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Timaru Herald, Volume CXL, Issue 20260, 8 November 1935, Page 4

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SCHOOL COMMITTEE The school committee met in the school on Tuesday. The headmaster’s report stated that the attendance for the last fortnight had been the worst for a long period owing to an outbreak of influenza. Pour pupils had entered in the calf-rearing competition and there was keen interest in the garden plots. Eight pupils would be sitting for the proficiency examinations on December 3, and there was one entrant for the Barclay Scholarship. The report was received. It was decided to close the school on November 15 for the Christchurch Show. Mr Brosnahan reported making arrangements for a Timaru party to give a concert at the end of the month to raise funds for the school prize fund. A deputation from the Tennis Club, Messrs Cain and Hughes, waited on the committee in regard to the rent of the courts and the installation of a point for an electric kettle. Permission was given and the rent was fixed at £1 for the season. WEATHER Intermittent showers, cold spells and hail with changeable winds have made the weather in the district very uripleasant during the last fortnight. Last year gave a fall of 23.99in. and to the end of October the total rainfall for this year was 15.95in. October’s rainfall was 2.10in. GARDEN CIRCLE At the home of Mrs H. Brosnahan, “Pinegrove,” the recently formed gardening circle met. Mrs J. W. Topham presided, while Miss Stella Hide acted as secretary. Among those present were: Mesdames J. w. Topham, T. E. Hide, S. Cargo, H. Brosnahan, W. Smith, J, McCully, G. L. Hughes, E. Oldfield, Misses Brosnahan and Hide.