ASHBURTON.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17936, 3 December 1923, Page 4

ASHBURTON.

PERSONAL. The 'liev. T. W. Veaiic and Mossra D, F. Keir and F. Frampton returned on Friday from the Methodist district Synod at Waimate. General News, A boy named William Cowans, of Ashburton, fell off his bicycle on Friday evening and received a fracture of the arm above tho elbow. He was removed to the County Hospital. A special train conveying Eakaia picnickers to Timaru passed through Ashburton on Saturday morning. Tho Tinwald Sunday School children went to Timaru and a team from the Tinwald Tennis Club played tho Timaru Y.M.O.A. team. A meeting of tho Ashburton High School old girls was held in tho A. and P. rooms oil Thursday evening to consider a proposal to form an Old Girls' Swimming Club. Miss Arnott occupied the chair. The matter was taken up most enthusiastically by those present. and it was unanimously decided to form a club, the same to be a branch of the Old Pupils' Association. The fee was fixed at 2s 6d per member for the season. A deputation was selected to wait on the headmaster to arrange hours for use of the bath. The following committee was appointed: Chairwoman, Miss Arnott; secretary and treasurer, Miss Edna Humphreys; committee, Misses N. Cowan, E. Hunter, M. 801 l and J. Dunlop.

The Hickson Mission. Mr Hickson, with his niece, Miss St. Claire, and his secretary, Mrs Congleton, was welcomed at tho Ashburton station on Saturday by the Mayor and Mayoress (Mr and Mrs Galbraith), and a small party. A homely touch was given by the Mayoress serving homebrewed "tea on the platform] Magistrate's Court. A further episode of tho Baptist Tabernacle case, which hps beon fully ventilated, took place at the Ashburton Magistrate's Court tm Saturday, before Messrs I' 1 . W. Watt and E. F. Nicoll, .T.P.'s. A rehearing of the.case was granted Peter Geo. Mitchell Gourdie, a builder, who, with two others, was convicted in Juno last of being a rogue and a vagabond. It will bo remembered the three men were arrested in the church in the early hours- of the morning. One of tho number was successful in his roftearing two weeks ago, having the charge against him dismissed. Mr E. Kennedy appeared for Gourdie, and Senior-Sergeant Jackson for tho police. The evidence was on. similar lines to that of tho previous case. The Bench said the episode at the church did not improve with acquaintance. The principle,'as far as tho Court was concerned, in arriving at its decision was: Did Gourdie go to the church for any criminal purposo? In the Court's opiinon he was not there for any criminal purpose. The case against him would accordingly be dismissed. The Bench added that Gourdie hud sailed very close to the law and it might not be inappropiate for the Bench to adviso him to follow somo of the advice given by the SeniorSergeant.

Cricket. The complete results of the Asliburton County Cricket Association competitions will be found in another column. Bowling. Eigllt titike, representing tlia Tcmuka Bowling Club, visited AahburUm on Saturday afternoon and played a> match against ilio Ajshburton Club for the Bristol C'up, The -visitors were accorded a hearty welcome on their arrival on the green, and tho president of tho loos.l clnb rendasked that iit is the first occasion on which Aehburton had mot Temnka in a contest for tfao Cup, and lie' vras pleased that the Temuka Clnb was now sufficiently wrong to issue a challenge for this much-oo'vetod trophy. Ho felt snr.j they would have an enjoyable afternoon's play. Mr F. Smith, tho Tenuis, president, thanked the Aehburton bowlera for their cordial welcome and assured them that Tcmuka was going to do its very best in tho endeavour to take back tk6 Biistol Cujj.

The Tislting players were riot lonj; in establishing a lead, but at the end of the seventh, head tha ecoreß wore: Aehburton 59, Tcmuka 44. At the fourteenth head the fiooreS were: Ashburton 130, Tenuka 100. After the easy victory ever Timatfi West End in the match played on the local green on November 17th, the A&litairton team felt fairly confident of being l able to

retain tho cur> in tlio mutch with Tennika a-nd tho m&tcci ended: Ashburton 180, 'iemuka 143, thus making tho fifth occasion on which the Ashburton Club has won tho Bristol Cup trophy. The full scores wero: A. T. Irwin, Bonningtou, Carter, Moodio (e) i! 8 Gouricy, Hope, Alcl/cod, Collins (a) Diion, Christie, O'Brien, ilclmchlaii (a) 21 - White, Hughes, Scrimshaw, Edward* „ («) - 23 irascx, Mc-Eachen, Coo keen, MijLsam (A) .. H Gr. Lcvene, \V*tson, Mclnnoa, Ferguson (s) .. .. .. Percy, F. KohiHiard, W. Lano, A. Lano (s) .. .. ..34 L*wry, Cooper, Anderson, McCallum Dunn, lladdaa, Micliirea, Stev«tUson (»} 23 J. Cooper, Cxombie, Eraser, Crtwshaw (b) .. .. .. J. Smith, Dunlop, A. E. Smith, Templeton .. .. ..26 D. Mclnnes, Jamiesou, Berry, Harvey (a) .. .. .. Barr, Hawkey, Boothroyd, Higgine, (s) •• 21 Thomaa, Lovens, jun., Carpenter, Hunt (s) .. .. .. Barnett, Haakon, Craighead, Stewart («) •• 23 ~ A. Berry, Pic res, Smith, Keys (a)» — 18 At the close of the match, Mr F. Smith, president of the Temuka Club, cordially thanied the Ashburton Club for having Temuka an exceedingly pleasant outing and a most enjoyable game. It was iR-Si first, occasion on which Temuka had played in a match for the Bristol Cup, and it -was tho first occasion on -which a number of his players had evor taken part in sn important match, but he hoped they tvould soon have the pleasure of again meeting tho Ashburton bowlers and that they ■would b© again competing for tho trophy. Referring to the conditions_ of tho green, Mr Smith remarked that it played Tery keen and trua. and it wa« a green Trhich would do credit to any club. Mr Dtjnlop, the president of tho Aehtrarton Club, -warmly thanked the Temuka players for having- paid a visit to Ashburton, and hopod thev would again do bo. By a strange coinoidenoe Ashburton's -win that afternoon was by exactly the eamo numbor of points as tho South Canterbury Centre's .margin over the Christchurch ventre in tho match played that day in Timaru.

Lawn Tennis. Friendly club games wore flayed on tho Ashburtbn courts and in the Te Marae courts on Saturday, and a team from tho Ashburton Clnb visited MethWn and played a match, against tho Metkven Clnb. Croquet. The Aahburton lawn was fully occupkd on Saturday afternoon, when the second, monthly club tournament wae played. Mail Notices. Mulls clofte to-day for northern ports ftt 2.45 p.m.; late fee letters 8.10 p.m.; guard's van 8.30 p.m. Mails for Australian Stitco and- the East per Manuka, from Wellington, II a.m., De-. oember 7th, close in Ashbutrton at 6.1S .p.m. December 6th'. . . Mails for United Kingdom, Europe and America Tia burton on December Sth at <5.15 p.m.; money orders noon. Mails ior Tonga, Fiji, fcnd Samoa will close at Aehburton on December 7th, at 2.45 p.m. .