NOTES FROM TAIHAPE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 178, 31 July 1940, Page 2

NOTES FROM TAIHAPE

LADY GALWAY PATRIOTIC GUILD (Own Correspondent.) TAIHAPE, July 30. The following amounts have been donated to date in addition to clothes: Mrs. W. McA. Duncan £5 5s 6d; Huia Street, collected by Mrs. Gibbs, £1; Mrs. Williams, from card party, £3 0s 6d; Mrs. C. Leary 10s; collected by Mrs. Barton 17s; Hihitahi, collected by Mrs. Deacon, £1 7s 6d; Mrs. Williams, card parties in Mataroa district, £4 8s; collected by Mrs. Barton £3 6s 6d; collected in Moawhango 21s; Mrs. Wilson (snowball bridge) 16s; anonymous £2; Miss Kelly (Omatane/ £1; Mrs. H. F. Smith (snowball bridge) 8s; Misses Donovan 10s, Mrs, Tierney 10s; Mrs. J. Infield £1; Taihape District High School copper trail £3 10s sid; snowball bridge 18s; Mrs. Weekes (party at Tiriraukawa» £2 12s; Convent School copper trail £1 0s 2id; Junior Guild dance £ll 8s 9d; snowball bridge (4 parties) £1 12s; Union Jack collection £2l 4s 6d; Mrs. James 10s; snowball bridge 16s; Mrs. N. R. Moore 10s. Cash sums have also been donated by the following: Mrs. Mellsop, Mrs. Arthur. Miss Chippendale, Misses M. J. and N. Anderson, Mrs. Mack, Mrs. Whcnuaroa, Mrs. Needham, Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Floyd (Huia Street), Mrs. Brophy, Mrs. Spooner, Mrs. Bishop, Mrs. Meyrick, Mrs. Gilligan, Mr. Powell, Mr. Hutchison, Mr. F. Gledhill, Mr. E. P. Duncan, Miss Gilbert, Mrs. Curtis, Mr. Scott (Mataroa Road), Mrs. John Owens. RANGITIKEI A. AND P. ASSOCIATION A meeting of the ncwiy-electe i committee ol the Rangitikei A. and P. Association was held on Saturday afternoon at the conclusion of the an* nual meeting. The president, Mr. W. N. Anderson, occupied the chair. The following finance committee was elected: —Messrs. W. N. Anderson, V. Nicholls, G. Brown, A. Addis. H. Hintz, and the senior committee-j man. The following district repre- j sentatives were appointed:—Messrs. J. Goodwin (Ohingaiti), T. W. Pairman (Mangaweka), D. Reid (Feilding), G. L. Marshall (Marton) and Mrs. Strange (Raetihi). The secretary reported that th--’ proposed date of the annual show February 21, clashed with the Masterton snow, and it wag decided to write to the Taranaki Association inquiring if that association had any objection to the Taihape show bc.ng held on February 28, wnich is also the date of the Taranaki show. BUDGETARY SYSTEM Mr. W. Berridge was thanked at th; annual meeting of the Taihape Bov;!' ing Club for introducing the budgetarysystem of keeping accounts. By this system ot working to estimates it L possible to ascertain the tinanclM position at a glance and to avoid any unnecessary expenditure Estimates of expenses are classified under their various headings and any club or organisation employing this system has found it to be of great benefit. Both the Taihape Bowling Club and the Taihape School Committee use the system.