gordon) has selected the following team to represent the. 1 local sub-union against Pirates (Dunedin) on the. Palmerston Show Grounds to-morrow . (D. Indicate* Dunback, P. Palmerston. W..,Waik6uaiti f S.. Seacliff)Backs—W. Hannah (D.), J. Dempsey (P:), W. Mljay (S-), D. M‘Knight (P:), L. Ross (W., captain), P. Davis (W.). J. M'Cormack (D.); forwards —-P. Roberts (D.), D. Murray (D.), F. Sutherland (D.), A. Parkhill fP.-), F. Clearwater (P.), F. Simpson (D.); A.. Crossan (WT,‘ MMillan- (S.). Emergencies: Backs, D. (Murray (P.), H Wilde '(W.)forwards—T. - Dowie (W,>, A. Cameron (Pi)V Mr C. M. Olsen (Palmerston), will be the referee. The following will represent Palmerston juniors at Berwick r—Adams, Ghisbolm, Cameron, Dalgleish, .Frame, Kitchen, Murray, ,M‘Knight; - ,M(Gregoir, . .Palmer (2), Pope. Phillips. Richardson, Sheat,-Trotter, Wilde. , , x , . milton ..... i • •«’. ■ . The installation of a more # efficient lighting system, for Milton’s'mam street is under’ arrangement between the Borough Council and the Otago Electric Power Board. It is proposed to replace, the present 100-watt street Tights with five lights of 500 watts and the other lights of 200 watts each. . , ’ • - The Milton Women’s Institute has appointed Miss Watt as. its delegate to attend the half-yearly council meeting of the Otago federation of the institutes, to be held at Oamaru in October. The local branch will -also be represented by Mw James Sinclair, a member of the federation executive. ■’v - ■ ' , ~ A proposal is afoot emanating from the Otago Electric Power Board that the Bruce, County Council should install, electric lights at crossroads within the county, similar to those in operation in some’ other counties. The boards secretary '(Mr L. W. Potter) and the engineer (Mr E. D. Veitch) will wait upon the County Conccil- at its next meeting in support of the proposal., : ; . : The local dairy factory will reopen for the. season next Monday, receiving supplies on alternate days in the meantime. During the period the factory was closed for the winter season _a new 25 horsepower multitubular boiler has beep installed, also an automatic stoker. Fifty-seven applications were received by the Milton Borough Council for the position of town clerk, which is being rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr D. M. Mawson, who has .occupied the position since May, 1922. The applicants reside at places from Wairoa to Invercargill, and include registered accountants, lawyers, and town clerks in lesser boroughs, or ' those possessing; municipal clerical experience. -At a special meeting of the council, on , Wednesday nighfe the number was reduced to five applicants. The first consignment of steel pipes (6000 feet) for Milton’s new gravitation water supply scheme arrived, on Wednesday from Wanganui, also the screens land other materials for the head-works at the dam’ at Glen Stream.. Additional consignments will arrive at regular “intervals, and will be storedi in the - railway station yards pending the completion of the dam at the. intake. ’ . ; '

RANFURLY The Ranfurly Miniature Rifle Club held its weekly shoot on; Monday night. There was a : good attendance. . The average score for the first 10 shots was 77.1; The winner of the button for the best shot off the rifle was J. M'Gill, and the handicap button went to A. Petherick. The following were-.the. best scores returned: — J. M'Gill 79, J. P. Kearney. 78, F. Healey 77, A. Petherick 77, J. D. Crorrib 77, W. Aitkcn 77, F. Morris 77, H. Laing 76, J. Scott 76, J. E. Keamey 74, G. Gilbert 73, A. Wood 73. The following teams, representing the club, will visit Oamaru over the week-end to compete in the North Otago Association championships:—A Team—W. Aitken, A. H. Macdonald, J. A. Cromb,’J. E. Kearney, A; • Petherick; B Team (B.'Grade) —W. Pringle. J. I. Fraser, H. Laing, J. Phillips, J. D. Cromb. , ' ' The following is the draw for the medal match to be played on the Maniototo golf links over the week-end;—Dr Kidd v. M. Mirfin, G. Gilbert v. R. D. Jamieson, A. M’Lachlan v. A.. Macdonald, Father Hally v. D. MTvillop, E. Halstead v. J. I. Fraser, L. Bell v. E. East, H. Wooding v. R. Templeton, Dr Eudey v. G. Wilson, F. .Morris v. W. Bandy, A. Gilchrist v. E. Hammond. A successful euchre party was held in aid of the Catholic Church funds, oyer 70 players being present. The ladies prize was won by Miss E. Grant and the men’s by Mr. Faulkner.