TEMUKA MAORI PAGEANT

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21558, 22 January 1940, Page 3

TEMUKA MAORI PAGEANT

Arowhenua People To Assist Centennial Celebrations Tn response to a request from the South Canterbury Centennial Committee, Arowhenua Maoris will participate in the Centennial celebrations at Timaru in the last week of February. This was decided at a meeting of the Arowhenua Maori Runanga over which the chairman iMr T. H. Paiki) presided. The request was made by the Mayoress (Mrs W. G. Tweedy) with whom was associated Mr and Mrs C. Clarke, Mr C. Don and Mr G. Griffiths. Mrs Tweedy said that they sought the co-operation and the assistance of the Maoris on behalf of the Council in staging a pageant depicting the propress of the Dominion during the celebrations. It was proposed to stage the pageant in the Timaru Gardens and as the Council thought that no New Zealand Centennial celebrations would be complete without some active participation of the Maoris, they thought that the Arowhenua people would be willing to assist. After some discussion the meeting decided, on the motion of Mr N. Waaka, to assure the deputation of the Maoris’ asistance, but that the form of the contribution be left to the Maoris to decide. Returning thanks the Mayoress Invited the Maoris to confer with the Entertainment Committee as to details at the Council Chambers this evening. On the retirement of the deputation the meeting decided that their part of the programme would be in the form of Maori scena to be titled “Nga Ra O Mua” (scenes of the past) in which there would be at least 50 active performers and 50 in the background. The meeting also appointed Mr and Mrs W. Mlhaka, Mr N. Waaka and Miss M. Waaka to confer with the Council. TENNIS ST. PETER’S UNBEATEN In an A grade match on Saturday in the Temuka Town and Country competition, St. Peter’s maintained its winning sequence by beating Clandeboye. It would appear that St. Peter’s is practically sure of the championship. Seadown beat Pleasant Valley in the B grade. St. Peter’s v. Clandeboye (St. Peter’s names first) Women’s singles: Miss I. Ives 6, Miss N. Hickey 3; Miss T. Hopkinson 6, Miss M. Hickey 2; Mrs Lawrence 6, Miss W. Livesey 2; Mrs de Lambert 2, Miss M. Staniland 6. Men’s singles: S. Nicholas 2, E. Neville 6; E. Lawrence 6, A. Donehue 4; K. Davies 3. C. Kelland 6; A. Falton 4, P. Hickey 6. Women’s doubles: Miss I. Ives and I Miss D. Hopkinson 6. Misses N. and M. Hickey 3; Mesdames Lawrence and de Lambert 2, Misses Livesey and Staniland 6. Men’s doubles: Nicholas and Lawrence 6. Neville and Donehue 4; Davies and Falton 6, Hickey and Kelland 3.

Mixed doubles: Miss I. Ives and Nicholas 4. Miss N. Hickey and Neville 6; Mrs Lawrence and Lawrence 6, Miss M. Hickey and Donehue 2; Miss Hopkinson and Davies 6. Miss Livesey and Hickey 1; Mrs de Lambert and Falton 4, Miss Staniland and Kelland 6. St. Peter’s nine sets, Clandeboye seven. Seadown v. Pleasant Valley (Seadown names first) Women’s singles: Mrs Kelman 6, Miss E. Padgett 4; Miss S. Hide 6, Miss M. Webb 4; Miss D. Brosnahan 6. Miss D. Undrill 3; Miss M. Edgar 6, Miss C. Padgett 0. Men’s singles: I. Oldfield 6. J. Leary 4; A. Cargo 6, E. Vfebb 4; R. Connolly 6, M. Brenton 3; L. Edgar 6, R. Worner 4. Women’s doubles: Mrs Kelman and Miss Hide 5, Misses E. Padgett and M. Webb 6; Misses Brosnahan and Edgar 6; Misses Undrill and Padgett 4. Men’s doubles: Oldfield and Cargo 5,' Leary and Webb 6; Connolly and Edgar 1, Brenton and Worner 6. Mixed doubles: Oldfield and Mrs Kelman 6; Leary and Miss Padgett 2; Cargo and Miss Hide 6. Webb and Miss Webb 0; Connolly and Miss Brosnahan 3. Brenton and Miss Undrill 6; Edgar and Miss Edgar 6, Worner and Miss Padgett '4. Seadown 12 sets, Pleasant Valley four. BAND CONCERT The first of a series of Sunday evening concerts was given by the Temuka Municipal Band last night in the Domain under the baton of the conductor, Mr V. L. Thomas. A varied programme was much appreciated by a large attendance. The numbers were as follows: “God Defend New Zealand’’; march. “March of the Herald’’; hymns, “For All the Saints” and “Old Earth”; song hit, “One Day When We Were Young”; trombone solo, “Moira My Girl”; fantasia, “D’ye ken John Peel”; waltz, “First Love”; eupho solo. “Pretty Quaker Girl”; foxtrot, “Blackbird Hop”; march, "Conqueror.” The same programme was given at Winchester in the afternoon. ENLISTMENT Joseph McDonald, Milford. has enlisted with the recruiting officer (Mr J. King). The total number of enlistments for the Temuka district is 56. NARROW ESCAPE The driver of a light car. Mr N. R. Harris, New Brighton, and a passenger had a narrow escape from serious injury when their car crashed into two posts at the Orari railway crossing and overturned. One post was knocked out of the ground and the other was bent to an angle of 45 degrees. Neither person was hurt, but the car was fairly extensively damaged. PERSONAL Following were visitors to Temuka for the Cook-Masse.? wedding: Mr W. Cook and Miss D. Cook, Auckland. Mr and Mrs J. W. S. Cook and Mr V. H. Cook, Wellington. Mrs Hall. Dunedin. Mrs C. Austin, Wellington, Mr Darcy. Wellington. Mr and Mrs E. Massey. Christchurch. Miss H. Massey, Christchurch, Miss M. Berry, Ashburton. “ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE” The two romantic stars of the unforgettable “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” —Tyrone Power and Alice Faye

—are joined by Al Jolson, the star who sings back the past everyone wants to remember, in “Rose of Washington Square,” 20th Century-Fox film showing to-night at the Elite Theatre. Featuring the heart songs and hit songs of yesterday and to-day, the production tells one of the most stirringly human romances yet projected upon the screen—the story of Rose, who loved the way some women can and thought it worth the heartbreak. Mr Malcolm Cholerton, F.S.M.C., F.8.0.A. and Honours and Orthoptics, who has just returned to New Zealand after four years’ study in a London Hospital, representing “Procter’s,” the Premier Opticians, Christchurch, will be making a professional visit to Temuka on Tuesday, January 30, when he may be consulted on all defects of eyesight at the Temuka Hotel from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Appointments can now be made by ringing the U.F.S. Dispensary, ’phone 29M