PAPANUI PARAGRAPHS

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17039, 12 May 1923, Page 10

PAPANUI PARAGRAPHS

NEWS OF THE DISTRICT

By our Special Correspondent

PROGRESSIVE PAPANUI.

AT WORK AND PLAY. THE FIRST TROTTING R ACE. Those people who think that trotting races are a comparatively new form of • port will bo surprised to know tluit iftv-eight years ago a race ww held i! rough Pa pa nu i. Mr William Elliot, so lather. Joseph Kliott, settled in •'r.panm sixty-four years ago. states :Ui the race was run from the Seven Milo Peg Hotel to the Stone Bridge ■Victoria Street Bridge), Gentle Annie. West Coast horse, beating a local ‘ter by « good margin. The race M.‘-ed great interest. PROG HESS LEAGUE. The wet night was against a large attendance at the meeting on Monday ivening.. Mr AV. J. Boyce, the president, had a.n important meeting to attend in connection with educational matters., and Mr W. Poole tool? the chair. A deputation from the United Burgesses’ Association waited on the League, and their arguments in favour if Papanui affiliating were listened to with interest. Mr R. Blank stated that the United Burgesses’ Association represented fifteen burgesses’ bodies, who in turn represented at least 14,000 people. They were in a position to give free legal advice and other benefits, also a united, body could give great is si stance to the Drainage Board in furthering their big scheme. After the deputation had withdrawn i brief discussion showed nearly all in favour of affiliating. The matter will be brought forward again at the next meeting. Correspondence was received from the Chief Postmaster promising a light >ver the Papanui Post Office’s letter boxes as soon as possible. The Town Olerk wrote in connection with various natters brought forward by the league, md it was resolved to thank him for he expeditious manner in which the cpresentations of the league bad been attended to. A LITERARY SOCIETY. Air H. C. D. Somerset states that he has been promised, sufficient support to encourage him to go on with the forming of this society. While the edu national side will be the chief aim. yet he social side will not be lost sight of. All interested are requested to hand in their names to him. PERSONAL. The Rev T. Is . GrifFen, with Miss A. C. Griffen, returned home, on Tuesday. Mr Griffen, who looks all the better for the change, lias been away ux weeks. He put in four weeks at Auckland, and the rest of the time at vVaikato, Palmerston ancl Wellington. Vs secretary of the Progress League, Vl r Griffen expressed himself greatly usappointed that Papanui had not got is candidate in. He thinks it is most important that we should have someone directly interested in the district in the council, and he feels sure that 4 a. good committee had been got together. this could have been done. Miss Griffen did not go to Auckland, but visited Picton and Blenheim, and oined her father in Wellington. Air L. B. Hart, who has been indisposed for some time, is now about again, and well on the way to recovery. The Rev H. Rvan is now gaining strength fast. The operation he under went appears to have been successful. Airs Barnett, Papanui’s popular post mistress, is at present away holidaymaking on leave. Owing to the indisposition of the chairman. Air F. Sisson. Air W. .T. Boyce, viee-president of the Sports Club, took the chair at their last meeting. On behalf of the committee. Alt's E Blair has thanked Air Joyce for his assistance in decorating the hall for the opening ball and for his gift of evergreens. NOTES. The Waimairi school concert would have been a greater success but for the wet weather. The competition from the Papanui Pictures was unfortunate, but the date had been fixed before the pictures started. Two specially popu lar items were the playing of the drums by Air Rattray (practically a one man band) and the dainty dancing of Aliases AI. and R. Gibson. Air Cowper, returning officer, was able to announce the result of the Hospital Board election, by 7.30 on Wednesday night. Considering the

scattered district to be covered this was quick work. The Papanui Sports Club’s wind-up meeting for the season was well attended on Tuesday night. The balancesheet disclosed a total expenditure of £l6O 10s lid, and receipts of £126 17s 9d, leaving a debit balance of over £2B. To help to wipe this out the club intends to hold a euchre social and dance next month, and it ie to be hoped this evening will be as well supported as it deserves to be. Mr T. H. Clough explains that the loss this year has been caused by other functions clashing with the local club's •dates, namely the Lyttelton Regatta and the New Brighton gala on Boxing Day and the Hororata Racing Club in March. “In regard t-o the Hororata Racing Club, I comsider their intrusion into the city imost unfair to sport.” Air dough «a%s. The Waimairi Qouncil is going in for an extensive scheme el tar sealing the roads during the coming year. This method is to use a mixture of bitumen and tar on the surface and all repairs will be of tarred macadamLast Saturday night the North Papanui Burgesses 7 Association seems to have been successfully launched. Mr W. G. Chapman, the chairman pro. tem., is a. very live man, and Air R. J. Wilson, honorary secretary, is * hard worker who should make this body grow. The recent flooding of Northcote .Settlement is among \ some of the many matters that need attention. THE HAREWOOD SEAT. The Waimairi Council has been unfortunate lately in losing its two oldest members, Air S. A. Staples through the alteration in the boundary, and now Air F. Sisson through his defeat by Air Shipley. Air F. Sisson was the second oldest member of the council, Mr Staples beating him by one year, and he had been representative for Harewood for close on twenty years, back into the days when the cpuncil was known as the Riccarton and Avon Road Board and met at Riccarton. It was largely owing to All* Sisson that the administration was shifted to Papanui. The fact that Air Sisson has been confined to his house for the last eight weeks, and was unable to organise committees, etc., must have been largely instrumental in his defeat.

Air W. J. Walter, who was on Wed nesday elected to the Hospital Board for this district, is now senior mem her of the council. THE AIETHODIST GUILD. This live guild held a mock municipal election on Tuesday evening, and the speeches of the candidates were amusing and interesting, and every body entered into the spirit of the thing. Airs AY. Baynes was elected Mayor and defeated Air C. Quigley, in spite of his clever address, by a good margin. Five stood for the council, and Afisses Down and Townley an-,i Airs W. Alar shall were elected. PAPANUI PICTURES. The attendances at the last two even ings seem to prove that this venture has come to stay. To-night will b-* shown that fine Aletro production. Love. Honour and Obey,” and good supporting films. Next Wednesday brings the Univer sal’s super Jewel “ The Storm,” a drama that sweeps away the artificial • nci makes life glad. A roaring, bellowing storm, a snow avalanche blocking the path of civilisation, and the girl imprisoned in the hut with two men. A wonderful film, with the end the host of all. Next Saturday “ The Bachelor Daddy.” Imagine five bright, sturdv children running riot, bachelor daddie ’ by Thomas Aleighan, and a girl who wanted no children about the house—they worried her lap dog. Of course, there was another girl. “ALONE IN THE WORLD.” An emotion drama, Alone in the World,” under the personal super vision of Air P. L. J. Davies, will Tie staged in Papanui shortly by the Christchurch Dramatic Repertory Players. WAKE UP! PAPANUI. TO THE EDITOR Sir. —I would like to reply to “Progressive,” as I feel he is wasting his time. As an old resident, I can tell him that Papanui is dead, and when I go across Alemorial Square at night 1 feel like going on tip toe, for the miserable one or two lights remind me of the flickering candles where the body lies in state at a wake in the T darkened room of death.—l am. etc.. TREAD LIGHTLY".