MOUNTAIN HUT TELEPHONE

Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1931, Page 6

MOUNTAIN HUT TELEPHONE

WORK AT .STRATFORD RESORT. Members of the -Stratford Mountain Club spent a busy day during the weekend erecting the wire which will provide emergency telephonic communication between the Manganui hut and the Stratford mountain house and thence the Stratford exchange. With voluntary assistance by mountain enthusiasts of the Post and Telegraph Department, the line was completed along a direct route for half a mile. It was arduous work but was accomplished in an efficient and permanent manner. Other members of the club were mapping a suggested new route across the Manganui Gorge, the idea being to eliminate the dangerous bluff against which the present track winds a precarious route. This spot has always caused some anxiety to climbers and trampers. It is probable the posts for the telephone wire will follow the new track. Tables and seats to furnish the new hall at the Stratford house were delivered on -Saturday. The tables are. built for individual parties, but may be joined to form one long table. REVELS FOR CHILDREN. FANCY DANCE AT CARDIFF. The headmistress (Miss H. Small) of the Cardiff school recently invited parents and others interested to an exhibition of school work and a delightful programme of musical, elocutionary and dancing numbers. As' the occasion was so close to Christmas, no other concert was arranged as an end of the year function, but the children participated in a fancy-dress: dance. Children in fancy dress were Zelma, •Stewart, Balloon Girl; Corinne Wickham, Butterfly; Mary Marchant, Nigger Minstrel; Phyllis Rayner, Daffodil; Dulcie Richards, Bishop’s Fruit Saline; Bernard White, Father Christmas ( Elsie Fox, Fairy; Alex Stewart, Jockey; Cyril Stewart, Good-Night;, Cliff Corley, Sailor; Roger Goble, Bumble Bee; Eric Purdy, Sailor; Alex Gall, Cowboy; Fred Hollins, Pierrot; Nancy White, Sunbeam; Myrtle White, Carnation; Colin Limmer, Sandman; Ken Swindlehurst, Golliwog; Nola Perry, Butterfly; Velma Perry, Ballet Dancer; Ron Stewart, Pirate; Ken' Corley, Elf; Ben Rayner, ’Sailor; Betty Brunton, South Sea Islander; Lorna Goble, Mickie Mouse; Dorotry Goble, Minnie Mouse; Lorna Hollins, Marguerite; 'Sid Carley,, Chinese; Ted Brunton, Cowboy; Cyril Jordan, Hard Up; Owen Mander, Clown; Connie Purdy, Rose; Ellen Cameron, Folly; Jim Swindlehurst, Indian; Willie Gall, Jockey; Reg Purdy, Indian; Margaret Brunton, Peasant; Albert Marchant, Cowboy; Joan Rayner, Lemon; Hazel Purdy, Bathing Girl; Mona Jordan, Christmas Cracker; Norah Shannon. Tiger Tim; Warner Cooper, Japanese ;<lvy Fox, Hector Fox. STRATFORD SWIMMING CLUB. HANDICAPS ANNOUNCED. Following are the handicaps for the Stratford Swimming Club’s weekly club evening to-morrow: — Senior men, 50 yards, free style: First heat: A. Robson scr., Osborne Isec., J. Weston ssec., J. Davis ssec., S. Phillips fisec., W. Adams 12see. Secorid heat: H. T. Maguire Isec., B. Trueman 2sec., F. Alger 3sec., R. Watson Bsec., J. Henderson fisec., D. Butcher 6sec., M. Gaze 12 gee., E. Pugh 12sec. Third heat: B. Lonsdale 2sec., H. Smart 3sec., T. MeOluggage ssec., L. Parker fisec., W. Fastier -fisec., W. Hale ssec., J. Carryer 6sec., B. McMillan ssec. Senior ladies’ 25 yards free style: M. Nelson scr., C. Marsh scr., L. Wickham 2see., R. Black 2sec., G. Hale 3sec. t B. Villers 3sec., B. Macalister 3sec., D. Sanderson 3sec., E. Irving 4sec., H. Reader 4sec., D. Thompson 4sec. Intermediate boys’ plain dive and ribbon dive: M. Colburn, R. Eagar, H. Skuse, T. Villers, S. Hill, J. Richards, A. McLean, C. Power, Wjiittlestone. Junior boys’ 25 yards breast stroke: W. Davis scr., N.. Turnbull scr., H. Keller Isec., L. Reader 2sec., R. Masters 2sec. Junior girls, 25 yards free style: H. Webby scr., R. Webby scr., J. Hale scr., M. Gordon iStables scr., F. Russ. 2sec., E. Callaghan 3sec., P. Butchart 3sec., P. Villiers 3sec., D. MoCluggage 4sec. PERSONAL ITEMS. Mr. A. S. Martin, librarian at Stratford, is confined to his bed with a sudden illness, and his condition is causing his friends some anxiety. Mrs. W. H. Robinson is acting librarian during his absence. Second-Lieutenant E. Morton, Taranaki Regiment, and Second-Lieutenant R. :S. Hosking, Quee.n Alexandra Mounted Rifles, have been promoted to the rank of lieutenant. 1 Mr. C. Campbell, Stratford county clerk, accompanied by Mrs. Campbell, left yesterday to spend three weeks at Ashburton. ' KING’S THEATRE. 5 • “YOUNG SINNERS.” "Make pals of your children and you won’t need me,” is the terse advice of Thomas Meighan, as the burly but fatherly trainer in “Young Sinners,” Fox picture which will be screened at the King’s Theatre to-night. “Young Sinners” depicts what happens to irrepressible youth when left to its own devices and, on the other hand, demonstrates the -result of “chumming” with one’s children and assisting them in -solving the problems of life. The story concerns a reckless youngster who is saved from himself -by the rough physical culturist who, by almost brute force, brings him back to health and to new manhood, a proceeding in which he is assisted by the boy’s father and his wise little sweetheart. Hardie Albright and Dorothy Jordan portray the romantic leads, and other well-known players in the cast are Cecilia Loftus, James Kirkwood, Edmund Breese and Lucien Prival. John Blystone directed.