LOCAL AID GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12755, 26 September 1919, Page 6

LOCAL AID GENERAL.

Tho Moana, from San Francisco, with English and American mails on board, is,expected to arrive in Wellington on Tuesday. ~A heavy south-westerly squall struck Gnnstchurch at about nine o’clock last night. The wind howled and whistled, and torrential rain fell. The side-chan-nels were quickly- swollen, and citizens sent flying helter-skelter for shelter. Earlier in the evening there appeared to bo a heavy thunderstorm over the .Peninsula. “As a schoolmaster,” said Mr F. T. Evans at a valedictory gathering last night, “ 1 felt that one of the best things I could do for the young generation was to get them to take on a game, because you can judge the character of a boy better in the held than in the school, and thev can juage your character better. The" most successful teachers in our profession are those who show that they are men outside as well as teachers inside.” Rugby reminiscences were “right on ’ at the, send-off to Mr F. T. Evans last night. Mr Evans, referring to old-time play, said that while presentday players worked just as hard as they used to, the forwards did not show the same science and take part m the passing rushes. As an evidence ot the interest in the ’eighties, Mr Evans said that there were so many referees offering that it was necessary to have examinations, which he well remembered, at long tables in the Clarendon Hotel. On one occasion ho had to give highest marks to Mr W. Or. Garrard. He would have given 100 per cent, but he knocked off a couple of points, principally on account of the wretched writing, but also because full marks might have made him think that ho knew as much as the examiners. ' f The final meeting of tho Finance Committee of the St Albans branch of the Red Cross Society was held in the Berwick Street Hall last evening, Mr J. M. Beanland presiding. The treasurer presented a statement of receipts and expenditure from the inception ot the branch, on October 14. 1915, until the present time. The balance to < r rec 3- wita accr ued interest, amounted to £604 8s lOd. The thanks and appreciation of the committee were tendered to Miss Musgrove for her work as official collector; also to Mr T. L. Flaus and the gentlemen collectors for their energetic initial work. It was decided to allocate the balance in hand as follows :—Orthopa3dic Hospital—i iano and piano player and music £155, comforts, such_ as fish, poultry, fruit and jellies, _£lso; bagatelle table, £2O; books, £25.. Sanatorium-Comforts, l/os ’k ° tn , bles ’ £4oi'book}s, £25. £125; bagatelle tah.es, £4O; books, £25. Sunday Schools at Berwick Street and , t Matthew’s (where rooms and lighting had been given free of charge)* £5 os each. Any balance remaining is to be used for comforts. A special vote of thanks was accorded the chairman for his work in connection with the branch and the ungrudging use of lus motor-car whenever required A vote of thanks was also accorded the treasurer (Sir S. T. Cox), Mr Turton, and the lady workers. Hundreds of Christchurch oilmens bare been cured by Dr Fellow’s Pile Cones when every other known remedy has failed. Price 3s 6d box, from chemists, or direct. Loashy end Co., chemists (opp. Ballantyne’s). X Bradbnry’s Sweet Peas, the real Glory ot the Garden.” As the sunphes this year were abundant, many of the best kinds are still procurable at Hastie, Bull and Pickering’s. Sow thia month. • i