THE COUNTRY.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17106, 30 March 1921, Page 3

THE COUNTRY.

WAIAUAn accident occurred at Wrfiau on Sunday evening. A party of Packers were returning home on a motor lorry and when about seven miles out. of Waiau, on the Kaikonra road, coming down an incline tho lorry ran into some loose shingle, and, a tyre coming ott, was capped. Miss Elong was pinned beneath the lorry, but escaped with a few bruises, ami Mrs Elcng received n number of bruises and a severe shaking Mr Elerig was less fortunate, tor hTsuffered a dislocated shoulder, and probablv a broken shoulder-bone, also a broken rib. Tho rest of the party escaped injury. On their arrival in Waiau Dr. E. Jennings was called in and ordered Mr Elerig's removal to the Christchurch Hospital. An unfortunate sequel to the above occurred on Monday.- As all cars were absent from the garage, a privatelyowned car was ottered to convey Mr Kleri* to Christchurch. Some difficulty was experienced in starting it, and after unveiling a few chains, and just before getting on to tho Waiau bridge, it stopped. Attempts were made to restart it, when suddenly it caught, nre, and bv the time the injured man was removed to safety it was in flames and all attempts to save it wore useless. Mr Watson then offered to convey the patient to the Hospital, where he arrived about 7 p.m. \ OXFOBD. Given line weather, tho Oxford Show, to be held on April 7th, should surpass any of its predecessors. Ihe entries received make a record tor the Association. There are increases in somo ,of the most important sections, tho most notablo being in the draught horse section, \Acro tne numbers have risen from 37 to 112. In the cattle section there will bo a special qf 'Ayrshire's, and-moro Friesinns than ; usual are entered. Provision has been made for a judging demonstration of milking cows, at the conclusion of the judging of the dairy Section, which should prove of great benefit to those interested. The following is the number of entries in the several sections, tlie numbers for last year being given in parentheses :—Draughts 112 (37), light horses 89 (79), cobs, and pomes 89 (64), fat sheep 39 (51), store sheep 63 (65), purebred sheep 79 (66), cattle 126 (181), pigs 4 (0), poultry 51 12), roots 144 (152), house and dairy 264 (185), fruit 44 (26), flowers 173 (14/), fancv C 9 (105), art 68 (78), competitions 49 (32); totals, 1511 (1281). A tempestuous nor'-wester blew onSaturday, and effected considerable dainago in the orchards, where the apple trees m many eases were almost entirely stripped. The heavy fall of rain following freshened up things considerably. On Sunday morning an accident happened which, though ending seriously, might have had much more serious consequences. Mrs D. J. Hawko and her three small children were being- driven to church in a, gig by her youngest sister. When near the residence of Mr. Hawke, senr., the horse fell, throwing all the occupants out. Mrs Hawke suffered a broken wrist and was otherwise shaken and bruised. The wheel of the gig passed over the youngest' child, which, however, escaped with nothing worse than bruises. The other two children and Mavis Wells suffered a severe shaking and bruising. Medical assistanqe was soon seoured, and all aro getting on as well as can be expected. The horse, which made off down the road, was'secured by Mr R. Morris. SOUTH MALVERN. A very successful garden party was hold last Saturday at "Kirkstyle," the residence of Mr John Deans, Coalgate. The. object was to raise funds for the continuance of the excellent work that has been done by the members of the. Plunket Society. The fete also served .to encourage the : residents'; especially' the men, to take a lively Interest in this important work. Altogether, the fund will benefit to the extent of over £IOO. Tho Society is indebted to Mr Deans for granting the use of his beautiful home for the function. The compactness of the various stalls, etc, prevented those present from becoming too ; scattered, and thus added greatly to the success of the venture, Perhaps tho most important part of the whole afternoon was the baby show. This was run for profit, the baby scoring the highest number of votes being the winner. The awards were:—Under 6 months. Mrs R. Gray; under 12months Mrs A. Charles; under 18 months. Mrs Kappelly; under 2 years, Mrs Priest. A special prize was also given to Mrs Priest for her two sets of twins. There was a large number of side-shows and the usual produce, cake, fancywork, and sweet stalls. Afternoon tea was dispensed by a band of willing workers, while ice-cream and fruit salad were also obtainable

The following was the result of the

sports programme:—Boys (under 67: Bertie Stuart. Girls (under 5): Molly Kidd. ' Boys (under 7): Willie Teale. Girls (under 7): Mina Percival. Boys (under 10): Tom Bispban. Girls (under 10): Adeline Pollard. Boys (under 12): Dave Pearson. Gifls (under 12>: Stella Greig. Bovs (under 14): Evan Charles. Girls (under 14): Olga Campbell. Gills (over 14): Winnie Willis. Bovs (over 14.): D. Riordan. Thread-the-needle: Miss A. Clinton and J. Riordan. Married ladies' race: Mrs Percival 1, Mrs Cbaney 2. Cigarette race (men): M. Harwood. Cigarette race (ladies):. Miss Matthews. Sack race: C. Aitken. Married men's race: —. Riordan. .Potato race: C. Aitken. Pillow fight: M. Percival. Hat-trim-miug: M. Harwood. DABHBLD. The annual meeting of the DarfieldKimberlev Plunket Society was held in the Darfield Memorial Hall, Mrs H. A. Knight presiding. The annual report, mentioned that since the Society commenced operations in Darfield in OctoIfrr, 1917, with Nurse Mackie in attendance, and ending with her term of office in December, 1920, the following record of attendances sniowed the appreciation of, and the interest taken in. the work: 741 adults, 476 children, and 67 new babies. Tho notable event ot the year was the lecture on "Infant Welfare" by Dr. Truby King, C.M.G. There -was an increase of 27 new subscribers, and the number of members now on the roll was 46. There was also an increase in donations to the amount of £4 17s. The balance-sheet showed a credit balance of £23 10s 3Jd. The annual report and balance-shoeo were adopted. Votes of thanks and appreciation were passed to Mrs E. Ridgen and Mrs T. Gough (Greendalo) for their .efforts in response to an appeal for subscribers, to Miss Jarman for organising a children's fancy dress ball, to the members of the Darfield Ladies' Hockey Club, and to Mrs Otten for services rendered. The following officers ware elected:—Patron, Dr. J. H. Simpson: president, Mrs H. A. Knight; vicepresident, Mrs R. Reid; seuietary, Mrs L. R. Ellis; treasurer, Mrs Knight; committee, Mesdames .1. Reid, D. Gillanders. J. Redfern, O. Jarman, J. Narbery, E. Turton, T. Wostwood (Darfield), W. Ede, W. Syme, V. Bedford, H. McClelland, Stott (kimberley), E. Ridgen, T. Gough, and J. Cillanders (Greendale). HINDS. The quarterly summoned meeting of the Loyal Hinds Lodge, 1.0.0. F., M.Uf, was held in the Hinds Hall. There was a good attendance, presided over by Bro. W. Holland, N.G. The balancesheet, which showed that the lodge < had had a successful year and was in a good position financially, was adopted, 'ne candidate was proposed and one member reported on the sick fund. ' The services at St. Luke's Church on Easter Sunday were well attended, and the offertories on Good Friday in aid of St'. Saviour's Orphanage were good. Miss O. McKenzie and Mr B.Frampton, who have been acting" as voluntary organists at the Presbyterian Church, were recently presented with beauti-fully-bound books of poems.