COUNTRY NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22373, 21 September 1934, Page 12

COUNTRY NEWS

PALMERSTON , , : The Palmerston Town Hall was occu- | pied throughout Wednesday afternoon and evening with a bazaar in aid of the Palmerston Highland Pipe Band. An energetic committee under Mrs D. Rosa and with Miss D. Cameron as secretary was responsibly for the arrangements.. The function was officially opened by tlie Mayor (Mr W. B-. Galloway), who stated the bazaar was an effort to add to the money already raised to purchase uniforms for the band, for which £250 was . required. About £l6O had already been raised. Items were given from the stage during the afternoon and evening. A competition for the best girdle scones was won by Mrs D. Ross, with Mrs W. M'Kerrow second, and the prize for the best vase of flowers went to Miss D. Cameron, with Mrs G. Ross second. Those in charge of the various stalls were as follow:—Produce, Mrs A. Twaddle: . flower stall, Mrs W. M'Kerrow; parcel stall, Miss M'Ritchie; cake stall, Mrs R. Cameron: jumble stall, Miss J. Pittaway; sweets, Miss D. Cameron; meat, Mrs G. Korner; bran tub. Miss C. Thomson; ice cream, Mrs A. Wilson and Miss M. Henry. At the close of the'evening tlie president of the Band Committee (Mr D. Ross) returned thanks. The takings totalled £lO6 6s 7d, and the profit will be about £9O. The vice-president (Mr J. R. Crossan) presided over a good attendance at the annual meeting of the Goodwood Lawn Tennis Club. A very satisfactory balance sheet was adopted," and it was decided to top-dress the court. The annual election of office-bearers resulted as follows: — President, Mr D. M'Cnllum; vice-presi-dent, Mr T. C. Hewitt; secretary_ and treasurer, Miss M. Dempsey; committee, 1 Miss P. Cullen. Messrs Charles Hewitt, J. R. Crossan, S. Jennings; club captain, Mr J. R. Crossan. The opening day was fixed for October 6. A combined meeting will be held with the Flag Swamp Club to discuss the question of entering a team or teams in the competition in either A or B grade. j QUEENSTOWN The weather has been more in keeping with the season during the past week and new growth is coming away rapidly. Owing to the cold weather gardening work has been thrown back almost a fortnight this year. , „ ■ The Rev. J. S. Murray and Mrs Murray were the guests at a farewell evening in the St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church last week. There was a large attendance' of local church people, and many from Miller’s Flat and Frankton. The esteem in which Mr and Mrs Murray are held was evident from the many expressions of goodwill and appreciation of their, labours over dose on four years. The; Rev. D. Heggie, of 'Cromwell, who will act as interim monerator during the vacancy, presided at the farewell gathering and expressed the deep sense of the loss that the Central Otago Presbytery; felt in the removal of Mr Murray to Wellington. He said the people of Queens-:’ town were most fortunate in having had the ministration of one so talented. Mr. T. Houston, one of the oldest adherents, said he had 40 years residence in the dis-j trict and he had never known a finer, pastor and preacher. Another speaker stated that Mr Murray’s leadership of the, Bible classes had the members a grip of the Christian faith which they would retain as long as they lived. Mr W. H. Berry paid a striking tribute to the estimable qualities of Mi's Murray. Her work among the various orgamsa-' tions, she stated, was a witness of her Christian life. Mr Murray presented with well-filled wallets from both the Queenstown and Frankton congregations. The Bible classes connected with these respective churches presented him with a" volume of the plays of J. M. Barrie and a volume of the works of Shakespeare. The combined choirs gave Mr Murray a framed picture of Queenstown. Ihe Rev. Mr Murray acknowledged the many expressions of goodwill and appreciation ot his labours among them. , Mr and Mrs Murray and family left for Dunedin on Monday morning, where they will spend a few days before going north. Last Thursday afternoon Mrs Murray was met in the Mackenzie Hall by a largo gathering of members of the I.W.M.U. Mothers’ Circle and choir, when she was the recipient of several gifts as tokens ot the esteem in which she was held, the P.W.M.U. presented her with a silver teapot, and the corresponding members gave her a handsome tea cosy. ihe Mothers’ Circle also handed Mrs Murray a delightful posy of violets and primroses. Miss Helen Burns, who will accompany, Mr and Mrs .Murray to Wellington, was also honoured at the same gathering. Ine choir and Sunday school presented her with a suede writing case as a mark ot appreciation of her loyal service to both of these organisations. The Wakatipu Defence Rifle Club opened the season last Saturday. There was a fair attendance oh riflemen. Ihe return match with the Wakatipu Gnu Club was also fired, resulting in a win for the Rifle Club.

ALEXANDRA In connection with the proposed erection by the Public Works Department of a dam at Butcher's Gully, legal difficulties have arisen so far as the Alexandra Borough Council is concerned. Borough councils at present are not permitted to sell borough water rights, and as some-: thing of this nature is involved, it would appear that special legislation and probably a poll of the ratepayers would be required before the proposal could be carried out. The proposal is for the Borough Council to hand over the present water right and receive from the .Public Works Department in lieu thereof a head and a-lialf, and to pay to the Public Works Department £2OO per annum, which would relieve the Borough Council of race maintenance to approximately that amount annually. The whole matter was fully discussed at a special meeting of the Borough Council on Wednesday evening, and to enable the council s solicitor to submit an opinion on the matter, a decision was deferred until next meeting. It was pointed out that the Borough Council’s water race at present was in a very bad state of repair, and some heavy capital expenditure was probable if the council did not co-operate with the Public Works Department in arranging for the erection of the proposed Tlie Alexandra Freezing Works will close to-morrow for the season on account of insufficient rabbits being forthcoming to keep the works open. The fine weather at prseut being experienced has had the effect of hastening the blossoming of fruit trees and the countryside now presents an attractive picture, the mass of blossom giving every indication of a bountiful crop during the forthcoming season. The snow on the adjacent mountains is rapidly disappearing. ‘ Mr C. M'Kenzio, railway business .agent, wag in the district on Tuesday interviewing settlers on the AlexandraRoxburgh route in connection with a proposal to inagurate a co-ordinated rail and motor service for this area. Mr E. E. Loach, who has been head teacher of the Chatto Creek School for a number of years, lias received an appointment as resident master of the Whangarei High School. SOUTH TUAPEKA The first annual seven-a-side Rugby football tournament under the jurisdiction of the South Tuapeka Sub-union was held at Beaumont on Saturday. Early in the morning the weather was threatening, but after mid-day the conditions were ideal. Two grounds were available, and the management of the tournament reflected great credit on Messrs A. K. Bateman, J. Colgan, C. M. Jackman, D. H. Jones and R. F. Batchelor (secretary), who were the officers in charge. In all 29 teams competed, 15 seniors, six juniors, and eight schoolboys, the entrants including teams from South Otago, Tuapeka, West Otago, Eastern (Southland), and South Tuapeka. The honours of the day went to Miller’s Flat in the Junior and Schoolboys’ Grades, and Waikoikoi were the winners in the Seniors; Referees for the day were Messrs F.. J. Brook, W. M'Culloch, H. Hollands, and J. johnstPn. For the Ticket Race 102 entries were received. The winner was J, 'M. Stewart, of the Gore High School, the winning ticket being held by J. H. Jolly. The following team has been selected to represent the South Tuapeka Subunion against the Zingafi-Richmond seniors from Dunedin on Saturday, at Beaumont: —A. Ryan (Waitahuna), J. Gunn (Lawrence). A. Watson (Beaumont), 11. Edie (Tuapeka Mouth), E.

Evans (Waitahuna), D. M'Corkindale (Lawrence), R. Cavanagh (Lawrence), Sande.s (Tuapeka Mouth), T. Cutler (Vv aitahuna), A. Frisk (Lawrence)S.- Grogan (Lawrence), B. Here (Waitahuna), J. I’earaon (Beaumont), H. Crane (Waitaliuna), and A. Wilson (Lawrence): emergencies: Backs, MTveich (Waitahuna), Donaldson (Beaumont); forwards, Eaton (Waitahuna), Hayo s (Beaumont). RANFURLY A committee meeting of the Maniototo Golf Club was held on Wednesday evening. Mr D. M'Killop was in (he chair. It was decided to make the return visit to Midtilemarch Club on September 30. The following team will represent the club:—Dr Kidd,' Father Hally, A. M'Lachlan, A. Macdonald, G. Gilbert,' M. Mirfin, D. M'Killop; ladies —Mesdamea Wilson, Jamieson, Macdonald,' Gilbert, Miss E. Hall, Mrsi Gilchrist. The' President v. Vice-president 'match will be played to-morrow, and, as the team for this match will be picked: on the course, players are requested to, be on, the first tee at 1.45 p.mi, The following, is the draw for the putter competition to be played over the week-end:—D. M'Killop v. E. East, G. Gilbert v. Father Hally, M. Mirfin v. A. M'Lachlan, Dr Kidd v. A. Macdonald. It was decided that closing day be October 20. A special committee meeting of the Maniototo Agricultural and Pastoral Association was held in the Ranfuriy Hall on Wednesday evening. Some 30 members attended the meeting, which was convened to discuss holding-an “Export Lamb Competition” in conjunction with the annual show. After some discussion Mr K. Clark, manager, New Zealand Refrigerating Co., i Ltd., Burnside, was introduced to the meeting ; and explained the position of the freezing companies; in respect of the furtherance of the Meat Board’s competition, between the various districts, in the special display of lambs at London. Efforts had previously been made to organise this competition, but owing to the lack of centralising opportunities, disappointing results were obtained., As there had been a good response in quality and numbers in the freezing classes at the last annual show it was thought that co-operation with the association would give the desired results. From the enthusiasm shown at* the meeting it was anticipated that the competition would, as far as Otago was concerned, be definitely established. All that was now required was the support for the effort the association was prepared to make. After Mr Clark had answered several questions, particularly with regard to transport of lambs after the show to the freezing works, it was resolved to hold the export lamb competition in conjunction with the annual show on December 7. To encourage competition for tins section, it was also decided to include a class for three freezing lambs, individual live weight not to dxceed 751 b. In conclusion, the presi dent, Mr D. M'Leod, thanked Mr Clark for his interesting and informative address.