SUMNER ITEMS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18894, 8 January 1927, Page 6

SUMNER ITEMS.

Personal. Mr? Coihn3 (C'lifton) and her daughter, Ruth, left for Wellington on Thursdav, where they will spend a short holiday. Mr and Mrs Maurice Johnston and family are returning to town on Monday after spending a month at Sumner. Mr and Mrs Collins and family (Springfield road) are coming to Sumner next week for a short holiday. Mr and Mrs Walter Brydon and daughter, who have been spending the Christmas and New Year holidays at Sumner, are returning home to-day, Mr and Mrs Percy Maim have taken a house at Sumner for a few weeks. Mr and Mrs J. A. Colt-art have returned to town after a holiday at Sumner. Mrs Claud Seymour has left for Ashburton, where she will stay with Mrs E. F. Nicoll. Mrs Ay line r Rattray (Redeliffs) returned on Thursday from the North Island. Miss Eileen Pender has gone to Arthur's Pass for a short holiday. Visitors at Sumner are the Rev. and Mrs H. A. Walke, and Miss Walke, of Johnsonville. Mr and Mrs E. E. Luttrell • (Fendalton) arc staying at Sumner for the holidays. Visitors at Sumner are Mrs and Miss Ambrose, of Rangiora. Damaged Boats, It is seldom that so many damaged crafts are on the beach at the same time, but on Wednesday evening there were two boats and a canoo washed up by the tide. One of the boats is the craft in which the six boys, one of whom was drowned, got into trouble, and it is at present high and dry not far from the Life-Saving Pavilion. The other, which was washed up in the shelter of the big rock near the band rotunda, was moored at the pier for the greater part of a fortnight, but it does not appear to be damaged to any great extent. A canoe, which seems -to have been verv well built, suffered much damage through being thrown against the Clifton Esplanade by the waves. Tennis. Mr H. W. Ogier, of the Sumner Club, has just returned from Timaru, where he played in the tournament, meeting with great success. He was in the semi-final of the men's open singles, in which he was defeated by Page, of Otago, a very experienced player. He won the handicap singles, and with his partner won the handicap doubles. Considering that he has had very little experience of tournament play, these performances were excellent, and he must be regarded as one of Canterbury s coming players.