ELTHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY

Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1930, Page 12

ELTHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY

3091) VOLUMES CIRCULATING. NEW OFFICERS ELECTED. The report presented on Tuesday to the annual meeting of subscribers to the Eltham public library stated that the membership was 108. The amount collected in subscriptions, etc., amounted to approximately £133 as compared with £135 10s for the previous year. The amount of credit balance was £2 2s, a slight decrease. This was accounted for by the purchase of new books. The committee endeavoured at all times to cater for all sections of the subscribers, and the fact that no complaints had been brought to the notice of the committee indicated that the efforts of the selection committee had met with the approval of most subscribers. A total of 217 new books had been added to the lending department of the library during the year. The committee would appreciate. the efforts of present subscribers in endeavouring to obtain new members. Every two new subscribers represented approximately seven new books for the library. During the year the committee was able to purchase 217

new books, bringing the total of books available for circulation up to over 3000.

The following were elected the committee: Messrs. C. 11. Bjorngaard (chairman), R. H, Cover. F. H. Townsend, A. W. Jackson, R. J. Drabble and E. L. Egarr (secretary), Mesdames D. Syme, Wilson and Reakes. Mr. I. J. Bridger was' added to the committee to represent the Eltham Borough Council. The selection committee consists of Alesdamcs Syme and Wilson and Mr. Cover.

Strong comment was passed by memI hers regarding the action of some of the frequenters of the reading room wantonly destroying and mutilating illustrated books and papers in the reading room. It was decided to make the matter as widely known as possible in the hope that it might assist in the offenders being detected and that the public generally might show more regard, for the protection of this public' property. In referring to the matter Mr. Jackson suggested that parents might also assist by instilling in to the minds of their children the necessity for respecting the property of the public.

It was decided to make a donation of £1 Is to Mr. E. G. Harding in recognition of his services in lighting up and extinguishing the lights in the reading room.

In recognition of Mr. Egarr's services as secretary for the past five years it was decided to make a grant of £3 3s to him.

Members of the committee paid tribute to the very satisfactory way in which Mr. Egarr had carried out his duties and the enthusiasm displayed by him in the affairs of the library. The secretary was instructed to make application to the Eltham Borough Council for the annual subsidy. Votes of thanks were passed to the borough council for last year's subsidy of £35, to Mr. Arthur Tiplady for his services as auditor and to subscribers who donated books and papers.

KING’S THEATRE. STRATFORD. “THE WOMAN RACKET." Chinese cafes, night clubs and Bowery gangster hang-outs furnish the background for “The Woman Racket,'* Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s new all-talking picture featuring Blanche Sweet and Tom Moore which opens to-night at the King's theatre. As a photographic picture of cosmopolitan night life, this production retains all the plot’s exciting features without stamping the work with a “ten, twenty, thirty melodrama'’ feeling. Tom Moore is again cast as a policeman, a role in which he has long been familiar to movie-goers. This picture give him his first opportunity to use an amusing Irish brogue. Miss Sweet also makes use of the sound development to sing popular songs in the cabaret sequences. The juvenile leads are entrusted to Sally Starr, .new M.G.M. discovery, and Robert Agnew. They play two young night club entertainers. John Miljan, known for his polished villain roles, appears as the gangster chief. Comedy relief is injected by Tenen Holtz, as well as by Leo White, as the club manager and the French chef, and two-interesting parts are played by Richard Travers and Nita Martan as the .two gamblers. Among the exciting incidents of the picture are the night club raid, the battle between police and gangsters, and the sensational rescue of tire heroine by a fire department pulmotor squad. Spectacular dance numbers mark the night club sequences.

SWISS DANCE AT ELTHAM. GATHERING PROVES POPULAR. The parish hall at Eltharn was crowded to its utmost capacity on Tuesday evening, when Swiss folk from all around the district and even as far afield as New Plymouth and Patea gathered together for the purpose of holding a dance. The function was quite as successful as the one held at Kaponga two weeks previously, the Swiss not only enjoying the evening themselves but extending hospitality and making their English guests enjoy the fun equally. The national colours, red and white, formed the decorative scl/eme in streamers radiating from the centre. Emblematic flags completed the effect. The music was played by Mrs. E. Gopperth; Manaia (piano) and Messrs. A. Engelberger, Kapuni, and F. Schuler, Kaponga (accordeons), and quite a treat it was •to hear this popular old-time music. The dances, too, were of the old-time variety, comprising waltzes, schottisches, mazurkas, and military two-steps. Three Monte Carlo dances were won as follow: Miss Noby and Mr. Nidcnberger; Mrs. McDonald and Mr. Taylor; Miss P. Schicker and Mr, A/ Kalin. A cake competition was won. by Mrs. Pope and a cushion by Mr. George Steiner.

Mr. H. Marchant was master of ceremonies and Misses Sheehy and McKenzie and Mrs. Foster played extras, Mrs.

Thus did good work as secretary. The Swiss custom is to carry dancing on all night, and this was no exception, it being after 4 o'clock before the hall emptied itself of its enthusiastic assemblage,

JUNIOR FOOTBALL TEAMS.

The following teams have been selected to play in the central division junior Rugby competitions to-day:— Stratford first juniors to play Toko, at Victoria Park. —L. Collins, R. Watson, E. Blackmore, F. Collins, P. Collins, B. Collins, N. Johnson, J, Ferguson, D. Butcher, A. Keightley, L. Lehman, D. Blackstock, W. Worthington, A, Green; emergencies, C. Read, H. See. The Toko team is: Richmond, Hills, Jones, Peteh, Smith, Jacobsen, Death, Sangster (3), Cuff (2), Lash, Latham; emergencies, Rowe, Lash. Celtic thirds to play Midhirst, at Midhirst at 1.15 p.m,—Boyd (2), Burke, Walsh, Cook, Hayton, Richardson, MePhillips, Milne, Hancock,. Stevens, Joyes, Burton, Lawson, Haymer.and Boyle. Stratford thirds to play Inglewood, at Stratford at 1.15 p.m.—R, Collins, Harper, Weston, Harkness, Butcher, Wellington, Reed, Donnelly, Lee, Verney, Huckstep, ■ Vincent, Death, Fawcett, O’Shannessy; emergencies, I. Bamford and Vivian, . ..