TIMARU.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18894, 8 January 1927, Page 5

TIMARU.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Mrs and Miss Bowcn have left for a week's holiday in Akaroa. Archdeacon and Mrs P. B. Haggitt and family are spending a holiday in Geraldine. Mr and Mrs Henry Ileid have returned to Dunedit after a few weeks with Mrs Ernest Howden (Park lane). Dr. and Mrs Allison, Christchureh, are staying at the Bungalow (Wai-iti road). Mr and Mrs F. Oxford and family (Beverley road) will go to Peel Forest to-day for a fortnight's holiday. Mrs C. N. Orbell and Miss Ethel Batchelor (England) are the guests of Mrs Melville Jameson. Lady Findlay has returned from the Hermitage and has gone on to Dunedin. Mr and Mrs Allan Sawell (Chalmers street) will leave on Sunday to stay with Mrs Arnold Winter, liakataramea, en route for the Lakes and Dunedin. Mr and Mrs Stanley Sparrow (Duuediu) have returned from Mount Cook, and are with Mrs J. liadcliffc (North street). Visitors at present at the Hermitage include: Mrs and Master Garrett, Mr Fletcher (Christchureh), Misses Hall and Gordon (West Coast), Miss Angell, Messrs Mills and Dymock (Wellington), Miss Patterson (Auckland), Miss Fogelburg, Miss Webb, Messrs Jones and Shrubsall (England), Mr Rae (Timaru). Building Permits. For the twelve months ending December, 1920, building permits numbering 214 representing a total value of £187,059 (including the Oxford buildings approximating £12,000) were issued by the Timaru Borough Council. During the year just ended 259 permits were issued, the total cost represented including alterations being £186,919 8s (3d. The greatest amount for a single structure was that of £16,000 for the A.M.P. buildings now in course of erection in Stafford street. New dwellings built during the year totalled 94 and other buildings 22, while 143 alterations were carried out. The Pwoyal Visit.

A meeting of citizens of Timaru was held yesterday in the Borough Council Chambers to consider arrangements in connexion with the coming visit of the Duke and Duchess of York on March 16th. The Mayor, Mr G. J. Wallace, presided. The Mayor stated that only one hour had been allocated to Timaru, which would be the only stop of the Royal train in South Canterbury. The chief thing in connexion with the visit was to bring as many children as possible to the town in order that they could see the Royal visitors - . It was anticipated that about 4000 children would come to the town. On the occasion of the visit of the Prince of Wales some form of eatables was provided for the visiting school children, and this was the chief work of the Citizens' Committee. The Department of Internal, Affairs had notified the speaker that they could arrange to take the visitors anywhere they liked in the town, provided that the time of one hour was not exceeded. He suggested that they be taken to the piazza on Caroline Bay down the steps and into carriages on the Esplanade, through the viaduct, and then through the town to Memorial avenue and to the Gardens where the children could be assembled.

Mr H. H. Fraßer was elected secretary to the meeting. Mr Arnpld suggested that the meeting form itself into a Citizens' Committee with power to add in order that subcommittees could be appointed. He also suggested that endeavours be made to have some flag display or manoeuvres made by the children. In reply to Mr J. Hale, the Mayor stated that all the local bodies would be connected with the present meeting in the presentation of an address. Mr B. H. Tripp proposed that the tentative programme outlined by the Mayor be approved. Mr Arnold's suggestion that the meeting be formed into a Citizens' Committee was adopted, as also was Mr Tripp's. The Mayor stated that one of the things that the children of South Canterbury, and especially the Timaru Boys' High School excelled in was singing, and he thought it would be a very fine thing if a good patriotic song could be sung. In reply to a question from Mr C. W. Wood regarding finance, the Mayor stated that the Government had voted £25 towards the expense aud the local bodies of South Canterbury had each voted £3. Mo:t of this would go towards providing tho visiting children with luncheon.