CHRISTCHURCH NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18552, 26 April 1930, Page 17 (Supplement)

CHRISTCHURCH NEWS.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) IN AND ABOUT THE CITY. CHRISTCHURCH, April 25. Anzac Day. Anzac Day was fully observed in Christchurch, there being a large procession of returned soldiers and territorials, and a crowded meeting in King Edward Barracks. Numerous wreaths were deposited at the Cathedral and ab the Bridge of Remembrance. Enormous crowds witnessed the various ceremonies, and the day was regarded as one of solemn memories. The Territorials and Cadets had a special service at Hagley Park. The Hon. A. J. Stallworthy represented the Government at the ceremony in the Barracks. Obituary. The death occurred on Thursday night of Mr Arthur Cook, a well known stock agent and auctioneer for Matson and Co. He had been ill for some time, and had practically retired from business. Golf The final of the Canterbury ladies’ golf championships will be played on Saturday between Miss O Kay and Miss White Parsons. The New Zealand champion. Mrs Dodgshun, was beaten in the semi-final by Miss White Parsons, and Miss Kay defeated Mrs Russell (.Victoria), at the nineteenth hole. Eighty-Seventh Birthday. With an alert mind and an active interest in public affairs around him. Mr George Harper spent his 87th birthday attending to arrangements for the fete to-day to help unemployed returned soldiers. As chairman of the Domains Board, he is giving most of time to it. It is mainly as chairman of the board that Mr Harper appears in the public eye. Ho knows the public parks and gardens better than anybody else does. This is not surprising, seeing that he knew them in the days of his youth, when the ground was tussock, sandhills and swamps, with never a tree except cabbage-trees and a few other natives. One of his favourite walks is along the paths and gardens amongst the flowers, and across the paths where he and other Park Terrace residents, in the early days, were allowed to run their horses. He has been it member of the board for no less than twenty-eight years, and chairman for many years. Courses for Teachers. Refresher courses for school teachers are proposed to be held at Christchurch. Timaru and Greymouth during the coming term holidays. The subjects will include singing, 'drawing, f ' dancing, light woodwork, basketwork and bookbinding. Attendance will be voluntary, and the classes, on much the same lines as were very popular last year, will be held at Christchurch and Timaru from Mav 12 to 16, inclusive. No fees, except those covering the cost of materials in certain subjects, will be charged, and teachers attending the course may receive a refund of their transit expenses up to a maximum of £3. The Canterbury Education Board and Inspectors state that the aim is to assist progressive teachers to keep abreast of modern developments in education. For example, the present was a favourable time to consider the adoDtion of some modern form of craft work in place of the somewhat uninteresting handwork occupations which had for a long time absorbed the efforts of the schools. In the classes in England very line results had been produced in leather work, pewter work, bookbinding, basketry, modelling in barbola and seal i^e-wax. nasse partout. inexpensive picture-framing, light woodwork, stencil work, lino cutting, toy-making, marquetry, and lamp shades.