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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17115, 9 April 1921, Page 13

ciation from the time- of its establish- I meat in 1877, when the late- Mr John Grigg was president, until tho pseseut day. There are several highly instructive articles included: on siock and sou control and kindred subjects, .t»l farmers'-well outside the- confines of the district, for the benefit of which tho Magazine has been, published, could . peruse its pages with, much benefit. BANGIOSA. Mr J. C. Thompson, at ptssent organ- . ist at Gienmark,. has. b«ea appoint*.! choirmaster and organist to St. John 3 Church, Jtangiorn. Mr Thompson, wnio is a returned soldier, is- a Fellow of the . National College of Music, and a. Licentiate of tbe Royal Collage oi Music, i London. He expects to.take up his duties in about a fortnight. • At St. John's Church on Thursday ovening, uhe senior and junior Boy [ Scouts and the Girl Peace Scouts entertained the Rev. F. P. Fendall and tho [. Misses Fendall at a social evening, and I presented, each with a framed • pnbto- ► graph o£ the troop, as a slight meniensoof the interest.taken l>v them ia thoi welfare of thji organisatiV" the Rev. F. P. Fendall 33 comma; .-r of the senior troop, Miss L. Fendall as chief scout mistress of the: Girt Peace Scouts, and Miss-H. Fendall as chief of the cubs. Mr J. 'E. Stracban, chief district scont qonmiandei\ in making tsho presentations* eulogised the good work done by the 3*ev. If. P. Fendall in Rangiora. not only amongst tho Scouts, bat in all matters for the betterment of tlw town, and thanked him, on behalf of the committee organised during the epidemic; for the work done by him. Mr Fendall, in thanking ihe Scouts for their thoughtfuinoi-e in presenting to .liiin. and, this daughters acceptable tokens or their appreciation, expressed his regret? •at having to sever his- connexion wiiu them. A programme of musical items was gone- through, and an excellent supper was provided by the lady friends of the Scouts. All the- members were present at the monthly meeting of the Southm-idge Town Board, Mr .7. C. Free presiding. Dr. T. Fletcher Telfiord, medical officer of health, waited upon the Boards in connexion with the new Health. Act, aaid> asked tlie- Board to delegate its powers to- the Health Department. At a recent meeting the Board had carried a resolution to- the effect that it would not delegate its powers. After hearing Ufa. Telfoi'd. .noliice, was given of a motion to rescind the previous- resolution-. Mr W. C. BfcCauslaiKl saw the Board in. reference to a. supoly of' raee>.water. ]rt was »>zr:?ed- that tho works committer I choiiM meet hir». and 1 look into the- matter.. The Com-nsissioner of Crown- Lends , asked the- Board to ea-rry nut- im-prove- ! merits to. the end of Bros*d' street, for : which a grant of £3n had heon mtu?u. jit was decided- to; oalt tenders for the i work. The dog, registration fees, weri* jftsed as foßaws:. 2s- ffl for sheen ami (esttt-la- dogs,, Ms far all others." Tho clerk, presented an est'imn.te' of feexpendifcuro for the currnfc year,, and it was. decided to striker a. rateof I'jcEiatfre- ! £. A piroportal tfcat shingling work should he carried out wa» left-over-,, a-s it was though" likely that a. supply of broken metal eout«f be .obtained' from tho ■ Ellesmeva- Cownrty Council's new ■ plant-who* working m the neighbourjhood. It was. aVided to cotteet a feeI of £2. 2s. from, all hawkers,, including \ ; travellers for city dotapenv houseSv i . _ " AKAROA. | ' At tho Last meeting of the Akaroa i High School; Comnnttee--the*D were- pre- j ; sent Messrs A. J. Paxris T. Lewitt,, T. MasefieM, - B. J. Barnham, I I W. Jacobsoa, and: .4. CT, 'WiJnamson. ; The headmaster's report .showed' that i the primary roB was 140, and secondary roli 30, -with an average attendance for the whole school of 458. The. Picnic iConimittee- reported': thasft all aecoumts ihad: beett sefttl«tJv and that,a; small credit bal»nci» rc»aine<s. - Owing, to the unfavonraMe the sc-hooi svrim- ; mingr sports' Siaii beea 'pcistppned?. tmtil jt-he summer.' On behfllf. of- th» staff the I headtauister 1 thsioked; ihe; «nnmit , tee fbr | its' work during the past year.in' the imterestsv'of th^-sdwol.-" ItATfSSSSOJS. I A large- mwmber of frrancfe of Mr I>, "Smiths -Btsited. bisi residence on Tuesday/ evening last, to eefehrate the. opening [of tho new store' -wiich has beep,. ereetercY 1 tjK replace the building destroyed by fire, three uaotiths.' ago;. Several musical; items wcE6r~giveii,. and!' a very 'pleasant evemimg. wusv eoajoyedi hy aIL Mr Smith. •was tlie- recipient ei al; handsonie set of carvers- on the- oecasba 6fi. ftis- repeat jmarriagiew The- cantinnal lateness of arrival of ! tho train to. ami &om Christeliureh is | a. soiine of great-'aniwyanc* tai those unfortunate ißjßvicluals \vha ate com- ] pelled to .travel .by it. It, haw been,; i quite am exception l lately for the- train i i to arrive at scliwlulo. time— : it being as much. »s two hourst late.- ! Tib spencl five, hours on. a train journey 01-'-aO. or to receive the first mail J of tb» day at 9 o'.cfoek at aight ia these raodesn days', i?- raoie; than one can be expected to endure patientty. Tha | Canterbury Prbgreaa League would earn tho gratcftil thanks of tlw community I if something couM be accomplished i» [tie'-Kay f>£ «sE«di4Htt«; tlie lilaJJ and I train services. - : - .- " ■, ASHBSTKTON. I At ihe quarterly meeting o£ the Ashjburtoa Methodist Circuit, the Bev. A. Ipetera pveswliagy the Circuit' stewards : presented the balance-sheet, slaving aa-, 1 ineome for the quarter of £3*s ■ 14s ■ 6*l. The report of the- Sttnday school and | , Y'ouug Worshippers' League showed -U ; foil of 207 children, 10 officials, and 17 teachers, and £3» cradle rq]lsQ. Twentytwo scholars had qualified for diplomas. A baJKiar, c-rgaaised fey tße Women's GfmdVt of St. Si;epheEX AsbJ>-nrton, ib aidt of the ehurcit funds, was opened in - the Parish., Hall yesterday afternoon.. There were a large uumheV of stalls laden -with, plain- and fancy needlework, cookery, fruit, vegetables, and farmi produce, all of which bad heen freely given by town aed emiptry people. A concert wai, given in the cv«ning 3 whea th?re was a. very iarco attendance. It is - expected thnfc the bazaar vill result ' in a very considerable sron 'being raised towards the geacral expense!? connected with the church. The Bth (Sduth Canterbury) Mcmnted Rifles Band gave a special concert in Mr J. E. Rule's garage- on Thursday night, in aid ef the-sports gala funds. Tho music w ; as mostly the selections played by the. band during, the recent Band Contest in Nelson. Two vocal solos were given: by Mrs H. J. Chapman. During the evening tho Mayor (Mr H. Galbraith) presented Lieut. W. H» Osborne, conductor and the champion cornet player at, the Nelson Contest,;' with a wallet of hank notes JUKI * framed photograph of the haiux The;: presentation was made on behalf of tho Sitizens of the town in reoognitioa of the band's success at the contest. It was also intended to make a prescnta- j tion to Drum-Major tV. Tncker, but on account of illness ho was unable to he present. It is exoected that the Sports Gala funds will benefit to the extent of over. £2O -bv. tho concert. Tb» monthly meeting of the Ashburton Technical School Board was held yesterday afternoon, 3fr C. Eeid presiding. The director reported that 231 students were now • on tho day school roll, in addition to 553 attending tho manual training classes from country schools. The dressmaking classes at Mount Somers and Rakaia were well established, while students wer» still enrolling in tho evening classes. Miss Loy, head of the domestic science department, had received notice of her appointment to the staff of the Wellington CoUogc. A letter was read from the* Education Department stating that 3liss Frances Evelyn Vcsty had been placed provisionally in Class l.of Diviaioß 2, commencing with a salary of £l3O per annum. A letter was read from Miss B. Loy resigning

her position as domestic science instructress, as sho had been appointed to tho position of lecturer in homo science at the Wellington Training College. The resignation was accepted with regret, and it was decided to place, on record appreciation of the valuable, services she had: rendered to the- Board. Two applications wero received for the position of domestic science and Miss Marjory Gordon,, of Sawyers Bay, Dunedin, was appointed. The Director was appointed to represent the Board at the Technical Schools? Conference, to be held in. "Wellington nexts month.