SOUTH OTAGO NOTES

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 8, 7 May 1920, Page 9

SOUTH OTAGO NOTES

i balclutha, tuesday, may 4. , fEBJTJlA BJS.A., ANNUAL MEETING. | The annual general meeting of the ■ Clutha Retwned Soldiers' Association was ■ held on Monday evening, 26th inst. Mr K E. Drummond occupied the chair. — Annual Report. — ■ The annual report, which dealt with ■ jjmatters in goneral was adopted. I The balance-sheet showed a credit ballance at Ma-rch 31st of £87 4s 8. — Election of Ohice-Bearers. — ■ Mr E. Drummond was re-elected Pre1 eident unopposed ; Messrs Werren and | Russell wero elected vice-presidents, and ■ the following were elected as committee■me Messrs Parr, Walter, Weir, ShepI ard, Stokes, Jardine, Jordon, Mitcheil, ■ and Little. — GeneraJ. — I The matt-er of supplying a firing party ■ for military funerals was discussed, a-nu it was resolved that two members of the § executive be appointed to be responsible for all arrangements in this connection. B Appr.eciation was expressed of the serM vines rendered by Mr J. F. Waish to the K Association in his capacity as secretary. I Miss R. Grant and Mr R. Hutton were ■ unanimously elected honorary life mem- ^ bers of the Association for their services k to scddiers and their dependants. I lt was decided that a re-union dinner, ? open to ail men of the N.Z.E.F. and of i h.M. Overseas Eorces, be held on the oeI casion of the Prince of Wales' visit to Bal1' clutha. Messrs Weir, Little, Russell ,^nd I the president and secretary were deputed I to mahe all the necessary arrangements. MEETING AT WAIWERA. A welT attended meeting of returncd soldiers was held in the Publie Hall, i Waiwera South, on Friday evening. | Major F. Waite presided, and in a few I well chosen remarks anent the useful1 ness of the Returned Soldiers' Associa- | tion, introduced Colonel Colquhoun, the I district organiser. Col. Colquhoun outB lined the wort of the Association in tne 1 past, and put forth in a convincing i. manner the advisability of all returned ■ | soldiers joining the Association, and I taking an interest in its welfare. Only j by domg so could they hope to secure that which they were still fighting for — justice and fair treatment. t Messrs E. C. Drummond (president) . and A. G. Laing (secretary of the Clutha Returned Soldiers' Association) also spoke in similar strain. The speakers were listened to with much interest throughout, and at the close were accorded a hearty vote of thanks for their addresses, A committee consisting of Messrs F. Waite, W. Boyd, B. Sheddan, Gv Grant, A. Broad, D. Jones, F. Aitken, and D. I Sutherland was formed to minister to the I requirements of the district, k After the meeting the hall was cleared, and the remainder of the evening 1' devoted to a social and dance. KAITANGATAR.S.A. The Kaitangata Returned Soldiers' Association held a smoke concert in - the Masonic Hall on Saturday evening, Y the occasion heing a re-union of all g returned men. Mr J. Ratcliffe (pre- : sident), occupied the chair, and opened | the proceedings by proposing the toast of "The* King." The next toast, that of "Fallen Comrades," was also proposed by the chairman, and drunk in silenee. . The toast of "The Army and Navy," §was proptteed by Mr G. Cairns, and re•sponded to by Mr E. Richardson, and ' the toast of "The Ladies," proposed by Mr Semple in a very humorous and •| witty speech, was responded to by Mr Dimick in the same strain. Songs were b rendered by Messrs W. Gribben, RatU cliffe, Richardson, and Semple, and Mr J. Cairns gave a recitation, and Mr Geo. j Hislop entertained the gathering with | some short stories, which were highly I amusing. The toast of "The R.S.A., ' * was proposed by Mr Oliver and respondI ed to by Mr J. Ratcliffe. lt was I decided to hold these gatherings evei*y imonth. A very enjoyable evening was ibrought to a close at 11.15 p.m. football. ■ Crescent II. travelled to Milton on Sat■urday afternoon to meet Milton II. in a » friendly game. Milton, who have a fine \ £et of hefty forwards, were too heavy for | their small opponents, and won a good I game by nine points (three tries) to a potI ted goal (four points). Crescent were unt°rtunate in losing their scrum-half early | in Ihe game through a nasty jar to his I shoulder, which necessitated his leaving f the field. | The Kaitangata Association football

club journcyed to Dunedin on Saturday, wlrere they met and defeated Christian Bros., by eight gOals to two, thus malring a very good start for the banner. With a little more practice they should go very near winning the competition'. The ladies' soccer match, married v. single, was played at Kaitangata on Saturday afternoon, and resulted in the married ladies winning by three goals to one, oue wia each,, so they have decided to play another game on Monday evening to decido who are the better team. Crescent defeated Union on the Balclutha ground by 22 points to nil. The game which was of an uninteresting nature, was all in favour of the Crescent players, Clinton at times making a recovery, and showing signs of good play. Next Saturday's fixtures are : — Clutha v. Toko, at Milton ; Owaka v. Clinton, at Balclutha ; Crescent a bye.

GENERAL. A fair nuxnher of shootists were abroa,d early cn May 1, but no big bags are report ed. The Loyal Dalton Lodge are .making great preparations for the unveiling of their Roll of Honour and Memorial Tablet on Saturday next. The tickets have sold very well and it is expected that there will be from 150 to 200 Oddfellows present from all parts of Otago. Mr Malcoim Cook (Awamangu) was th© successful applicant for the Moutere run at the ballot for soldiers' settlements in Dunedin on Friday. The secretary (Mr A. C. Laing), of the Clutha R. S.A., ha-s received advic-e of the following lands which will be offered for ballot among discharged soldiers .during the month of May : — Wairuna settlement, Clutha County, agricuitural and grazing (17 sections), Tilverstowe settlement, Waitaki County, dairying and mixed farming (seven sections) ; one pastoral run (20,900 acres) at Ida Yalley, and three smaJl grazing runs at Kyeburn. Plans for all these and also lands in other parts of N.Z., which will be balloted for this month, may be inspected at the office of the Association. At the meeting of Clutha County Coancil on Friday, on the reading of Balclutha Borough Council's proposal to send delegates to Wellington to protest to the Trime Minister against the 50 per cent. increase in tne Hospitai and Charitable Aid levies for 1920-21, which tlireaten to equal the amount of the general rate in the poorer ridings, Cr Oumming, the local representative on the Otago Hospitai and Charitable Aid Board, remarked that the borough should have interviewed the Hon. Mr C. J. Parr (who was Minister in Charge of Hospitals and Charitable Aid) while he was in Balclutha recently in his capacity of Minister of Education. It was waste of money to send delegates to Wellington on such an errand.:— A councillor : Probably the Borough Council did not know that the hon. genfcleman was in charge of hospitals. Cr Cumming : But if they kept track of things through the newspapers they wouid have known. — It was decided that the council send a delegate provided the other local bodieg in the district did likewise. FIRE BRIGADE SOCIAL. On Saturday evening in the Dalton Hall the members oi the Balclutha V olunteer Fire Brigade entertained members of the Kaitangata and Milton i>rigades at a very successful and enjoyable social. There were 15 members of the Milton Brigade present, and four representatives from Kaitangata. These, together with local firemen and visitors, brought the number up to about 60. An apology was received from -Tapanui. Sup- . erintendent Attewell presided, and several toast-s were honoured. Interspersed were musical items, recitations, etc. Mr J.. Ramsay presided at the piano. The following was the toast list "The King,'' "Returned Soldiers," proposed by Seniorforemau M'Cutcheon, a-iid replied to by Firemen W. M'lntyre, J. Henderson, J. Cuff, and Pringle ; "Fire Boards," proposed by Deputy Alla-n, and replied to by Messrs J. P. Lyall (Balclutha) and W. Kirby (Milton). The speakers all congratulated Kaitangata on having decided to come under a Fire Board, and predicted a new era for the Kaitangata Brigade. "Visiting Firemen," proposed by Fireman W. M'lntyre, and replied to by Jun. ior-foremen J. R. Wilson and Hayward (Milton), Superintendent W. D. Paterson, and Deputy-Sup. H. Cnthbertson (Kaitangata) ) "FootbaDers," proposed by Mr C, J. Wood, the following replying: — Messrs J. Cuft, Wilson, Gregory, Powley,

Anderson, M'Feeters, Dickson, and Muix ; "The Visitors," proposed by Fireman Craig, Mr C. J. Wood and the visitors replying; "Balclutha Fire Brigade," proposed by Junior-foreman Wilson (Milton), Sup. Attwell and Deptuy Allan replying; "The Press," proposed by the chairman, and replied to by Mr R. Culbert. The following contributed items : — Messrs - . Muir, J. Ramsay, C. J. Wood, J. Cuff, and W. Kirby. An enjoyable evening closed about 10.30 with "Auld LangSyne" and "God save the King." Clark McConachy, t-he hilliard player, gave an exhibition in the Central Billiard Saloon on - Monday night. There were about 60 present. The champion played a game of 700 up with Mr R. J. Mclntyre, conceeding 450, and Won. The latter only securing 544. McConachy's hreaks included several over 40, aud others of 7o, 91, 116, and 188. In snooker games the champion was heaten hy W. 0. Ludlow and Harold Henderson.