TAIHAPE NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 96, 26 April 1940, Page 3

TAIHAPE NEWS

ACCREDITING SYSTEM (Own Correspondent) TAIHAPE, April 24. At the biennial meeting of house- : holders on Monday evening the head- i master, Mr. J, C. Whibley, said that ' there was a possibility that the ac- 1 crediting system would be introduced ; at the end of the year in regard to ■ matriculation. Mr. Whibley explained that under this system candidates' were recommended for a pass by the : headmaster. The system was intended ; to apply to certain approved schools 1 only, but he did not think that this : was fair as those attending the big , high schools would have an advant- ■ age over those who were pupils of: district high schools. He then moved i a motion that if and when the ac- ' crediting system is introduced it I should apply to district high schools ' as well as high schools and technical \ schools. The motion was carried.

GOLFERS TO ASSIST PATRIOTIC : FUND A circular letter was received from ■ the New Zealand Golf Association j asking golf clubs to assist the Na- ■ tional Patriotic Fund by holding a; competition and charging an entrance j fee, the proceeds to be devoted to this j fund, was read at Tuesday’s meeting I of the Taihape Golf Club Committee. : The meeting decided to co-operate i in the movement by staging a medal i competition of three rounds, the first i round to be played any day this week, ' including Sunday. An entrance fee | of two shillings per, round will be j charged and the club intends to pro-1 vide a trophy for the competition. ! Members can choose their own partners and play when it suits them, but a member of the committee has to be notified before players actually commence their competition round. All members are asked to take part in the competition and assist a worthy cause. SCHOOL BALL An advertisement will appear in tomorrow’s issue regarding the annual ball of the Taihape District High School to be held on Thursday, May 2, in the Town Hall. The programme will include folk dances and marches. Country residents are asked to note that all country school pupils are invited to the Taihape School ball. The following folk dances will - be presented: “Norwegian Mountain March,’’ “Rutty-Tufty,” "Epping Forest,” “Sellenger’s Round,” “Galoped,” “If All the World Were Paper,” and “I Won't Go Home Till Morning.” Arrangements in connection with the ball were finalised at a meeting of the newly-elected school committee on Monday evening. A meeting of ladies was held on Wednesday afternoon to discuss matters in connection with the supper. INDUCTION OF NEW VICAR The induction of the Rev. W. M. Smalllield as vicar of Taihape will take place in St. Margaret’s Church to-night (Friday), April 26, at 7.30 o'clock. The Bishop of Wellington, Rt. Rev. H. St. Barbe Holland, will perform the ceremony of the institution and Archdeacon Petrie and other clergy will assist. There will be a social in the Parish Hall after the induction to enable parishioners to meet the bishop, the new vicar and Mrs. Smallfield The new vicar is a son of Canon P. S. Smallfield, of Auckland. TAIHAPE TENNIS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS

The championship events of the Taihape Tennis Club have been finalised.and the presentation of trophies will take place at a social and dance on Friday evening. The men’s singles championship was won by F. Bush, who defeated N. Lelievre in the final after a keen contest. The ladies’ singles was won by Miss Foley. Results of the finals are as follows: — Men’s Singles Championship: F. Bush defeated N. Lelievre, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. Ladies' Singles Championship: Miss Foley defeated Miss Phillips, 6-4, 6-2. Men’s Doubles Championship: F. Bush and P. Bryers defeated N. Lelievre and W. Casey, 6-1, 6-3. Ladies' Doubles Championship: Misses Foley and Fitzherbert defeated Misses Phillips and Couper, 6-4, 9-7. Mixed Doubles Championship: Miss Anderson and W. Casey defeated N. Lelievre and Miss M. Couper, 6-2, 6-2. Ladies’ B Grade Singles Championship: Miss J. Burney defeated Miss J. Floyd. Mixed Double B Grade Championship: L. Siddle and Miss J. Burney defeated Broadbent and Miss J. Floyd, 9-2. Men’s B Grade Doubles Championship: G. Siddle and Broadbent defeated I-lesketh and Curtis, 10-8. Men’s B Grade Singles: L. Siddle defeated J. Holmes. 9-2. BOROUGH POTATO CROP OFFER OF £5 PER TON At the monthly meeting of the Taihape Borough Council on Friday evening the town clerk reported that an offer of £5 per ton for the crop of borough potatoes had been received from a Manawatu firm provided that the samples were satisfactory.

Cr. Robinson: We will come out about square on the transaction. The scheme was a gamble. Potatoes are fetching £2O per ton in Sydney. It is foolish to let ours go at £5 per ton. Cr. Kearins: We produced the goods. The crop yielded 40 tons. This is a lot to hold. I suggest that we accept £5 per ton. Cr. Loader: I think that Cr. Kearins is right. We don't know how long the potatoes will keep. I think that we should accept the offer. The potatoes may not be suitable for export. We might lose the lot. We have Improved the ground. Perhaps we could send a ton to Trentham so that the soldiers would get something.

Cr. Kearins: We have the seed for next year, and pig feed and I think that we should accept the offer. Cr. Ryan: Will the potatoes keep? Cr. Galbraith: Keep them if they have not got blight. Cr. Kearins: They won’t keep. Mr. Abbott: Our sheds are full of potatoes, which have to be turned over. They won’t keep as they are. Cr. Kearins: I don’t think that they will keep for long. They might keep for two months. Cr. Robinson moved that the council hold on to the potatoes for another month before doing any business.

Cr. Ryan: We should get more than £5 per ton for them. Will they keep? Mr. Abbott: They will keep for a month or possibly a little longer.

There 20 tons in the shed and 20 tons in the pit. Cr. Galbraith: Sell the loose ones and hang on to the others. During the course of further discussion it was pointed out that there would be no profit in the potatoes at £5 per ton. A voice: The soldiers will get nothing. We planted the potatoes to raise funds for the soldiers. The town clerk: The South Island

I potatoes will be ready in June and 'they will either be exported to Aus- : tralia or sent to the North Island so j that prices will either be up or down j in June according to the destination j of the South Island potatoes. Eventually it was decided to sell half j the crop to the Palmerston North firm i at £5 per ton. i It was also mentioned that there was a swamp in the potato patch and about two tons of potatoes in this part

could not be dug with the potato digger on account of the nature of the ■ ground. The town clerk was instructed to procure tiles so that the property could be properly drained. Cr. Robinson: Everyone should buy a bag of potatoes and so help the soldiers. If they did there would be some proceeds for the troops. The Mayor said that Mr. Abbott had put in a lot of work in connection with the potatoes