KING COUNTRY NOTES

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 779, 27 September 1929, Page 6

KING COUNTRY NOTES

MUSIC EXAMINATIONS The Mayor of Taumarunui, Mr. C. A. Boles, has been advised by Mr. F. Langstone, M.P., that the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. P. A. de la Perrelle. will visit Taumarunui on Saturday, and remain that day to receive deputations. He will leave for Auckland by the night express. © * * There are prospects that tennis will boom in the Matiere district this coming season. Working bees have been busy on the construction of two new courts, and an unusually large number of prospective new players will join the club. * * * The results of the Trinity College of Music Examination, conducted at St. Joseph’s Convent, Taumarunui, by Mr. C. Egerton Lowe, F.T.C.L., early in September, are announced as follow: Convent Pupils.—Senior grade: Blanche Kay (Te Awamutu), 76; Cora Nock, 74; Jean San del, 74; Edith Petersen, 72. Junior honours: Jack Joyce, 80 Preparatory: Vera West, 77; Grace McNamara, 77. Advanced Junior theory: Lorelei Spring, 80 (honours). Junior theory: Jack Joyce, 91 (honours); Edith Petersen, 86 (honours); Merle Boles, 77. Preparatory theory: Cora Nock, 92. Mrs. Jonasson’s Pupils—Licentiate: Edith Carroll, 82. Associate: Oriti Brierly, 79. Higher local: Selina Oliver, 69. Senior grade: Jean Wilson, 69. Intermediate: Alice White, 69; Coralie Cambie, 68; Rhoda Broomhead, 66; Thomas King, 66; Louis Bradley, 64. Junior: Lorraine Langwell, 65; Raymond Leach, 65. Preparatory: Sidney Leach, 71. Advanced intermediate theory: Rana Tompkins (honours) 81* Joy Tompkins, 69. Miss O'Brien's pupils—lntermediate: Herbert McKay. 80 (honours); Melba Hurst, 64. Preparatory: Norman Edwards, 74. Junior theory: Joan Norton, 98 (honours); Melba Hurst, 96 (honours). Miss Shearman s pupil: Keith Campbell, 69. Miss Brierly s pupil—Junlor: Mary Gardiner, 7 pupil—Junior: Koa Irvine, 72. Mr. Anderson’s violin pupils—Senior: Kitty Martin, 74 Ivy B ™ dloy ’ 82 (honours). First steps: Maurice Dowdell, 90Jessie Anderson, 82. curious accident occurred during an electrical storm at Kakahi. A taxicar, driven by Mr. D. Barnett, while being driven through the storm was struck by lightning. Fortunately the damage was only slight and Mr. Barnett received only a mild shock. Mr. L. S. Ford waited on the last meeting of the Manunui Town Board and requested that Mr. C. Birnie be asked to remove two fences from a public road running parallel with the Wanganui River. Mr. Birnie had been granted a lease of the land bv the ■Wanganui River Trust, which had since acknowledged itself to be in error in granting the lease. The board decided to explain th© position to Mr. Birnie, and ask him to remove the obstructions from this public road.