TIMARU AND SOUTH CANTERBURY NEWS.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19665, 8 July 1929, Page 4

TIMARU AND SOUTH CANTERBURY NEWS.

TIMARU.

A SERIOUS CHARGE. A young man was arrested in Timaru on Saturday afternoon in connexion with an offence committed in Waimate in February, 1927. The police advise that an inquest was held in Waimate on Saturday afternoon into the circumstances of the death of a female child, the body of which was exhumed from a private garden in Waimate. The inquest was formally opened, and after a statement had been made by the police, t'voceediiigs v-ere adjourned till Friday next. It ih understood that the young man arresttd in Timaru will appear before the Magistrate's Court to-day, when a serious charge will be preferred against bin!. Caledonian Society. The fifty-third annual meeting of the South Canterbury Caledonian Society was held on Saturday evening, the president (Mr S. 11. Burns') occupying the chair. In moving the adoption of the annual report, the chairman expressed regret that there had been a loss of £&o 4s 3d on the sports meeting, but considering the weather, the Society had done very woll. The Society's grounds required a lot of money spent on them, and during the past year, £2OO had been expended. The concrete bicycle track, of which Soyds of the straight had been laid down, would be a great success if they could complete it, and make it the best in the Dominion. Sundry repairs to the fencing and the grandstand were also necessary. In order to raise funds to carry out this work it had been decided to organise a Queen Carnival, which would be held in conjunction with the Rugby Union. Miss P. Ilunter-Weston would act as the Society's Queen during the Carnival. In conclusion, the president urged the members to support the Society wholeheartedly. Mr J. O'Leary said that it appeared to him that interest in athletic sports in the Dominion was diminishing. Men who had formerly attended the sports, were now going out of town when meetings were held. He thought the time was coming when the Society would have to revert to the one-day meeting. The two day meetings in the last few years had not been a financial success, and the Society usually lost money on the second day's sports. The report was adopted. The election of office-bearers resulted as follows: —President, Mr S. R. Burns; vice-presidents: Messrs C. Hall and R. A. Rodgers; hon. treasurer, Mr J. O'Leary; secretary, Mr H. H. Fraser; delegates to South Canterbury Centre, New Zealand Athletic and Cycling TJnion: Messrs C. Hall and R. A. Rodgers; delegate to South Canterbury Centre Piping and Dancing Association, Mr S. R. Burns; auditor, Mr L. E. Eaton; directors: Messrs S. R. Burns, G. Campbell, P. Campbell, W. A. Courtis, D. Donaldson, A. Dunn, C. Hall, W. Hall, A. Hay, J. Hole, W. D. Hume, R. Morgan, J. A. Munro, R. Munro, P. O'Connor, J". O'Leary, R. A. Rodgers, D. Sinclair, A. Thomson, and E. D. McRae. Football. There was only a fair attendance at Fraser Park on Saturday, although the game between Star »nd Old Boys on No. 1 ground had created considerable interest in the town, both teams being level in the competition with 14 points each. Star it now leading by two points. A slight shower of rain fell shortly before the senior game commenced, and this may have affected the attendance to some extent. The gome opened tamely. During the first few minutes the play was mostly confined to the opposing forwards. Rogers gathered in and placed Star in a promising position with a good run. He passed at the right moment to Wilkes, who scored. Seaton converted with a good kick. Murehlson then took the play into Star's territory and a penalty kick awarded against Star gave A. Lawson an opportunity, and he opened Old Boys' score with a well-judf'l kick. Old Boys returned to the attack, aj.d were pressing Star hard until Provan turned defence into attack. He broke through and passed to Brown, who transferred to Stewart. The last-named ran from half-way to si-ore a spectacular try. Seaton failed with the kick. Old Boys again invaded Star's territory, and, M-hile defending. "Rogers passed a wild pass bock to Seaton, who failed to gather it in, and Thomson dribbled over to score. A. Lawson failed to convert. Shortly after the commencement of the second spell, Seaton further increased Star's lead by kicking a penalty goal from near the half-way line. Prom a serum near the halfway flag- the Star forwards heeled the ball, and Provan sent Brown away. He cut in brilliantly and ran in behind the posts to ■core. Seaton failed with the kick. The game at this sta?e developed into a vigorous battle between the opposing forwards. The defence of both teams proved very sound, and consequently neither team held an advantage for any length of time. The game ended with the scores: Star 14, Old Boys On the Wo. 2 ground, Zingari defeated Celtic by 19 to 6. At Winchester Temwka 11, beat Waihi S. OTHER GRADES. Junior —Star 14, Zinfari 8j Star A 8, Pleasant Point 3. Third Grade—Star B 8, Geraldine 0. Fourth Grade—Star A 3, Temuka 3. Fifth Grade—High School B 17, Pareora 5. Timaru Golf Club. The flnal of the Perry Onp, played on the Highfletd links an Saturday, in conjunction with the bogey handicap, resulted in a win for D. 0. Johnston (7), 2 up. The nest best scores were:—W. A. Scott (7) all square. J. G. Nieol (8) 1 down, S. E. Berry (11) S down, and C. 8. Smith (17) 4 down. The following were the best scores returned in the bogey handicap:— first Grade—D. 0. Johnston (7) 3 up, W. A. Scott (7) all square. W. D. Revell (8> 1 down, E. E. Berry (10) 3 down, A, E. Horweil (8) 3 down, N. S. Cramond (6) 3 down, Robt. Wilson (8) 4 down, J. A. Mason (8) 4 down, J. G. Niccol (51 4 down, H. W. Scott (11) 4 down, H. A. Potvine (11) 4 down. Second Grad«~—C. H. Goxhead (15) all square, W. W. Garten (24) S down, L. Murray (24) 3 down, D. J. Purdom (17) 4 down, R. S. Balrd (30) 5 down, M. F. L,edingham (24) 5 down. Glenltl Golf Club. The following were the best net scores returned in the ladies' second medal match, played oa the Gleniti links on Saturday:— Mrs Scott 77, Mrs Loomes 78, Mies F. Brftdley 79. Mrs Brewer 79, Mrs liow 81. Mrs Johnston 83, Miss Drewer 84, Miss Russell 86. Miss Dickson 88, Mrs Kennedy 90, Misa Sellwood 90. WINCHESTER. The Stafford B ladies' hoekey team travelled to Winchester on Saturday and played Winchester ladies in the South Canterbury hockey competition. The game resulted in a win for Winchester "T 13 goals to 4. For the winners, Mrs 1)0 Ren ay scored eight, J. Aker four, O. Patrick two, and E. Townley one. Miss Mitchell scored for Stafford. Mr W. E. Cook was referee. Great interest was shown in the football match at Winchester Domain on Saturday afternoon, when Temuka met Waihi in the South Canterbury competition. After a very interesting game Temuka won by 11 points to 8, Saturday was one of the coldest days experienced this season. After a particularly hard frost the sun failed to shino all day, leaving the day very cold and raw. Mr W. Smith (Orari 1 left on Thursday for Timaru, where he has been appointed to the railway staff. Mr Len 8. Woods (Orari - ) has left on an extended tour in the North Island.

TEMUKA.

PERSONAL. Captain John Walker, who was at one time on the staff of the Bramwell Booth Boys' Home, ia Temuka, and ii now stationed at Reefton, paid a brief visit to Temuka on Friday. He was accompanied by hip -wife and spent the few hours he was here looking up old friends. Acclimatisation Society. The usual monthly meeting of the South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society was held at the Hatcherie3, Temuka. on Saturday. Mr G. P. Newton, under-secretary, Department of Internal Affairs, wrote advising that it had been decided to renew the authority to destroy deer for a further period of twelve months from June 11th. 1029, and enclosing extract from the Xew Zealand Gazette giving such authority. —Received. The secretary of the Ashburton Acclimatisation Society wrote asking what the South Canterbury Society's intentions were with regard to stocking the Rangitata this year. The writer stated that his Society would be pleased to co-operate with the South Canterbury Society in the matter. —To be informed that it was unlikely that the Society would have any fry or ova available this year. Mr John Steven3, a member of the Council, wrote asking that a note be put on the agenda paper regarding £IOO authorised to be spent in the interests of shooting men. Messrs James and Pigott had recently bsen up at Clyde with the writer's brother, quail shooting, and agreed with his remarks, when first appointed to the Council, that quail in South Canterbury were liberated in the wrong class of country. They saw no reason why quail should not do even better in South Canterbury than they did in Central Otago. Ground vermin were as thick again in Central Otago as they were in South Canterbury, and Mr James was of the opinion that weasels would have no chance with the quail. The Society could not do better than concentrate on quail, even if it had to send to California for the birds. Mr L. B. James, writing on the same subject, endorsed Mr Stevens's remarks. He said that in the interests of shooting men something should be done in the way of acclimatising Californian quail, even if it meant importing £IOO worth of birds from California. After studying the country down South, h>; was of opinion that there were many suitable gullies in South Canterbury where quail would do well. He also suggested that five or six Canadian geese would be a great acquisition to the small flock in the Mackenzie County. These birds were very plentiful in the Hunter Valley, at the head of Lake Hawea, and the Otago Society might be able to assist in procuring some. —Enquiries to be made with a view to securing eome quail from Clyde, the Otago Society's permission to be obtained. The ranger (Mr J. Scott Main) reported as follows: Traps were put in the Opihi and j Orari rivers on May 22nd and 23rd. I Owing to the enormous quantity of ] blanket weed coming down the Opihi river, it was impossible after the first week's trapping to keep this trap in fishing order, and only 20,000 eggs were stripped before the trap was washed down by the floods. Sineo then it has been impossible to put a trap in again. In the Orari there was a splendid run of big fish, which would average about 91b, and from some of these fish I took 105,000 eggs. A small flood washed the trap down and all the fish were lost. Another trap was put further up the river, but was only in a few days when the big flood came. Owing to the height of the water it was only the other day when I was able to pull this trap out. It is now useless to trap the Orari for ova, and it is impossible to put a trap in the Opihi. So far there has been no run of fish in Scott's Creek, or Muddy Creek. It is evident that the fish are going to be later in running this season than they have been for some years, which, in all probability, is due to weather conditions. The work of the past month, apart from the trapping, has been the cutting of fences, grubbing the gorss from the paddocks and roads on the Temuka property. Although the park sanctuary is not half as bad with blackberry, as it was last year, it will require attention. Some trees have fallen across the pond, which will want to be removed. If it is the intention of the Society to shoot off the mallards, the pond requires it as much as any place. The mallards have taken charge here as well as in the park in Timaru. About 30 of these birds occupy this water to the exctasion of the grevs. The secretary was authorised to procure feed for the swans in Temuka Sanctuary.