TEMUKA.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18832, 21 March 1931, Page 4

TEMUKA.

FOR FISHERMEN. All rivers should yield good sport over the week-end, as they are very clear at present. The Rangitata is maintaining its clarity, and many fishermen have again shifted camp back to its banks. The Opihi is not as good as early in the week, as there is not enough water to keep the mouth sufficiently wide open. The best catch reported in Temuka this season fell to the rod of a Nightcaps angler, who, on Thursday afternoon, on the Rangitata, landed a 42ilb salmon. The Rangitata promises to be popular over the week-end. CROQUET. The Temuka Croquet Club’s team was beaten by Ashbury C in a match in the South Canterbury flag competition by 7games to 2 (2games being unfinished) on Wednesday afternoon on the Ashbury greens. Detailed scores were as follow (Temuka names first): — Singles. Mrs Shand 11 v. Mrs Foote 26. Mrs Bremner 26 v. Mrs Keay 15. Mrs Mclnnes 21 v. Mrs Panton 26. Mr Foxon 7 v. Mrs Edyvean 9 (unfinished). Mrs Foxon 26 v. Mrs Allchurch 25. Miss Marshall 25 v. Mrs Solomon 26. Doubles. Mrs Shand and Mrs Bremner 21 v. Mrs Foote and Mrs Keay 22 (unfinished). Mrs Mclnnes and Mr Foxon 18 v. Mrs Panton and Mrs Edyvean 26. Mrs Foxon and Miss Marshall 14 v. Mrs Allchurch and Mrs Solomon 26. PRESENTATION. On Thursday afternoon members of the Temuka Methodist Ladies’ Guild met at the residence of Miss Brown, “Dinting House,” to do honour to Mrs A. Blakemore, who is to leave early next month for Matamata. Musical items and recitations were enjoyed, and after afternoon tea Mrs Duncan (president), presented Mrs Blakemore with a silver teapot and tea strainer. Regret was expressed at Mrs Blakemore’s departure. PARISH HALL. It is understood that fire repair work will be commenced on the Parish Hall next week. A meeting will be held on Monday evening to make final arrangements. PERSONAL. “1 Miss Netta Childs, Rangitira Valley, left yesterday, for Christchurch, where she will in future reside. Miss P. Air ay, Temuka, left yesterday by the express for the north. Mrs B. Smith and son, left Temuka yesterday, to spend a holiday in Rakaia. The Rev. A. Blakemore, who has been in charge of the Temuka Methodist Church during the past three years, will leave on April 7, to take over the Matamata Parish, near Rotorua. MILFORD DANCE. The harvest home ball held in the Milford Hall .on Thursday night was well attended and proved very enjoyable. The hall was artistically decorated. A Monte Carlo waltz was won by Mr L. Baker and Miss E. Dale, and Mr Baker, with Miss B. Keefe won a “lucky spot.” Mr W. Seeler controlled the floor. 1.0.0. F.

The fortnightly meeting of the Waitea Rebekah Lodge was held on Tuesday last, Sister Pulford N.G., presiding ; over a good attendance. Two sisters were reported to be on the sick list. One account of 27/6 was passed for payment. The correspondence included a lengthy letter from the Grand Master on his recent travels. An invitation was received and accepted from the Druids Lodge to the opening of their now hall. The social committee’s secretary read the balance sheet of the last social, which showed a good credit balance. The second nomination of officers was taken, and it was decided to insure the competition cup. The Noble Grand intimated that next lodge night would be devoted to initiation and competitions. The lodge closed in due form after which supper was served, and the members spent a pleasant social hour. “MARIANNE” TO-NIGHT. Marion Davies’ ability to put a tear in every laugh and a laugh in every tear had never been so effectively portrayed as in “Marianhe,” her new all-talking-singing starring vehicle which comes to Temuka to-night. Incidentally, it is Marion Davies’ first all-talk-ing picture. Marion Davies plays the role of a French peasant girl, and the spectator breaks in on her life at the end of the war, to see her mothering a brood of war orphans and a company of Allied soldiers, who are billeted in her barnyard. Noisy, joke-loving, mischievous and variously musical, the soldiers cause Marianne no end of trouble, even to raiding the piggery for a solitary but plump little sucker which the girl had earmarked for the General’s dinner In order to buy her orphan cares more clothes with the 500 francs paid for it. A brilliant cast surrounds the star, while the settings and the direction add materially to the realism of this post-war story. The short features are also highly entertaining. Mr E. Cholerton, representing John R. Proctor’s Ltd., the Premier Opticians of Christchurch, will be making another Professional visit to Temuka on Saturday, March 28th, and may be consulted at the Crown Hotel on that date