LAWRENCE NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 23688, 23 September 1940, Page 6

LAWRENCE NOTES

Outt Coerespondest] Members of the Evans Flat Church met at the home of Mr and Mrs Carson to enjoy a lantern lecture on ‘ Japan ’ given by Mr Troughton, a missionary on furlough. The lecture was thoroughly enjoyed, and the beautiful slides shown wore most interesting. At the conclusion of the lecture opportunity was taken of saying farewell to Mr J. M. Daley, who recently resigned from the ministry of the church to join the Medical Corps for service abroad. Mr Robertson rendered the solo ‘ The Stranger of Galilee,’ and also spoke on behalf of those present of the good work of Mr Daley whilst ministering among the Evans Flat folk, and asked him to accept a cheque as a token of the high esteem in which he was held in Evans Flat. Mr Daley replied, thanking the folk for their kindness and sympathy and for their gift. LAWRENCE D.H. SCHOOL COMMITTEE. The monthly meeting of the Lawrence D. School Committee was presided over by the chairman (Mr F. J. Gray). Mr D. Christie, who has received a military appointment, wrote tendering his resignation as a member of the committee. The resignation, was accepted with regret. The Hoad' Master reported a slight increase in the school attendance. The finances of the committee were fully discussed. Despite the raising of nearly £lB recently, the funds of the committee are at a low ebb. The general feeling of the meeting was that the Education Department should increase the allowance to this school. It was left to the chairman and secretary to draft a suitable letter setting out the position of the committee and asking the Otago Education Board and the Education Department for a special grant. ROXBURGH FIRE BRIGADE. The annual meeting of the Roxburgh Volunteer Fire Brigade was held at Roxburgh last week, there being a full attendance of old and! new members. Mr John Waigth occupied the chair. The balance sheet showed a credit balance of £9 3s sd. The election of office-bearers resulted: —Secretary and treasurer, Mr E. Jeffery; captain, Mr T. Hayes; lieutenant, Mr A. R. T. Kinaston; foreman, Mr R. Harris, first hydrant, Mr W. Compton; second hydrant, Mr D. Riach; first branchman, Mr M. Kitto; second hranchman, Mr B. M. Jeffery; ladders, Mr G. Doldorff; pioneers—Messrs F. J. Laloli, A. Waigth, J. Mercer, R. Shand, and J. Gutzewitz. It was decided that the four senior members and D. Kitto constitute a subcommittee to look over the equipment and report on its condition. TEVIOT ANGLING CLUB. The annual meeting of the Teviot Angling Club was held at Roxburgh, when there was a very good attendance of members from Miller’s Plat and Roxburgh. The balance sheet showed a credit of £2 Os 2d. The election of officers resulted as follows :—President, Mr J. Cook; secretary and treasurer, Mr J. Pearson; committee —Messrs Hayes, Harper, and M'Mahon. Three new members were welcomed, and several members presented the club with trophies for the coming year. It has been arranged to forward small parcels to two members on active service in Egypt—Privates D. Cook and S. Kitto—as a present from tbe club. WAITAHUNA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. There was a good attendance at the annual meeting of the Waitaliuna Horticultural Society, Mr E. Crozier (president) presiding. The election of officers resulted:— President, Mr E. Crozier; vice-presi-dents, Miss Corry and Mr H. Crozier; secretary, Mrs J. 'Labes; treasurer, Mr T. Corry; committee—Mesdames J. Crane, Cunningham, Henry, Quilter, Brook, J. Pennell, M'Kenzie, F. Crane, and Messrs H. Blair and Pennell. Immediately after the annual meeting the ordinary meeting was held, Mr E. Crozier being in the chair. After some discussion it was decided that the spring show he held on Tuesday, September 24. FARMERS UNION. Mr J. A. Robertson presided at the monthlv meeting of the Lawrence branch "of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union. The secretary was instructed to write to the Minister of Agriculture drawing attention to the fact that there was lime available at Oamaru, and asking that the free mileage be extended from Oamaru so that farmers at present unable to get lime would be able to get supplies. At present Oamaru lime is railed free as far as Henley, 100 miles from Oamaru. As Milbuxn is 10 miles from Henley, if lime from Oamaru was given 210 miles free railage the, surplus from Oamaru would be available. It was also pointed out that the Milburn orders could be rearranged, and lime from Oamaru would then come just as far as was necessary. By this latter method, at a certain point the Milburn lime and the Oamaru lime would meet, and there would be no unnecessary haulage by the railways. Mr R. C. Hall stated that representatives from this branch had attended meetings at Balclutba at the request of the South Otago Transport Limited, to deal with the matter of transport charges. Everything had been thoroughly overhauled and agreed upon, and in most cases reduction was to be made in the charges. It was decided to draw the company’s attention to the matter, and ask what had become of the report. It was agreed to support a request from the local Patriotic Committee asking for donations of produce, stock, etc., to bo auctioned at the 4ZB concert at Lawrence this month. A circular was received in connection with the agitation to obtain permission for farmers’ farm tractors to proceed along the roads without number plates to enable farmers to help one another. It was decided to support the proposal.