TEMUKA

Timaru Herald, Volume CXL, Issue 20282, 4 December 1935, Page 3

TEMUKA

CHECKING THE ROLLS COUNT STARTS TO-DAY The work of checking the rolls from the polling booths in the Temuka electorate has been proceeding since the election and was completed last evening, enabling a start to be made on the count this morning. The Returning Officer (Mr L. W. Parrant) stated yesterday that very seldom is an elector found to have voted twice. Usually the mistake occurs through deputy-returning officers confusing people of the same or similar names. He quoted an instance of a man whose name was ruled out at Temuka and at Mount Somers. In that case it was found that two different persons voted, the Mount Somers man’s name being in the supplementary roll and the Temuka man’s in the main roll. Some extraordinary mistakes are made by country returning officers. Mr Parrant said that one deputy had returned a ballot box after locking it and dropping the keys inside instead of returning them in a small bag provided for the purpose. He then sent a note explaining what he had done. It happened that there were two ballot boxes from that particular booth and both had to be forced before the keys were located. HOT WEATHER The hottest day since last summer was experienced locally yesterday, the temperature rising to 79 degrees in the shade. The swimming baths, which had not been used since the winter, were most popular and many people visited the river to bathe. PLUNKET SOCIETY The committee of the Temuka Plunket Society held its monthly meeting on Monday afternoon. Present—Miss G. A. Brown (presiding), Mesdames L. J. Wareing, D. A. Stewart, S. B. Wightman, A. W. Buzan, M. Giles, H. Wilson, W. S. Harbrow, J. C. South and A. S. Mclnnes. Reference to the loss suffered by the death of Mrs A. Routledge was made by the president, who said that since 1921 Mrs Routledge had been an enthusiastic member of the committee and a very generous giver. A motion of sympathy with the relatives was passed. The president reported that the recent shop and appeal for funds had succeeded in netting £7B, with a small sum still to come in from outlying districts. Mrs Hayhurst was thanked for the use of her shop. It was decided not to hold a meeting in February. Nurse Brown’s report stated: Visits to Temuka Office 191 (adults 99, babies 73, older children 19); Pleasant Point Office 89 (adults 42, older children 10). Visits to town homes 62 (old cases 50, new 12); country homes 157 (old cases 144, new 13). There were 13 new cases for the month and 25r cases on the books. Telephone consultations totalled 19. The ear mileage was 558 miles. FIRE BRIGADE Arising out of damage done to clothes at the recent fire near the Parish Hail, the Temuka Volunteer Fire Brigade discussed ways and means of instituting a fund to meet losses in the future. Several schemes'were suggested but no decision was arrived at. The need of a spotlight on the engine to assist firemen in carrying out their duties at a fire was considered, and it was decided to make enquiries into the cost of securing one and fitting it. PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION The primary department of the Temuka District High School was closed all day yesterday so that it could be used as a centre for the proficiency examination. Candidates from about 10 schools between Winchester and Seadown were present. PERSONAL Mr and Mrs H. Emerson, Hamilton, who have been on a tour of the South Island, have been spending a few days with Miss P. Smith, Wilkin Street. The Rev. C. A. Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy returned yesterday from a holiday in the North Island. “BROADWAY BILL” A special holiday attraction will be screened at the Elite Theatre tomorrow night in Columbia’s “Broad,way Bill.” “Broadway Bill is a romantic comedy in which Baxter plays a reckless, lovable rouseabout, and Miss Loy is a horse-loving, feminine counterpart of him. The role gives this clever pair a fine dramatic opportunity and something entirely different from “The Thin Man” and other parts she has played lately. Others in the cast of this Capra picture are Lynne Overman, Walter Connolly, Raymond Walburn, Helen Vinson and Frankie Darro. There will also be shown “he first current issue of the Fo- Australasian Newsreel, the recent Melbourne Cud from start to finish. GENERAL NEWS The vital statistics for Temuka for November (those of November, 1934 given in parentheses) were: Births 11 (9), deaths 5 (5), marriages 0 (0). Procter’s, the Premier Opticians Christchurch, will be making then next professional visit to Temuka early in the New Year, when they may be consulted on all defects of eyesight at •he Crown Hotel. Appointments can now be made by ringing the U.F.S. Dispensary ’Ph< np 240 M .... "—THE BALANCE SHEET IS ADOPTED” The end of the financial year. The balance sheet is good, but what about you? 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