WOODVILLE & DISTRICT

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 260, 1 October 1940, Page 8

WOODVILLE & DISTRICT

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It is announced for tho information of farmers that tho next cull cow drive will start from Dannevirke next Friday. I The third instalment of £ll 11s 6d from I thy Woodville Mayor’s Fund for the purchase of aeroplanes has been forwarded to I Wellington. Late on Saturday night a motor-car, owned by Mr J. McKinlay, was taken without authority from the corner of Ormond and Vogel Streets. On Sunday morning it was found near tho Ashhurst bridge, undamaged. An inquiry regarding an abandoned car observed at Ngawapurua on Sunday revealed that it was with tho description given earlier of a missing car. Constable Skinner was notified and tho car was recovered yesterday morning. It had suffered heavy damage through having been run into a picket fence. The car is owned by Mr C. McLeod, of Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North, and it had been taken from Tokomaru on Saturday evening. Tho Hawke’s Bay provincial patriotic' fund stands act Receipts, £6329: expenditure, £2158; balance in hand, £4171. The collections credited to tho constituent districts are: Napier, £2106; Hastings, £1298; Southern, £1266; Wairoa, £928: Central, £528; General Provincial, £4OO. The Woodvillo and district fund for soldiers’ parcels lias been increased by the following contributions : Woodville street stall, £ls 7s 9d; Mrs J. Phelan, 12s 6d.; Ngawapurua Women’s Institute, £1; Mrs J. Murray, 12s 6d; total. £l7 12s 6d. If one of several recommendations which originated in the Woodvillo Patriotic Society finds .favour with the National Patriotic Council, soldiers abroad will receive parcels in alternate months. The September and quarterly statistics have bc',n recorded by the registrar (Mr 11. 11. jlittle) as follows, 1939 comparative figures being given in parentheses: Quarter to September 30: Births, 9 (40); deaths, 4 (1); marriages, 5 (1). September month: Births, 3 (6); deaths 1 (1); marriages, 5 (1). ■ The September rainfall, as registered by Mr J. C. Bolton, tot ailed 2.79 in„ tho maximum daily fall being 43in. on the 11th. Spring showers alternating with steady light rain have boon the dominating features of the weather over several days past and for the first day o£ October. l'he season’s tennis activities at Kumcroa were formally opened by the president (Mr I. R. Mackay) on Saturday under favourable conditions. There was a good attendance. Unfortunately, unfavourable weather earlier in the day had prevented representatives of other clues from paying a visit, but Kumeroa district residents strongly supported the function with their presence,. In the club games, played the standard of play in evidence was a good augury, for the club’s successful participation in the competitions ahead The. opening was celebrated at an impromptu dance in the hall in the evening, the principal musician being Mr B. Cheyne, and the -M.C. Mr 0. Millar. Extras were played by Mrs lleggic, Miss M. Cranficld and Mr J. Sergeant. The Woodville School was closed yesterday as the teachers are attending the-'three duys’ refiesher course being conducted by the Hawke’s Bay Education Board at Dannevirke.

Mr D. Keay acknowledges the following contributions :—Spitfire Fund : Previously acknowledged, £43 9s; Mr and Mrs J. M. Hutchinson, £2 10s; total, £45 19s. I/Otidon Relief Fund: Previously acknowledged, £29 16s; W. Loader. ss; Mi- and Mrs J. M. Hutchinson, £2 10s; total, £32 11s. A further amount is to conic to hand for the Spitfire, Fund. Mr and Mis 11. G. Wickes have taken lip their residence in Wellington. The dressed doll and basinette, the work of Miss Plen, realised £ls, which has been donated to the Spitfire Fund. .At a recent meeting of the Southern Hawke’s Bay District Farmers’ Union the following remit was received from the dairy committee and support for the proposal solicited: —“That tho Government be requosted to amend the Social Security Act in such a manner that persons in receipt of income other than salary or wages shall pay (ax on income from April 1,.U939, instead of from April 1, 1933, this placing them on the same basis as »alary and wage-earners, and that any such amendment should apply to Part ] f of the Finance Act, 1940, so that persons in receipt of income other than salaries or wages will not be required to pay national security tax on income earned prior to July 22, i 940, the date on which national security tax became payable on salaries and wages.” On behalf of the dairy committee, Mr G. Cammock formally moved the motion which was seconded by Mr J. M. Wright and carried.

BALLANCE CHURCH,

The 43rd anniversary of the Ballance church was celebrated on Sunday with a service conducted by the three ministers who rise that sanctuary for public worship. A representative gathering from the locality and visiting friends filled the church. Rev. K. F. Button, M.A.. vicar of Pahiatua, presided and . led , the devotions, including special prayers for the national crisis. Rev. F. J. Ussher, supplying for the, Presbyterian charge, read Psalm 103. After the offertory, a united choir under the baton of Mr J. J. Boagey rendered the hymn j study, “Peace be still.” Kov. W. E. Moore, Methodist minister, addressed tire congregation on the power of the Christian Church as the preserver of the highest ideals of life. The singing of the hytnns was hearty and inspiring. “The Church’s one Foundation,” “Stand up for Jesus,” “0 Worship the King” and “O God our Hein in Ages Past” were chosen. The Methodist minister /acted as organist, and the vicar pronounced the Benediction. During the proceedings, Mr E. Moore, as chairman of the Ballance Church Trust, read the statement of . the, church ac counts, which are in credit, with a sum of £2l 17s 8d aside for the repair and painting of the outside of the building.

PAHIATUA.

At a meeting of the Bush Rugby Referees’ Association Mr PI. Rodgers presided. It was disclosed that during the season 10 active members had controlled 82 games over an area extending from Woodville to Eketahuna.

At the annual meeting of the Bush Cricket Association, Mr O. C. Smyth presided. In his report, the president stated that the 1939-40 season opened with tour teams, but early in the season a fifth team entered. The Pahiatua Club won the cup, as it had done the two previous years. The finances of the club were satisfactory but something would have to be done to swell the funds. The past season had been most successful and in spite of the probable enlistment of many players another good season could be looked forward to. The election of officers resulted: —Patron, Mr J. E. Hewitt ; president, Mr Smyth; vice-prcsidonts, Mrs M. D. Cornelius, Messrs A. L. C. Wilson, W. Lawry, E. Matson, T. li. Yerry, H. Higginson, S. K. Siddells, J. McKay, J. de P. Manson, A. P. Ralph; executive, the president, treasurer, secretary and Messrs D. R. Salter, K. C. Montgomery, E. Matson and R. Mills; treasurer, Mr T. Fouhy; secretary, Mr W. C. Leith; hon.' auditor. Mr L. A. Truscott. The following teams signified their intention of participating in the competition this year: Mangamaire, High School, Pahiatua, Pal hiatua Fire Brigade. Appreciation was placed on record of the excellent service rendered by Mr L. F. Barraclough, who is shortly to leave for active service training. The alterations to the Pahiatua fire station, made necessary so as to accommodate the new fire engine, were in progress and would soon be completed it was reported at the quarterly meeting of the Fire Board. The meeting received correspondence from the Treasury about the raising of the £6OO loan to meet the cost of a new f,re engine and the alterations to the station. The loan will he raised bv overdraft. Mr A. \V. White presided at the meet mg and also present were Messrs L. A. Hutton, k. B. Mason, W. A. Caitlie* S. Judd, W. 11. Lawry (suporinlendent) and A. \\. Hamilton (acting secry-

tarv). The half-yearly statement showed that receipts totalled £356 and payments £l4O. It was agreed, on the motion of Messrs Hutton and Mason, that- the Borough Council be asked to authorise its building inspector to make inspections for fire prevention purposes where thought necessary. The superintendent reported thut there had been five alarms in the quarter. Recommendations were made that the Borough Council enforce the bylaw dealing with incinerators at the rear of business premises, and that permission bo granted to purchase uniforms and helmets to the amount set aside in the estimates. The Dress Cup, given by Mr G. Oxley, had been tied for by Firemen E. Collins and J. Stoke, for three years in ElK , coSS ion. It was suggested that the board provide a cup for the second winning* fireman, to complete the present competition. Mr Oxley was willing to present anothei cup for competition under the Minic conditions as before.