Oamaru

New Zealand Tablet, 15 July 1915, Page 41

Oamaru

(From our own correspondent.) July 12. One of our local boys, Leutenant P. W. G. Spiers, son of Mr. J. J. Spiers, Kurow Hotel, left for Trentham on Saturday. His friends here have presented him with muffler, sox, belt, balaclava, etc. For the last few years Lieutenant Spiers has been in the employ of the National Bank of New Zealand, Ltd., and on leaving was presented with a handsome set of pipes and a pouch, both suitably inscribed, and also received from his follow officers of the Defence Department, Dunedin, a very' handsome eight-day wristlet watch, as a token of esteem. His fellow-boarders at the Terminus Hotel, Dunedin, presented him with a fountain pen. For the last two years he has been a lieutenant of the Coast Defence Detachment, Dunedin, and is now leaving as lieutenant in the Bth N.Z. Reinforcements. The best wishes of the community go with Lieutenant Spiers, who was an Old Boy of St. Patrick’s and Waitaki Boys’ High School. The Excelsior 11. met Celtic on Takaro Park, before a good crowd of spectators, and the match resulted in a draw, each side scoring a try. In the first spell Celtic had slightly the better of a straggling game, and led at half-time through the agency of Fennessy. The Blues livened up in the second spell, and Brien equalised the score, the attempt to register the major points being a failure. Temuka The quarterly meeting of the local branch of the Hibernian Society was held ‘on Monday week, the president (Bro. J. Scott) presiding over a good attendance. Nominations for the various officers for the ensuing term were received. On Sunday, the quarterly Communion of members took place, and there was a large attendance. There was an increase of 24 in the membership roll during the last quarter.