TIMARU AND SOUTH CANTERBURY NEWS

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20488, 5 March 1932, Page 4

TIMARU AND SOUTH CANTERBURY NEWS

TIMARU.

FARMERS' UNION MEETS. , The monthly meeting of the TimaruISt. Andrews Branch of the Farmers' (Union was held yesterday, Mr P. R. jTalbot pi-esiding. In reply to the Union's enquiry, Distributors, Ltd., advised that the comjpany had no control over the price of | sacks or the loss msde on them. The chairman said that the - comtplaint was a long-standing one, and he j thought that representations should bo | continued in preparation for next sea'son. Mr A. Ward expressed the view .that ias prices for produce were now back to [pre-war standard, he thought a furIther effort should be made ,to secure !the allowance of 2d instead' of Id. On his suggestion, Messrs P. R. Talbot iand W. J. Black were appointed to [enquire as to the organisation to which rthe Union should apply for redress. The opinion that the award made by Ithe Arbitration Court to govern tinjthreshing mills was highly satisfactory ito owners was expressed -in a letter I from Mr William Annett, of St. An'drews'. Ho considered that a large measure of the success of tho award iwas duo to the valuable assistance 'given by Mr P. R. Talbot, who, although not a contractor himself, had (spared neither time nor trouble in endeavouring to gain a workable award If or tin-mill owners. He thanked Mr jTalbot and the Union for what had jbcen done. _ v It was reported that Sir James Parr.: jwould deliver an address on "Imperial (Tariffs" in Timaru on March 18th. - The unemployment certifying officer at Timaru, Mr G. McKessar, addressed the T>ranch on the employment of labour on farms under the 4A Scheme, outlin-' ing the restrictions that had been re-, moved. ; Mr McKessar was accorded a vote iof thanks. Zingari rootball Club. Tho Zingari Football Club, at its annual meeting on Thursday evening, uncompromisingly opposed the change-over to the 3-2-3 scrum formation. Mr S. Williams presided over a fair attendIn moving the adoption of the report jand balance-sheet (already published), the chairman remarked that many members of the committee had attended very few meetings. The subscriptions .had {not come in very well, only forty-three tout of . seventy-six being paid. The. election of officers resulted as (follows:—Patron, Mr J. Howey; president, Mr J. Williams; vice-presidtgits: Messrs J. Mcßobie, S. Home, G. T. Wmdell, L. Stephenson, F. Ward; club captain, Mr J. Wilkinson; deputy club-cap-tain, Mr N. Cairdj secretary, Mr A. Solomon; Mr J, McßoJjie; delegates to Rugby Union, Messrs J. Williams and J. Christmas; coaches: senior, Mr P. W. Wisker; .third grade, Mr A. King; fourth grade,' Mr J. Williams;- committee J. "Kelly, S. Lancaster, T. Dore, A. Klng, jun., McKenzie, H. Cowles, M. Johnson; auditor, Mr Q. Fairbrother; match commitItee: Messrs S. Williams, A. King, sen.., jand A. solomon. The*-proposed change in the scram formation was discussed, tho president announcing himself as greatly in favour of the 3-2-3 formation.

Mr A. King moved that the Club fav|our the adoption of the 3-2 3 formation, {the president seconding the motion. Mr J. Wilkinson opposed that •change, stating that there were two twing-forwarda instead of one. Mr S. Williams also was against the (motion, stating that there was too jtnuch changing of the rules. He was, of the opinion that it would bo better for the All Blacks to play the various New Zealand provinces rather than tour abroad. (An amendment was carried that ttu. [Club favour tho rule as it stands. , • It was decided to setod a team to play (Linwood (Christchurch) at Easter. Th* retiring president was accorded ■a hearty vote of thanks for his untir;ing services on .behalf of the Club over £ any years, and he was elected a life ember. ■

! Kotary oiub. An interesting address, "The Nile,Egypt,'> was delivered to the Timaru Rotary Club yesterday by Mr Bobert . Wilson. Mr Wilson, in an earlier address, had spoken on British administratiolt of Egypt and the harnessing of the Nile. Yesterday, ho confined his talk ;to the climate at the country and the jhabits pf the people- At the conclujsion,. of. his address he was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. ■ Befcpees' Association. , The South Canterbury Rugby Eeferlf®»* Association held its annual meeting on Thursday evening, Mr G.F. IDoyle presiding over, a moderate attend- • ance of members, ' Officers for the ensuing year iyere jelected as follows:—Patron, the Mayor (Mr T. W. Satterthwaite); president) Bev. A, J. H. Dow; vice-president, Mr |G. B, Park j executive, Mossrs A. H. ■ Clemens, H. E. Lawson, D. A. Stewart; 'secretary, Mr 0. L. Cutler; delegate to j the 8.0.8. U., Mr A. H. Clemens; deleigate to tho Appointment' Board, Mr A. I H. .Clements: delegate to the N.Z.R.B.A. !conference, Mr A. H. Clemens. The, following new members were j elected :—M<fe#ra '-'JK " Forrester, I. Bethune, B. Judge. " Timaru Ladles' Golf Club." •'< Fifty members attended the annual meeting of the Timum Ladies? Golf Club on Thursday evening. The annual report stated that tho membership for 1931 stood at 163. The iycar opened , with a large number of resignations, but was followed by almost a record numbed of new members.

The receipts for the year were £SOB 15s sd, and the expenses £560 7s 4d. With the £SO drawn from the Post Office Savings Bank account, the working expenses exceded tho income, by £1 lis lid. The election of officers resulted as follows-President," Mrs-' L.- E. Finch; vice-president, Mrs J. O'Cjillaghan; captain, Mrs Ei G. Kerr; treasurer, Miss Clissold; secretary, Mrs Minifle; committee, Miss Pringle, Mrs E. A. Scott, and Miss M. Tizard. ; Mrs J. C. Templcr was "elected an extra member of the committee for theyea^. It waft announced that pn the recommendation'of the. outgoing, committee, the Timaru Golf Club had unanimously 'Oottflrill a life-member, in recognitionof her long and valued services to'the club.

The Unemployed. At the last meeting of" the Timaru Unemployed Workers' Union the following motion wqs .carried:. "That a (letter be sent to th 6 Licensed Victuallers' Association Raking them'-to fight the matter of the Hospital -Board and Unemployment Cqmwittep. insisting , Qn unemployed men taking out prohibition i orders.'' ' • *' , , A further motion was carried that

to establish a boot repairing depot, and that boot repairers should receive their ration of work under No. 5 Scheme. Cycling. The Timaru Cycling and Athletic Club's road race round the Seadown block on Thursday evening was won by L. Parrish, who rode a good race off the 3mih mark. Twenty riders competed in the event. Results: —• L. Parish (3min), 39min 35sec .. 1 B. Baker (3Jmin), 40min 5 l-ssec .... 2 I. Daikee "(4min), 40min 35 3-ssec .. 3 Fastest time —J. Metcalf (imin) and E. B. Taylor (scr), equal. Time, 38min s?sec. Points for Mr Rowland Watson's Shield now are:—J. Metcalf (10), L. 'Parish (8), J. Gilmour (6}), G. Metcalf (4),* N. Herron (4), W. Hopkinson (3), E., B. Taylor (2}), R. Baker (2), D. Cremin (2), R. Palmer (2), W. L. Watts (1), A. Christie (1), G. Summerfield (1), J. Hall (1), J. W. Jordan (1), I. Daikee (i). TEMUKA. At the Temuka Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, before Messrs W. F. Evans and H. E. Gapper, J.P.'s, William Frederick Leah pleaded guilty to a charge of theft of £2 from John Allans Uewlands, at Jncholme, on August llth, 1931. He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. On a ■ further charge of the commission of %n offence in Railway terrace, Temuka, .he- was convicted and discharged 'ChSrles George Gibbs pleaded guilty j;o a, charge of being found intoxicated While : in charge of a motor-cycle and •not guilty to a further charge of operating a ; motor-cycle without possessing a, license. He was fined £2 on the first Change, and discharged on the second. > On defendant's application, four 'weeks were allowed in which to payAfter two enforced postponements ■ through . unfavourable weather, the annual picnio of the Temuka District High School was held on Thursday on Caroline Bay, Timaru. Over 785 excursionists made the journey by train, and many travelled in private cars and service buses. Timaru was reached at 10.20 a.m., and the train arrived back at Temuia at 6 p.m. During the day the usual programme of sports was held, results being as follow: — Infants (Boys)—Melvin Talbot 1> Johnny Edgeler 2, Maurice Murphy and Sefton Gray (dead heat) 3. Infunts (Girls) —Juanita Beeby 1, Joan Swap 2, June Berry 3. Girls, 7 to 9 years— I Georgma Bolton 1, Mary Young 2, Margaret Fleming 3. Boys, 7 to 9 years—Neil Fmdlay 1, ,W. McCullough 2, David Beck 3. Girls, 9" to 11 years —Rone Grey 1, June Beck 2, Phyllis Waters 3. Boys, 9 to 1L years—First division: Jack Laurenson i, Kenneth Mathieson 2, Desmond Talbot and Cliff Martin (dead, heat) 3. Second division: Graham Nicholas 1, Ronnie Counihan 2. Girls,. 11 to 13 years—First division : Dorothy Laurenson 1, Margaret Patterson 2, Helen Constable 3. Second division: Winnie-Wright 1} Celia Mallett 2, Ngaire Boyle 8. Boys, 11 to 13 years—George Hvus|smd 1, Ted Kibblowhite 2, Joe Husband 8: ' > Boys, 11 and over—Albert Green and Gus Waters (dead heat) 1, Hector McMillan 3. Girls, 13 to 14 years—Phyllis Sherborne 1, Betty Heap 2, Beatrice. Nolan 3. " ' Bo*sy under 15 years—Clifford Knight 1, Joe Spillane 2, James Boyle 3. High School Boys—Marshall rester 1, Oswald Cotterell 2, Robm Opie 3. „ Married Men's Race —P. W. Campboll 1, O. W. Talbot 2, A. R. Beck 3. Three-legged Race —First division'• Joan Davis and Gladys I/yon 1, Iris Martin and Elsio Thompson 2, Katie Davey and June Beck 3. . Sf 0 , 1 ? division: Beatrice Nolan and Betty Heap 1, Phyllis Sherborne and Celia Mallett 2, Myrtle Cooper and Margaret Aitkenhead 3. Three-legged Race, Boys Albert Green and Gus-Waters 1, Clifford Knight and , Joo Spillane 2, Ron Counihan and L. Stratford 3.

ARUNDEL. The second annual meeting of the Arundel Women's Institute was attended by about 40 members, Mrs Charles presiding. The prizes for tlio competitions were distributed as follows; —Soft toy. r3 Paterson, basket work, Mrs Clianes; passe partout, Mrs Paterson: bowl or roses, Mrs Pithie j bulbs in fibre, Mrs Upritchard; Christmas gift. Miss Upritchard; musical switches, Mrs Pithie; leathered tribe, Mrs Johnston ana Misses H. and W. Pratt, equal. On behalf of the Institute, a presentation was made to Miss Upritchara, who is shortly to ho married, and who has filled the position of musician tor the Institute'. . The following committee was elected. Mesdames Pithie, i TJpritchard, Charles. McDonald, -Johnston Keen, Pratt and Black. Mrs Pithie was elected president, arid Mrs vice-president, Misses Ashby, Galletely, and Love. ' . ~ At the ensuing committee meeting the-'following officers were appointed. —-Secretary, Mrs Black; treasurer, Mrs Charles; sales table, Mrs Johnston; competitions. Mesdames vpritchard and Paterson; entertainment, Misses Ashby, Galletely, and Love. W AIM ATE. The Waimate High School Board of Governors met on Thursday night, present being tho chairman (Mr S. i. Fitch), Messrs J. 0. Hay, T. E. Parry, W. E. Evans, W. Lindsay, and G. "\V. Collett. i The rector (Mr D. B. Chisholm) was also in attendance.

Apologies were received from Messrs G. J. Sbackleton, H. M. Whatman, and 0. G, Holmes. The Rector reported that the roll, as ut March Ist, comprised 70 girls and 92 boys, a total of 162, or one less than the corresponding total for 1931. The school would accordingly remain in the same grade as for the previous two years, One hundrod and six old pupils had returned, and 56 new pupils had been enrolled. An analysis of the roll showed 51 junior girls and 19 senior?, 4G junior boys, and the same number of seniors. Of the total of 162, 159 were free place pupils, two junior, and one senior boy being paying pupils. Only two pupils (girls; had taken advantage 9f the one-year extension of the Junior Free ' Place recently granted by the Minister » or Education. A vote of appreciation was passed to the staff for the very satisfactory examination results obtained. The re-appointment to the Board for a further term of two years of Messrs H, M. Whatman and G. W. Collett was notified by the County Council and Borough Council, respectively. The Canterbury District Standing Commiitcp on Education, recently formed,.wrote asking for the appointment of a representative from the Boafcd. _ " The chairman was appointed the BoaEdta zapreseatativaj with Mj? Ham-

ilton, of Christchurch, as the proxy to attend the meetings in the absence of Mr Fitch. Accounts amounting to £234 15s "d were passed for .payment. GERALDINE. The rainfall for February recorded by Mr B. It. Macdonald on the gauge at ''Waitui/' totalled 3.37 in, compared with 2.53 in in During last month rain fell on eleven days, tho reading at 9 a.m.* being as follows February 7th, 23 points; 10th seven; 16th, nine; 17th, 15; 18th, 110; 20th, 90; 21st, five; 24th, 30; 27th, 12; and 28th, one; a total of 3,37iti. Itain on nine days in February, 1931, accounted for a total of 2.53 in. From January Ist to February 29th, tho rainfall in Geraldine has amounted to 5.02 in, compared with 4.66 in for the corresponding period last year. The Goraldino Branch of the W.C.T.U.. held a "bring a huy" sale in the Presbyterian Hall on Wednesday afternoon. Mesdames E. Undrill, J.. F. Coursey, O. W. Fyfe were in charge of the produco stall, and Mesdames D. Macdonnld, H. Broad, A.. Bonnell, and A. E. Boutherway were in charge of tho refreshments. Mrs C. W. McKenzio arranged several competitions. A meeting of the executive of tho Geraldino Branch of the Plunket Society was held on Wednesday afternoon, the president (Mrs J. M. H. Tripp) occupying the chair. A statement of accounts in connexion with the recent Plunket Day showed that tho receipts exceeded the very satisfactory sum of £9O, with several small sums yet to come in. The president expressed the satisfaction of the Society at the generous response to the appeal. The nurse's report for the last two months was as follows: — Geraldine— January: Visits to rooms, 62; visits to homes, 126; telephone calls, 25; new babies, 8; car mileage, 308. February: Visits to rooms, 106; visits to homes, 203; telephone calls, 37; new babies, 11; car mileage, 300. Fail-lie.—January: visits to rooms, 53; visits to homes, 70; telephone calls, 15; new babies, 4; car mileage, 160. February: Visits to rooms, 45 ; visits to homes, 52; telephone calls, 26; new babies, 4; car mileage 190. To Ngnniai.—>January: Visits to homes, 34: telephone calls, 9; new babies, .3; car mileage, 115. February : Visits to homes, 41; telephone calls. 16; one new baby; -car mileage. 115. The report was adopted.