THE Temuka Leader. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1925. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 10849, 3 October 1925, Page 2

THE Temuka Leader. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1925. NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Temuka Plunket Society will hold its annual Shop in November, on the first Saturday after the Christchurch Show. A meeting of supporters of Mr T. D. Burnett, M.P., will he held in the Oddfellows’ Hall, King street, Temuka, on Monday evening at 7:30 p.m. The Temuka Bowling Club opening of season takes place on Thursday next, when a good gathering is anticipated. The Rev. J. Dawson Madill, 8.A., will preach at the Geraldine Presbyterian Church to-morrow. His subject in the morning will be •‘Concentra'tion,” apd in the evening, “Freezing Beside the Fire.” Service will he held at Hilton in the afternoon. A motor garage is to let. See advertisement. A man named Albert Brailey, over seventy years of age, was found dead on Wednesday in a right-of-way at Port Chalmers. He was an old resident of the district. As he had not previously been ailing, it is presumed death was due to natural causes. , On Wednesday night the premises occupied by Mr W. Walsh, men’s outfitter, in the Oxford Buildings, Timaru, were entered, and over £SO worth of goods taken. The police were notified, but their investigations, so far, have revealed nothing. Major Bear, of the Salvation Army Headquarters, Ohijisttchurch, will conduct special meetings all day to-morrow, at the Salvation Army, King Street. A special musical meeting will be held at three o’clock. A hearty welcome is extended to all. Church 1 setfvic.es throughout the district are advertised in this issue. The refreshing humour and the wholesome type of laughter to he found in the weekly pages of “Humour” is apparently inexhaustablc. Hero is just one of many rich jokes in the latest issue: Tho young housewife (to pedlar): “No thank you. There is not a thing in the world we want!” Pedlar: “Very good, mum. Er —shall I call again when the honeymoon is over?” “Humour” is an ideal companion for 'all ages. The latest crossword puzzle in its pages is attracting great interest. In the report of the Geraldine District High School concert on Thursday, it was stated that the marches and counter-marches by the High School girls trained by Miss Farnie, were executed with fine precision, and that Mr McKay had his fiqtfad of High School boys in perfect training. It has been pointed out since the report appeared that Miss Farnie was responsible for the High School girls’ dances), and that Miss de Lambent trained the girls for their drills and marches. Mr McKay was responsible for the humorous sketches which proved so popular, and to Mr Drew was due the credit of training the hoys in the physical drill, which they performed so well. Mr Havelock Williams, of Timaru, has been appointed by the South Canterbury Exhibition Committee to take films of interest in the various towns of South Canterbury, for reproduction at the Dunedin and South Seas Exhibition, which will he opened next month. In this connection, Mr Williams will come to Temuka this morning and take films of the Insulator Works, and the Temuka Butter and Cheese Factories. In the afternoon, between 2 and 3 o’clock, Mr Williams will lake films of scenes in King street, Temuka, and it is hoped that car owners and the general public will be on the street at that hour in force, so as to give the scenes as lively an aspect as possible, for it is not every day such an opportunity occurs to advertise our town and bring it under the notice of the vast concourse of people that will visit the Exhibition. Wo understand that Mr Williams has already visited Waimate for this purpose, and taken some 400 feet of film, and experts "to take from 300 to 400 1 feet in Temuka. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, For Coughs and Colds, never fails.

Notwithstanding the recent increase in price from one penny to a penny half-penny of three of our contemporaries, the management of this paper has decided (o retain the old price, and thuis keep faith with ■its readers. The Parliamentary election campaign starts in earnest on .Wednesday next, when Mr C. J. Talhot will address the electors in the Dominion Theatre, Temaka. The Mayor, Mr G. 11. Cartwright, will occupy the chair.

The Mayor of Temuka (Mr G. B. Cartwright) has received an invitation from the Mayor of Christchurch' to attend a meeting at Christchurch on Monday next, to consider the question of fittingly celebrating the 75th anniversary of the settlement of the Canterbury province on Anniversary Day (December 10). It is understood that similar invitations have' been issued to Mayors of other boroughs and heads of public bodies to be present. The opinion held by many anglers, that the fishing season should not open earlier than October 15, was expressed in practical form on Thursday by the comparative smallness of the number of 'those who paraded the river hanks and ■whipped the streams. iSome who had intended to go out and try their luck were deterred from so doing hy the coldness of the. morning. Those Avho did go report that the rivers were in good order and fish plentiful, but that the great majority of the trout seen were very small. Baskets of small fish, numbering from ten to eighteen were the best reported last night.