WAVERLEY TOWN BOARD

Taranaki Daily News, 17 July 1929, Page 6

WAVERLEY TOWN BOARD

RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) The usual monthly meeting of the Waverley Town Board was held on Thursday evening. Present: Messrs A. J.' Adlam (chair), W. Wicks, VV. PWallace and S. J. Taylor. The deputy-chairman’s action in opening an earthquake relief fund was approved, Donations already to hand amount to over £9O In view of the illness of the board's chairman, Mr. R. P. Palmer, it was resolved that a letter of sympathy be forwarded to Mrs. Palmer.

Mr. S. J. Taylor tendered his resignation as a member of the board owing to his leaving the district In order to lessen the present unemployment, the board decided to let a contract for felling trees and also to have several improvements done at the beach. There is general regret at the impending departure of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Taylor from Waverley. The annual Hunt Club ball is to be held in the Waverley Town Hall on Friday, July 19. Everything is well in hand to make the function successful.

WEDNESDAY FOOTBALL.

REPRESENTATIVE TEAM CHOSEN.

The following players have been selected to represent the Wednesday southern division against the Wednesday central division in a match to be played at Hawera early next month: Backs: J. Lee, G. Murphy, R. Watson, M. Joyce, S. Savage, A. Cairncross, R. Morrissey, J. Hinga; forwards, H. Haigh, A. Macbeth, L. Bryant, A. Forbes, T. Cannon, W. Ritter, D. Wards. R. Findlay, M. Clarke, R. Ingram. If arrangements can be made the team will probably travel later to Waverley and Wanganui.

ROAD CYCLING HANDICAPS.

The following handicaps have been declared by Mr. H. McCabe for the cycle race to be conducted by the Hawera Amateur Athletic Club for boys under I<J years, to Normanby and back, via Princes Street and Glover Road, Waihi and South Road, the finish to be at the Ilawera Post Office: B. Seaver scr, H. Hutchins 2min., K. Lovelock 21 min., M. Tulloch 3min., J. England and E, Loader 3jmin., J. Gribble, A. Frederics 4min.

HAWERA OPERA HOUSE.

“THE GARDEN OF ALLAH.” The desert! The Garden of Allah! The spell of burning sands and flaming sunsets. The mystic lure of the unfathomable East providing a background for the intense drama of a man’s struggle with his soul. Then finally a new spiritual peace that two people find in two different ways after a blinding sandstorm had passed. Such is the story of “The Garden of Allah,” the romance of the transcendence of spiritual peace over the highest earthly love that has gripped millions since it was first published 26 years ago. And now it comes to-night to the Opera House, a Rex Ingram masterpiece, filmed for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on the actual spots in Algeria described by Robert Hichens in his world-famous novel, and translated to Hie screen exactly as the author wrote it. It tells of how Domini Enfilden meets Boris Androvsky in the little desert oasis of Beni-Mora, and marries him ignorant of the fact that he is a Trappist monk. They go into the desert, and there Domini realises that a secret weighs heavily upon her husband’s soul. The pair then face the problem —does his duty to his sacred monastic vows come before his duty to his wife? The solution provides a deeply moving climax to one of the most tense, dramatic and enthralling pictures ever made by Rex Ingram. Alice Terry plays the role of Domini and Ivan Petrovich is seen as Boris. The supporting cast includes several well-known English and continental actors. The box plan is at Mjss Blake’s sweet shop.

GENERAL ITEMS

The monthly meeting of the Okaiawa branch of the Farmers’ Union was held on Monday evening, Mr. E. J. Booth presiding. Addresses were given by Mr. L. A. Taylor on afforestation and by Mr. A. N.' Williams on the 'bobby calf industry. At the conclusion both speakers were accorded votes of thanks.

Asked what he thought was the most suitable tree to plant in odd corners of waste land, Mr. A. L. Taylor stated at Okaiawa on Monday that there was nothing better than muricata.

“When the Otago farmers were on Mt. Egmont they saw trees covered with moss and one of the. party asked if this was the ‘Taranaki wool they had heard so much about,” said Mr. _ 1. J. Booth at the Okaiawa Farmers Union meeting on Monday.

Many pigs are not “finished off” properly, 'remarked Mr. A. N. Williams when addressing Okaiawa farmers on Monday. He considered that if New Zealand was going to keep its porK export trade it would have to keep up the grade. He urged farmers to try to finish off their pigs, as it was that little extra finish that would put them into first grade.

A discussion took place at the South Taranaki Referees’ Association s meeting last night on the proposed new rules of the association. It was decided that as many referees as possib e , a conference to be held at > to-morrow night.