COUNTRY NEWS

Southland Times, Issue 18974, 22 June 1923, Page 2

COUNTRY NEWS

OTAUTAU NOTES. (From our own correspondent.) The power of the pipes holds a fine fatcination for Scottish, life and character and ouf local pipe band is still vigorous and popular. The annual meeting was held recently, when an encouraging review of the past work was given, and the office-bearers 1 for tbe ensuing year were elected. The folI lowing is the list: —President, Mr A. Mej Kenfcie; vice-presidents, Messrs G. Mathel son, Duncan McGregor, W. Stormouth, And 'J. <?. Miller; secretary and treasurer, Mr I. R. McLeod; committee, all the member* of the band; finance committee, Messrs Sutherland and McGregor. An enthusiastic movement is being mad* to form a golf club in Otautau. The link* have already been secured, and quite a number of players have been assiduously practising on several days recently. A general meeting is called for this week to put the club on a proper footing. It has been decided by the members of the Otautau Choral Society to discontinue operations for the present. A number of things have militated against successful practices of late, and a series of social even- , ings will take the place of the regular rehearsals, the first of the number to be bald early in July. GORE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) The annual meeting of the Gore branch of the Protestant Political Asscciation wan held on Monday evening, there being a good attendance. Mr W. McGiBL president, occupied the chair. The annual report and accounts, which showed the branch to be in a good position, were redd and adopted. All the retiring office-bearers were re- ' elected. Rev. Griffith; of Dunedin, spoke interestingly on the work; of the Association. Musical and elocutionary items were contributed by Mrs N. G<- Shrimpton, Mrs McAskill, and Messrs stevenson and Pryde. An enjoyable supper Was served, and eevaI ral new members w’ere elected.

Mrs E. Burgees, of West Gore, met with a painful accident on . Mi>nday morning,, when she slipped on a frozen path and broke her arm in two place*. r By the death of Mr JamtH Wileon; which occurred at Gore this wetfc, still another gap is made in the fast diminishing ranks of the old poineerg. Mr W’jison, who way a native of Scotland, arriwid in Duntidifi some fifty-five years ago. Since then he lived in Balclutha, Milton, and Gore, carrying on his trade as a butclser. He leaves a widow, five sens, and one daughter., Mr Gerald Mirams, who has been appointed organist and choiriwuster of the Gore Presbyterian Church, has arrived from Milton. Mr Mirams has commenced the practice of his profession as a teacher of singing, voice production, piano aud ergan. t . •