NEWS OF THE DAY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 10617, 8 May 1924, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The report of the meeting of the Temuka and Geraldine A. and P. Association -will be founcT tra page four of this Issue,

Buildings to the value of £233,. 414 were erected In Invercargill for the twelve months ended March 31, last.

Twenty new membersi were elected at the meeting of the Temuka and Geraldine A. and P. Association o.n Tuesday afternoon.

The members of the Temuka Ladies’ Croquet Club held a Golf-Cro. quet tournament on Tuesday afternoon, the winner being Mrs L. G. Scrimshaw.

The annual meeting of the Te. muka sub-branch of the Plunkel Society will be held in the Parish Hall on Tuesday afternoon next, commencing at 2.15 o’clock.

“I think there is always a better

chance of getting money out of a new tenant than an old one,” said Mr R. Maddren amidst laughter at the A. and P. Association meeting on Tuesday afternoon.

The report of the chairman of the Geraldine River Board (Col. K. Mackenzie) on his recent visit to the Wairaakariri river protective works will be found on page one of thi s Issue.

A meeting was held in the Bands' Hall on Tuesday evening to make preliminary arrangements for the forthcoming bazaar to be held m aid of the Temuka Band’s instrument fund. The Mayoress (Mrs T. Gunnion) presided. A committee was set up to make the necessary initial arrangements and to report to a meeting to be held three weeks hence.

The showgrounds of the Temuka and Geraldine A. and P. Association have been leased to Mr C. Austin, of Winchester (for grazing pur. poses) for a term of live years. The profit on the recent A. and P. Show at Winchester amounted to £39 17s sd. Receipts amounted to £606 13s Gd, and expenditure £566 16s Id.

After the last general meeting of the Temuka and Geraldine A. and P. Association, before the annual show on April 3, the following donations were received: —Mrs J. T. M. Hayhurst, £2 2s; Milford Co-op-erative Dairy Co., £1 Is; Orari Dairy Company, £1 Is; and Messrs Gudsell Bros., two tons of lime. The Association has accorded the donors a hearty vote of thanks.

Visitors to the produce shed at the recent show at Winchester were much struck by the improvement in the floor of the shed, which had been laid down in hard clay, thus entirely militating against the previous dust nuisance. The material for the new floor was donated by Mr R. Maddren and at Tuesday’s meeting of the Association’s Committee, members took the opportunity of thanking Mr Maddren for his generosity.

Messrs R. A. Dixon and F. Charles have expressed their intention of donating two seats to the local A. and P. Association, the seato to TTe placed in the ring, immediately in front of the motor cars. At Tuesday’s meeting of the Association’s Committee, it was decided that the secretary be instructed to obtain an estimate of the cost of a number of seats, with a view to procuring same.

Fcav people realise the enormous poAver required to drive a vessel like the battle cruiser Hood through the water at her full speed of 31 knots. Her engines develop 150,000 horse-poAver, and if she were tied np alongside Nbav Zealand Gays an ■exchange) she could provide energy equal to the three hydro-elec-Iric schemes considered necessary for the North Island—Mangahao (24,000 h.p.), Waikaremoana (40,000 h.p.), and ATapuni (6000 h.p.) —a total of 160,000 horse-power.