RED CROSS SOCIETY

Taranaki Daily News, 13 March 1933, Page 10

RED CROSS SOCIETY

REPORT ON DISTRICT WORK, The South Taranaki centre of the R?d Cross Society met at Eltham last week, Mr. I. J. Bridger presiding over a good attendance.' The president reported that he had accepted a seat on the New Zealand executive of the society. A report on her. work was given by Sister . Small. During the month the Red Cross circles were visited and instruction given at Normanby, Te Roti, Eltham, Mata, Tokaora, Turuturu, Te Kiri, Awatuna, Makaka, Mangatoki, Cardiff, Opunake, Oaonui, Auroa, Kapuni, Kaponga and Fraser Road. The Hawera Junior Red Cross had been reorganised, the circles meeting fortnightly at the Red Cross rooms. Fraser Road was a new circle and was visited fortnightly. All the circles were keen and worked well. At the Hawera Main School a standard six class of 80 pupils was being taken fortnightly for first • aid and hygiene. Home nursing claasses were being held weekly at S. Mary’s scnool, Stratford, and monthly at Opunake High School. Home, nursing classes were commenced weekly at Eltham, Mangatoki and Hawera and fortnightly at Okaiawa and Fraser Road. A request for a home nursing class had been received from Manaia. Thirty-one visits were made to homes. Space for a Junior Red Cross stall had been asked for at the South Taranaki winter s'<w. It was proposed that the circles, should display exhibition work and articles and goods for sale. The medical officer of health and school medical officer, Dr. M. Champtaloup, who succeeded Dr. R. J. R. Mecredy, would be visiting the South Taranaki district on March 18.

GENERAL ITEMS. Strains of music from a car at, Hawera the other day attracted considerable attention. The music came from a wireless set of unusual type. The set, an eight-valve super-hetrodyne, is built in under the car with a speaker on the dash board. Power, comes from the ordinary six-volt battery of the car while the A battery is a one-volt dry cell. The aerial is a criss-cross of wire on the top of the coach roof. Special filters are fitted on the engine and no noise come from this source. The set, which cost the owner between £3O and £4O, functions perfectly while the car is in motion, much better, in fact, than while standing in the town, where overhead wires cause a certain amount of interference.

Manaia Women’s Division. At the monthly meeting of the Manaia branch of the Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union it was decided to ask Sister Small to hold Red Cross classes. The branch also intends to have a display of thrift articles, etc., at the Hawera winter show, Mesdames L. Walters and E. Wells to be in charge. A bring and buy proved successful. Miss Fawcett gave an interesting address on foreign mission work. Tea was served by the members.

Night Loading of Ships. The waterfront at Patea presented an animated scene last night when in the glare of floodlights a. large number of men was engaged in loading the motor vessels Inaha and Hawera with dairy produce for Wellington. The work, ’which was commenced at midnight, was undertaken to permit the vessels’ departure by this morning’s tide.

Man Pinned by Sleepers. Severely bruised about the lower part of his body and legs, Arthur Beare, a Hawera carrier, had to seek medical attention on Saturday morning. He was loading a lorry, with sleepers at the Hawera railway . station and additional trucks being shunted on to the one at which he was ■ engaged caused a number of sleepers to fall on him. Tokaora Hall Function.

At a .euchre party and dance in aid of the. Tokaora Hall funds last week there was not a large attendance but the function .was. a social success. Euchre prizes were won by Mr. Borrie 1, Mr. Baldwin 2; Miss Palmer 1 and Mrs. Jennings 2 after a tie . with Mesdames Joyce and Meharry. Miss L. Scown and Mr. T. Wakelin won a spot waltz and Miss P. Ford and Mr. A. Taplin a Monte Carlo. Music was played by Mrs. Attrill’s orchestra and Mri J. V. McMahon was master of ceremonies. Supper was provided by a ladies’ committee headed by Mrs. S. Thrush.

Would You Mind Umpiring? The umpire of the ladies’ doubles match intoned loudly: “Double-fault; game to Miss X and Miss Y; the games are now seven—six, Miss A and B leading in the second set, Miss X and Miss Y one set in.” Miss Y (innocently, and accurately): “But didn’t that make it deuce?” It did! Trade Interference. “The increasing competition in trade and the wholly unwarranted interference with private trade by Government departments” was deprecated at a meeting of the Hawera Chamber of Commerce on Friday evening. It was considered that where Government departments. competed with private trades such departments should be subject to the same regulations, taxation and charges as the private trader. The protest followed a discus: |on of a report presented by a special committee set up to investigate the subject and its local application. It was stated that many instances could be cited at Hawera where private traders were at a disadvantage in the present circumstances. HAPPY “SUNSHINE SUSIE.” BRILLIANT FILM NOW AT HAWERA. “Sunshine Susie,” a particularly happy show, opened to a packed and appreciative audience in the Hawera Opera House on Saturday. A pleasant plot, intriguing music, superb acting and a little delightful singing makes “Sunshine Susie” one of the best musical films. Renate Muller, in her first picture, is an enchanting personality, a sweet voice accompanied by real talent marking her performance. Jack Hulbert, however, carries off the honours with a remarkable comedy characterisation which affords scope for his many and varied talents. Owen Nares, in a typically re. strained role, is admirably polished and with the other two provides much of the jollity in which the film abounds. The picture will be shown at Hawera on three more nights and at special matinees. The heavy booking is reminiscent of the “On Our Selection” season at Hawera.

CALF TROPHIES AT AWATUNA. ITEMS BY CONCERT PARTY. The Awatuna branch of the Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union to encourage the children in the calf rearing competition in the Awatuna group (Te Kiri, Awatuna, Riverlea and Makaka schools) raised funds and donated two cups, one for dairy type and one for condition. The trophies were won respectively by Harold Gargan and Ramsay Boyd and the presentation took place at a concert in the Awatuna Hall on Friday night. Mr. E. K. Cameron, secretary of the Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs, apologised for the absence of Mr. Rod Syme,.the supervisor, and made the presentation on his behalf. He thanked the residents of Awatuna for the enthusiastic manner in which they had helped the movement. District prizes greatly encouraged the children in the growing of roots and the rearing of calves. The clubs were short of funds and appealed for sufficient from members. Although it had lost the Government subsidy the movement would not be allowed to die. Harold Gargan had won his cup outright and it was a magnificent trophy for a boy to win.’ Mr. Cameron: hoped that the love of animals instilled would last through life and he congratulated the winners of the trophies. Ramsay Boyd, by rearing a calf in the best condition, showed that he knew how to do the work properly and Mr. Cameron wished him further successes in future. Mr. Cameron thanked Mrs. M. Bourke, president of the Awatuna division, for the way she had organised the work in the district.

A programme was given by a Hawera concert party, those contributing being Miss Rodgers, Mr. H. N. Lester and Mr. Sargieson (instrumental trio), Miss Nancy Kent (elocution), Miss A.' White (songs), Messrs, V. Murray an’d H. King (mouth organ duets), Mr. J. Dredge (songs) and Mr. H. N. Lester (’cello solos). An exhibition of conjuring was given by Mr. Cameron. The evening was concluded with dancing. Mr. Jack Hooker played the music and Miss Rodgers extras. Supper was served by members of the division. PATEA AMATEUR ATHLETICS. FRIDAY EVENING’S RUNS. Only four races were contested in the Patea Domain on Friday evening when the Patea Athletic Club’s evening programme was run. The te tails are:— Boys, 220 yards: Martin and Hills dead heat 1, R. Fitzwater 3. Men, 220 yards: Paterson 1, E. Cousins 2, S. Cousins 3. Junior boys, 75 yards: C. McKenna 1, D. Gordon 2, D. Willis 3. Ladies, 110 yards: B. Gardiner 1, E. Willis 2, J. Smith 3.