NORTH CANTERBURY.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20488, 5 March 1932, Page 3

NORTH CANTERBURY.

CHEVIOT. j ■ flio : annaa.l j meeting of the Cheviot«i Gclf. Chib " was -.held in the Lounge | J looms on Thursday. The presi- ] dent, _Mr (J. S. Gurdon, presided, j over aiv attendance of about 40 mom-' hers. 'Before commencing the business, oi the meeting the chairman asked memberjs present -to stand i'or a mom-' cnt's silence ih.sympathy,. wiLii the relatives •of"the" late Mrs •J.'-S." Webb, Mr Webb - being ;a member..'-The; secretary, read ' the. report ,an'd * balance-sheet,' -vyhioh shovvea.'that the club", h'atd had a; .most successful season. After starting the'season.;with. a small debits the creditbaiance iio\vn stood .at' £2sat -The election of resulted : Patrons, the lit. Hqni .O'. W. :Forbes> and„ Mr H. oloss ;.. jresidfeiit, Mr 0. A. /Movat; Messrs A."; Stocker, 11. ('• WeStenra, "G. K. Macttonald, ; and A. Gillanders committee, M<jsdames Gillanders,- McLaren, and Marshall,'.-Dr.' Irwin and - Messrs' Edridge,' • .J/awry* Fuller, and Denton; secretary, JVlrvi 1 . D. Childs; auditor,. 'Mr E. ;'Marshall; club • captain, Mr R, G. 'Wostenra; vics-ciiptaih, .Mr G. R. Maci?oriald; .ladies' .'captain,- Mrs 'C. Gordon; greens* committee, Messrs Lawry, Ful--lei\ and Bremner; match committee, Messrs Mowat, Westerira; and Childs. A pleasant afterhoon'-was v .spent at thg Mackenzie Tennis Courts'ion Thursday, when a number of players and friends met. to. say farewell to Mr and Mrs W. !F. Owen, - who have lieen.,transferred.to "Woolston. Mr C. .F. Holton, president of the club, presented .Mr and, Mr?, Owen with a silver teapot as a token of.'the esteem in which they were, held by tlio members. On behalf of the members, Mr Holton washed Mr and- Mrs Owen every success. Mr D. G. McDonald, president of. the Cheviot Cricket Club, presented the guests . with a • handsome clock on behalf of the members of the cricket club. ...

. At' a meeting of the Cheviot Agricultural and. Pastoral Association, Mr J. D. E. "VVinskill presiding, iv motion of sympathy with the relatives of Mrs

WOODEND. The Woodond Public Library held its annual- meeting .on Wednesday evening,!, a full attendance being recorded. The balance-sheet Bhowod -a credit ot £6.16s 7d; There-are 36 subscribers. The following ' officers were elected: — President, - Mr" J.; Forbes; secretary, Mr If. Rob^rtshaw; librarian and treasurer, Mr G.. Gibling; committee, Messrs AV'. Hewitt," J. Hunter, F. Sheppard, J. : Little,' arid A. Smith; audi-, tor, Mr J. Biillinger. It was decided that tfio, jjsual.. honorarium be paid to the librarian,/and that a further be ,/a*pendfed 'on . new books for the library." ■ • On . Thursday ■: afternoon the annual meeting atrt-lie <Woodend Ladies' Guild, was held at/ the Parsonage. The secretary and treasurer, Mrs E. C. Pateman, read the minutes of the last annual meeting, and presented the balance-sheet. The president, Mrs H. Ford, complimented Mrs 'Pateman on her excellent work during the year. Jt was decided that various renovations needed in the parsonage be taken. m hand at once, and Mrs Ford and Mrs H. Little were authorised to make the necessary expenditure. A resolution of sympathy with the relatives of Miss McKenzi?, an old member of the Guild, who died during the vear, was proposed by the Rev. Mr Ford, and carried in silence, the members standingAll the officers< were re-elected. Mrs Sills consented to give a paper—Ooiir fererice - Schools —at the next ■ meeting.