PLUNKET SOCIETY

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVII, Issue 21508, 22 November 1939, Page 5

PLUNKET SOCIETY

SUCCESSFUL APPEAL The annual shop day and district collection organised by the Plunket Society was held yesterday. Helpers were early astir and a lamb for a weight guessing competition was penned in the street before 9 a.m. 'I he shop experienced a busy day. A successful copper trail was led and made rapid progress. The president (Miss G. Brown) said that people had been most liberal in their support and that the appeal would be as successful as former ones Thanks were due to the Hayhurst Estate for the use of the shop, to Mr and Mrs Buzan for morning and afternoon tea, to the Power Board for erecting banner, to Mr R. McCully for giving a lamb and Mr L. Nicholas for organising sheep guessing competition. The shop was controlled by Miss G Brown and Mrs A. S. Mclnnes, the copper trail by Mesdames H. Wilson and A. Watson, competitions by Mesdames L. Whitehead, C. Cornwell and L. Robins, sheep competition by Mesdames South and Wareing, jumble stall by Mesdames J. Rooney and R E. Thompson, cakes and vegetables stall by Mesdames G. Hancox, Beck, Foreman, Buzan and Mosley. The district collectors were Mesdames F. Ruddenklau, W. Saunders, E. Livsey J. Ritchie, L. Gorman, J. Brown, H. Talbot, E. Gardiner, C. McLelland, G Stewart, W. S. Harbrow, R. J. Turnbull, Misses H. Chalmers, N. Twentyman and E. Maxwell. FUNERAL LATE MR B. HUGHES That the late Mr Bernard Hughes was held in high esteem was evidenced by the large number of representative citizens who attended the funeral at the Temuka Cemetery yesterday afternoon. A full choral service was held at St. Peter’s Church of England, the Rev. L. A. Barnes officiating at the service and also at the graveside. Mr S. W. Booth was at the organ. The cortege which left the church was one of the longest seen in the district for some years. The pall bearers were Messrs E. R. Comer, C T. Rix, J. Harley, C. Higginson, N Barker (Christchurch), and A. Bell. At the cemetery, the following members of the Masonic Lodge bore the casket to the graveside:—Wor. Bros. F. A. Joynt, A. E. Smith, L. A. Nicholas, R A. Lyall and Bro. G. Hancox. Wor. Bro. R. A. Lyall read the Masonic burial service after which the brethren filed round the graveside and dropped sprigs of acacia on the coffin. Many organisations with which the late Mr Hughes was connected we e represented. The Mayor, who was unavoidably absent, was r:presentcJ by the Deputy-Mayor (Mr W. H. McMillan). Others present were: Mr G F. Kennedy (Midland Dairy Company) , Mr J. C. South (South Canterbury Picture Company), chairman and directors of t’ j Milford, Clandeboye, Cloverlea and Orari Dairy Companies, Messrs H. Talbot, S. W. Booth and Captain V. C. Bunce (St. Peter's Choir), Mr W. H. Staniland (South Canterbury Calf Export Committee). Mr G. Gudson (Winchester Lime C<. npany), Mr A. Bell (Public Trust), Ml W. Rollinson (Queensland Insurance) and Mr T. L. Bussell (Temuka Progress League). Many members of the South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society v.'ere also present. SWIMMING OPENING MEETING Arrangements were completed foi the opening of the season when the Temuka Amateur Swimming Club’s committee met on Monday. The officials to control the opening mec: ; ng are as follows:—Referee, Mr R Trigance; check starters, Messrs H. H Fraser and A. W. Buzan; time-

keepers, Messrs J. M. A. Ritchie and W. J. Keys; women's call stewards, Mr. J Fisher and Miss G. E >yle; men’s call stewards, Mr S. B. Reid; press ana report steward, Mr M. A. Cameron; handicapper, Mr J. Cornwell; treasurer, Mr H. C. Cornwell; secretary, Mr F. Smith. It was decided to ask Mr A. E. Horwell to act as starter, and also the South Canterbury Swr iming Centre to appoint judges for swimming events. The Mayor, Mr A. W. Buzan. will declare the season open, and public bodies will be invited to attend. It was decided to write letters ot symapthy to the re’.-lives of the late Messrs B. Hughes and C. S. Fraser. BOBBY CALVES According to figures supplied yesterday by : South Canterbury Calf Export Committee, the total number ol bobby calves collected to date Is 42-3, as agrinst 4049 for .the corresponding period last year. The number collected on Monday was 80. METHODIST LADIES’ GUILD A very successful Bring and Euj afternoon organised by the 'tethodist Ladies G- <’:l wee held in the Denmark Street Hall. Mrs H. G. Brown presided. The programme, arranged by Mesdames E. Blackmore and Elder, was as follows:—Solos, Mrs Magee; a story without words, “The Tragedy of

the Lighthouse,” Mesdames Elder. \V. Buck, E. Blackmore, C. Bell and Smith Competitions were Wv_n by Mesdames S. Shepherd and M. McCully. The speaker for the afternoon was Mrs J De Renzy, who gave an interesting talk on her trip to the South Sea Islands. Afternoon tea was served b 5 Guild members. TENNIS TOURNAMENT A handicap doubles tournament al St. Joseph’s Tennis Club resulted as follows: First round: V. Spillane and 'l. Spillane (-15) beat M. Earle and G Hanifin (rec. 15) 6-3, 11. Earle and F Ives (-15) ueat G. Dwan and B. Collins (-30) 6-4, J. Spillane and H. Buck' ?y (rec. 15) beat E. Hanifir and P SpUlane (-15) 6-4. Second round: C. Dibley and M. Heely (owe 30) beat V. and M Spillane 6-3, J. Spillane and H Buck)"; beat D. Gillum f G. Spillane (rec 15) 6-3. Third round: Dibley and Healy beat. Ivec and irl 6-2. Final: Dibley and Healy beat Spl. lane and Buckley 6-2. Losers’ section: Coilins end Dwa; beat Han in and Spillane 6-5, M. and V. Spillane beat Gillum and G. Spillane 6-3. Second round • Spillane and Bucklej beat Dwan and Collins 6-4, Ives and Earl beat M V. .pillane 6-4. Third round: Spillane ar-’ Buckley beat Ives and Earl 6-5. Final: Dibley and Healy beat Spillane and T-:ckley 6-5.

FINAL ENCHRE HELD Winners of prizes at the final euche party of the Waitea Rebekah Lodge were Mesdames A. Fletcher and J Rooney, and Messrs L. Heap and P Spillane. Mr B. Deady won a competition. PERSONAL Miss M. Hancox has left for a holiday visit to H ’ritika. Miss M. Spillane has returned from Wellington. “WHITE BANNERS” The screen flay “White Banners’ which was adapted f’ m the Douglas novel, shows Miss Bainter as Hanr'i Pamalee, the humble t :dler of kitetrn knives wh" keeps ef whiue bam r aloft in the face of spiritual travail that wo* ’ ' have defeated anyone .vith less than the utmost ' courage and nobility of soul. The story of the oicturc deals mainly v. h the Deri*- I ' which Paul Ward 1: vents an iceless ice box, and that time, soon after, when Hannah "see ers that the boy played by Jackie Cooper, the adopted son of the town’s leading banker, is actually her own child. It is the situation that develops as the result f that discovery and Hannah’s sacrificial solution of the spiritual problem

it raises fcr her, that constitutes the moving c nax of this c '.grossing picture. Mr E. Cholerton. optical specialis* proprietor of “Procters.” the premiei opticians. Christchurch, will be visiting Temuka. personally, on Tuesday 21st November, and may be consulted on all defects of eyesight at the Temuka Hotel. Appointments can now be madf by ringing the U.F.S. Dispensary ’phone 240 M ....