LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, 17 December 1926, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tarata is making an effort to revive the rifle club there, and there is every prospect of success, it is said. The Eltham Convent School held its annual picnic and sports meeting at Kawaroa Park yesterday afternoon. A pupil the Central School, Percy Boulton, bar, now completed seven years’ attendance at the school without missing one da.v. Yesterday was. an eventful day in Inglewood, marking as it did, the official opening of the Darlow Children’s Park, the laying of the foundation stone of the new Knox Presbyterian Church. Glorious summer weather prevailed, and the functions were largely attended. At the breaking-up ceremony of the Central School yesterday, it was stated by the chairman of the school committee that the total receipts from the annual fancy-dress ball amouned to £lO5 14s 2d and expenses to £35 19s, leaving a nett profit of £69 15s 2d. The last civil sitting of the Magistrate’s Court at New Plymouth this year was held yesterday. A sitting of the Police Court will be held next Wednesday, and the Court will then be adjourned until January 13, 1926. "The Farmers’ Union is not nonpolitieal, as it is sometimes said, but it is non-party. A great deal of the union’s work is political,” said Mr. T. T. Murray, president of the Toko branch of the union at a recent meeting of the branch. “We have now combed the southern hemisphere,” said Mr. J. R. Cruickshank at yesterday’s meeting of the New Plymouth Harbour Board when, in reply to an inquiry, the Singapore Harbour Board wrote that it did not have available for sale a second-hand bucket dredge. Lying at anchor in the stream aarly this morning will be seen the largest vessel that has yet visited the port of New Plymouth. She is the Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Mahana, of a gross tonnage of 11,796 tone, which ex ceeds that of the Hororata, the previous holder of the record, by 553 tons. Her length is s(K>ft (fin, and she was built in 1917. How to deal with the pram traffic is a problem with which the Borough Council will be faced in the future if many more afternoon functions are to be held in the Opera House. Yesterday afternoon dozens of them were to be seen by the gutter and stretching well out into the street. As they were not provided with number plates it is a wonder if some small child did not feel the comfort of a pram not its own after the performance was over. The end-of-term social and dance at the New Plymouth Technical College last night was attended by 120 boy and girl pupils. The large, classroom was decorated with coloured streamers, and a very pleasant time was spent dancing and taking part in competitions and games. Music was provided by Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Skelton and the M.C.s were Mr. E. McKeon and the head prefect (H. McLean). During the evening Miss E. Olliver, head girl prefect, on behalf of the pupils, presented Mrs. .Skelton with a salad bowl. Supper was served in the science room.

The proposal that the Harbour Board should provide a camping site on the New Plymouth waterfront is not to be gone on with. The chairman (Mr. C. ,E. Bellringer, M.P.) stated at yesterday’s meeting of the board that the borough inspector (Mr, R. Day) had told him that the council had already provided a site to accommodate a very large number of campers, and water and electric light was laid on. There appeared to be ample room to meet present requirements, and if the board set aside a site it would need to connect it with water and put in sanitary conveniences. The inspector would inform the board if a further area were needed. The close of the year at the Frankley Road School was celebrated on Tuesday by a sports gathering and display of manual work. The latter included cookery and art exhibits, and keen interest was taken in them by the large number of parents present. Tea was served in the hall during the afternoon. Points awarded for the athletic events resulted in the championships being secured as follow: Girls.—jean Boswell, 31 points (senior) j Joan de Thier, 11 points (junior). Boys: Neville Boswell, 27 points (senior) j Sexton Baird, 17 pointe (junior). The whole class of seven pupils in standard 6 gained proficiency certificates this year and these were presented. The names of the pupils are: Kitty Lee, Jean Boswell, Royte Lobb, Cecil Kenny, Fred Hunter, Leonard Booker and Leslie Lander.'

Speaking at the Farewell social to Miss Mynott at Kawaroa Park last night Mr. S. G. Smith, chairman of the Taranaki Education Board, expressed gratification at the fact that the school was at last to be removed to a new site, a desideration for wliich they had been agitating for years. A new site of 5J acres had been secured, and he could assure his hearers that that day would be the last day on which the school would be taught under the conditions that had been existing for years, with the noise of the trams and motor lories on the one hand and of buzzers on the other. The board hoped by February 7 to have the school removed. They had, too, a beautiful site and with an energetic committee, backed up by a little cash from the parents, which would bear a £ for £ subsidy, he (aedleted that in from three to five years they would have one of the finest school grounds in the Dominim. Ladies are requested to read the opening announcement of La Bette, Devon Street, next to Hannah’s. The special display of Frocks is sure to attract. In this issue appears the time-table for Mr. G. N. Skelton’s Royal Mail PukearuheNew Plymouth Service The attention of the travelling and general public is drawn to alterations which take effect from Monday next 20th inst. You’ll find your holiday suit at the Melbourne, Ltd. During our 25 years o£ busy trading we’ve never had a better selection of fine • suits, hats, ties, shirts, sox, etc., and the prices are a revelation to purchasers. Don’t leave it till the rush. Early shopping will ensure better service. “The Hustlers,” Devon Street, New Plymouth, has shown customers that prices and values arc the outstanding feature of their trading policy. A glanee at the list of offerings published in another page will prove that shopping at “The Hustlers” means big savings to all who shop at this store. Sale positively ends this week to make room for Xmas stocks. a