TEMUKA GIFT OF CALVES SOUGHT

Timaru Herald, Volume CL, Issue 22141, 9 December 1941, Page 3

TEMUKA GIFT OF CALVES SOUGHT

Rehabilitation Plan For Soldiers

Government And R.S.A. Scheme

The matter of providing stock for the rehabilitation of soldiers on farms was the subject of a circular which was received at a committee meeting of the Temuka R.S.A. on Saturday even-

ing. A special committee had been set up by Headquarters to co-operate with the Government and it had decided to ask farmers to make donations of calves of approved origin, it was reported. Arrangements had been made to take delivery of the stock offered and provision had been made by the Government for the rearing and wintering of calves. Associations were asked to secure the help of farmers for the rearing of one or more calves. The committee would like to know what amount of stock would be available so that arrangements could be made for taking delivery.

The meeting commended the idea, but considered that it was too late this season to do anything in the matter. A start would be made as soon as was practicable next year. The president (Mr G. Harris) paid a tribute to the services of the late Mr T. D. Burnett, M.P. The meeting stood as a mark of respect to his memory.

The resignation of the secretary (Mr A. G. Foreman), who has accepted a position in Akaroa, was received with regret. The president commended his work for the association. A letter was received from the Temuka Patriotic Committee thanking the association for its help in the Million Pound Appeal. PLUNKET SOCIETY Miss G. A. Brown presided over a meeting of the Temuka Plunket Society. A motion of sympathy was passed with relatives of Mr T. D. Burnett, patron of the Temuka Branch. His donations had enabled the Temuka district to maintain a separate board and had laid the foundations of a successful society. The secretary reported that the sum of £l2B had been raised as the result of the annual appeal for funds. Miss Fitzgibbon, nursing adviser of the N.Z. Plunket Society, advised that she would visit Temuka shortly, for a height-weight survey of infants under one year.

Nurse Huddleston’s report was as follows: Visits to Temuka Office, 196 (adults 88, babies 84, pre-school children 24): Pleasant Point, 79 (adults 33. babies 35, pre-school children 11). town homes 65 (new cases 10, old cases 55); country homes 148 (new cases 20, old cases 128). New cases for month were 14, making the total on the books 328. Telegraph consultations numbered 38, and the car mileage was 609 miles. TENNIS In an A grade competition match Winchester beat Clandeboye by 80 games to 53. Following were the scores (Winchester names first): Women’s singles: Mrs Bray 6, Miss J. Boocock 1; Miss M. White 6, Miss R. Neville 2; Mrs Pearce 3, Miss J. Flett 6; Miss Annett 6, Mrs R. Armstrong 0.

Men’s singles: R. Armstrong 6, A. Donehue 5; R. Priddle 0, J. Bolderston 4; R. Counihan 6, P. Hickey 5; A. M. Archibald 6, M. Boocock 5.

Women’s doubles: Mrs Bray and Miss White 6, Misses Neville and Boocock 2; Mrs Pearce and Miss Annett 6, Miss Flett and Mrs Armstrong 2.

Men’s doubles: Armstrong and Priddle 5, Hickey and Donehue 6; Counihan and Archibald 2, Bolderston and Boocock 6.

Mixed doubles: Mrs Bray and Armstrong 6, Miss Boocock and Donehue 2; Miss White and Priddle 6, Miss Neville and Boocock 5; Mrs Pearce and Counihan 4, Miss Flett and Hickey 1; Miss Annett and Archibald 6, Mrs Armstrong and Boocock 1.