COUNTRY NEWS

Southland Times, Issue 19097, 15 November 1923, Page 2

COUNTRY NEWS

GORE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) GORE SWIMMING CLUB. The adjourned annual meeting of the Gore Amateur Swimming Club was held on Monday evening. Mr A. H. Palairet presided over a small attendance. The balance-sheet showed that the year had resulted in a loss of £25 0/11, the balance in hand at the end of the year being £26 3/5, as against £5O 5/7 at the beginning Takings at the baths amounted to £2l 13/1, and the main item of expenditure was £2B 1/- for wages. The last carnival resulted in a loss of £7 0/5. The report and balance-sheet were adopted on the motion of the chairman and Mr G. Graham. The election of office-bearers resulted as follows: —President, Mr A. H. Palairet; vice-presidents: Messrs S. E. Ferguson, A. J. Gibbs, and A. L. Dolamore; secreta’fy, Mr P. Shave; assistant secretary, Mr J. Steans; committee, Messrs G. Graham, A. H. Smith, E. L. G. Brown, R. B. Gray, T. Gray, A. J. McEwan, F. E. Fitzgerald, V. N. Fitzgerald, I. S. Cruickshank, L. Matheson, and J. Boyne; club captain, Mr R. B. Gray; auditor, Mr R. P. Boyne. Mr G. Graham, who expects to be leaving Gore shortly, was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for his services to the club. The time-table will be the same as for last year. Monthly tickets will be issued to children for 1/6. The date of the opening of the baths has not yet been fixed. RETURNED SOLDIERS’ RE UNION. A highly successful re union of returned soldiers was held in the Theatre Royal on Monday evening, when the building was well filled. Mr R. B. Bannerman presided. At the commencement of the proceedings those present stood in silence as a mark of respect to the memory of a fellow-Digger, Thomas Shepherd, whose death was reported that afternoon. After the loyal toast had been honoured the chairman proposed that of the R.S.A. In doing so he stated that man}' Diggers did not realise the great amount of good work the Association was doing on behalf of disabled -men and their dependents. ‘ He appealed to all returned men to support their association. Mr W. D. Shelton responded, and appealed for full financial support from all members of the R.S.A. Other toasts honoured were: “The Ladies,” proposed by Mr P. Stewart, and responded to by Mr F. Murray; “Heroes of Other Wars,” proposed by Mr L. McDowell, with response by Mr E. J. Columb; “The Fighting Forces,” proposed by Mr C. M. Wilson, with response by Mr V. Waite; and “The Strangers in our Midst,” proposed by Mr W. Aitken, and responded to by several of the visiting members. During the evening items were rendered by Messrs H. H. F. Grant, A. J. McEwan, F. G. Broad, G. Abey, H. Inder and G. Elvidge, and several selections were given by the Diggers’ Orchestra. GORE COMPETITIONS. A meeting of the executive of the Competitions Society was held on Tuesday in the office of the president, Mr E. C. Smith. The balance sheet for the festival recently held was submitted to the meeting by Mr R. W. McCreath (treasurer), and showed a loss of £2O 19s Bd, in spite of the fact that the receipts were the second largest in the history of the society. The total receipts were £536 13s 6d, and the items of expenditure were as follow: Prizes, £152 9s 6d; salaries and wages. £lBO Is Id; printing and advertising, £122 15s 3d; theatre rents, £69 4s 6d; petty expenses, £33 2s lOd—a grand total of £557 13s 2d. Fortunately the society has considerable cash available to meet the small loss, but the opinion was expressed that the revenue would require to be improved by increasing the members’ subscriptions. A motion to that effect was passed. A special vote of thanks was passed to the musical judge (Mr L. T. Watkins) for coming to the rescue of the society *at a critical moment. The special prizes were gained by the following competitors:— Gore Elocutionary Championship: Miss Jenny Griffiths (Dunedin), 464 points, 1; Miss 8. I. Aitken (Invercargill), 460 points, 2; Mr J. Harper (Gore), 459 points, 3. Most Points in Senior Elocutionary Classes: Miss S. I. Aitken (Invercargill). Most Points in Junior Elocutionary Classes: Miss Gwen Thompson (Dunedin). Most Points in Vocal Classes; Mrs H. A. Sharp (Invercargill). MANDEVILLE. (From our own correspondent.) Our local tennis club comprises an energetic membership as must be realised by all who inspect their beautiful court which is now almost completed. Without exaggeration it would do credit to a very much larger centre and it has only been possible by the spontaneous assistance of the majority of the residents of the district. The whole district is delighted to hav? its two highly-esteemed residents, Mr.? Sheed, Senr., and Mr John Knowles, home again, each having gone through serious operations and now being on the sure way to recovery. The many friends of Mrs J. H. McLeod will be pleased to learn that she is as well as can be expected after the serious operation she recently underwent. Mr John Crombie’s fine residence is just about complete. Being situated on a commanding site overlooking the township with a splendid view of the plains, it forms an impressive addition to our surroundings. The Otamete stream has been well patronised by fishermen this season and some very nice fish have been caught. It is gratifying to meet “sports” from other ditsricts trying their luck in our noted stream. Mr Edwin Hargest, of Pine Bush, got a lovely bag of 18 fish last Saturday.