TEMUKA.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 27 June 1924, Page 9

TEMUKA.

(From Our Own Correspondent). 'technical school

The monthly meeting of the board oi managers of the:Technical School was field on Tuesday evening. i W* en Messrs G. B. Cartwright (chairman), Geo. Thomson, M. H. AlcLeod, F Sa - clers, arid the Director (Mr a . i ■ Smart). An apology was receneci from Air G. \Y. Armitage The finiirnnin stated that tic was pleased to say that the nine classes established were all working smoothie and that the total attendance was over 100. For such a small centre the 1011 number was more than satisfactory m fact it was almost a record. •. Members, would be pleased to know- that Dr. Hi - goudorf would give an address to tanners on Fridav 27th inst m the tcchiu, cal school, on “Plant Improvement The Technical Supervisor advised that the representation approved for in connection with the election and appointment of managers of the technical school was approved for the current year 1924-5. He desired to know the names of the retiring memoers as the election would probably be held in August. . .. ~ The Secretary of Education drew the Board’s attention to the regulations relatin' 1, to unauthorised expenditure, and set Tout in full the expenditure that came under that head.

OBITUARY

AIR ANDREW GIBSON. Another of South Canterbury s pioneers, Mr Andrew Gibson, passed away at Temuka on Tuesday night at the ripe old ago of 83 years. 'The late Air Gibson was born in the parish of Alaybole, Ayrshire, Scotland in the, 1841, and sailed from Plymouth in 1860 for Adelaide. He remained in Adelaide about nine months, leaving for Timaru on Alareh Ist lbb_. He obtained employment on the Levels station, where fie learned shearing. For about eleven seasons he was a shearer on the Levels station. In the year 1865 Mr Gibson bought a farm in Arowiienua, which he ncld until Ibio, when he moved to Oran. Two years later lie moved to Hinds, having bought a farm of 900 acres m that distried. In 1882, however, Air Gibson returned to Arowhenua, and bough another farm, which he retained until 1906, after which he lived in retiremShortlv after his arrival in South Canterbury deceased went to the i icton diggings, walking to. Jf ttel . toI1 > and travelling thence m the little schooner Wild Wave. The voyage took a fortnight. The piercing of the Lyttelton tunnel had just been commenced at that time. : ew- ‘", , tM . The late Air Gibson, on December 26, 1868, married Aliss Findlay, wno came to New Zealand in 1867, and brought with her a swing plough and a set ot harrows for her future husband, in is wife predeceased him a fciw years ago. He is survived by a grown-up family Ali- Adam Gibson, engineer, ot bpring Creek, Marlborough; Mr Andrew uibson, farmer, of Auckland; Mr John G lbsoii, retired / Government, offaeial, Auckland'; Air D. Gibson, mining export, British Guinea; and idis D. Clarke, Temuka. There p.re a numbei of grandchildren. , Deceased was a man of many paits. Few men knew'more about horses than ho did, and for years he made a business of breaking in and training them. Later on in life he specialised. successfullv in potato ■-growing. \Vhen the potato blight broke out in Now Zealand, he made a special study of the trouble, and imported the first sprayer into the. district. When gram growing vr ,v in its infancy, he imported a “tilter” with which to cut the crops. This was one of, if not the, first imported into this district. During his residence in the Hinds district he aas instrumental in securing the erection ot a school, and was chairman ot the hrst school commlttoei. Fie was also a member of the Temuka Borough Council, and was a J.P. The hue Air Gibson was one of the pioneers of the boa industry in New Zealand, and for many rears he had an annual output of 40UU pounds of honey, which was a large output in those days. His funeral will take place at Temuka to-day. CARD TOURN AAIENT.

The card tournament "'ill be continued this evening when the Hibernians meet the Druids and the Bowie,r.s will meet the Oddfellows, the Bowlers team will be as follows:- H. Berry AA . Bcrrv AY. Carpenter, A. H. Abbott, (1 Collins, B. Levons, T. E. Shiels, F. Smith, W- AlcCulluin. E. Blackmoie, 1). White, F. A. Joynt. Hibernian —W. I). Fitzgerald, .1, Dwver, AY. Hally, M. Brophy, 1. Daly, O. Connolly, T. Brosnahan, T. Hyland, D Horgaii, Al. Brosnahan, T. Fr Aieavva. J. Sullivan, D. O'Connell. The position of the teams at the conclusion of 'the tilth round is—-Druids Lid points, Hibernians L2.S, Bowling Club 121, Oddfellows 111.

NOTES

The fortnightly meeting ol the Lily of Temuka U.A.O.i). Lodge was held in tho Band Hall on Alonduy etenirig Bro Jas Fisher A.D.. presiding After a lengthy list of routine work had been dealt with a meeting of the entertainment committee was held. Bro. A. Martin sent', was appointed to fill a vacancy on the social committee caused by the retirement of Bro. J. Cook. \ cue-lire partv and dance will bo held in the Parish Hall this evening under the auspices of the Jemuku D.H. School. . , Mr E. Sanders who was a member oi Ihe Temuka District High School for seventeen years will be teudcied presentation at tlie enclirc toiunamcut to-night. „ . \ meeting of the R.S.A. committee was held in the Club Rooms on Wednesday evening, Ah' D. AY Into (president)'in the chair. The matter of arranging the annual hall was gone into, and committees were formed in connection with hall decorations and catering 'Hie date of tho hall was fixed tor .July 17.