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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20291, 28 April 1934, Page 15

Gautama or Buddha was the founder, in the sixth century 8.C., of the religion Buddhism, now professed by a large part of the people of Asia and the Indian islands. A beautiful account of his life and doctrine will be found in Edwin Arnold’s poem, The Light of Asia.”

The Upper Riccarton Village Methodist Ladies’ Guild held an enjoyable afternoon in the guild room on Thursday. Mrs H. Ryan presided over a good attendance of members, and Miss Milly Exton read a brief report of the last meeting. Games were afterwards enjoyed, the winners of the croquet tournament being Mesdames H. Ryan and H. Taylor (equal). Mrs R. Bowman won the treasure hunt. Mesdames A. Boon and W. Lang were in charge of a home dainty stall to aid the guild’s presentation fund. The camera was not an invention in the same sense as the phonograph; it was really a development from the camera obscura, in which the first photographs were taken. Daguerre, the Frenchman, made a camera some time before 1839.

“ In a trice ” was originally a nautical term, meaning “at one pull”; its earlier form was “at one trice.” The noun “ trice ” was derived from the verb “trice” (as in “to trice up”), which was adapted from the Dutch “trisen” (to hoist).