CONDENSED NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17183, 29 October 1923, Page 6

CONDENSED NEWS.

OVERNIGHT SUMMARY. The 1923-24 season oE th-e Lyttelton Bowling Club was opened on Saturday .a iter noon. The green was m splendid order and there was a large attendance of members and their friends. The following persons nominated by ; the -Life Saving Club have been ap- i j pointed beach inspectors by the Sum- 1 ner Borough Council: —-Messrs *'*-• ! Buttle. C. S. Booth, J. C McDonald, ; H C. O. Allen, A. S. Clark and * . J. Giackin. Mr and Mrs W. M. Skevington, who are leaving shortly for England, were fa re welled by the residents or Mead and Te Perica on Friday evening. Mr Skevington has been appointed to represent Messrs P. and D- Duncan Ltd. at the British Empire Exhibition. A competition for the Colonial Ammunition Company’s challenge cup was held at Rangier a on Saturday, the conditions were a club team, of seven men" to shoot- twenty-one birds each off the 10yds mark. The trophv was won by the Christchurch Gun Cluo. Arrangements have been made for a collection of exhibits from the Grey County at the Hokitika Exhibition. It possible it is intended to exhibit a model of the Point Elizabeth harbour scheme Photographs of scenic resorts are to be displayed, also coal, minerals and 1 timber samples \t a meeting of the Society for IniP«rial Culture on Saturday night the chairman (Dr John Guthrie) called at-, tention to a recent speech in Tondon of the Duke of Connaugb emphasising the desirability of a more i requeue exchange of cultural ideas between the dominions and the Home Country. Mr H. R- C. M’Elrea has Been appointed to represent the Ashburton Athletic Club at the Boxing Conference to open in Wellington to-morrow. In view of the general, interest existing at the moment the conference promises to he one of the most important in the history of boxing in A'cw Zealand. \ new development has arisen m the scheme t-o supply electricity for the Grey district- Cast Tuesday the hoard decided upon the Arnold Riyer as the source of supply, thw_ affording a maximum of 4500 h-P Now. however. a suggestion has been made that I the board “either take over the plant • already constructed at Lake Hochstetter or allow the Lake Hochstetter Goldfields Comnar.v to sell power from the Hake in hulk.' The advantage of this i scheme is that the board will not he i put to the expense of building a. dam ■ and installing fl plant. It is estimated i that up to 10,000 h.n. can he obtained : from l.ake Hochstetter. The matter I is to be considered at a special ineet- • ing of the board on Wednesday. A large party of visitors to the j Wailio glacier had an unenviable ex- ■ neriencc'on Tuesday last, due to the i torrential rams. ' Hie rivers and I streams were in flood hut Slatey r reek i was fordable- However, it was found j impossible to crows MacDonald’s Creek, I a mile or two further on. The cars ; started back to Wailio, but on arriving at Slatey Creek again it was at once seen that it bad risen to an impossible height for the cars. The party, wet to the skin, went- to the house of Mr C Donovon. ■ who provided them with billy tea. bread and damper and then ferried them across the creek in a dray. Eventual! v the party reached the Wailio Hotel. cold and wet to the skin.