SEASIDE SUBURBS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 764, 22 July 1916, Page 11

SEASIDE SUBURBS.

SUMNER-REDCLIFFS NOTES. iron Our Ovn Crmipn»dr»t. The Sumner Ban.Sage Committee's report for the past month shows that the I following articles have been forwarded :to the depot during that period: —622 cotton bandages, 150 triangular bandI age.", 70 manitail bandages, 60 operation cloths, 10 diet cloths, 20 wringers, 10 veils, 30 .slings. 10 fomentation cloths, 1150 face cloths, 10 bottle covers, 12 limb I cushions. 3 bundles of old linen, 1 sack jof cotton waste, 140 abdominal swabs, {and 600 cotton-wool swabs. The Sumner school children gave a jvery successful concert in the Town Hall on Thursday in aid of the Belgian : Relief Fund. A splendid programme | was given, and the proceedings were i thoroughly enjoyed. The total receipts iamounted" to £lO 0/41. The corner post of the balcony at the ! Sumner Post Office suffered eonsiderlable damage during the week, owing to it he horses attached to one of the bread !carrier's vans bolting from the vicinity | of Watson's. The horses collided with I the .ram, in the endeavour to squeeze . [between the tram and the balcony post •at the corner. Fortunately no one was {injured, although so - ae of the passengers were considerably alarmed. The sunshine record for the week endjing July 10 was 20 hours 55 minutes, as [compared with 46 hours 5 minutes for the same period last year. The niaxijmum sunshine was 8 hours 20 minutes, ion the 13th, whilst on the 11th and 15ih [none was ret orded. ! At the last meeting of the Sunrner I Presbyterian Church Committee the i balance-sheet showed a credit of £26 |6/9 on the building fund account, and ,£C 19/3 on the general account. Pro- • inises amounting to £fi 0/6 were received itowards the building fund. [ The Children's Collecting Brigade at ; Redcliffs have materially assisted the | Keddiffs Bandage Committee during the [past IL' months. During that time over [£loo has been collected by them. 'Amongst those who have assisted are ' Kileen Gibbs, Nancy Beaven, Jean lllines, Hilda Penworthy. Fanny Middleton, Alice Moon. Rena Newberry, Betty JNieholls, Rita Shaw, Jessie Pidgeon, an.l j Lena Rilev. I A conference ..as recently held between the members of the Recruiting I Committee and the Sumner Borough (Councillors, when it was decided lo undertake a house-to-house canvass of the ' borough, in order to obtain the infor- ■ matioii required J>y the Recruiting Department. It is expected that the work will take at least six weeks to complete. The members of the Sumner-Redc lift's Unit of the National Reserve fired a miniature rifle match against Feppler's Club on Thursday evening, the local team being defeated by 2-S points. The scores were as follow: Peppier 's.—George "0, Barker 68, Wilson 67. Atkins 67, Peppier 66, Abbott 66, McDowell *GS, Brown 63, Field 63, Johnston 66; total, 661. Sumner-Redclift .—R. Pierey 66, T. | Hunter 66, C. Bishop 65, G. Cowper 65, J. H. Gibbs 65. H. Buttle 64. f '^"^^|Li| KM G. Moon 61, S. K. Bassett 60, Dr PatterI A meeting of the Sumner Branch of I the Women's National Reserve was hekj this week at the residence of Mrs W. 8. Lee, Redcliffs, Mrs H. J. Marriner presiding. Arrangements were made te supply delicacies to sick soldiers ea a Saturday in August. The questiee %»t comforts for the seamen on the Philomel, Pyramus, and Psyche was diafse ed. ami it was decided to leave the palter in the ham's of the president to i»terview the heads of local bodies.

NEW BRIGHTON NOTES. frvn Our Otrn Cerrttpcnitnt. A meeting of the New Brighton Ladies' Red Cross Society was held on Tuesday. Miss J. M. Reid (secretary) wishes to acknowledge with thanks panels of old linen from Mrs Mountfort and Mrs Otley; donations from Mr Longford's employees of £1 11/-, and the sum of £2 2/- from Mrs J. W. Bayley, being proceeds from her

"Original" afternoon. The following garments were forwarded to the depot this week:—Five pairs pyjamas, 2 pairs underpants, 2 underveets, 1 nightshirt, ".0 face flannels, 27 starves, ?• balaclavas, - pairs bed seeks, '■> pairs slippers, X pairs socks, and 1 bundle old linen. The usual collection from the Men's Bandage Rolling Class realised 10/6. The monthly meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was held on Thursday. It was resolved that a recommendation be sent to the School Committee that essays upon teinj«er»nce be written by scholars of the school, and that prizes for the best essays be presented by the members of the union. The sum of 6/- was collected for the Ladv Liveri»ool Fund, which amount is to lie spent upon handkerchiefs. The New Brighton Women's National Reserve held a most successful Gift and Coin Afternoon at the Cafe, for the sailors' ditty bags. About M) guests were present, anil the sum of £4 13/was taken in cash, besides 127 useful gifts of various kinds. Much credit is due to the energetic secretary (Miss Goodwin), who worked hard to make the function a success, Mesdames Marriner and Hastie, from Sumner Women 's National Resrrv e. gave interesting addresses on the Navy. The committee wishes to thank all those who helped, including Mr and Mrs Johnson, for the use of the Cafe. The usual parade of the National Reserve was held on Wednesday evening, Lieutenant F. Ward being in ■•ommaud._ The commencement of the fifth tion was fired, the result being a tie hetween the following members: —Barnett, Sherwood. Hood, Kibldewhite, Mann, Thompson. Cattou, Mnnn«, Hempleman, Ainger, anil Ives. The sl.ooioff will take place fiiis evening. The fourth competition final was won liv Private A. <i. Munns with a score of 70. Private Sherwood, with 69, was second. Private F. Kibldewhite scored a possiMe (70). and thus won the double event, viz., the "Hotty" and "Highest Score" Buttons. The B Grade Button was won by Private .1. Ainger with a score of 62. The positions for the championship are somewhat reversed sin. e last shoot. Corporal Burmeister is now in the lead with an aggregate of ;;.".S, Lieutenant Ward 336, Private Munns 331, Platoon Serjeant Harding :.:i». and Private Kibldewhite 328. The seven highest scorers for the grand aggregate with scratch and handicap men are as follow: —Ward. Harding. Burmeister, and Kibldewhite .".46 each, Mann 34.1. Sherwood '.'All. and Munns 342. Councillor Bellamy opened up a subject of great importance to the horough when he moved the motion regarding the condition of South Brighton. .ludg* ing by reports, there will l>c little opposition to any proposal for the raising ~t' a loan. It would, perhaps, be ad- \ Njil.le lor the southern ratepayers to form themselves into an atiOn to roiled information, etc.