DAYLIGHT SAVING

Taranaki Daily News, 15 August 1933, Page 8

DAYLIGHT SAVING

INTEREST IN AUSTRALIA. PUBLIC SERVANTS’ SUPPORT. Delegates to the Queensland State Service Union Conference lately carried a motion recommending to the Australian Public Service Federation that an Aus-tralian-wide campaign for daylight-sav-ing should be inaugurated. Mr. W. J. Thompson, senior vicepresident, said the commencement of the day’s work an hour earlier in summer would allow the public more time for daylight recreation in the evening, an advantage that would be particularly appreciated in a tropical climate. Mr. J. D. Parry said that statisticians estimated that daylight saving effected economies in gas and electric light amounting to £25,000,000 a year in Great Britain.

MANGATOKI HOUSE-WARMING.

am. AND MRS. LINN WELCOMED.

A happy house-warming party was tendered Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Linn atjlangatoki on Friday night. Over 50 friends assembled to offer congratulations to the newly-married couple. Mr. and Mrs. Linn welcomed the guests with a house prepared for games and dancing, which all enjoyed after the toast of the bride and bridegroom had been honoured. Songs were sung by Messrs. H. Lamibie, J. Pease and A. Wilson. Mr. A. Hammond played for dancing. After supper Mr. Cliff Pease presented Mr. and Mrs. Linn with a crystal water jug, to which the friends present and some absent had subscribed as a token of esteem and an expression of good wishes for the future happiness of the host and hostess. The Mangatoki Tennis Club was well represented at the gathering.

MANGATOKI FARMERS’ MEETING.

CROP COMPETITIONS COMPLETED.

There was a good attendance of farmers at a meeting on Thursday presided over by Mr. W. E. Carter, president of the Mangatoki union. The secretary reported the result of the outstanding ensilage entries which had been judged by Mr. Haines during the week. The position of the three leaders had not been affected; thus the first prize for stack ensilage went to McGuinness Bros., a second entry from the same farm being placed second and L. Uttenger’s third. With pit ensilage ,W. Dowds was first, J. Carlson second and R. Schicker third.

A letter from the school committee expressed thanks for the prizes donated for the schoolboys’ essay on the field day spent with the judges and farmers. Mr. J. M. Smith returned the essays, which he had placed in order of merit. Arrangements were made for presentation to the boys at an early date. Mr. L. Taylor, factory manager, gave an interesting address on the hew dairy regulations, dealing more particularly with the grading and methods of cooling. At the conclusion questions were asked and a round-table talk resulted in much useful information and help being gained. Mr. Taylor was heartily thanked for his address.

WRESTLING BOUT ARRANGED. MATCH FOR STRATFORD. The Stratford Wrestling Association has succeeded in matching Pereira and Oswald for a bout at Stratford on Monday next. The preliminary amateur bouts have been arranged as follow:— F. Harris (Toko) 11.7 v. L. Fryday (Waipuku) 11.7. C. Conway (Hawera) 8.9 v. T. Rowe (Toko) 8.10. Couch (Manutahi) 11.8 v. L. Reed (New Plymouth) 12.0. McCullum (Waipuku) 9.5 v. E. Jones (Toko) 9.8. DRAMA LEAGUE FESTIVAL. METHOD OF ADJUDICATION. A social event of a new character for Stratford will take place when the Central Taranaki Drama League Council stages its first festival on Friday and Saturday. Seven Stratford teams will be competing and there will be one from Inglewood. Two teams from Hawera will present plays that were performed with success at the recent South Taranaki festival. The programme will be varied and interesting. At the conclusion of each play one adjudicator, Miss Elizabeth Blake, will discuss the merits of the performances and explain how they could be improved. Adjudication will be conducted on the following system of marks: Acting 40—includes characterisation, audibility, variation in tone, emphasis, gesture and movement; production 30—team work, general pace and variation in tempo, grouping and movement, making of points and sense of climax; stage presentation 10—stage setting, properties, lighting, costume and make-up; dramatic endeavour 20—dramatic merit of play. Five plays will be performed each night, and at the conclusion of Saturday night’s performance competing teams will receive their certificates and the Winning team will be presented with the silver cup donated by Mrs. Fredric. This cup is a challenge cup and will be held for one year. The winning team also has the privilege of competing at the national festival to be conducted at Wellington on September 21. As the programme is long the audience is asked to be seated by five minutes to eight each evening. Nobody will be admitted during the performance of a play. For the convenience of those who are working late on Saturday night the third item will begin at approximately 9.10 p.m. Box plans are at Moon’s. PERSONAL ITEMS. Mr. H. S. Sutton, of the staff of the Farmers’ Co-operative Organisation Society, Stratford, underwent an operation in the New Plymouth hospital last week and is progressing favourably towards recovery. ’ ADVERTISERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS. The Toko branch of the Farmers’ Union will hold a dance to-night, when Mr. W. J. Polson, M.P., will present trophies won in the settlers’ competitions. A free bus will leave Stratford at 7.45 p.m. The annual ball of the Stratford Rugby Football Club wil Ibe held in the town I hall on Thursday night. .