NORTH CANTERBURY.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20492, 10 March 1932, Page 3

NORTH CANTERBURY.

| * « j rangiora. i menu' s of thp lli ' ll = iora Ui B l > Board met on Tuesday evening. Jlossrs C. I. Jennings (chair(F 3- Banks. *'• Stevenson, C. A. Kowse. K. D. I'. Smith, ® ennctt ' , , was received from sSTartmeDt ill reference to the cxof time for junior mid senior ffpjice pupils- & his monthly report the agneulII master stated that on the Davy Jk there was a marked improvement growth since the rains. Barley 'Jr had struck well and also the ff" >rop , and there had been a improvement in mangels. The overage to February loth *Kbutterfat. (jTorincipal (Mr J. I'.. fetrachan), v mnntlilv report, stated that the ro || iras: Boys 110, girls IUo, #9s At the end of 11)31 03 returned 118 ("8 boys and 70 \ew enrolments were (J/ pupils «*and 35 girls). Of the 30 girls !£.'m 13 i ia(i I,ccu t0 sclio °' ou 'y !?t«r According to the Depart*ZJ,) regulations the school was "3ft for staffing on the roll 011 I jSl* I Tli report further stated that should ! Jihool a teacher it would be !Simpossible to continue the pre:*swncaluin unimpaired. 11ns was i anil it was for the Board '2 Minister to say whether the.v t f ie school to continue its 23efforts to devise and carry out [JgJrienbim «n line with the country's (Ty financial statement for the ending March Bth showed re#to have been £oso 15s (id and ditnre £SOB 12s Bd. The bank was £IOB 3s 2d. X« n t" amounting to £B9 17s 5d Jv 8»»d for payment, fie Agricultural Farm Committee JUed having visited the farm and 3)eriiv was given to the headmaster necessary equipment. T ' I KAIKOURA. | Ike members ot the Kaikoura Rh er I ||ri mad# an inspection of tlie fii riverbed on Wednesday. member* of the Kaikoura [ajgiv Council. with Mr Tindall finis Board engineer). Mr * ■ iSbein (district engineer), and Mr engineer. Nelson) made aflospectitib of the North road yester- % witb a view to deciding what is tfbt toe io put the road in a satismer condition following the closing Sa of work on the South Island IKb Trunk Line. *' ..' SCARGILL. jjfcero was a good attendance nt the ■iyAty . peedaSitj of the ScargillMgtonaa «b-brancli of the Plunket Satiety, Mrs H. Acton-Adams presiding It wa« decided to hold the tmuni fete, wliich.has been set down for the first Saturday in April, at Tipapa." Mrs Graham read an interesting paper on infantile paralysis. Altenwcn tea was.provided by Mrs W. Flemins. There was a at the aniitul beating Scargill Hortitaltaail sod wKOcMßrdtutries Society, \tUJn fbe ScvgiM- hall on Saturday ma* -AVi&Hrnras held last year, Iteration in the the Society. It pring show this ng officers were g year:—Patron, president, Mrs !-presidents, Mrs H. B. Douglas !ampbell. S. B. J. Leacli; secreoberts; assistant reig; committee, , A. Fairbaim, er, A. Fox, C. nson, W. Harrioe, J. Scott, and inett and Ravn, son, E. Gardner, orts, T. N GardN. Stewart, G. nald, B. Coe, G. m, A. Fnirbairn, lira, G. Pannett, rt, A. Stone,. F. t. Mr Ravn. Icargill for the was 3.£>2in. the • the mouth for I for the year to was 4.92 in, oom--1931 and 5.97 in OD. ■ Committee held luring the week, ;sent: Messrs G. an), F. Reaby land (treasurer), and J. Weathei'icadmaster) reiber was 120 and e 110. It was reds from the conBuckett, in a,id alised £4 19s Gd. •om Mr Ecroyd, >urwood Libraij, n in arranging !iat they will not t arrangements, i Club held its iday night, there nco of members. lisclosed a satis- , and tho secre- ■ was an increase •fficers resulted: W. J ° W Walter; i It. W. Hawke, riie, J. Liggins, ooks, W. UobinCusack, J. PetT. Dclamain, (J. rson, and W. R. lessrs R. David- . Parks, A. Miland J. D. McIr M. L. MulholGapes, club cap)tt; vice-captain, Hoppers, Messrs Mulholland; J. H. Rowse, L. Mulholland; orkin, A. Goodlitors, Messrs E. Delainaindelers T. Hay and ors, Messrs A. ett. and J. PetMessrs R. Gooflrange stewards, D. Hnffenden ; isr» L. Gray and Jngregations at J list Church last j thanksgiving serpreachers being, i Dd the Rev. J. 1 was decorated vegetables, and 3 st Were

AKAROA. A meeting of the Akaroa District High fcchcol committee was held on Monday Present: Messrs A. M Helps (chairman), E. E. Eves T v McKcnzic, W. K. M. jacobson, the Rev. J. McCaw. v v - A letter vyas rece'iviEld froih the Education Board, statiug. that it . was impossible, at, the present time to consider slutting the Technical School building to the now High School site. It was decided to ask the Bbard to reconsider its decision; as advice had been received that the High School board would assist financially. It was also decided to enquire from the Borough Council'-.and the Education Board what . steps., were being taken regarding closing Selwyn street, as the committee were desirous of erecting u new fence. W. Phillips applied lor a 1 reduction of rent of the school paddock, and it was decided to reduce the rent by £2 per annum. The headmaster's report showed that the attendances for the month were: Primary, roll 93, attendance, 80; secondary, 36 —33. Further results of matches on the bowling green are as follows: Badges—F. C. Aldridge, W. H. Prieit, A. F. C. Williamson, A. E. Kingston, 22 (challengers); H. A. Rhodes, F. R. Rich, A. G. Slmttleworth, S. \V. Hayward, 19 (holders). Champion singles—C. Petterson 19, A. E. Kingston 14; S. W. Hayward 27, A. G. Suttleworth 19; A. E. Kingston 20, A. J. Clements 15'; A. G. Shut tie worth 23, H. A. Rhodes 16; A. F. C. Williamson 21, G. Armstrong 9. Mr Eric Mickle met with an accident on Saturday nigfit, while cycling round the Beach road. He rode over the sea wall in the darkness, and was rendered unconscious. Fortunately Mr Dave Reid heard the crash and rescued him from the incoming tide. After receiving medical attention he was removed to his home. MARSHLAND. Interest has been shown in the newlyformed tennis court, and it is an asset to the district. Recently the committee decided to hold a friendly knockout tournament between the players, most of whom are beginners. Twentyfour members entered the competition, and partners were drawn for. The result of the games were as follows: — Miss E. Palmer and J. Robertson lost to Miss R. Wilson and M. Kiesanowsfci, 3-6; Mrs T. Crozior and C. Booker lost to Miss E. Berry and C. Cox, 2-6; Lloyd Palmer and Les. Wilson defeated Mrs Sturgiss and M. Clark, 6-4; Mrs Stack wood and S. Wheatley lost to Miss E. Free and 11. Kingston. 4-0; Mrs Wilson and A. Jacob defeated Miss M. Sharlick : and R. Tomlin, 6-2; Miss D. Sharlick and R. Stackwood lost to Miss J. Watson and Yic. Kiesanowski, 3-6. In the second round Miss R. Wilson and M. Kiesanowski lost to Miss E. Berry ;md C. C'ox, 4-6; Lloyd Palmer and Los. Wilson defeated Miss E. Free and R. Kingston, 7-5; Mrs Wilson and A. Jacob defeated Miss J. Watson and Vic. Kiesanowski, 9-7. Semi-final: Miss E. Berry and C. Cox loist to L. Palmer and L. Wilson' 6-8. Final: L. Palmer and L. Wilson defeated Mrs Wilson and A. Jacobs, 6-4. The monthly meeting of the hall committee was held on Monday last, Mr Hibbard presiding. It was decided to erect a name board on the front of the'hall, Messrs C. Booker' and A. Jacob undertaking the work of erecting it. Mrs Sibbald has been steadily working for the past two months training a number of children who will shortly entprtain parents and friends in the local hall. The proceeds of the entertainment will assist the school funds.

LINCOLN. Meteorological observations taken nt Canterbury Agricultural College in February are as follows, the figures for last year being given in Mean .height barometer 29.853 in (29.884 in); mean humidity 70deg. (67deg.) ; mean maximum temperature, 68.7deg. Fahr (68.4deg Fahr); highest temperature 86;20 on February 3rd (84.4deg.); mean minimum temperature, 52.deg. (48.6deg.); lowest temperature. 39.2deg. on February 9th (40.6deg.); mean grass minimum tern, pe'rature 49.1deg. (44.5deg.); moan range of temperature, 16.7deg. Fahr. (19.8deg. Ftyir); mean temperature, 60.4deg. Fahr (58.5deg.); day 3 of frost 1 (0); rainfall 1.64 in (2.77 in); hours of sunshine, 176 (206); mean amount of cloud, 6.7 (5.6); miles of wind, 3932 (38-52); mean force of wind, 2.8 (2.9). LADBROOKS. The School Committee held the first meeting of the year .on Monday evening. .Those present were Messrs F. J. Coles (chairman), F. W. Meyer, T. Coleman, W. J. Gallagher, and R. J. Ware (secretary); Miss Laishley, headmistress, reported that the number of pupils on the roll was 45 and the average attendance satisfactory. The school will be closed to-day when the teachers will be attending the drill instruction course at Hornby. Mrs T. G. Ware (Okain's Bay) is the guest of Mr and Mrs John Ware. Mr Sarsfield Flood (Dunedin) was visiting Ladbrooks last week. HORNBY. The Hornby School Committee held its monthly meeting on Monday evening, Mr F. A! McTeigue presiding. Those present were Messrs J. Allen, W Richardson, K. A. McDonald, G. Taylor, and A. Tippet. _ The headmaster, Mr F. O'Flynn, reported that the roll number for February was 298, and the average attendance was 282. The roll number at the end o'f the month was 296. The School Committee approached the Paparoa County Council to see it it would be willing to form a footpath along Factory road from the store to the school, and the committee was advised of the Council's approval in this matter.