WOODLANDS NOTES

Southland Times, Issue 21097, 31 May 1930, Page 9

WOODLANDS NOTES

>- LITERARY AND DEBATING ” SOCIETY. ?t le (From Our Correspondent.) Mr. J. Trotter presided over a good e attendance at the weekly meeting of the Literary and Debating Society on Tuesday. Arrangements were completed for a : newspaper evening, next meeting. In this • members have been alloted parts and all are expected to contribute >K>niething to d the columns of the “Morning Herald” which will be read ant! discussed at the meeting. Mr. A. McCaw has been appointed • editor and his chief duty is that of a cen- ■ sor. He reports from material already in . i his hands that the paper promises to be 3 [ most interesting. Arrangements were also ■ ; finalized for a prepared debate on the following Tuesday, June 10, when a team . ; from Invercargill will meet a team from . | the club. The subject chosen for the de- . j bate is “That Parliament should restrain ; I excessive luxury.” Woodlands will defend j : j the statement. An act (Act III) was read - ! by members from Milne’s play “The truth - I about Blayds.” Then another very short j play by the same playwright was also read, I “The stepmother,” is a very modern play ■ and was well presented by those taking ' part. The play-reading evenings have been ; well patronized by members of the club and promise to be more so throughout the t 1 remainder of the session J I The Young Men’s Club held the second I of a series of dances in the hall on WesnesI day, but it was unfortunate in that on ; | Wednesday evening one of the worst storms I this year was experienced. Nevertheless 1 | there was a good attendance, representative j of all the surrounding district, including a ; i bus load from Invercargill. Jack Thompson’s dance band supplied the music while Mr. D. Saxelby asisted by J. McHardy,! controlled the floor. Much of the success j j is due to the work of the joint secretar- | ' ies, Messrs C. Frew and P. Wyeth.. I i

In the report of the meeting of May 22 of the Woodlands branch of the farmers’ Union, the following was omitted: Re Mr. Polson's position as dominion president, the following motion was moved and seconded: “That, as the Farmers’ Union is a non-political body, the Dominion president of all people should be a man who is not actively engager! in politics or actively attached' to any political party.” It was agreed to send this as a remit to the provincial council in order that the delegates to the Dominion Conference might act accordingly. Despite atrocious weather conditions and counter attractions on Wednesday evening there was a good muster of card enthusiasts at the euchre tournament run by the Woodlands Bowling Club. The prizes for the evening were won by Mrs. T. Wyeth and Mr. P. Jones. The seating of the building has been increased to hold nearly 50 players, but so popular has the euchre become that it is thought that this will prove inadequate. Nearly an inch of rain fell on WednesI day and already this month over three inches have been registered with only 12 days without rain. Threshing is finished for the season and most farmers have started feeding their stock on winter feed, which contrary to previous reports, is not too abundant this season.