RICCARTON RECORDS

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17230, 22 December 1923, Page 11

RICCARTON RECORDS

BOROUGH NOTES AND NEWS

By Our Special Correapondeo*

WHARENUI LADIES’ SWIMMING 3 CLUB. 2 The Wharenui Ladies’ Swimming Club has been revived, after having Jr, been out of action for a number of u years. The meeting called for last Tuesday evening in the Wharenui School” was attended by twenty-five 1 ladies, a large proportion being “old ® girls ”of the school. Messrs T. Haber- « field (president of the Wharenui Amateur Swimming Club) and Mr J. J- * Staples (chairman of the Wharenui Coronation Baths Board of Management) were present, and the latter pre- t sided. 1 The following officers were elected 1 —Patroness, Mrs A. Boyle; president, g Mrs A. D. Ford (Mayoress); vice-pre-sident. Mesdames J. Deans, T. Haber- 1 field, W. Brown, H. Church, J. Staples, 1 R. Mounsey, F. J. Alley, H. F. Pen- 3 lingtor. and W. Stanton ; club captain, Miss D. Brown; vice-captain, Mies M. \ Mounsey ; secretary and treasurer, Miss 7 G. Dickson; committe, Misses E. 3 Stephenson M. Brocklehurst, L. Full- j wood, N. Mayr.o, and M. Robinson; \ j auditor. Mr H. F. Penlington. Mrs Church handed in a sum of 30b, » the funds of the old club, with the minute book, rubber stamp, etc., and was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. The captain, vice-captain and secretary were appointed delegates to meet , delegates from the men’s club with a r view to arranging mutually satisfactory bathing hours. The club’s colours will be navy costume, embroidered with red, and club monogram on red shield. The membership will he limited to those over fourteen years of age, and the subscriptions will be:—Seniors 3s 6d, reducible to 2s 6d for prompt payment ; juniors (under sixteen) 2s 6d and 2s. The opening day was fixed for Saturday, December 22, and it was decided to ask the Mayor and Mayoress to perform the ceremony. The club starts off with excellent 1 prospects of securing a large membership. The officials of the men’s club have promised every assistance possible to secure successful organisation. PERSONAL. Miss L. M. Jones, who has been assistant mistress in the infant division at the Wharenui School for seven and a half years, has decided to relinquish j teaching early in the ew Year, in order to take up work in the Methodist Mission in the Solomon Islands. At the school prize distribution ceremony on Thursday afternoon tho head master, Mr H. F. Penlington, presented her with a handsome leather hand-bag. He referred to the faithful manner in which Miss Jones had performed her duties, saying that with her the work among the infants was a labour of love. She had inspired in the children, too, a warmth of love and respect which proved her the right woman in the right place, and Wharenui could ill afford to lose her. Miss M. E. Harvey, infant mistress at Shirley, and a foimer colleague, wrote expressing her good wishes. She hoped the black boys of tho Solomon Islands would not grow so fond of her as to want to make a meal of her. (Laughter.) Mr F. J. Alley, the former head master, replied 1 on Miss Jones’s behalf, and took the opportunity of paying a tribute to her personal worth and her acapabilities as a teacher. Tho children gave their departing teacher three hearty cheers. At the conclusion of the Borough Council meeting on Monday evening the Mayor, councillors and Press representatives were the guests of the Town Clerk (Mr A. Lawrence Gee) and Mrs Gee at a light supper at “ Fairlands,” Straven Road. A pleasant hour was spent in music and story, the toasts honoured being “ The Borough of Riccarton,” “ The Unknown Quantity 1924,” and “the Host and Hostess.” Mr and Mrs Gee and family will spend the holiday on a tour of the North Island, visiting Wanganui, New Plymouth, Auckland and Rotorua. The borough engineer. Mr Sargent, is now an associate member of the In- ! stitute of Electrical Engineers, and may : r>dd the letters A-M.I.E.E. to bis name. 1 The borough council on Monday passed a resolution congratulating him on this 3 acknowledgement of his services and 9 ability. 1 UPPER- RICCARTON SCHOOL PICNIC. Tho anmial picnic of the Upper Riey carton School was held at Kaiapoi ou n December 17, in glorious weather. Lpr words of 400 adults and children made o the trip, and ha-d a most enjoyable is time. Owing to the liberality of the a people of tho school district, generous ■v prize lists wore provided, both for tho t. annual school prizes and for the picnic " programme. Supplementary funds were :h voted by the committee. After tho id conclusion of the sports the annual c- sc hool prizes were distributed. The **" following is a list of tho successful con--10 tostants in the various events: — of BOYS’ EVENTS. i/J Old boys—C. Marsh 1, A. Holmes 2, E. Huirnn 3. „ t 75yds (under 9)—C. Body 1, P. Rose A 2, F. Taylor 3. Under 10: D. Skerten of 1, A. Nevell 2. Under 11: C. Poalson id l’ C. Nevell and J. Eaton 2. -n 100yds; under 12: KPercy 1, t. ro Bston 2, J. Wootton 3. Under 14: E. ~a Poulson 1, P. Newnham 2, It- St re ten

i. Open: A. Fletcher 1, h- M’Gregor j G. Clarke 3. Potato race; under 12 : IX Skerten 1, 1 Poulson 2. Open: L. M’Gregor 1, x. Clarke 2. Siamese race; under 12: J. Eaton md J. Taylor 1 : I>. Smith and E. Percy 2. Open: G. Clarke and L. Vt’Gregor 1, I>. Somerville and W. Vatt 2. Graded relay: A. Fletcher, S. Bryce, r. Chaney, R. Rhodes 1. GIRLS’ EVENTS. 50yds (under 0 years): Phyllis \Ycotton 1, Daplme Roseworthy 2, Joyce Rhodes 3. Under 10 years: Nellie Percy 1, Bessie Kearney 2, Hazel ■stretch 3. 75yds, under 11 years: Dulcie Welch L, Molly Kearney 2, Essie Rountree 3. Under 12 years: Doreen Rose 1, Ethel Mumford 2, May Purvis 3. 100yds, under I4yrs: Mollie Boyland 1. Phyllis Hagertv 2, Minnie Drury 3. Open : Eileen Taylor 1, Rene M’Lennan 2, Minnie Drury 3. Open : Freda Franks 1, Mollie Boy land 2. Phvliis Porter 3. Siamese race: under 12: Maisie and Hazel Stretch 1. Mamie Harrows and Elsie Rmmtree 2. Ooen : Eileen Taylor and Flossie Neville 1. Phyllis Porter and llene M’Lennan 2. Relay race: F*-~da Franks, Masie stretch. Pearl Manson and Eileen Tavlor 1. Single ladies’ race—Miss Edna Spencer 1. Married ladies’ race—Mrs Rose 1, Mrc Amos 2. Potato funder 7T> : Ne-Re 1. Dore-u Roce q. Or.en: Phyllis Porter 1, Eileen Taylor 2. A LOAN PROPOSAL THAT FAILED. Councillor T. M. Ford’s motion to take steps to raise a loan for the purpose of repairing roads and footpaths met with drastic treatment at Monday’s council meeting. Notice of motion had been given. Councillor Ford moved according to notice, but before anyone could second the motion the Mayor ruled it out of order, saying he could find no authority in the Local Bodies’ Loans Act for borrowing money for what was really maintenance work. Councillor Ford: “But the council was going to raise a loan in the new area for road repairs.” The Mayor: “No. That was for new work.” His Worship added: “If we can’t pub our roafis and footoaths in order o\itof revenue it’s time we went out of business.” Unfortunately. tins notice of motion had been puKH-hed in the newspa-nors. Councillor Wi*e thouEht the motion uncalled for. If the council couldn’t maintain its roads and footnnths out of revenue it wa-« time for the council to “ out.” He believed that they would have to get a road roller, though, and another water cart.

RICCARTON W.C.T.T'. The local branch of the W.C.T.U. held its monthly meeting in the Meth odist Church on Thursday afternoon last. The president, Mrs C. \V. Barrel!, presided. A vote of sympathy was passed to Mrs F. E. Taylor iu the sad loss she has sustained through the death of her daughter. Discussion took place as to the best means of pro riding funds for the union, and it was decided to make the March meeting a special one. all members to be asked to bring at least one friend. The president and secretary reported having visited the Templeton branch during the month, when a meeting was held at the residence of Mrs F, Musgrove. There was an attendance cf seventeen ladies. Miss Earnshaw gave an interesting address on her work a 3 Dominion organiser. Five new members were added to tho membership list. A visit was also paid to the Upper Riccarton branch in November, when Mys T. E. Taylor spoke on the work done by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. No meeting of the union will be held in January, but it is hoped to start with renewed vigour in February. TRAMWAYS AND TRAFFIC. At the November meeting of the I Riccarton Borough Council, the Mayor congratulated tho Railway Department

upon the erection of new signals at the Riccarton Road railway crossing. At Monday’s meeting, he made the following statement:— (< In reference to tho splendid signals now erected on the Riccarton Road at the railway crossing, to which I re ierrod at last meeting as being the work of the Railway Department, 1 now find that these signals were erected by the Tramway Board, to whom every credit is duo. If traffic, and especi ally motor traffic, will watch during the day-time tho semaphore arm, and at night the light signal, there will never be any chance of running into tho train. These signals are now visible for fully a mile down the road, especi ally at night, and there need be no fur ther accidents at this railway crossing if the people who use the road will take their guidance from the signals The red signal at night is ‘ danger.' and the semaphore ai m when standing at right angles to the post is the ‘ danger * signal during the day. The clear signal is the green light at night and the semaphore arm down during the day. I desire to congratulate the Tramway Board on the erection oi these signals, which are the most up-to-date on any road which crosses railway tracks at the present time. Another matter I would like to mentior is the fact that, when the Tramwaj Board some time ago interviewed pas sengers who had been left standing a! Deans Avenue, thev were quite righ ; in so doing, as I find that it was neces sary for them to do this to obtain evid ence ior the inquiry that was hold int< our complaint. Mv remark at las meeting that the interviewing of pas sengers was a rather unusual proeedur

was therefore-Hot quite iu order.” Tho statement referred, to was made during the November discussion on tba proposal to make Deans Avenue compulsory tramway stop, which proposition the Tramway Board has since declined. At a later stage in the meeting Councillor AVise reverted to the ject, and be- was supported by the Mayor in his statement, that the Tramway Board had already agreed to make Deans Avenue a compulsory stop. There was no doubt that the residents of the lowet end- of the borough, satef Councillor Wise, were being badly treated by the tramway authorities. GENERAL NOTES. At next- meeting of the Rieearton Borough Council will be discussed a notice of motion by Councillor S. A. Staples that the council raise a loan for the purpose of purchasing a road roller, a motor lorry for rubbish collection. and for tar-sealing Riccarton Road from Deans Avenue to the western boundary of the borough. The Education Board has agreed to the Wharenui School reopening on February 1 instead of January 2D. It is understood that the police arc to take a hand in the matter of pre venting cycling on the Riccarton Road footpath.