PROGRESSIVE PAPANUI.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16928, 30 December 1922, Page 2

PROGRESSIVE PAPANUI.

AT WORK AND AT PLAY, j Sweetly scented, and written on | lavender note paper, this letter has been received. It is reads:—“'Dear Sir, In yqur “ vStar ’' notes last week you write about the Presbyterian Boys’ Guild washing up \ • and waiting table for the girls. J | I would like to suggest that all young j i men before being allowed to marry, j j should' have to pass an examination in j ' these duties. At present when a poor i girl marries its a gamble whether her : husband knows enough not to burn the t j water when she wants him to bring her • j a cup of tea in the morning.” THE BOXING BAY SPORTS ! MEETING. i In spite of the great counter attrac- \ | lions a good crown rolled up at the | j Papanui sports. All wlio aid so ap i i pea rod to enjoy themselves. Ihe Do- ; ! m-ain is an ideal picmc ground, prob- j I ably the best near Christchurch. Fine j oaks and willows give shelter from the j sun and the poplars break the east ! i wind. The president of the Sports i j Club was .Mr i’. Bisson and the chair- . 1 man of the Pete Committee was Mr NS . ! j J. Boyce and the arrangements were a ! credit" to their joint work. Mr Boyce { j did excellent preparatory work. Mr T. i | IT. Clough put in Ins usual good or- j » ganising. He keeps a benign fatherly ; ■ eye on everything and one could almost | I believe that t hfi weather would be ; ; ashamed to be anything but good with j ‘ him in charge. Mr Frank Sisson when j seen afterwards expressed himself satis- i ! Fed with the results considering the I j number of counter attractions, j Mr T. A. Clough, the lion secretary, j ! could not give, details of the results but | i wished on behalf of the committee to j j thank the workers. He said-. “In the j first place I wish to thank Mr W. J. j ! Waiters and Mr A. B. L. Smith for the | ! great help they gave. They worked 1 { hard ail day. Then I would like to j j thank the women folk. Their work was i i especially valuable. A special word of { ; praise must be given to the assistant \ | secretary, Mr B. Derrett and to the j ! gatekeepers, Messrs Taylor, W. Burj borough, senr., Barnard senr., and Bar- | nurd junr. Of the others it is hard to j i separatb them for many did their hard : j work before the day. All these worked j j hard:—F. Sisson, J. Pepper, 11. Hick- j 1 I erby, G. Derrett, W. Boyce, A. Pearce. S ! W. Smith. S. Kruze, G. Boi’ghfelt, W. t i 1 Sutherland, Bert Sisson. W. Burbor- j . i ough, J. Pugh, J. Tjillett, J. Munro, j ; H. Guy, A. Borghfelt, S. Couper, C. ; J Jessop, A. Uren, and R. Hamilton. For j i the surprise packets Mr J. Reynolds, ! Mr 11. .J . Sharpe and Miss Burke work- ; ,j ed hard. For .the success of the High- | land dancing Thanks are due to Mr F. j Bell and Mrs R. Currie judging. At i • the refreshments Mrs Barnard, assisted by Mesdames Woodham, Taylor, Uren, Laing, Baker, Blaekmore and Mr N. Taylor did great work and Mr A. Pearce and G. Baker at the Aunt Sally [ must have mention. At the Fancy Stall Airs C. Smith and Mrs Bolt were very successful and Mr Palmer’s kindness and help to the committee was : much appreciated. I will conclude by thanking the Pine Band and the Brighton Boys Fife Band.” Mr R. Rickerby, president of the L Papanui Cycle Club who also acted as L starter on the day, said, “ Esnecial mention should be made of Leathern’s > great riding. He is a ehamnion in the making. His win in the mile was es--1 peciallv good. He now leads for the • .Tones and Sons Cup given to_our club for most points in the season’s races. Wilbraham’s riding too certainly s deL served a. place. He was unfortunate.”

PROPOSED ENLARGED SPORTS GROUND. Mr F. Sisson admits the need of an enlarged sports grounds but can see difficulties in the wav of getting it. “Still,” he says, “the time for getting it is the present- because in a. few years times the cost will be ten times what it is now.” NOTES. Three prize winners at last week’s Presbyterian Young Men’s Guild were Masters 'Torrance, Rutledge and MasThe electrical reticulation of Northcote settlement has now completed by the Waimairi Council. George Hart, son of Mr L. B. Hart, j for the second year running won the j athletic championship of Elmwood and * received the gold medal for the most popular boy. The inventor of the patent egg holder for preserving eggs, vne JNew Zealand rights of which have brought a large sum, is a resident of St .James Avenue. Miss F- D. Baxter, Matson's Road, won the costume given by Mrs M’Donaid fox: the nearest guess to the takings of the Sports. She guessed within 4s 3d of the total. According to the chairman of the Town Hall Committee, Mr L. B. Hart, the girder is still the cause of the Town Hall not being opened. He intends to call a meeting of the committee as soon as the holidays are over. I r or New Year, Papanui Tennis Club is journeying to Amberlev and St Paul's is arranging an all day vankee tournament. Mr AY. T. Church has an advertisemelit near this column regarding the doss of a fur necklet on December 18. Master Harry Foley, the Wellington College bat, is spending his holidays with his aunt, Mrs Coleman, St Janies Avenue. PROPOSED ORUIIESTRA. It appears that at one time Papanui had a. Jin© band, and it has been sug gestecl that the instruments may be still in existence. One of the trustees is dead but the ether is believed to be still living. A sum of money was st-iJ! owing on the instruments so it is possible That were sold to pay this off. Mr W. T. Church reports the needs of euphonium, tenor horn and cornet also two clarionets and picolo or flute. He ist •quite willing to have for players ! anyone ivho has never played an instru- ! merit before, providing he js willing to practise hard. This i« a fine chance for anyone to gain a musical education. CHOIR PICNIC. The choir of the Papanui Methodist Church invited the church members to a picnic at Karaki on Boxing Day. Mr and Mrs Wilmer who have a summer hunt there, supplied hot water and arranged the details. Everyone enjoyed the holiday. BOWLS. Some of the skips have been very neglectful about getting their games off. Up to date the results are: Freeman’s, w.l.w Samuels’, l.w- Baluin’s, 1-1.1.; Shore, w.L; Aymes. 1.w.1. , Poole, w.w.w. ; Kettle, w. ; and W. and A. Banks still to play. Three teams have entered for the central doubles. Quigley and Samuels took the Matson Badges last week from S. M’ Donald and Shore. TO STOP CONGESTION. Mr L. B. f Hart makes the valuable j suggestion tITSt steps be taken to emu- ! Late Spreydon’s example and see that j no Papanui dwelling is built on und~w a chain fronrtage. He says, “We must see that Papanui does not lose its identity as being the garden suburb.” LOCAL WINNERS. The following Papanuiites won at the Sports meeting:—R. E. Torrance, 100yds maiden - H. J. Nunweek, 440 yds amateur Handicap; C. Burrows, married men’s race; Mrs E. Pearce, married women’s race; E. J. Rutledge. 880yds amateur handicap. A. Leathern whose fine lading won Mr W. Burbor ough’s gold modal for most points is a member of the Papanui Cycling Club. \V. Mu seen who won the 75yds open hails from Belfast.

In the Highland events Doris Bell p=oii the Sea-nn Truibhais and her sister Irene won the Sword Dance with Doris second. Stephen Bell won the Highland Fling for all those who have neve* previously won a prize. May Currie was second in the Highland Fling for learners. DETAILS OF WAIMAIRI SCHOOL PRIZES. Standard I: D. Hapgood, R. Stockc;«'le, L. Dailey, E. Hickling. Standard II: M. Everest, M. Gibson. C. Hill. Standard III: J. M’Cuilough, F. Hill, E. Ryan, E. MuHiolland. Standard IV : E. Bond, M. Gregory, P. Cobden, N. Coull. Standard V : K. Sberlaw, S. Woods, E. Everest, R. Gib--1 son. Sewing prizes—Standard J : J. Sturrock, E. Sandford. Standard II: B. Kali, A. Rowe. Standard III: E. Ryan, M. Rutledge. Standard IV : E. Bewitt (Mrs Roberts’s prize) Standard V-VI: J. Ellinan, R. Niles Special sewing prizes—E. Everest (Miss Hookbarn’s prize), F. Sturrock (Mrs Hookham's i>rize). Special prizes—Miss Cook’s prize: G. Hennessey: Miss Garman’s two priezs, E. Everest. E. Sandford. History—Mr Hookham’s prize, ~\V . . Charles worth. Geography—Mr Par-era’s prize, A. Charlesworth. Best writing (Mr Holmes’s prize)—J. Charlesworth ; Mr Blumskv’s prize, E. Eyerest. Composition—M. Neilson ; Standard V, H. Taylor. Arithmetic (Mr Elliot’s prize)—H. Hartley. Spelling—R. Niles. DETAILS PAPANUI MAIN SCHOOL PRIZES. The prize giving commenced with a display of physical drill by the seniors under Miss Callaghan and Mr M’Clatchy. The work was very good. Mr Chapman, chairman of the comixittee, introduced the Hon D. Buddo, who expressed Ins pleasure at the number of parents present and the interest shown in the school work. Ho said the display of physical drill had been mosfj creditable and the school was to Le congratulated on the teaching staff. Mr W. Moore, president of the School Committees Association, appealed for support for school committee work, after which the parents inspected the school uorlr. Mr T. A. Gates, the headmaster, is to be congratulated on the scholars’ progress. Two large brail tubs presided over by Mesdames Wood and Wray were quickly emptied of toys by the infants, after which the prizes were -distributed as follows s Dux —Beatrice Bott, Leading boy and leading girl (Mr W. T. Church’s prizes)—Arthur Leggett and Itubv Flair, also Alice Gillett, Peggy Smith, Amy Berryman, Thomas Smith. Robert Hodgson, William Amos. Standard Y—Girls: Elsie Priest, Annie Clegg, Lizzie Bailey. Bovs: Leslie Eliott, John Battarbee, Ransford Griffen. Standard IV—Girls: Eileen Musson, Gladys Wheat, Grace Iverridge. Boys: Edmund Pickup, Edgar Rossiter, Rupcit Norrish. Standard Hl—Girls: Irene Tullett, Maisie Sisson, Dorothy Sandford. Boys: Roy Wilkinson, Harry Barnes, Laurie Bruce. Standard ll—Girls: Phyllis Cleall, Noeline Wylie, Iris Langdon. Boj’s : Fred Ford, Alftn Foster. Gordon Russell. Standard I —Girls : Catherine- Leggett, Phyllis Jackson, Jean Sandford. Buys: Jack Amos, Lindsay Craighead. Sidney Tidlett. Sewing—-Standard VI: F. Bailey, A, Gillett. Standard -V: Lucy Butt,

M. Sisson. Attendance—Thelma Tonyes, Viblet Tomes, Leslie Elliot*, George Blank (prizes presented by Mrs Mackie). Mr Chapman’s prize went to Lilian Walters arid Mr M’Clatchy’s prizes to Herbert M’Cartney and Violet Tomes. General neatness—Eunice Jackson. Afternoon tea was served by the lady member and the wives of committeemen. SURPRISE PARTY* Mr and Mrs T. Booker received a surprise party at their residence, Winters Road. Songs were given by Barrett, Mesdames Wood and Anderson. Among those present wore: Mr and Mrs Gates. Mr and Mrs Wray, Mr and Mrs Stonehouse, Mrs Wood, Misses Maud T. Booker, C. and S. Wood, B. Barrett and Messrs Smith, D. and C. Booker and Anderson.