PATEA

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 229, 28 September 1931, Page 3

PATEA

PERSONAL. Mrs. P. C. Jenkins and her small son and daughter have returned from their holiday. Mrs Torrens is at present in Wanganui, staying with her mother. Miss Horrell will return this week from her annual holiday, which she spent at Rangiora. ELOCUTION PASSES. As the result of a recent examination, Miss Betty McCarthy was successful in gaining her A.T.C.L. for elocution. She is to be highly congratulated on her success, which has been attained by her when two years younger than the usual age. Others to gain passes were Master L. l G. Pauling, who gained his Intermediate with honours; and Master R. B Watt, of Kakaramea, who also gained honours in Intermediate. Miss A. Hall, of Kakaramea, gained her senior division in elocution/ GOLF. During the past week the championships have been continued, and most have been completed as far as the semifinals and finals. In the ladies’ junior, Miss Phyllis Bourke won from Miss Hemingway, and will play the winner of Miss Al. Gilligan and Miss N. Hurley in the final. In the men’s junior, B. Currie won from E. Harris, and will play the winner of Gilbert and I. Honeyfield. Gilbert won from Meharry last Saturday. SOCIAL. Although the days are certainly lengthening, bridge is still as popular as ever, and several bridge parties have been held lately. « On Friday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Pettigrew entertained a number of their friends, three tables of bridge being arranged. The drawing room looked very charming with decorations of peach blossom, freesias and hyacinths. Mrs. J. Pearce and Mr. Stevens were the winner of the delightful prizes presented by Mrs. Pettigrew. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Austin, Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. R. Hughes, Mrs. J. Pearce, Miss P. Pearce, Miss Gibbings, and Mr. Torrens. LAWN TENNIS CLUB. ANNUAL MEETING. There was a good attendance at the annual meeting of the Patea Lawn Tennis Club, held last Friday night. Mr. A. C. Thompson presided, the president, Mr. W. F. Sheild, being prevented from attending by his illness. Apologies for non-attendance were received from Mr. Sheild, Mrs. Roberts, and Rev. Gibson. The secretary (Mr. G. Corbett) read the annual report and balance-sheet, the latter showing a balance «of £4. The report read as follows: —The season 1930-31 was very successful and marred only by the ever-present bugbear, adverse weather. The balance-sheet shows an increase of expenditure over reeepits amounting to £4 Is 9d, being £1 3s lid in excess of last year. This deficit may be deemed quite satisfactory considering the unusual expenditure of £l4 17s 8d on new nets and the erection of a volleying board. The membership of the club is well maintained, being sixty-three, as compared with sixty-one last season. A pleasing aspect of the season’s play was the enthusiasm shown by members in the handicap singles tournament. After keenly contested matches Miss Hamingway emerged victorious in the senior ladies’ division, and Miss B. Derrett in the junior, whilst Mr. Thompson parried off the honours in the men’s division. Keen enthusiasm was also to the fore in the championship singles, although the men’s division was the only one finalised, Mr Torrens carrying off the honour of club champion. In the ladies’ divisions, Miss Harris reached the junior semi-finals and Misses Hemingway and Gibbs the senior, but the final matches were not played. Two teams, an A and B, were entered in the South Taranaki Inter-club Competitions, and whilst neither were successful to any great extent, all the matches were thoroughly enjoyed by these participating. The thanks of club members are due to the grounds committee for its tfntiring efforts in maintaining the courts during the closed season, the present appearance angering well for ideal conditions at the commencement of play. In moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet, the chairman stated that the secretary should be congratulated on the excellent manner in which he had collected the subscriptions, and carried through the financial part of the club. The season had been a most active one, keen interest being taken by the majority of members. The inter-club competition had proved very popular, although it had been increasingly difficult to get a team for the last matches of the season. The report and balance-sheet were adopted. New members elected were as follow: Mr. Mrs, and Miss R. D. Wybourne, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Danniells, Miss Gibb, Miss E. Bourke, Messrs Downie, Tuahy, Hirst, Bird, McDowell. A new set of rules and by-laws for the club, drawn up by the committee, were submitted to the meeting, and approved, several new ones being added. Subscriptions were fixed the same as last year, namely £2 10s for men and £1 5s for ladies. It was made a recommendation to the incoming committee that one at least, two if possible, of the courts be reserved for non-match players on match days. Election of officers for the season resulted as follow:—President: Mr. A. C. Thompson; vice-presidents: Mrs. Whitehead. Messrs Findlay and W. Jones; secretary and treasurer, K. Robinson; general committee: Messrs. Corbett. Torrens, Wills, Edwards, and Besley; ladies’ committee: Misses Hemingway, Carer, Glennv, Sheilds. Tavlor,'Roberts. P. Bourke: hon. auditor: F. C. Jenkins; club captain, L. Torrens; delegates to Taranaki Lawn Tennis Association: the president (Mr A. C. Thompson) and the secretary (Mr. K. Robinson). The meeting closed with hearty votes

of thanks to the late president, Mr. W. F. Sheild, and the secretary Mr. Corbett. GOLF. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. The following is the draw for a bogey match to be played on Wednesday, September 30. Any player unable to play is asked to notify her partner: Miss Hemingway v. Miss Carey; Miss K. Hurly v. Miss Power; Mrs. Hughes v. Miss Harris; Miss Bremer v. Mrs. Wither; Mrs. Glenny v. Miss Crawford; Mis? Findlaj v. Miss E. Bourke; Miss F. Hemingway v. Miss O’Sullivan; Miss Thorburn v. Mrs. Mcßae; Miss Gilligan v. Miss P. Bourke; Miss Papps v. Miss W. Hurley; Miss Gibson v. Miss Taylor; Miss Lavery Mis» Honeyfield; Mrs. Masters v. Mrs. Gibbs; Mrs. Roberts v. Miss N. Hurley; Miss Hamerton v. Miss Shield; Miss Hall v. Miss Foreman; Mrs. Lester v. Miss Simmons; Mrs. Ritchie v. Mrs. Donald; Mrs. Mitchell v. Miss Kuhfuss. “A fig for care, and a fig for woe.” Heywood. and a bottl of “Baxter’s” for a cold. New Zealanders h-’-n discovered that nothing is so efficacious in relieving such ailments. Baxter’s Lung Preserver soothes from the very first dose; and its unique tonic properties promote the uisease-resisting powers of the system. You can buy “Baxter’s” at all chemists and stores. A large, family size bottle, at 4s 6d is extremely economical, or there are the smaller sizes at 2s 6d and Is 6d. The bottles are now (ojaled with an airtight Mi'ew