THE COUNTRY.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17124, 20 April 1921, Page 3

THE COUNTRY.

V/AIKAEI. In furtherance oi' tlie Na\"» ~ educational work, a short taJ< w 0 ' eiven by Mr J. J. Dougajt m Oddfellows' Hall, on * rld %,/ vhc ing, or "The Royal Navy and the Battle of Jutland.- There will screened a iilul descriptive of -r-o\ ploits of the German subn|anne and the gathering is to conclude uu.t a. | dance. i * ASAEOA. ! On Monday afternoon a I, ° hL f, OUI ' L ° I '' l i ]v rain set in, and increased to .1 i steady downpour, which lasted for to >- hours. A .cold south-west "'Mid ble*, and wintrv conditions t\ci prevailing at daybreak. \c-,terday continued cold and showery. U® ram 3 no t acceptable. The hills had I**°™' pretty dry, and the low water m tho creeks had meant a shortage ot pjuu from the electric plant. ASHBURTON. The rain which set in at Ashburton about o p.m. on Monday continue*, till far into-the night, and at- ■' vesi-erdav l.Dliin was registered. Ihere "were also four degrees ot frost, . • At the meeting of householders tlie Auli burton Boroug-i School, a mo-, tion was carried expressing dissatistaction at the neglect ot the Board or Education and the Education Department to provide a suitable infant school. It was a creed thai, the new committee should - consider the closing oi the ftt. Andrew's infant school on Juno Ist ii no action hod been previously taken to provide proper accommodation i' 01" the infants. . , The following judges nave lieen a.p-ljoiiit-ed tor the AshburLon \V?ntor Rhov.*. t.O be held in JnuePoultry—Open, Vr V. I>£icro (Cin'istchuvch): utility ehisso.v -Mr J. Tindall (C'hristchv.roh"); clogs, 'Mr H. S, S. Kyle (Ricoarton): it inter, etc., Mr E. -Kcig (Ashburton);' fruit, honey, and preserves, Mr H. B. Millichamp (Ashburton): bread, etc., Mr S. Madden; grain and seeds, Mr A. Mil ('Donald: roots, etc., Messrs C. L. Tiilih and J. Hunt; needlework, Mesdames H. iStringfellow and K. Clarke; penmanship, Messrs J. "Watson and J. Stewart ; designing, Mr G. Drew : woodwork', Mr A. J. Garrioek; photography, Mr VV. drear; cats, pets, and cagebirds, Mr T. 11. Jones (Christelwteh).

WAIMATE. The Waimate householders passed a motion protesting emphatically against the Education Board's diktorinoss and discourtesy in not forwarding to the Department requests for j.rants for buildings. The following coiymittee was dieted: Messrs W. G. Paul (chairman), C. L. Guiin, T. P. Fothennghain, P. Mevcrs, J. J. Hayman, Jl B. Hurst. Mrs Pitts, and the Revs. J. 3>. .Wilson, and W. Heckett. Free) AV.il ce, who has boon employed at the "Waimate flour mill for upwards of twenty years, lost four fingers of hit; right hand on Monday through getting them, caught in a cogwheel.