Papanui Paragraphs

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18496, 23 June 1928, Page 27 (Supplement)

Papanui Paragraphs

By Special Correspondent of the ** Star.**

A.O.F. The fortnightly meeting of Court Papanui was held in the court room on Monday last, Chief Ranger Brother V. Clarridge presiding over fair attendance of members. The Woodwards reported eleven members on the sick funds and sick play was dispensed accordingly. The sick visitor Brother F. E. Foote, reported visiting the sick members and the majority are progressing favourably. An appeal was made to the Benevolent Association on behalf of a brother who is in distress. The court also made a grant out of the incidental fund to this.brother. Accounts to the amount of £29 16s were passed for payment. Arrangements have been made to hold another ladies’ evening in Mr Rickerby’rs buildings at the beginning of next month. Two new members, one lady and one man, were initiated into the order, and three candidates were proposed for initiation. BLIGH'S ROAD STOCK ROUTE. There was a time when the driving of stock along Bligh’s Road was in keeping with the locality. Up till recent years it was a Sparsely populated coun- < try road; to-day. the position is different. As with the rest of the city position of Papanui, the area is closely built on, and the stock route of the past should not be one now. On Wednesday, the Papanui Progress League decided to ask the City Council to prohibit stock driving "through the city area and appointed a representative to meet the conference that

is to sit next Thursday to discuss the matter. No argument can be brought forward that will out-weigh the one fact*that on Bligh’s Road is the Waimairi School with its three hundred odd pupils. There 13 no doubt that the majority of children are frightened of cattle. Children may often be seen white-faced hiding in the nearest gate-way when the cattle pass. The children instinctively dread cattle, and how well thoy are justified should now be told., The incident to be related did not receive publicity at the time, for the fatSer (a wellknown business man in Papanui) felt that as nothing could bring his daugnter back again, the publicity of the case would only aggravate the hurt. Now, however, he has allowed the matter to be brought forward, if only to protect other children and he is prepared to prove that the statement is correct. He lives on Bligh’s Road, and his daughter had gone for message. Returning she met a mob of cattle and one bullock rushed her. She turned and fled, and the animal caught and tossed her, it’s horn ripping her dress open The animal was standing on her when the -drovers rescued her. Eight weeks later the girl died of shock, the result of the accident. FOOTBALL. Playing at St Jajpes* Park on Saturday, the Waimairi juniors won their match against Hornby by pight points to nil. Despite the greasy state of the ground, the game was very open, the Waimairi forwards by fast following up prevented the Hornby team from making any headway. 11. Tullett and W. Grainger scored tries, and H. Hartley potted a goal for the winners. In the sixth grade team, R. Menzies, E. Fielding, L. Humphreys and R. Beggs are playing good football. PERSONAL. Mrs E. Blair and Mrs A. Ives returned on Thursday from a six weeks' holiday in Australia. The holiday was a most enjoyable one, and Mrs Blair returned much benefited in health, Sydney was visited and trips made to the Blue Mountains and to the Jenolan Caves, and to Melbourne. The home voyage was far from pleasant, however, for the Maunganui struck the cyclone that raged on the other side of the Tasman Sea and had to be towed out of Sydney, and a continuation of rough seas made the boat twenty-four hours late arriving in Wellington. MASKED BALL. Next Tuesday’s masked ball will be a novelty for Papanui. Masks are procurable at the door. Dancing is from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m., and a late car is provided. There are prizes for the best dressed lady and gentleman, and plenty of novelty dances. Mesdames H. R. Smith and E. J. Kettle are the organisers and all the funds go to Nurse Mattde for her work. Reg Woods’s band will play. A special feature is a “picture dance.” - NOTES. Skating started in Papanui on Thursday. Yesterday many of the young men had their meals off the mantelpiece. A Young Peoples’ Society has been

formed in connection with the Presbyterian Church. Mr L. B. Quartermain, M.A.. is the president,- and tonight the first debate is taking place. “Do New Zealand men spend too much time in sport?”.is the subject. The final of the snooker tournament which has been running for the last two months at the Papanui Billiard Rooms, i 3 to be played off between H. Mason and Percy Smith. Mason has had a fairly easy path to the final, but. Smith had two surprising wins. With the red balls off the table, he was 33 behind in two of his matches and required “snookers’’ to win. A ■ Papanui lad3* has promised that the £72 held to provide a children’s playground in St Janies Park shall be brought up to £IOO. This lady says that, like a good many others, she had never visited the -park, until she went to a football match in which she was interested. She wa3 surprised at the beauty of the park and decided to work for it and get seats and assist with the children’s playground, and has guaranteed to raise the £2B needed to secure the full £SO subsidy from the City Council. The chairman, Mr W. G. Chapman, at the Progress League meeting, brought up the matter of the rating in. the Waimairi district for the Memorial Hall. Mr Chapman said his rates had gone up from 11s 6d to £1 17s 7d, a tremendous bound. “If the smaller amount was sufficient once to pay for the hall, what becomes of the larger sums? Who gets the money?” the speaker demanded. None of the members present could give a satisfactory answer to the question. The Mayor, Mr J. K. Archer, made a statement last May in Papanui that the City Council would make high pressure water connection from the road to the boundary of properties, without charge. This was brought up at Wednesday's Progress League meeting, and ’ also the fact that .the council is charging £3 for this service. The opinion was 1 that the price was exorbitant and in view of the Mayor’s statement a protest is to be sent to the City Council regarding the matter, Mr S. H. Cox brought before the Progress League the state of Matson’s Road and asked that the City Council be written to about the matter. “Bet ter write about all the roads. They are all the same,” said someone, and the remark was enthusiasticaly received. It was stated at the same meeting that the alterations to Watford and Halton Streets necessitated the re xnoval of the channelling, and that the removal was charged to the loan account. It did not seem right that after the original channel had been a charge on the loan that the charge should be made again. It was decided to inquire into the position.