CHRISTCHURCH NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18350, 22 August 1929, Page 12

CHRISTCHURCH NEWS.

(Tna Oar Own Gorr«ipoad«nt.) CHRISTCHURCH, August 21. FOOTBALL IN MUD. The wet spell continues, rain having fallen practically all day. The Payne trophy football match was played under the worst conditions, the players being covered with mud soon after the start of the game. Rain is falling heavily to-night, and there is no sign of it clearing. EDUCATION BOARD. ! At the annual meeting of the Canterbury Education Board to-day, Mr J. W. Preen was welcomed on taking his seat as one of the representatives of the Timaru Ward, in place of Mr J. Maze, who had resigned on account of illrhealth. Mr R. Wild was elected chairman. Standing Committees were elected as follows: Appointments Messrs Andrews, Gow, Banks, Hughes (chairman), and Johnson. Buildings.—Messrs Armitage, Bignell, Preen, Spencer, Thompson (chairman), and Winsor. Agricultural, Manual and Technical. —Messrs Armitage, Banks (chairman), Bignell, Hughes, Preen, Spencer and Winsor. Normal School.— Messrs Andrews, Banks, Gow (chairman), Hughes, Johnson and Winsor. Finance.—Messrs Andrews, H. J. Bignell (chairman), Hughes, Preen, Spen cer and Thompson. DINNER MUSIC FROM 3YA. Commencing next Monday, a dinner music session is to be a regular feature of 3YA programmes. This announcement has been made by Mr A. R. Harris, general manager of the broadcasting company. It follows on the success which has attended the three months’ test of a similar session at 2YA. As soon as arrangements can be made a dinner music session will be inaugurated at IYA and later at 4YA. The 3YA session will be on the lines of that of 2YA. The hour’s session will be divided into four periods of music of approximately 10 minutes’ duration each, commencing at 6 o’clock, 6.15, 6.30, and 6.45, a few minutes’ silence separating the periods of music. The introduction of the dinner music session will mean an alteration in the time of the children’s session. This will in future commence daily at 5 o’clock instead of at 6 o’clock. MURCHISON ROAD STILL BLOCKED. Following on a number of inquiries, the secretary of the Canterbury Automobile Association (Mr J. S. Hawkes) telegraphed Reefton to ascertain if the road to Murchison was open to traffic. The reply stated that it was impossible to get through by car owing to a landslide six miles on the Maruia side of Murchison. The slip is one and a quarter miles long and will take two months to clear away sufficiently to allow cars to pass. At the present time, the service cars are running daily, and connecting at the place where the slip occurred. Passengers have to walk across a rough track, while mails and luggage are being pulled across by sledge to the waiting service cars on either side.