GREYTOWN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 January 1941, Page 7

GREYTOWN

DEMOLITION ORDERS GRANTED BY MAGISTRATE. ("Times-Age” Special.) At the monthly silling of the Magis-i trate’s Court at Greytown, Mr IL P.; Lawry, S.M.. presiding, the .application I of the Grey town Borough Council for! demolition orders in connection with two buildings in the Main Street were , granted. 'lhe Town Clerk. Mr J. Kiernan. gave . evidence that the necessary steps had been taken and notices served on all. lhe interested parties. Th occupiers of the premises, who, are .Maoris, were in attendance at the, court. The .Magistrate explained their! position to them anti the penalties they j were liable to if they remained in oc- * cupation. | BOWLING CLUB COMPETITION TEAMS. The following will represent Grey-, town in Booth Cup and Shield match-, es against Featherston at Greytown on | Saturday:— Shield: Sheet. Campbell. Kiernan.! Carter (s). Booth Cup: Connolly. Shedden. Ken-| ning. Higgison (s); Brimton. Curtis, j Kilgour, McLeod (s). Personal Items. Mrs Jury. Senn. Auckland, is the! guest of Mrs G. R. Jury. Papawai. { Miss Florence Hobbs, of Wellington, is slaying with Mrs Geo. Robinson. J Main Street. Mr and Mrs F. Best have returned: from a holiday spent in Wanganui. , ; Mrs Strachey, of Christchurch, is thei guest of Mrs F. C. Bunny. Jellicoe Street. Mrs S. Stevens left Greytown today to reside in Christchurch. Bridge Party. A farewell bridge party was held at> the residence of Mrs R Vile Main! Street. Greytown, yesterday afternoon', when Mrs S. Stevens was the guest ofj honour. There were about 40 ladies j present. The rooms had been beauli-! fully decorated with bowls of dahlias| and hydrangeas. Bridge was played in the diningroom and had been arranged by the Flunkct Bridge Players’ Committee, i Mrs Vile, president of the Plunketj Society, presented Mrs Stevens with a’ pair of white doeskin gloves on behalf j of the players. Mrs Vile stated that! Mrs Stevens had been the promoter ol the bridge parties held for the purpose j cf raising money for the Society. They all felt that they would like to show; their appreciation of the services ren-j dered by Mrs Stevens on the eve of! her departure from Greytown. Mrs Stevens suitably replied and thanked Mrs Vile for holding the party j in her house. The winner of lhe bridge tournament i was Mrs F. C. Bunny. Mrs A. Haighj won the hidden number. Afternoon leal was served in the drawing room.