SUMNER RIPPLES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16680, 11 March 1922, Page 2

SUMNER RIPPLES.

EVENTS OF THE WEEK. [From Our Correspondent.] CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION. There was a good attendance again at the meeting of the Sumner branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union this week, when MTs David M’Kee, one of the oldest temperance workers in the Dominion, gave the address for the afternoon. Mrs M’Kee spoke of the havoc wrought by the war on the health and will power of many of the returned men and urged that it was the duty of the women of New Zealand to work in their interests with as much energy as they displayed during the war. Mrs M’Kee's remarks •were much appreciated, a. very enjoyable afternoon including two solos by Mrs Wilfred Peers and the usual refreshing afternoon tea. INTER-BOROUGH CONTEST. At the meeting of the representatives of the various local sports bodies it was decided to send ‘delegates to meet the New Brighton men. The meeting took i>lace during this week and a report is to be submitted to a general meeting of representatives at once. SCHOOL COMMITTEE. The chairman, Mr G. A. Alexander, has received from two anonymous donors a gift of a completed Honours Board. This will hold the names of the girl and boy dux of the school as far back as can be traced, and will be placed in a suitable position. The photographs recently secured by Mr J. M’Combs for the school have been framed and hung in the different rooms. The committee is considering the question of planting shelter trees, and hopes to make provision for completing the rearrangement of the playground before the end of the next term holidays. BOWLING. The finals of the club championships proved extremely interesting. The doubles, which were played on the section principle, resulted in a meritorious win for C. Forrest and H. C. Wilson, both of whom experienced their first season of Sumner Club membership and played right through without defeat. Mr W. F. Raphael won the singles, which gives him the distinction now oF having won the event for the fourth time since the club was formed. In the championship rinks, R. Wallace. W. S. Mitchell, H. Barlow and W. J. Hampton (skip) secured the victory which entitles them to hold, for ono year, the handsome silver cup presented by Mr W- H. MacDougall. RELDCLIFFS notes. The Redcliffs Burgesses* Association has applied to the council for the erection of a public convenience at the foot of “ The Spur.” This, together with the question of the best site for a tram shelter for that portion of the borough, was referred to the borough engineer for a report. The residents on the waterfront are anxious to obtain better roading, and the borough engineer has been asked to submit an estimate of the cost of constructing a ten-foot road along the beach from Causeway Road to 'Pratt Street. Mrs W. D. Kirkpatrick, the mistress at the Redcliffs School, who has decided to retire on superannuation lias been connected with the school for nearly fifteen years and has actively associated herself with all movement* for t'he welfare of the district during that time. In her professional work, Mrs Kirkpatrick endeared herself to a large number of pupils and parents.

all of whom feel that her faithful and kindly influence will be very much missed.