COUNCILLORS RETIRING

Taranaki Daily News, 11 March 1933, Page 9

COUNCILLORS RETIRING

HAWERA MUNICIPAL POLL, ONLY SMALL MINORITY TO STAND. Municipal elections in May will probably leave the Hawera Borough Council a very much changed body.. Indications at present are that only a very, small minority of this year’s council will seek re-election. The Mayor, Mr. E. A. Pacey, would give .the Daily News no indication of his intentions. He contemplated retiring before the last election, but eventually decided .he would accept office again in view of the difficult conditions. As these still obtain he may allow himself to be nominated once more. Those of the councillors who are definitely not seeking re-election are Messrs. G. J. Bayley, W. G. Walkley, R. Mortlock and J. B. Laurenson. Cr. Bayley is chairman of the library committee. Mr. W. G. Strange, chairman of the reserves committee, is very doubtful whether he will stand. Mr. A. K. North has not yet decided whether he will, allow himself to be nominated again. Mr. W. Page is undecided, but may not be a candidate. Mr. E. Morrissey, senior counsellor, deputy-Mayor and chairman of the works committee, will almost certainly be standing again. He already has an imposing record of service as a borough councillor, extending over more than 20 years. Mr. W. R. Butler, though he has come to no decision yet, will probably stand again. So far as can be gathered, no new aspirants to seats on the council have yet been mentioned. Two • years ago the retirement of several councillors left citizens unprepared, and nomination day found only eight nominations for nine seats. A by-election was necessary to elect the ninth councillor. PERSONAL ITEMS.' The death occurred at Auckland recently of Mrs. June Taylor Forgie Dick, widow of the late Mr. James Calder Dick. Mr. and Mrs. Dick resided in Hawera when they first came to New Zealand from Scotland via Australia, arriving in 1911. Mrs. Dick lived a quiet, Christian life. Her husband, who predeceased her by 11 years, had a long record of service for the Presbyterian Church., and received the diploma of honour of the Scottish National Sunday School Union. Mrs. George Walker, Hawera, formerly of Stratford and Opunake, is a daughter. There are a son and daughter in Auckland and a married daughter, Mrs. John Walker, in Wellington. The Rev. R. E. Evans, formerly of Hawera, conducted the services. GOLFING YEAR REVIEWED PATEA CLUB’S ACTIVITIES. The annual meeting of the Patea Golf Club on Thursday was well attended. Mr. C. R. Honeyfield presided. , The committee reported that the season had commenced with a credit balance of £3 Is Bd, and concluded with £8 14s Bd. The position could be regarded as satisfactory when it was considered that the liability of the club had been reduced to £3. . The loan had been repaid, leaving three debentures which might not be redeemed. The biggest item of expenditure Was wages. This, with other greenkeeping expenditure, .cost the club £74 4s 6d. Wages came to £63 17s, which was a reduction of £l9 Is on last year’s, but an increase of just oer £l3 on the average of the 1928-29 seasons. Other items of expenditure • were kerosene and tea £4 ss, and mower repairs £3 19s. A sum of £l5 2s. 5d was received from the hall committee, making a total of £ll2 6s 6d received from this source since '1928. t The season’s membership included 47 ladies and 44 men. It was with regret that they had to report the deaths of Mr. W. H. Rook and Mr. R. D. Wyboume since the last annual meeting. Enjoyable matches were played with all the usual clubs. With the exception of Belmont only one game was played with the more distant clubs. Championship matches resulted as follow: Senior, Mr. G. F. Wills; junior, Mr. R. Bourne; C grade, Father Gerrahy; senior ladies, Miss K. Hurley; junior ladies, Miss P. Bourke; C grade, Miss Kuhfuss. The committee’s thanks were due to the ball committee for the complete success of the annual ball. The Remuera Cup was won by Mr. G. Hughes. The executive decided to keep the greens cut during the whole of the off season, and it would be interesting to note the effect of this policy. The thanks of the club were due Messrs. I. and C. R. Honeyfield for the use of their property. The president, in moving the adoption of the report, said the sustained membership and the credit balance placed the club in a fine, position that left no room for comment. The abundance of feed might delay the opening day a little, but the greens and course generally were in excellent condition. New members proposed were Miss Spurdie, Miss Roberts, Miss Barnes, Mr. Richardson and Mr. Kinnaird. The election of officers resulted: Patron, Mr. Gilligan; president, Mr. C. R. Honeyfield; vice-presidents, Messrs. Glenny, Hunger and I. Honeyfield; secretaries, Messrs. J. A. Wither and E. C. Gilbert; captain, the Rev. Father Hagerty; vicecaptain, Mr. E. C. Harris; auditor, Mr. F. C. Jenkins; committee, Messrs. C. Young, R. Bourne, B. Cunnie, J. Drummond, G. Wills and Mac William. The subscription will remain as formerly. Correspondence from the Eltham club extending an invitation for the opening on March 16, and from Mr. G. W. Ritchie, Hawera, regarding coaching, was received. Crockery, curtains and other small requirements needed at the club house will be obtained after a meeting on the grounds, when all details for the season’s needs will be considered. EXPERIMENTAL FARM WORK. MONTHLY REPORT FROM WAIMATE. "Pastures are very green and looking well; owing to the mild rain and warm weather there is plenty of feed,” reported the manager of the Waimate West Demonstration Farm at the committee meeting yesterday. The four acres next to the house had been sown in grass and a good “take” had resulted. The paddock with the mixture of paspalum was doing well and had been grazed down three times. Eight acres of lucerne had been cut and fed to the cows. Two acres sown in November had been badly infested with, weeds until it was cut and the weeds cleared off, and now it was coming away well. Fifty-four cows were being rmlKea, milk taken that day being 11281 b with a 4.6 test against 9331 b with 4.9 test last year. Five cows had been culled and