THE QUEON'S BIRTHDAY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1742, 26 May 1888, Page 2

THE QUEON'S BIRTHDAY.

Id Terauka the Quqon's ‘Birthday *a uaual/.obaerved as, a jclpae ''the streets Veret’daseYted.Th'e Temuka ’Riflss, 'to" the 1 riuw’ber "of 31,' under com- •? imahd’offfffeutenantft Fihdlay and White, proceeded to tha Ashburton’ Review by ,the and ireturnad by the late, ,tCf|jß.tbe same eyeuiog. -The annual ball 1 hqld’upflw;. (be auspice* pifheiborps took 5 place in Ike Hal|,‘ but was hot 1 id jioint'of numbe'rk so successful as in ’former yekrs; n The ! H4ll was beautifully fdecbraiedi'with ev'ergttfens add flowers, io ;fapt weihaye nsreT seen; it so 1 'well decorated before. Theimusib of Messrs Jd’iojpd j-(piano) and Wood (violin) was delightful, an ( dj thfr of Mr j.Tpmba was all that could' ba desired. Everything was lexdelleftf,’except that the attendance was -not largaj: but those' who were present 'enjoyed themselves to their : beared con*tent,; uni kept the dancing up till about 4 a.m. !! 1 WESLBYAS CHURCH. . The social gathering held last Thursday ■ ( in Wesleyan Church was very successful, ' The proceedings opened' with’’devotional’ exercises,,' 'after which Mrsl Bunn’ sangji ‘t'He wipes , the tear fromi every; eye” splendidly land Mrs Harripqn A Master stood in hi’s garden,” capital effect,. Tea . ; was then served up jby’Mes.dam,eß Bunn, Barrett,! Williams, and Lynch, and was done full justice to. It 1 whs sbpplied by the ladies of the congregation/ arid was of ah excellent kind. After this the Chairman Mr Bunn) apogee: at;' : some length on the’great advancement w.hijcli had .been during ; thp,, reign., of,,’thei, present Queen. In education, religion great advancement bad been made, and the feign Vv(as‘ ; altogether a glopious.-ooe.-. .• "fle' allq spoke of the necessity of building,* • a;De‘W’churcb'.! ’He l urged tiiit'the present church wasirtoo small for -their require-, ments. There was not jhalf effough room | for the,..congregation, and as it was more, likely to increase than to diminish, it' was* absolutely/ necessary to get a larger, ’ building. ' Mr Job Brown and Mr J; W; Miles also spbke to the same effect,' and J urged that it was’possible to provide the ■ means. They held that it was necessary { to proceed at once to work.; Tho Chair-. I ' man said the ladies had already gone' to j 1 work, and had decided to hold a gift

auction ia the early part of next year. He wag certain (ho ladies would do:, their share, and he now called dri the meeting to elpct a Committee to carry out the f object in ' view. On (he motion of *Mr Miles; seconded by Mr Brown, the following Committee was appointed :—Messrs E. Brown, J. Brown, J. W. Miles, R. Thomas, W, Storey, G. H. Lynch, T. Barr, G. Proitley, J. Harrison, J. Grow, and H. M. Miles, with power to add to their number. The rev. Ghairman ; then moved a vote of thanks to the'ladiea who, kindly supplied the tea, and it was carried by acclamation. Mr J. Brown said the-gentlemen" who assisted them ought not to be overlooked. Messrs Hooper, Pawdray, and others had rendered valuable assistance to the ladies id getting up the tea, and he v*oa|ol move a vote of thanks to them also. The motion on baing seconded by the Chairman was carried by acclamation. The Chairman then said they had spent the Queen’s birthday right loyally, and they could nob wind up, batter than by singing the National Anthem, andi it was sung accordingly. During the evening several .{pbilee hymns were sung, but perhaps the most enjoyable part of the entertainment was the commentaries of the rev. Chairman,- who scarcely opened hia lips * during the whole evening without saying something that provoked roars-' of, laughter. On the whole’ the gathering was a most enjoyable one.

GERALDINE,

The 241 h of May passed off very quietly at Geraldine. In the morniug the members ©f the Rifle corps to the number of 30, under the command of Captain Pearpoint, foil in at the drijlshed, and proceeded by Messrs J. Mundell and Co’s coach to Orari; whence they proceeded by Ithe morning train to Ashburton and took part in the military manoeuvres there. The men returned again ia the evening, and expressed themselves as thoroughly satisfied, with their day’s ouling. The tiwnship itself was almost deserted. Scarcely a visitor was induced to pay tha bush! at visit, this being rather i’cdld time ’ofj the year for bush - picnicking. 'A number of’ s the members of the {ootb.ill .clud met bn the grounds, but owing tosithe I ball having rippedr and -thgr from sWiiichea.ter s not arriving no. practice was held.- *

THE ' VOLUNTEERS.

.The field I .day at Ashburton was, taken part in by t he-folio wing corpd:— . ■ TemukaTlifles, Lieutenant Findlay.,, 31 Geraldine Riles, Captain Peaipoint 22 Waimate'Rifle a, Captain Studholme 21 '■ CaptaiqWhite 1 42 Ashburton Rifles, Captain Dojtnan... 41 Ashburton Guards, Captain Sparrow 44 Temuka Cadets, Captain Bryars ... .26 Timaru Garrison Band, , v ... 21 Staff ... ' :...■ ... 6 Total ■ ... ... ... 254 The movements were under the direcr tion of Colonel. Bayley, officer-jopm-manding the district and the fadiitb ’Canterbury Battalion, assisted by Majors; , Douglas' and _ Moore and Captain Fooks. Major Young was also present. The men, from .the Southern districts proceeded .'to by first*; Hbraip, and bn * byattfe local eorpsj and alf paraded on the railway reserve I about 1 eleven o’clock. A variety of,.exercises were gone through, and the men were, then* dismissed for lunch; At twelve,the Battalion paraded, a feu-di-jofy • fired,; and .three chePfii were'given for , Gar s baud/ playing the NationaLAnthem. The Battalion tpen .. marched,,, to,.tbyj northern part' of the , Domain, .where ; a. sham fight took’place. Afterwards,an fiourp Battalion drill ;was gone thfpßgh, and 'the men were then 1 marched' into town and dismissed.' ; The , m,en,.pn~jpo whqle,.did .Iheir work',Well,' and't'Ub day’s wOrk must prove very beneficial to them. Before the proceedings, terminated, the commanding officer' addressed the battalion. In the course of his remarks he said be had during' the last few days, had the painful duty of investi- , gating a ease of insubordination on the part of a volunteer, who bad been found guilty and dismissed from the He wished it distinctly knorjn- that hewould not tolerate insubordination ;in any; form. Some Volunteers tbohgt that if . they were dissatisfied with-> anything they 1 cpuld send iu their fesignation,! and then » ■•■be’** ibipertinenfc'ds tHtijrilked!; but until their resignations were accepted they were still bound to conform,to : the]regulation iff the service!, He wis; fairly pleased with their work; that day, , all .things considered,.but they; were still ! raw' in maby points. He was pleasedto, notice that the whole of the battalion was '<! dressed alike/ and Hehoped 'Companies who had only received their whits belts a few days ago, would, in due; time, get them smartened up. He hoped there .would be a larger- muster^ next j time,. s and .thalked.all who taken part in the proceedings that day. | . The Christchurch volunteers had a very successful field day at New Brighton, 55®' being present. Two hundred of the Queen’s Cadets paraded in Hagley Part, and did battalion movements. !

At Timaru a sham fight took place between the Timaru Navels | and the 0 Battery, and attracted a large number of spectators. The various manoeuvres were well executed. \ •'

.sporting. ; Eaces were held at Dunedin, Christchurch, Grey mouth, and Wanganui. ,4A f t Dunedin the Birthday Handicap, of 125 sovs., was won by StL Clairj and tbe Handicap Hurdles, of 75 sovs., „by Wardrobe, with Master Agnus second. At Christchurch the Birthday Handicap, of 50 sovs,, was won by Erin-go-Bragh second, and Jack thdrd. Tee Welter Handicap was won by‘Mao. : : At Greyraouth tbe Birthday Handicaps bt 60 soys,, was won by British Lion’, arid the Borough Handicap, of 50 by the same and the Handicap Hurdldk,of 10 sovs., by May boy. At Wanganui the Sfeeplefchase,'of 200 sovs., was 'won by Kangaroo, with Faughia-Ballaglb second ; Lhe Winter Oats, of 100 sovs,, Iby Marlborough, and the Maiden' Steepliechaae, df > 50 sove., by Kangaroo. | - ■ : < ii.'’lYO j ,(<K'O ■■■ ! [ . FOOTBALL. I ~ The return football match! beiweea Auckland was played on Chursday at the Tramway Gorhpany'q, 'rounds at Epsom. The / Aucklanders von by fourpoints to nil, * About §OOO, ibrsonS w'^ro’present. ! The of the kuCkluud men w as raor<y“combiued - than

on,the former occasion. Madigan, on& , of the Auckland team, had his collar-bene T broken in the early part of the match, but continued to play. He played a splendid game.

A match between the Timaru Pirates and the Waimtte Club took place at Waimate on Thursday, and resulted in a win for the homo team by two tries to nil. V Twd of the Pirates’ men were injured in the first spell, one so severely as to deter him from playing further, and the other only managing’ to play occasionally. A match was played inTimarn between ’V" the second fifteen of the Timaru Club and a team repreaehting' {he*’o am aru Excelsior Club, and resultedina win for the former by 17, points to mV ’' , At Wellingtoq, the, .raatch Wellington Unions v. : was won by the former by to ml. A match between Palmerston and Foneke resulted in the Fonskee winning by nine points to ■ H

The Salvation:;Army at Christchurch gave a tea to 3000 children. The Mayor entertained-the donates of»Armagb Street depdt atidjnner, and gave a ball in the evening;;.' At Auckland fifteen, hundred children were fed by the Salvation Army.