TEMUKA.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 7 June 1924, Page 12

TEMUKA.

(From Our Own Correspondent)

MECHANICS’ INSTITUTES’ BALL

On Thursday evening the Temuka Up-'ll m lies’ Institute held a ball m the Drill* Hall, and notwithstanding <• SmltAanrartb,,. the™ The' Hall “Mr-decSrated »lU, p»n,ty Tiid Hans and presented a \ely prerr3 anneamnee. Music was provided by .Mr Simes’s orchestra,, consisting o Miss M. llolnnson (piano), Mi kum-s (Dolin'). and Mr S. Cross (cornet), and Mr Stan Parker as M.C., cann.d out his duties in an efficient manner. Extras were contributed by Miss McCallum, Miss Davidson, and Mr Angus Brown. The grand march was led off bv the president of the Institute (M j ’\\ Smart), and the librarian (Mis Webb). Supper was provided in the le.,er 1 11 bv the ladies, the tables being laid most attractively. In the coarse of the evening the president hoard!v thanked the ladies who provided such a delicious supper and had worked so willingly to make the function the success it was.

CHAUTAUQUA. A fine programme is promised by tho ib)val Opera Company in the Dominion 'i heat re mi Monday evening, the openi,.,. ,(j<’• 1 1 1 o 1 the Chautauqua season. Kadi nT the vocalists comes with a good loputiiiinn, and repoits irom Dunedin and Core indicate limb their appearance there was very cordially welcomed. Maxim Brotli is a gifted tenor, and his appearance will no doubt he awaited with great interest.. The other members of the Company are equally accomplished. The opera “La Cor.sicaua: ’ will he performed, and if its reception in Dunedin can he taken as a criterion, patrons in Teniuka will hear music ol beauty and chaim. .As all the profits are to go to the Plunket Society, i hose who purchase tickets will have tho added pleasure of aiding a wort'llv cause. The box plan is r.t McMillan's, and holders of season and ;is tid.eis are especially required to hook iheir seats. There is no hooking free. T’KCHNI CAL CL A SSES. The Teniuka Technical School now has nine classes in operation, with a roll number ol ; 110 students. Such an attendance in a town of the size of Teniuka speaks well for the farsightedness of the residents, who are fully alive to the advantages of TeohnUal | education. ! PICTURES TO-NKiJIT. Daughters of the Rich.” a master picture in be shewn at Temuka to' nieli - , is woven round the marriage ol a young heiress with a dissolute Kroneli Duke. Tor the most part, the revues ure set in Paris. The east is part iviigirly worthy of note. Miriam Cuopvr gives an artistic cliaractorisathm oi the girl whose happiness was ( 10-vly mi lowed by tragedy: Putli Cl iflor,l phi vs the part of the disillusioned niic ol ill" Duke, who is port rayed by St nan iluinie.s. Caston Class makes ~n ;i|ir;irtjyc hero, in llte complicated

situation of being loved by two women As usual, a splendid line of suppoits will also be screened.

PERSONAL. ATr D McEaul, assistant stationmaster at Temuka, who was married on Thursday afternoon toMissShnej Nicholas, was met prior tothatbapw event by the Temuka Railway start | and presented with a ll^d^ulo^f 1 £ j Etainless cutlery. Hie Alayoi (Mu • Gunuion), congratulated Mi Melaai on the step he was about to take, and wished him and his future wife many one years of happiness Mr Alcbaul suitably replied. On Wednesday evening members of the Temuka Methodist Young Women’s Bible class met Miss Nicholas in the Denmark Street Hall, and presented her witn a silver teapot. Miss G. Brown, on behalf of past, and present members, wished Nicholas a future of happiness, tempered with abundant prosperity. Air McEaul responded on behalf ol Miss ! The Rev. A. H. Norris (formerly o I Temuka, and now of Cashmere) and Airs Norris, visited Temuka on Ihursday Mr Norris returned yesterday and’ Airs Norris will leave to-day. ! Air G B. Cartwright, chairman, and j Airs E Booth, secretary, of the Temuka Co-op. Dairy Company, will return from Dunedin to-day, where they have been attending the Dairy Conie Mr C B. Hughes and Mr AV. H. Staniland are expected home to-day.

NOTES. A combined meeting of spinsters and bachelors, will be held in the, \\ mchester Library on Alonday evening. General News. sj .ygvc . Tho conviction that there is money in trees is spreading considerably amongst Taranaki farmers. On one farm now many miles from New 1 iymouth the owner has been looking ahead, and with the assurance of £1 a tree when they are 25 years old l.e used all the available rough ground on his property for plantation purposes. During the last eight years he lias planted no less than 100,000 pinus in signis trees, 20,000 gums, and 3000 earroearpas. A certain number have of course, died, but as tho farmer said, it seemed a sound enough legacy for his children..

‘■'On race days and other occasions, such as football matches and the like, a spirit of emulation arises among the public,” said Mr S. L. P. Ercc, S.M., in a motor collision case at Masterton. “I cannot express my sc It too strongly on the subject,” he added. By a large majority, a poll taken on the Malvern Electric Power Board’s proposal to raise a loan of ■t-J.O,h , :>) lias been carried. More than hall I ho number of ratepayers on the roll exercised their right to vote.