BLUFF NEWS

Southland Times, Issue 22131, 27 September 1933, Page 13

BLUFF NEWS

(From Our Correspondent.) After recent rain there has been a return to fine weather at the port. Tuesday was a day of bright sunshine and although a fairly strong breeze blew at intervals conditions were quite pleasant. Mrs W. Niven and Miss Niven left at the week-end for Feilding, where they will spend a holiday as,the guests of Mr and Mrs F. Usher. The latter was before marriage Miss Agnes Niven Social Evening.

A happy social evening and dance was held in the schoolroom at Greenhills on Saturday night, a large crowd being present. The time was spent in games and dancing. A solo was sung by' Mr C. Mclntyre, while a prize donated for a competition was won by Miss M. Oates. During the evening the announcement was made that the money collected in a series of entertainments by the local concert party had been handed to the Public Hall Committee as an addition to the funds for having a hall built. Mr R. Parsons acted as M.C. for the dance, music for which was provided by Mrs J. Oates, Messrs J. McLauchlan, A. McKenzie, N. Beaton and H. McKenzie.

Greenhills Sports Club. The annual meeting of the Greenhills Sports Club was held in the schoolroom on Saturday evening, Mr A. P. McDonald presiding over an excellent attendance. The annual report disclosed that after an enjoyable and successful season the club showed a credit balance of £7. The standard of athletic sport in the district has shown a decided advance through the activities of the club, while members of other bodies attending local meetings had expressed pleasure at their reception and at the way the fixtures had been conducted. Greenhills athletes had also competed with success elsewhere. It was left to the incoming committee to select the date for opening day. A highly successful season is anticipated.

The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Mr A. P. McDonald; vice-president, Mr P. Smith; secretary and treasurer, Mr J. Bremer jun.; committee, Messrs R. Sutherland, N. Metzger, J. McLauchlan, G. Sutherland, C. Parsons; trainers, Messrs C. Parsons and J. Bremer.

“Speed-mad” was the description English motorists were given by Mr Edward Armstrong, who has just returned to Christchurch from a tour abroad. He had been astounded by the number of road accidents he had seen in the 4000 miles he had travelled on English roads. Motor traffic of all kinds went at much higher speeds than in New Zealand, he said, and many of the cars were really not under control. Motorists in England did not seem to realize, as Lord Trenchard had recently reminded them, that a man driving a motor-car was controlling a machine that was as dangerous as a quick-firing gun.