TEMUKA

Timaru Herald, Volume CXL, Issue 20261, 9 November 1935, Page 3

TEMUKA

CALEDONIAN SOCIETY MEETING OF DIRECTORS The Directors of the Temuka Caledonian Society met on Thursday evenings Present: Messrs A. W. Buzan (presiding), M. M. Coffey. G. A. Paterson. J. Preddy. A. Russell. W. D. McCallum, A. R. Beck, A. Bain. G. Washington, T. E. Shiels and the secretary (Mr J. H. Denison). The South Canterbury Piping and Dancing Association wrote advising that application for permission to hold a pipe band contest should be made to the New Zealand Pipe Bands' Association. but that there did not seem much chance of permission being granted. However, an eariy application might secure the Canterbury Provincial championship for next year. The secretary reported that he had written applying for permission but had received no reply. The president suggested and it was agreed that a sub-committee deal with the reply. Mr Washington said he would .ike to see a complete amateur programmeprovided. He was confident that a number of champions would be available and that entries would justify the departure. It was left with Messrs Denison and Washington to make inquiries as to the support that could be expected from the Athletic Club. Mr I. W. T. Baxter was elected a member. A FALSE ALARM Roused from their sleep at 1.15 a.m. yesterday by a few gentle tolls of tne firebell at the central station, Captain Allfrey and Fireman Waters, who live on the premises, were just in time to see a car being driven away at a high speed north along Railway Terrace. Not only the sleepers on the premises heard the alarm. It awoke many of the residents in the vicinity of the central station, but when the rings were not repeated most people concluded that they ha 4 been dreaming or that the bell had been disturbed by the wind and only one man answered the call. One of the firemen had just returned home after being out for the evening and he hastened to the station, only to learn of the false al.u rn. OBITUARY Much regret was expressed in Temuka yesterday at the death of Mr G. L. Collins which occurred at the Timaru Hospital after a long illness. Mr Collins, a son of Mr Isaac Collins, was born in Temuka 62 years ago and had lived in the district all his life. He was a well-known and popular citizen and his death removes one who had always taken a keen interest in the musical and sports interests of the district. After leaving the Temuka District High School Mr George Collins became a wheel-wrignt and that trade he followed practically up to the time of his death. He was a member of the Temuka Volunteer Rifles for many years and his interest in musical matters led him to join the band at an early age. He was one of the leaders in the Black Star Minstrels, a local concert party, which “arned a high reputation in South Canterbury in 1900. and in recent years he was one of the citizens’ representatives on the management committee of the Temuka Municipal Band. In his younger days Mr Collins was in enthusiastic member of the Temuka Football Club, playing as a forward in the club’s senior fifteen ior some time, and was also a prominent shot in the old days of range shooting. He was also an early member of the Caledonian Society and uas a familiar figure among the officials on Boxing Day. Many years ago he became a member of the Temuka Bowling Club and for most of the time he had been one of the club’s leading players. Perhaps his most notable success was achieved in 1914-15 when he won the South Canterbury singles championship. At the time of his death Mr Collins was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Winchester, and the Lily of Temuka Druids’ Lodge. About 36 years he married Miss Alice May Swaney, of Hilton, and she survives him together with two daughters, Misses R. and H. Collins, and a son, Mr S. Collins, all of Temuka. Mrs Annie McCaskill. The death occurred recently at Wellington of Mrs Annie McCaskill, wife of Mr Donald McCaskill, an ex-pupil and former teacher of the Temuka District High School. Mrs McCaskill was formerly a Miss Acton, of Pleasant Point, and she and her husband, who later became an inspector of schools in the Canterbury district, were married while he was teaching at Temuka. She is survived by her husband, a son, Mr lan McCaskill, of Napier, and a daughter, Miss Flora McCaskill, of Wellington. INCREASE IN ELECTORS The count of electors on the supplementary roll was completed yesterday and an increase of 602 in the total number of electors is revealed. This year’s total is 10,445 and that of 1931 was 9,843. Taking the main roll separately there is an increase of only 37 this year, the total being 8933. In the supplementary roll an increase of 565 is shown, the figures for the present year being 1512 and those of four years ago 947. It is of interest to note that since the main roll closed there have been 345 rem als from the district, and 286 electors have changed their address. METHODIST SYNOD Temuka has been selected as the venue of the annual synod of the South Canterbury District of the Methodist Church and the conference will be held on November 12 and 13. The Rev. J. D. McArthur, of Timaru, will pre- * side and there will be 40 delegates including ministers, lay representatives and delegates from various church organisations. Many of the visitors are to be billeted by local members of the church. OAK LEAF LODGE At the fortnightly meeting of the Oak Leaf Juvenile Lodge Bro. C. Beck presided. Correspondence was received from the Royal Arch Chapter No. 1 rep rrding -the compilation of the syllabus for the new year. The following syllabus committee was appointed: Superintendent C. Talbot; treasurer, J. Waters; AD., Bro. C. Beck; V.A., Bro. N. Lindsay and Bro. K. Evans. It was agreed to recommend to the Acorn Lodge that the annual picnic be held at the Old Mill, Winchester. THE ELECTION The Labour candidate for the Temuka seat. Mr T. H Langford, continued his campaign on Thursday when he addressed 50 electors of the Oran Gorge district in the school. He was given an attentive hearing and at the conclusion of the address a vote of

thanks and confidence was moved by Messrs J. Lysaght and R. Yates and carried. Afterwards Mr Langford met the electors of Woodbury where Mr J. Fifield presided and a vote of thanks was passed on the motion of Mrs W. Scott and Mr F. Fifield. Earlier in the week Mr Langford received a cordial reception at Kakahu and Hilton. Mr Maxwell presided at Kakahu and Mr E. O. Winmill at Hilton, votes of thanks being moved respectively by Messrs F. Reid and G. Fletcher and carried without dissent. TENNIS The teams to represent the St. Peter’s Tennis Club in matches to-day will be: A team (v. Geraldine, at Temuka): Misses W. Ives, I. Ives, L. Shiels, Mrs D. A. Stewart and P. Pierce, G. Maister, S. Nicholas and J. Byrce. B team (v. Seadown, at Seadown): Misses M. Nicholas and T. Hopkinson, Mesdames C. L. Mountfort and L. S. Palmer and L. Parrant, R. Clark, N. Joynt and L. Nicholas. Hie Labour candidate, Mr T. H. Langford, will address the electors of Orari at 7 p.m. to-day and Winchester at 8.30 p.m. On Monday he will speak at Cave at 8.30. Mr James Cartwright, the Democrat c indidate, will continue his campaign throughout next week, speaking at Hazelburn School at 7 pm. and at Totara Valley at 8.30. Citizens of Temuka are invited to attend at *•’-'» war memorial at 11 a.m. on November 11 to observe the two minutes’ silence for Armistice Day. A special meeting of the Temuka Tennis and Croquet Club will be held in the pavilion on Saturday, November 16, at 3.15 p.m. The Winchester Tennis and Croquet Club’s dance has been postponed to Saturday, November 23. “MENACE” A fascinating, breath-taking and spine-chilling mystery is Paramount’s “Menace” which will be screened at Temuka, with the lovely Gertrude Michael and the suave Paul Cavanagh in the r-'ncipal roles. With these two, who will be remembered for their sparkling performance in “The Notorious Sophie Lang,” are John Lodge, Paramount’s newest film find, Henrietta Crosman, Montagu Love and Halliwell Hobbes. The theme of the film revolves about a maniac who is intent on taking the lives of three people wrongly accused of his brother’s death. After dodging this terrible vengeance for years, the three meet in a mountain home in Hollywood, by arrangement, to trap the fiend. But before he strikes unexpected guests arrive and in the midst of all the gaiety the first victim is struck down. Everybody is sdspected of the crime. Then the murderer moves to strike again and with rabidity the climax of “Menace” exposes him.

Mr E. Cholerton, Optical Specialist proprietor of Procter’s, the Premier Opticians, Christchurch, will be visiting Temuka personally, and may be consulted on all defects of eyesight at the Crown Hotel, on Tuesday, 12th November. Appointments can now be made by ringing the U.F.S. Dispensary. Phone 240 M