TEMUKA NOTES.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIII, Issue 14354, 21 November 1910, Page 2

TEMUKA NOTES.

(Prow Our Own Correspondent.) At the annual meeting. of tlie Tamuiiv. liicyclo Club Jir Yy'. ±l. uroivn was votea to tno chair. 'i'lio balancesheet showed recipts t-o bo £'Jd'J 18s Id, and tlie expenditure £IOU lis ad. liie assests are as follows —! ; .(J. Savings 15.ink i iAJUj interest accrued £3 8s 10(1, bank balance £1 6s lUd. Tile liabilities arc nil. Ji.gut new members vvoro elected, and the election of officers resulted as follows: —Pacron, Mr iT. Buxton M.P.; President, Mr 'j.'. P. Hooper j Vice-Presidents, Messrs T. Gunuion, W. McCallum, W. J. INloore, G. Ward, W. P. Evans and D. Grant; Captain, Mr W. Si>illane; Vice-captain, Mr W. J. Keys; Hon. Auditor, ilr W. H. Brown; Committee, Messrs G. Thomson, P. A. Joynt, E. Kadburnd, A. W. Smjtlx and J. Pcdder; Delegate to tlie Athletic Union, Mr W. Spillane; Delegate to Sports Association, Mr A. "\V. Smith. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to the retiring secretary, Mr D. M. Rodgers and tlie other officers. Whitebait is very plentiful in the Temuka river, and the Maoris are making some splendid catches. Large quantities are being sent away by rail daily. , At the Magistrate's Court before Messrs G. MoS. Gentlcniun and A. Russell .J.P's., 'the police applied for six prohibition orders againsct local residents. Five were granted and the other was adjourned for a month. At about 11 o'clock on Friday evening a long row of sheds at the rear W. Honkinson's block of buildings in High street was discovered to be"on fire. The fire evidently originated in a shed used by Mr T. Downes, saddler, for storing straw. It then spread to a shed in which Tliistleton and Co., of the At stables, had stored several traps. Fortunately these were removed in time. In all probability had the fire occurred .earlier in the evening when a high wind ivas blowing the whole of the Mock, inclwU incr the Army Barracks, the leinuka TiMder" office and the stables would have been endangered. As it was the whole of the sheds were destroyed. The Fire Brigade were soon on tlie scene ,but at least 20 minutes elapsed before water was obtained and t[ lCn J notwithstanding tlw herculean efforts of about 20 men at the pump, it only l ose about two feet. The obsolete engine, the lark of water ami generally the primitive methods of the fire ex Miction are a. menace to Icmuka, and it is certainly time that +l,„ imtter. Priday niglit s expci i ence should convince the' <£ unell anc "IK irtSthe popular host of the Roval Hotel, Temuka, had the misfor tune to meet with a rather serious accident While lighting the lamp in front of the building the ladder v, Inch was resting on the newly painted iiont slipped and Mr Ue iell heavily on to the Jootoath and was rendered unconscious. * Fortunately no bones were broken lmt Mr Lee was somewhat hadlj bruised and cut. Thirty competitors competed m tin, ' road race from Teniulca to Geraldme, and back via Winchester Orari, an estimated distance ol' 'J!! miles. A splendid finish resulted in practically ten riders being bunched in crossing tho mark. The result, was: —G. Xozer (Pleasant Point) smin 1, P. To/.cr (Temuka) dmin 12, D. \ email (Orari) 5 min a. Time, G'J 3-omins. Then came VV. Saunders, AT. O'Donoghue, J. A. Saunders, J. Hamilton, 13. Pierce, D. ■ Grossman, and W. Henry, followed by Percy Gillespie (Temuka), who put up a, good performance in securing fastest time from scratch, the journey taking 63min 46sec, heating M. O'Donoghue by ssec. _ , f^ "At the monthly meeting of tlio Temuka District High School Committee there were present Messrs D. Mclnnes (chairman), G. Thomson, J. Cooper, G. Levens, P. A. Acheron, 11. Metson, I*. Saunders, A. Colville, au<l A. C. Watson. The secretary to tJie Board forwarded applications for the position of junior secondary assistant and it was decided to request tlie .Board to appoint Mr. 'William Llewellyn Watson, of Diut- " edin. The headmaster's report showed that the average attendance was increasing, and now stood as follows: — Primary 37(5, secondary 4-, total 418, ' from a roll number of 458. Accounts amounting to L'2'2 liis. were passed for payment.