LYTTELTON NEWS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17882, 1 October 1923, Page 14

LYTTELTON NEWS.

Found Dead.

The body, of. a, man named James Taylor Ballard was found in his cottage at 36 Hawkhuret road, Lyttelton, on Saturday morning. The body was fully dressed and was sitting in a chair in the kitchen. Mr Wyvern Wilson, Coroner,' held an inquest on Saturday afternoon". Evidence of identification 'was given by Constable M. Hodgins, who said'that deceased was sixty-one years of age, a wharf labourer, and formerly a member of tiio Melbourne police force.. His wife lived nenr Melbourne. Information was ;riven te the police by neighbours, that Ballard had not bsen seen since the '■ previous, Wednesday evening. Dr. B. H. Gilmour said he had made a post-mortem examination of the body, found sirai of old-standing congestion of ■ the lungs and pleurisy. The heart was dilated and there was muscular degeneration of the walls. The cause of death was syncope r.risinp from senile degeneration of the heart muscles. A verdict was returned accordingly. Harbour Light Theatre. A crowded house witnessed the screening of "Sniiiin'. Through," 6taring Norma Talmadge, at the Harbour Light Theatre on | Satu.d-y night, together with a Lloyd Hamilton comedy, a scenic and gazette. As a j prologue to "Smiiin 1 Through" Mr D. McGill sang "I Love a Little Cottage and "Smiiin" Through," both songs being enthusiastically received. The picture portion of the programme will be repeated to-night. To-mor-row ''When Romance Rides," the picturo version of Zaue Grey's "Wildfire," featuring l Claire Adams, will be shown. The supporting programme includes a comedy, gazette and a further episode of ''The Leather Pushers." Magistrate's Court. Captain it.Vila£chweii, J.e., and ..Mr F. iViu o iu3, J..f., pi-t&iueu at tun Magistrates tuun oil Siuuiuuy. VVi.i.uaiji Aicvrxoarty, a fireman oil the Xreguiieu, was ciiuigtsd wita urumc«niiess, aim also with uuiug onsceue language üßiuo ra±iwuy cixn-tiing. Ha pieaued guilty, to' the first charge, but said uiat iie iiftd ho leeoLectioii <ji using 1 the language.' ' W. I'. toiiindler,-stationmaster at Lyttelton, statea that on imday atternoon tue. accused was crossing trie railway yard. Witness warned him to keep clear of a ratce. of trucks, but as the trucks -were passing he jumped and caught hold of the door of a truck and clung on. As he. was in imminent danger of tailing underneath, witness called out to stop the engine. When remonstrated-with, the accused replied with a volley of' strong language. Accused said that ho was so drunk at the time, that he did not remember crossing -the railway yards, or jumping'on to the truck. He regretted having uoed the obscene language, and-wished to thank the statioiimaster for' saving- his life. : ' On the charge of drunkenness the accused was convicted and discharged. He waa fined £s,' or a month's imprisonment, for using obscene language. . Robert Flanagan waa charged with, being a seaman on the Tregonnel, he did desert from the vessel at Wellington on September 26th. Ho pleaded guilty. Captain' S. Richards said that the accused went ashore at 9 o'clock that morning, and, as the vessel was to sail at noon, the fourth engineer was sent ashore to . get him, but he declined to return, with the icjult that the .vessel was held up for an hour and a-half. He was afterwards sent down to Lyttelton, but still refused to go aboard, saying that if he was put on by force he would not work. The accused said that the captain's statement was correct. He said that he was diss-satisfied with the present crew, and would rather lose any* monoy coming io ,him than work among-the men. He was convioted and ordered to be placed on board, and .was ordered to pay all costs incidental to the prosecution. I

T.M.O.A. The Lyttelion Branch of the Y.W.C A holds its annual public meeting, this evening Y.W.C.A. Club Room. The annual report and balance-sheet wul be 6ubmittcd and the committee elected for the ensuing year. In . addition -to the business, of the evening there will be a short social programme given.by the Club girls. Tie-Mayor will preside at the meeting.

Rainfall., The total rainfall'for Scomber; ■waa 157 inches, .as compared with 1.08 inches for September. 1922. Rain fell on 8 daya during the month, and on 8 days in September 1922. The maximum, fair was recorded for ,the 24 hours ending noon, Monday, - Sei>. fcdfeter ,10th, wihen 63J pouii3 wer recorded. .The average Mr per'day'for the rnonth was .052 inches. ■Thoaverag'e fall per wet day was .196 inches. The total: rainfall for the year to date ig 17.1825 inciter with ,93 wet daya. . ~. ','•,,•;..;:

Golf. \.'';■::■■'■'. Yesterday a .team from the Bahgiora Goli Clul) visaed Cn-wteris Bay and played a match witli aLy Helton , team. Tile, match is'oAe wliich is iociiied forward to annually by both ciube, and yesterday's gams proved ad enjoyable as its predecessors. The: Lytteitoii team proved victoriouj in both Uie singles and foursomes. hollowing are the gains*,' Lytteltqn • players being mentioned • just:— ' ' :■.,..■• ..Knights and Hunter halved with Leech and Smith. Stok'e3 and H. Ayera lost to Kippanberger and Wilson. Thompson and ; ;C. Ayera lost to Mason and Barwick.. Collett and Robertson beat Ambrose and ■White. . McDonald ,and Khind beat Devlin and 8ate.;........ . .'.'.' Erwin and Ford beat Pooook and Shep- ' pard. .-.,;.. ..■;:. > ■ • . F.- Knights beat. M. iieech. T. Hunter,beat W. Smith. J. Stokes heat H. K. Kippenbergur. - H., Ayers beal L. .Wilson. .N.,.Thompson- beat"J. 1 'Maron., C. Ayers beat W. Barwick. C. Collett beat A. Ambrose. A. T. BobortEonlost'to T. .White. A. McDonald beat C. Devlin. H. Erwih beat G. Pocock. H. "Ford beat. F. L.,, M. Sheppard.. H. Rhind beat—. Bates. In. the final, of the. Charteria Bay junior championship, R. Rhind defeated H; Der* bridge on the last hole. • •, In a flag match at..Oharteris Bay on Saturday for a trophy, presented by. Miss M. Preston, Miss W. While-Parsons won, while Miss E. White-Parsons was the run-ner-up. ,-■ ■' • • The final, ofthe Diamond Harbour Club's championship for the Miller Memorial Cup was played between G. Mttzeyand N. 'Greenland, en Saturday. The game was well contested,-, but the players were hampered by long grass. Money proved.the winner on the 34th holei with 3 up and 2 to go. In the final for the F. 6. Norton Vase, played at Diamond Harbour on Saturday, Mrs T\ E. Sutton and H. 'Derbridee beat Miss W. ColJins nnd E. Miller. Miss A'. Wells and H H. Barnard were the winners of the trophy presented by Mr A. L. Nicholson. In the play-off for Mr C. Mazey'e trophy, P.. Miller won.

To Whaka Tennis Olub. The Te Whaia Tennis Club ■ opened its season on Saturday under,ideal weather conditions. The afternoon was 'delightful and warm, which no doubt accounted lor. the large number of visitors and members who attended the function. The. president (Mr C. D. McKenzie) stated that he was pleased to see a reoord attendance and after wel- • coming the visitors and new members to' the club declared the courts open for ,play. Aiternoon tea was served by the lady members, and a number "of friendly games were played.. . " • ... Amongst those present were Mr and Mrs C. Moftenzie. Capt. and Mrs J. ScottJ.Mr and Mr 3 F. Hobbs, Mr and Mrs 'LI Waters, >Tt .and Mrs J. Pitcaithly, Mr and Mrs S Buchanan, Mr and Mrs Williams, Mesdames W. Cleary, E. Curtis, J. Bundy, 3. Plim'mer, R. Porter,' D. Comer, A. Leslie and J. Gower, Misses M. Cosk, B. Renant,■: A. McAuliffe, T. Comer, C. Wiliama, >. Plimmer, Y. Heeney, V. Agar, B. -HarrisjM. Miller, V. Gowef, N. and J. Murray, R. Bums, E. and J. Bundy, W. WhiteParsons, N. Curtis, V. Livingstone, W. Mahar, D. Wales, N. Foster. I. Cleary, M. Brown, Messrs J. Gabites/.8. Williams, R. Mcßeath, G. and A. Law, A. Stanley, J., Whittlestone, A. Miller, J.' Hudson; White,/ Gilmour, C. Callis, J. Broome and O. G.uy.