SOUTH CANTERBURY.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20172, 26 February 1931, Page 7

SOUTH CANTERBURY.

TIMARU.

MAGISTRATE'S COURT. A Bitting, of the Timaru Magistrate's Court was -held yesterday. Mr H. A, Young, S.M;, of Christchurch, was on the Bench. * •

A first offender for drunkenness, who did not appear, was fined 10s, the amount of his bail.

Judgment by default was entered for plaintiffs in the following caßOS:—Todd Motor Company v, R. Hessell, £3 9s .3d, xostsj £1 15s ,6d; United Friendly Society Dispensary Vi Huia Lee, £1 4s fid, costs 8s; Timaru Herald Company v. C. Dahlia, : £l, costs 13s; Brehaut Brothers v. H. Gr. Cross, £6 10s, costs £1 6s 6d; Brehaut Bros. v. A. J. Gibson, £1 12s 6d, costs 9s; Brehaut'Bros, v. V, T. McAslam,* £ll 16s 6d, costs £2 16s; Brehaut Bros. v. R. Millar, £lO 18s 7d, costs, £2 14s. No orders were made.in the cases in which the Timaru Herald Co., Ltd., proeeeded against J. H. Craig for' £26 7s 3d; and when Booth, Macdonald and Co., Ltd,,' proceeded against George Smith for £l6 9s.

;An order - for possession in three weeks', time was made in favour of Alice "®»ily-, ! Watt, secOnd , mortgagee, against Henry Arnold. An order for possession on March 11th was made in favour of Clarinda Tubb against J. Ennis.

TEMUKA. Mr G. Pierce (Fraser street, Temuka) has returned from a visit to Dunedin. I Miss W. - Sinclair (Waimate) ia the i guest of Miss I. Meek, Wilkin street, Temuka, V Mr H. N. Armstrong, Dominion Organiser of the Reform Party, is at preßeat visiting Temuka. Mrß J. McLaughlan (Dunedin) is visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs T. E. , Sheen, Temuka. Mr T. D. Burnett, M.P., has accepted the invitation of the Temuka Flora] and Horticultural Sooioty to open its Show this afternoon. M?s Littlejohn (sister of Mrs F. Martin; Denmark street, Temuka), who, with : her daughters and sou, .wore in the earthquake area in Hawko's Bay during the upheaval, and who has been recuperating with Mrs Martin, has loft - .for Dunedin. ' "That a Paddy's Market be hold, on March 24th," was the principal motion at a special meeting of the' executive of the Temuka Progress League, held on Tuesday evening. The meeting had been called to discuss the idea of run. ' ning a Queen Carnival in conjunction trith the Temuka Municipal. Band and tho cxecutivo* decided unanimously against tho proposal, owing jo the,,tjjne being inopportune, To make preliminary awangementf for the Paddy's Matket, a sub-committee, consisting of Messrs F. f 0, May, W. i\ Bv^ B| I W. H, McMillan, .0, J. H.B. Strang©, and A. !i N, Hancock was elected■ to report +o of th« JPrtgrafa Jjejague. " >l6 -mark 'the e'Wcluaittn'.of ithia aea. son's Temuka Towii and Country Tennis Association's competition, a tOurnatoent is to ba held; March' Mth. This decision megle, jfiS'-a meeting at the executive presided/over by Mr G. Mtnd mi in 'Mf A, 'on Monday evening. Th<F-chairman- re* pp^&d,'jftat ly Offered thfe use of.-lh®, ! fO*" i t&iit dayrand was; gratefully Accepted.. ttjen Agreed that -{the ' tournament tttlpe «th« form : *of rf mixed to all memberut- 'df 1 Associated Clubs of the sisting' of Mess&'cWi'i tJbok '■ j(«fari) t W. H,'. Staniland' *nd J» 5j 'L. White (Winchester), to jjKWWjg&iba 1 I« arranged •

Sbe f .presented to,this yfcnm at tho after- 1 , / Points scored in tho Temuka' Town , and Country tennis competition to .date - are as follows:-—Clandeboye A 10, Win- < oheste'f'4o,-. Temuka PresbyKirian 8, St. j Orari \4,' B 4, J ' Wanhdlyke j2,-Orari : Bridge >0» ,The com- * , petition will be concluded this week. The 1 Temuka'branch of the Women's , Division- of tho Farmers' Union met on Tuesday afternoon in tho Fire Brl- 1 'gade rooms,. Mrs •J. McCormick presid--1 tag jOVW an of 20 metnberk A' vote of sympathy > was passed to those who'" had suffered from . the : H§iwke'a Bay earthquake; and it was daeided to «end a letter to Mrs* -A. 1 R. Guild, expressing the sympathy of the Union in the' loss. of their son. • Tho president reported 'that £1 had bepn sent to the earthquake relief fund, and ( a letter'of ..thanks from the. officers in charge had been received, it was decided, that "the! Division. haVe a tent at

bIUCU f bUtVV ©Ut7 jUAVIQIVU - UCbV Q O WMV t»v the Temulda and Geraldine A, and P. Show,' and" Reverb) women volunteered to take charge of the stetll by turna. Following « discussion 'concerning the purpqse td which the proceeds of the effort would bo devoted, it was decided •that this decision be held over until tiext meeting;-It was'announced that the sum of £lO had been granted the "Division from»the Temuka Earthquake Relief Committed, to be forwarded to 'Wellington to headquarters for imme- ' diate use in the relief wor> The pro* sident reported that a surplus of 8s 114' from the combined picnic of the Division and the. Teuiukp Union had been handed ov*r by the to the Division. A vote of thanks was" parsed to the' hostesses for the meeting, and Mesdames P. Smith and Bpchan and Miss M. McConrtiek | •were appointed for the .next meeting. I After^the business of the meeting a competition for a display of vegetables was won by Mrs D. Taylor; and a demonstration of sealing-wax work by Miss G. Taylor proved most .instructive and interesting.

PEEL tfOREST. Variable weather has been experienced 'daring the past week. Thursday ' Friday -were days of scorching heat with the thermometer standing at 90 1 in-the Bhade, whilst Monday'and Tuea* day brought* a return to wintry, conditions, there being cold, heavy rains and snoiw on the higher levels. •The Eangitata has been in very heavy < flood and it will he BOffle days before it will be. fishable. Already & number of good fish have fceen caught in_ the lower reaches of, the The present, flood should make a good mouth ■ for the salmon to cpme in. ■ ' • yhe annual meeting of St. Barnabas's, Build was held in -St. Stephen's Schoolroom on Tuesday, afternoon. Mrs J. X M. 0. Tripp presided over a good attend" auee of members* and welcomed Mrs G. H., Bennistoun' back to the Guild after /her leiigthy stay in England. The meeting,. as well an, being the annual one, , wa» ( arranged particularly as<a wel;come, home ;to ! Mils JDemuktoW. Little ■piUy K<sea!,<m behalf of it»*r Guild, pre--1 Mrs, Dennistoun with 7 a- bouquet* Mrft paid {she was pleased vltoeifc t : *r-~ MrJ. «.

W. E, Bak,er;. fcframmrer, Mr* S, TJpritch* ard; secretary, Mrs P. 6. Butherfprd. •- The balance-sheet showed ' 6 credit balance of fill 7i ML I»eliT#gi tft xhmk* wtoe read f roar we ,|olTotHW< for i,' Plu»>|t Society. fiWi' Sundiy ' SsMoi JHmd A3 10s, weaMnessds' fond .jfe&.Stai S °' TO '"" *"•" Pri " ma ""°*