MEETINGS AND SOCIALS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16143, 22 February 1918, Page 5

MEETINGS AND SOCIALS.

SYDENHAM SCHOOL COMMITTEE. At the oujournel special meeting of tho Sydenham bchool Committee ilr "W.'Davoy waa appointed caretaker. CASHMERE HILLS CARNIVAL. A largely-attended meeting of Cashmere Hills residents wus iieid ou Vveanasuay even, iiig to augment tne fachool impiuvciueiit •t'und and the Lady Liverpool Fund. Mr .A. ouiuc tvas ciectcti cliainnan. It waa aeciued to liold a fair and carnival on. a uaio to be fixed, and the following oiacerj were elected: —Treasurer, Mr J. G. i.-*rudiioe; secretary, ilr A. V. Anarewa; assistant secretary, Airs A. E. ijmitn; executive committee, Ateadamcs blocks and iNewnluun, iliiseti Pannctt and. Mciuulan, Meesia is tout, Marriner, and Morrison, with the omccrj ox onicio. DISTKICT LODGE, 1.0. G.T. At the meeting of the District Lodge, 1.0. G.T., Bro. Hampton, Ii.C.X., presided 'XUe oilicers reports were adopted. A voto ot sympathy was passed to till: relatives ot Dr. iKjdiord. The following ofiicera Were installed: —JJ.C.T., Bro, Effoid; B. Co untie lior, Sis. Warburton; D.V.T., Sia Cooler (re-elected); D. Sec., Sis. Mardon (re-eiect-,ed) ; D.S.J.W., Sis. Gunnoil (re-elected); D.E.S., Sm. iiickinbotham; D. Treasurer, Bro. Holland (rc-elected); D. Chap., Bro. Gunnell (rc-elected); D.M.j Sis. Holland; D.D.M., Sis. Teagno (re-elected); D.G., Bio. Henwood; D, Press Corr., Sis. Warburtoo. SCOTTISH SOCIETY. The monthly ceilidh of the Scottish Society was held iast night and waa largoiy attended. Chief A. W. MacGillivray presided and the Mayor of Christchurti (ill H. Holland) was amongst those present. Miss Lucy Cowan recited "Far .Frae Bonnie Scotland" as an appeal in connexion wi:h Heather Day. Later in tho evening a basket, made by a lady over 60 years ol age, and filled with heather eprigs, was put up by Mr Georgo ttoberteon acting as auctioneer. It was finally knocked down to Mr Kobcrt Duncan for £5 ss, the total received being £22 5s 6d. An interesting programme wad given, those contributing being Miss Fleming, Mrs McWhirter, Miss Lucy Cowan, Mr Hugh Dunlop, Mrs JV. J. Walter, and Mr Cushworth; Mrs Adam played tho accompaniments for the vocalists. Pipe music was played by Piper Sidney Smith, ajid Eonald Eraser, and Highland nances were given by A. E. Evans, T. D. Berry, and Misses Lizzie McCallum and Bunty McDonald. Before tho short dance with which the evening concluded, chcers, led by Past Chief A. Macplierson, were given for the Mayor, and tho dancers, and led by Chief MacGillivray, for the performers, for Mis 6 Lucy Cow an", and for Mr Robertson,