MID-CANTERBURY

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20087, 17 November 1930, Page 9

MID- CANTERBURY

ASHBURTON. FIRE IN COUNTY PLANTATION. w t three acres of well-matured down, were destroyed . . county Council plantation by Srton between the properties of u on Fox and Taylor, on Friday afterSome men were working in the rition and it is believed that the commenced either from a rltrf »«tch or cigarette end, which been- thrown down. Fanned by a *** wind, tho fire soon hold on the mass of trres heavv undergrowth, and and threatened the whole P IB 4 A large number of men Pl rt»«d from around the district and SVwaks through the plantation, getthe outbreak under control in tho Four men were posted to keep the plantation throughout Fri£*&Zdby Saturday the fire had burst out. Unemployment Act Begistrations. rnder the Unemployment Act 3150 ™Jn over the age of 20 years had regisat the Ashburton Post Office up to Sturda'- Although last Tuesday was tiA last day for registration, without beinff liable to a penalty not exceeding £SO applications for registration are gtill' being made daily. Angling. Several local fishermen visited the moath of the Ashburton river on Friday where the water was too clear to obtain very good results; nevertheless one or two bags were secured. The ittong northerly wind made conditions ideal for sea fishing, and a large number of. cod were caught on both the Ashlmrton and Ashton beaches. Magistrate's Court. At the Magistrate's Court before Mr E. Clark, J.P., on Saturday, William Edward Anderson, aged 49 years (Mr W. H. Woods), who was arrested at Waiau, was charged with disobedience of a maintenance order in respect to his wife and two children, and with being in arrears to the extent of' £145 13s 10 September 19th, 1930. On the application of Senior-Sergeant H. Martin, who said the case have to go before the Magistrate, a remand was granted until November 28th. Personal. Sir E. F. Healey, M.P.. Wairau, who has been visiting Ashburton, left for North Canterbury on Saturday evening. Mr H. L. Tremain, who was injured in a motor accident at Greenstreet on Wednesday, has been discharged from hospital. Mr Noel Wilson, who was also admitted to hospital as a result of the tame accident, is still on the dangerously ill list, although his condition is iligjitly better than it was. Tennis Clnbs Opened. There was a good gathering of members and friends on the courts of the Ashburton Lawn Tennis Club for tho official opening of the season on Saturday afternoon. In declaring the seaton open, the president (Mr F. W. Seldon) welcomed the visitors. He said that the club was in a good financial position to commence the year, and that the prospects for the season were bright. A number of frieadlx gajnes were 'gared and afternoon tea was provided VjiMjr and Mrs Seldon. □lie weather was 'experienced for the d&] opening of Te Marae courts on today, when there was a represcntaattendance. Mr E. B. Buchanan fjmodent) said that the official openiig had been postponed "on three occatioas owing to unfavourable weather. Hs referred to the assistance given to tie drib by the Mayor (Mr R. Galfenitib). Ia declaring the season open, Mr Galbrsith congratulated the club on the tatSsfaetory state of the lawns. He listed that the Domain Board had done aB it could to assist the club in improving tho courts, by removing some •f the trees. He expressed regret that «ken tome of the players had reached a I eertaiii stage of efficiency they had left tsd joined another club. He then preKsicd the trophies won during last ■cam.

Senior Cricket. Tit cricirst matches under the. auspices of Aihbsrton Cricket Association were con>>uti ob Saturday afternoon under favouriM® wtatirr conditions. ASHBURTON A v. FAIRFIELD. Plljiag at Fairfield. Ashburton A defeated niiStld. The previous Saturday Fairfield W coaplcted its innings ior 227, and AshVartoa hid msde 84 for the los of four vfelMta. Continuing on Saturday, Ashbur<*a brought its total up to 247 (K. C. Nicoll Jl, J, 3. Crawshaw 10. J. B. Nicoll 133, H. S. l«vit 37. H. C. Hynam 17). Bowling 'w G. Willis took four for 94. R. Dramas four for 69, W. O'Grady two for 11. •mm*:— FAIRFIELD: Xsaisgs .. .. 227 i _ Second Innings. J. O'Grady. b Haskell 3 •' 25?-'** b Hynam 9 Wfllil. e Hynam, b Grenfell . . 16 *. Aadrtvs. not out 45 not out ..27 Xitra* .. .. 23 _ ■. Total for three wickets . . 123 ; -Haskell one for 24, Hynam one OrsnfeU one for 4, M. Keeley none for wlu'.XnrtM none for 23. - 'ASHBURTON A. * r . „ Fitst Innings. Keoll. cP. Willis, b O'Grady . . 11 i e O'Grady. bG. Willis . . 7 ? b G- Willis ' .. 4 JrSlWtht. b O'Grady .. ..10 J 5*5, 4,1 b °- Willis 8 •-■lv SI toll. It S. Willis, b Drcnnan .. 133 3" tfi l7, b Drennan .. 0 * c Andrews, b G. Willis . . wrenfe*!, e O'Grady, b Drennan .. 9 w k Brennan .. * . . 0 not out ..17 «tfll 11 ... Total . . . . . . 247 Willis four for 94, R. Drenfor 69, W. O'Grady two for 11, P. ii i? J*?I®* 1 ®* f°r 20, K. Willis none for 26, £» o&npfey none for 6. ASHBDKTOK B V. TINWALD. Dr- I, ftuii on for no wickets. Ashburton •jiJi ft* first innings in reply to the 4S j pot up by Tinwald on th© pre«y. Two centuries were acored by Hanratty making 101 and V*- The innings closed for 307. m/FOi.i . !olt five wickets for 73 at the for 66. while for Ashburton "*■«».t»»k three for 18. Scores: — ASHBURTON B. L. ■ , - First Innines. J. pSj rlM - b McNicol .. ..114 H b Elvy . . 101 J-Rr" 3 - b Brady 8 b Moore . . 7 g-Sggy* »> Brady ..18 -gBW' e Hammond, b McXicol J 6; ? Brady ..30 SSgWW?" :: :: t :: I • • • 307 °°e for 55. C.. V. McIWw (iiiw ® rS| Jy two for 82. H. ?'■ H. Guiney none for - fw: - none for 9, C. Mo„ore on© TI *WALD. ' Second Innings. JT- paries 3 £•, ®™dr » n? b Pritchard 27 ? B«flphen, b Charles .. 10 r. 0 Broira . is J. SS!J;»«oat •* ! 5 T.SSfP- t» Charles .1 II 8 SSa * ®nt .. .. 1 • • ' ■ .. .. 3 wickets .. 74 n°ne for 8. J. P. hA* Chael«i »t_®*®i MeSherry none for 23, ** Ut ,or 18, J. Pritchard . • one for 14.

Junior Cricket. HIGH SCHOOL V. BAKAIA. High. School scored 64 in its first innings against Rakaia, in reply to a total of (Knox 32). Rakaia'a second efitprt Produced 102 runs (P. X>o\g 24). For School, four for 18. School vers left with 133 to make to win, but had made only 84 for the loss of seven wickets when time came. POWER BOARD v. CELTIC. In repl7 to Celtic's first innings total of 152, Power Board had lost three wickets for 176 at the end of the first day. Continuing on Saturday, the innings closed for 231 (Kennedy 47, Stephenson 45. Harvey 39, Stuart 39). Bowling for Celtic. Leunon took five for 36. Celtic went in again and acored 176 for five (declared). Power BoaFd wer© left with 97 to make for a point win. but when time was called had scored 93 for the loss of five wickets (Reeves 42, Stephenson 33). ST. STEPHEN'S v. LAUEISTON. St. Stephen's, playing at home, defeated Lauriston by 121 runs. On the first day St. Stephen's made 148, to which the visitors replied with 66. The home team scored 125 in its second effort (G. Day 54 not out, C. Stills 20, W. Hockin*s 16). N. Smith took four for 32. Lauriston' were all out for 86, the only double-figure scorer being E. Ashby 53. W. Hockings took five for 16, J. Mulhern three for 14, M. Lees two for 7. THIRD GRADE. By an innings and 45 runs, Technical, playing on their own ground, defeated Rakaia. The visitors were dismissed for 27 runs in th© first innings, and for 43 in the second. For the home team Roulston took three wic* kets for thrcre runs, aud two for none, while Stigley took threo for five. Technical made 115 (L. Wills 35). Breach, bowling for Rakaia, took seven for 12. CELTIC r. HIGH SCHOOL. Celtic defeated High School by an innings and 31 runs. Celtic batted first -ond knocked up 1.86 runs (0. Gass 14, Samuels 17, Jordan 33, Brosnahan 11, Moylan 14, McTigue 14) School replied with 37, there being no double-figure scores, and following- on, the team compiled a further 68 (Kerr 14, Baigent 13, Tullock not out 16, Fear 12), Bowling for School, Kerr took three for 28, and Tullock four for 40. McTigue took seven for 19 for Celtic in School's first strike, and. Griffin three for 14; while for the second strike McTigue took four for 35; Gass two for 2, and Moylan two for 4. Croquet. ALLENTON CLUB. A progressive tournament was conducted by the Allenton Croquet Club on Saturday afternoon, and was won by Miss McDowell. Friendly matches were played by members who did not play in the tournament. Tennis. ' The Mid-Canterbury Lawn Tennis junior inter.club competition commenced on Saturday. Results: TE MARAE v.. METHVEN. (Te Marae names first.) Men's Singles—W. T. Watkins 9, P. Watson 2-; N. Cornish 4, E-.-Watson 9; T. Watt 3, R. Callaghan" 9; D. McMillan 9, W. Grieve 5. Women's Singles—Miss Thomas 3, Misa Ireland 7; Miss McTigua .3,. Miss Datton 7; Miss Dahlberg ,7, Miss Campbell 3; Miss Brunton 7, Miss Burrows 4. Men's Doubles —Watkins and Cornish 7, P. and E. Watson 9; Watt and McMillan 9, Callaghan and Grieve 6. ■ Women's Doubles—Misses . Thomas and McTigue 5, Misses Ireland and Dalton 7; Misses Dahlberg and Brunton 7, Misses Campbell and Burrows 1. * ' Mixed Doubles-^ —Watkins and Miss Thomas 9 P Watson and Miss Ireland 6Watt and Miss* McTigue 7. E. Watson and Miss Dalton 9; Cornish-and Miss Dahlberg -9, Callaghan arid Mibb Campbell 4; McMillan and Miss Brunton #, Grieve and Misa Burtows 8.

Te Marae 9 sets <lO7 games), Methven 7 sets (90 fames). Allenton beat Rakaia by default. Rifle Shooting. Members of the Wakanui Defence Rifle Club fired the fifth match for the shield on Saturday in bright, windy weather. Conditions were seven shots, two optional sighters, at 300 and 600 yards. The ten highest scorers were:— 300. 600 Hdcp. Tl. O. Crawford ». 30 32 2 64 N. Rodgers 29 30 3 62 T. Kirklaad . B0 28 2 GO A. Smith 28 25 12 60 S. Patton . . 1? 26 lo 59 Dex Wilson . . 25 28 do K. McDowell . - 25 2a 5 5a A. Amos - - 29 21 2 oo J. C. Sinclair 25 ~3 fi oo F. Greenaway . . 2-i -0 9 OS Bowling. The following is the draw for the first round of the Allenton Bowling Club's competitions: — _ Championship Singles—P. Boothroyd v. J. Stevenson, J. Templeton v. R. Lynn, A. Horsey v. W. Hedges, C. Stevenson v. R. Barr, E. C. Bathurst v. J. Clark, J. Kennedy v. A. R. Gourley, J. Shaw v. T. Welsh, R. Mathieson v. D. Moore. Championship Doubles (skips' names mentioned first)—R. Mathieson and T. Clayton v R W. Barr and J. A. Walker; C. Stevenson and J. N. Wilkie v. R. Houston and A. Horsey, W. Hodges, and E. C. Bathurst v. P. Boothroyd and A. R. Gourley, J. Kennedy and T Welsh v. J. Templeton and R. Lynn, D Moore and X. Clark v. J. Boothroyd and J. P. Boothroyd, F. H. Knight and W. J. Sparrow a bye. . Handicap Doubles (skips names mentioned first) —D. Moore and J. Smith (6) v. J. Kennedy and A. R. Gourley (scr), R. W. Barr and T. Welsh (scr) v. T. Stevenson and B Lynn (2), F. H. Knight and E .S. Chambers (<l) v. J. Stevenson and W. J. Sparrow (2), E. C. Bathurst and J. A.. Walker (7) V. R. Mathieson and A. Horßey (8). J. Show and J. M. Wilkie (8) v. P. Boothroyd and C. E. Norrish (6). RAKAIA. An 18-mile cycle road race, under the auspices of the Rakaia Athletic and Cycling Ciub was run on Saturday afternoon. A strong nor'-west wind was blowing, which greatly handicapped the riders, and made the times slow. There were fifteen starters, but only sis completed the course. M. O'Connell, on the limit mark, led all the way, and won very comfortably. W. J. Todd, with a handicap of one minute, won the prize for the fastest time. He covered the distance in 4.7min 57sec. There was a good attendance of the public to witness the race. The following was the result: M. O'Connell (Bsmin) ... I H. Santv (55min) ... ... 2 W J. tfodd (lmin) ... 3 W. Wells (lmin) ... ... 4 S. Pluck (lmin) ... ... 5 Jim O'Reilly (lmin) ... 6 Time, Slmin o7Jsec. The members of the Methodist Young Ladies' Bible Class staged a very successful and entertaining concert in the Methodist Church. There was a large attendance, and every item was much enjoyed, and heartily applauded. The Rev. O. B. Fawcett, who presided, referred to the good work done through the agency of the Bible Class movement. The following was the programme : —Pianoforte solo, Miss Joan Breach; vocal solos. Misses

J. Bieach, and M. Rapley : duet, Misses B. AicGeorge and G. Douglas; recitation, Miss M. Stevenson; drill; company songs and dialogues by class members. Mr Kawcett thanked -all who had helped to make the evening a success. Ti.e monthly meeting of the Rakaia branch of the W.C.T.U. was held, when Mrs Boag presided over a good attendance. The secretary was instructed to write and send a letter of sympathy to Miss Trevurza. Ashburton, in her bereavement. A gift day was held for the Willard Orphanage, Palmerston North, and many parcels ot materials and clothing were handed in. The secretary (Miss Amy Oakleyl gave a report of a recent meeting of the South Canterbury executive of the P.W.M.U.. at Tiinaru. It was decided to hold the annual meeting of the branch in December. The speaker for the afternoon was Mrs A. JPetrie. of Ashburton, who gave a very interesting address, and was accorded a vote of thanks.

MAYFIELD. The monthly meeting of the Mayfield Women's Institute was held when the president (Mrs R. Austin) presided over a large attendance. The following were elected members of the Institute:—Mesdames G. H. Clements, J. Washington, J. Moore, and Miss Madge Patterson. The address given by the Governor-General, "Lord Bledisloe, at the Conference in Wellington, was read by the president. A demonstration oil raffia work was given by Mrs J. M. Wilkie, of Ashburton, arid was much appreciated. A vote thanks was passed to Mrs Wilkie, f° r the demonstration, and to Miss Hardwick. for providing car* transport. A competition in picture framing was won by Mrs R. Austin. Mrs J. J* Mulligan being second. The hostesses for the afternoon were Mesdatnes ft* Mclnnes and C. Sewell, and Miss K. Austin. Beautiful summer weather has been experienced at Mayfield for some days. It is most welcome to farmers. The shearing of dry sheep is in progress on most farms. Teams and tractors are busy preparing ground for rape and turnip crops, and it is expected that a good acreage will he sown.