COUNTRY MEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6377, 24 October 1888, Page 3

COUNTRY MEWS.

DbAughtb. — A. draughts-match,. between ' Kirwee and Kimberley, was played in the Kirwee Hotel on Monday evening, nine men a-side. The Kimberley men proved, too good for the home team, ahd defeated them by five games. At the conclusion of the game all sat down to a friendly cup of tea, provided by mine host-Bowers. Cbicket. — A match between the Wad--dington and South Malvern Clubs was -played at th&.latte_*s .groundion Saturday, ,and resulted in an easy victory for the visitors. The.scoreß*were»s— Waddington,. 53. and 96 -, South. Mafven_*J_B and 32,.i0r ; ■the loss, of nine wicket_v The principal:: scoicts werer:— J'or fhe -ras-tors;- Bar_ow Si ; .29:; King, 18; Borthwiek, 14; W. Arm-, strong, 14. For the home) team*-* B. Leeming,."llj Woodcock;.^.;. ■C_an_be_a,.:s. ; J. Hislop bowled very well for-the Wad-; ► dington team, and- Captain Woodeoefcand' J. Smith were the most successful with the ball for South Malvern. Tba Meeting at Waddington.— J The. tea meeting in connection with the-ionr-. teenth anniversary of the Primitive Methodiat Sunday school, Wa-ddington,, was held on Monday-evening. There waß. a very good, attendance at the tea,, tiie tables for ivhich were pravrded by lady members of the church. The .^meeting after the tea was presided- over by Mr.J.,' Jebson, jtmr. Mv J. iioid __a 4 tiiepannual : .report, which was -of -a very encouraging r xiature. Mr C. Gamble -and Beys W.-WoaHa-s?and P. W. Jones, addressed those , present,-and a suitable selection of hymns.. was gone through very creditably by the children in the course of- the evening. Mr J. ., Lordconducted,ftnd-Mi_aJenli_-is;pre_ided' the harmonium. ' ; f

EllesmkbeShow. — The sixteenth, annual exhibition of the Ellesmere Agricultural* and Pastoral Association will be held tomorrow. A special train for the convenience of visitors will leave Christchuichat 9.10 a-tu. Waddington. — The anniversary services in connection with the Waddington Primitive Methodist Sunday School were held on Sunday. There were very large attendances at all three services. The j Eev W. Woollass, from Timaru, conducted i each service. - . North Canterbury Bicycle Club. — ■ At a meeting of the Committee of this | Club held at the Junction Hotel, Bangiora, on Monday evening, it was agreed to run to the Cust biidge on Oct. 26, starting at 6 p.m., and to the Christchurch Bicycle Club's Meeting on Nov. 9, starting at 9a.m. Tai Tafu. — The seventh anniversary of the Tai Tapu Band of Hope was celebrated on Friday evening by a tea and concert,* given in the district school. The tea, as' usual, was a great success. The tables were presided over by sixteen lady members of the Order, the catering being admirably attended to by Mr Lindeman. About two hundred sat down to the tea. This over, the room was made ready for a concert. The President, Mr J. A. Blank, occupied the chair. Miss Searell opened with an overture. Songs were given by the Misses Searell and Wyatt, Mrs Westenra, Messrs Hancock, M'Nae, Drs Cook and Westenra. Recitations .by J. Griffiths, S. Peryman, and W. Sinclair. The recitations were excellent, and the* singing on the whole was very good. Miss Searell presided at the piano. The customary votes of- thanks terminated the proceedings. Accident at Kaiapoi. — Yesterday morning whilst J. Drabble, an employee of the Kaiapoi Produce Company, was carrying a bag of wheat from their wharf to the ketch Kestrel, the plank on which he stood, slipped off tiie tender, on the vessel's side,. and precipitated bim into the water, where he was for some time kept below the surface by the -weight of his burden, and his inability to. strike out. Fortunately his situation was observed by George M'Allister, who was also loading the Kestrel, who promptly jumped in and extricated Drabble, not without considerable difficulty and the use of his swimming powers. Great credit is due to M'Allister for his prompt and vigorous action, without wliich Drabble would r_o3t probably have lost his life. The Sefton Sink. — Enterprise is not 'altogether dead in New Zealand, nor does skating appear to have rnn ita course, but on the contrary, seems to be settling down as a permanent institution. Mr Donnolly has shown his faith in the permanent popularity of thia pastime by erecting a magnificent building for it, but probably Mr John Wilson has shown proportionately greater enterprise in building a splendid large rink in so small a place aB Sefton. The floor is ninety feet long and fifty feet broad, considerably larger than the Columbia, and no expense has been spared to make it second to none in quality, if not in size ; in fact, the floor is exactly eimilar to that at the new Palace Bink in Christchurch, so that lovers of rinMng in And around Sefton may pursue this favourite pastime under the moat favourable conditions. The building is practically finished, and will be opened on Friday evening, when the rinking will be followed by a grand ball, for which a capital band has been engaged. Mr Wilson has secured two hundred paira of the celebrated Henley skates, and has otherwise made every provision for the comfort of his patrons. He undoubtedly deserves the best success.