RIVERTON NOTES

Southland Times, Issue 25343, 23 July 1935, Page 2

RIVERTON NOTES

' THE ATHENAEUM. (From Our Correspondent.) The athenaeum committee has received another large consignment of new books, and these have been placed on the shelves. The list comprises: “Herd of the Hills’’ by A. Fraser; “River Supreme,” by A. Hobart; “Second Officer” (Taffrail); “Sinbad the Soldier” (P. C. Wren); “The Lady of the Plain” (H. Blindloss); “In Command” (E. Mills Young); “The Haunted Hills” (B. M. Bower); “With the Lid Off” (J. Conquest); “Outdoor Love” (K. Norris); “Pitcairn Island” (J. N. Hall); “The Fighting Years” (Hugh Pendexter) ; “The Man who found Himself” (N. Jacob); “Blazing Gun” (D. Macdonald) ; “Mrs Fortune Wonders” (H. C. Bailey); “Stampede” (E. Maun; “Riders of the Whistling Skull” (W. Macdonald); "Moonhill” (H. Vachell); “Death in the Saddle” (C. Saunders); “The Sign of the Triangle” (J. Hock-

ing); “Nine Tailors” (D. Sayers); “Beauty’s Daughter” (K. Norris); “Torches through the Bush” (B. Connor); “Life Without End” (G. Seton); “Thirteen Sailed -Home” (J. Orton); “Ripeness is AU” (E. Linklater); "Thunder Mountain” (G. Gray); “The Heart of the Antarctic” (Sir E. Shackleton); “Polynesian Mythology” (Sir E. Gray); “Banking in N.Z.” (B. Moore); “On the Edge of the Primeval Forest” (A. Schweitzer); “In the Steps of the Master” (H. Morton); “Travels and Men” (J. Curie); “Eighty Miles around London” (M. Davies); King Edward VII. (E. F. Benson); “In Morocco with the Legion” (G. Price); “A Spy was Born” (M. McKenna); “Wild Beasts To-day” (H. Shepstone); “The Men of the last Frontier” (G. Owl); “One’s Company” (P. Fleming). In the children’s section the committee has gone to considerable trouble to satisfy the requirements of the young readers, and a large number of books by popular authors are now available. Included in the latest addition are: “Scouting with Buffalo Bill” (W. Wilson); "The Chummy Book,” “Nelson’s Jolly Books for Boys,” "The Girl Story Teller,” “Book of Scout Stories,” “Judy and Punch,” “The Magic Walking Stick,” “Godmother’s Garden,” “Three Company,” “A Young Pretender,” “Red Dickson,” “The Master of the Air,” “Little Men,” “World Stories for Boys and Girls,” “Pat of Silver Bush,” “Girls of Smoky Hill Ranch,” “Under Brake’s Flay,” “An Imperfect Prefect,” “South.”

Wallace Hospital.

At the monthly meeting of the Wallace Hospital Board on Thursday the secretary (Mr G. O. Cassels) announced that the board’s estimates for the year 1935-36 had been approved in full by the Department of Health without comment. Members considered this statement very satisfactory, the chairman remarking that their’ secretary was to be complimented on the able manner in which he had prepared the yearly statement.

It was also stated that Dr. Watt, Director-General of Health had paid his annual visit of inspection to the institution, and in expressing his entire satisfaction with the general management of the Wallace Hospital complimented the chairman on the hospital board's enterprise and progress in connection with its engineering scheme for the central heating installation throughout the whole hospital. Basketball. The following is the position of the teams at the end of the first round: —

The following is the amended draw for the second round of fixtures of Riverton District Basketball Sub-As-sociation; the games to be decided on the grounds of the first-mentioned team. Fairfax B have withdrawn from the competition: — July 24: Riverton A v. Fairfax; Riverton B v. Riverton C; Waipango v. Pahia; Colac v. St. Andrews. July 31: Waipango v. Riverton A; Riverton B v. Colac; Riverton C v. St. Andrews; Pahia v. Fairfax. August 7: St. Andrews v. Riverton A; Riverton B v. Pahia; Riverton C v. Waipango; Fairfax v. Colac. August 14: Riverton A v. Colac;

Riverton B v. St. Andrews; Pahia v. Riverton C; Waipango v. Fairfax. August 21: Pahia v. Riverton A; Colac v. Waipango; Fairfax v. St. Andrews. August 28: St. Andrews v. Pahia; Waipango v. Riverton B; Colac v. Riverton C. ____________

P. W. D. L. F. A.C. P. Riverton A 7 7 — — 116 27 14 Pahia 7 6 — 1 132 55 12 Fairfax A 7 4 1 2 127 84 9 St. Andrews 7 4 1 2 71 74 9 Waipango 8 3 2 3 82 75 8 Colac 8 3 2 64 89 8 Riverton B 8 2 — 6 84 111 4 Fairfax B 7 1 — 6 41 76 4 Riverton C 7 - — 7 37 163 0