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■ fixtures. ci ub _ Juue 27(h; Calnpliell ™ 4 i' S'-eond round of match t>lav .\ ndicS ' Club—June 29th; 'Mth f ® at , cli (postponed from Juno Haelev ('ini, lst^ lloilal match (drawn). nagley Club-—Juno 27)1.: Meares Cup and Haglej, Cup, semi-finals. V. a^les ' Cub—June 30th: Utfearnod Handicap players' match. UuEsley Club—June U7th: Medal handicap (.second qualifying round, Lindsay Rusi , up) ~ J,me 2sth: Match, v. Avondale, at Russiey. tuss Ladies' Club—July 2nd: Junior A«„ j i J 1 , 86 , Cup ' ,irst Qualifying round. Avondale Club—Juco 27tli: Members' Cup, qualifying round. Juno 28th: Match v. hussley. at Russlev. Richmond Hill Club—June 27th: Match v. Akaroa, at Kichmond Hill. Richmond Hill Ladies' Club—July 2nd: Medal handicap. ? Hare-wood Club—Juno 28th: Canadian foursome. Harewood Ladies' Club—July 2nd: L.G.U. medal, first qualifying round, championbhlps. Lyttolton Club (men and ladies) —June 28th: liangiora Cleek. Ashburtou Club—Juno 27th: Medal match. Kanjiora Club—June 27th: Macfiirlane Cup, second qualifying round. June 28th: first round, captain's trophy, to bo completed. Kangiora Ladies' Cub—June 27th: Open day. July 2nd: Bogey round (choose partners). Rawhiti *Jlub—Juue 27th: Second round and final ladies' eclectic, 1.30 p.m. June 28th: Teams' match, captain v. secretary, 1.30 p.m. Ambcrley Club—June 27th: First round, Melbourne Cup. June 28th: Open. Amberley Ladies' Club—Juno 27th: Medal match (drawn). Kaiapoi Club—June 27th: Match v. Christchurch at Kaiapoi. Diamond Harbour Club —June 27th: Mixed Canadian foursome, F. G. Norton Vase, partntrs drawn. Hawnrden Club—June 27tli: Match v. Cheviot, at Hawarden. Hawarden Ladies' Club—June 27th: Match v. Cheviot, at Hawarden. (Entries for Hnwardgn open tournament for ladies close July Ist.)

NOTES OF THE DAY. [By Fx-agstick.] In tho not very distant' past when teams from the Otago and Christehurch Clubs met in their annual contests for tho Campbell-Hosking and Hanmer Shields, the fixture was practically an interprovinciai one, and though tho match cannot now claim that status — C. B. Wight of St. Clair could not be omitted from an Otago side, nor B. V. Wright, K. C. Ward, and J. Millard from a Canterbury oneI—tho 1 —tho standard of play tends to be increasingly higher, and the match to be contested with no less keenness; Tiiis year Otago had sent up a very strong side,' headed by its manytimes-charoipion, K. Ross, and including a number of young players of great promise. Their papain was in decidedly better form than he showed when playing in the matches of the Kirk-Wipdoyer series, and though W. 0. Wight, his partner ill tho foursomes, was unable on tp justify his place- on the list, the pair who toileted, J. Spence and J. A. Sequler, showed Borne accurate and attractive golf, especially in their tee shots and on the greens.. Being accustomed to rather fairways at Balroaeewan, they were never quite at home with their iron and mashie shots, and it was to their lack of confidence in hitting approaches to the pin that their defeat was due. Both lost their singles to_ A. B- Blank and 0. A. Seymour respectively, but in the afternoon foursome they held their opponents to the turn with a fine 37, and were not beaten till Farthest South was reached, G. Barnett, a former champion of Qtago, was the most successful of the visitors, defeating E. J". Pumphrey by a small margin in tho singles, and with Ij r .A. Eeed securing a lead of one hole over B. C. Abernethy and E. J. Pumphrey—the only wins for his side of the day.

The visiting captain had a ding-dong tussle jn his single against R. T. Tosswill, who, in tho absence of E. M. Macfarlane, had been promoted to first place on the home side, and who, except for one or two mistakes early in the day, played high-class golf throughqut. Tosswill had a'lead of two holes when three had been played, but tho Otago skipper took the next two and the tnaich remained square with a succession of halved holes to the turn. A seesaw period followed, any mistake by either being promptly turned to account by his opponent, the visitor's card for tho next six holes leading 4-5, 5-4, 5-4, 3-4, 4-5, 4-3—and the match was still square. A$ the pagoda tho Otago man was up the hill in rough with his thirfl, an£ emild not get the par #vej whereas TossVill, wijh his approach putt, missed-a "birdie" four by inches, only—rToßSwill - one up. At the seventeenth the home player again nearly Secured a "birdie," his ball lying an Inch or two from the cup, and Koss, having overrpn the hole, was partly stymied, but secured the half' with a nicely .judged putt. Going "all-out" for a win at the home hole, the visitor nearly reached the temporary green with his drive, but his chip approach was too strong, and the Christehurch man, who bad played a very accurate second to within six feet of the pin, had the like to play for a win. Ho played safe, and 1 made sure of a win for hi 3 side by halving in four.

The afternoon foursome between the top pairs—K. Boss and W. G. Wight for the visitors, and E. T. Tosswill and B. A. Wilson for Christehurch—was .equally well contested, though the golf at times was rather patchy. A gpod te'e-shot at Crossways by Tosswill gave his partner a chance for a 2, qM Wilson made no mistake with the putt, and similarly Wight's tee shot at Old Nick helped his side to a "birdie" 2, and par four 3to both at Shirley brought them all square to the sixteenth. Here Wight's tee-shot, short and slightly pulled, found a difficult lie up against the mound of a bunker. Tosswill's ball, a little straighter and longer, bounced twice on the top of a mound and rolled on to the green, pin-Jiigh. Boss got out well, but was short, and Wight's chip was also short, and the hole went to Christehurch, 3r5, making them one up. Wilson's drive to the Pagoda was long and , straight, • but Boss's was even longer—a splendid shot into a quartering wind, Their parttiers' seconds lfcft them level, and then the Otago captain, possibly mindful of his morning experience, played rather short, Wilson's ball lying -wide to tho right, but qti th© green. Wight' chipped too strongly, and Tosswill's run up was short, but Wilson holed a good'putt for a win, 5—6, making his side aormy. Tho seventeenth w as halved in par fours, Boss having played a particularly fine seeohd from an awkward lie. Christehurch two up and one to play. Driving to the eighteenth, WiWhoolced slightly to the left edge of the fatrwaV Boss with a pushed-out shot wa* almost pin-high, but close behind the mound of one of the bunkers of the first fairway- Wight played clear of trouble, leaving their ball still short of the green, but his partner recovered with a clever chip over an awkward rideo ' Tosswill meanwhile had played a fine approach to within three Wilson wiselv made sure of a half the trlckv green, and finally a go°d putt by Wight kept the balance of holes unchanged.

fhe ptago papiain had no adverse comment to make on tho co?)dition P h Shirley. When informed that wa s rife "didp't see what they M M that with normal rain« the course wowu

be la fine order for the championships in October. Tho grens certainly look in better shape than they did in MarchApril. Last week Mrs J. M. Preston, tho Avondale ladies' champion, played the Avondale course in a gross 80, the best round so far this season. Hor fine effort will have the effect of reducing licr handicap to six. Both the finalists in the Wilkin Chip at Shirley—Miss V. Fleming and Miss M. Beadel—had come through a severe test in tho preceding round, the former having won by a single holo from Mrs J. E. Donald, while Miss Beadel did not secure a win against Miss Norton til] after a re-play. Miss Beadel has lately been showing some golf worthy of her fine record, but on Monday, when the final was played, she was decidedly off her game, and when her* opponent won at the Pagoda she had needed only ono of the three handicap strokes allowed her. Miss Fleming was in the lead all the way, and at the turn stood four up with 42 for the nine holes. Her best hole was Maireliau, which she won in 4-5 without her handicap stroke. On tho remaining holes the play was moro even, but Miss Fleming, with a stroke, had a win at 0 'Rorke's and stood five up after a half at the Pines. The leader then struck trouble at two holes in succession, where at the same time Miss Beadel played' some of her best golf of the round —Miss Fleming three up with four to play. A half at Farthest South made Miss Fleming dormy, and at tho long sixteenth a fine brassie third lay almost dead. With a handicap stroke she could not fail to win, the match ending there, 4 and 2. The winner is now playing on a handicap of ten, and recent performances suggest that she is likely to go still lower before the season closes.

Before these notes appear next week we should have had by cable an account of the play in the Ryder Cup match at Columbus, Ohio. The' Scioto Club's course, where the matches will be decided, is a fairly long one of some 6700 yards, and as a watering scheme has been provided for all the fairways, it may be presumed that it will play its full length. On the whole, the precepts of the strategic school have been followed in the bunkering, many of the greens, especially at the longer holes, having ready access from one quarter only, while sand-traps are not excessive in number. The par of the course is 71, a figure that will be hard to attain in any weather, and if the weather is rough some very in-and-out results may be expected, and some "sporting" finishes. Probably more of the contestants will como to grief at the short 17th than at any of the longer holes. Th shot is one of only 135 yards, but the green is tiny, apd bounded on one side by a water hazard and on three more by sand-traps. There are three more par 3 holes of lengths varying from 150 to 240 yards, and three par 5 holes, of which the longest skirts the boundary, so that the out-of-bounds danger threatens »11 the way, especially as the green ppena towards the right-hand edge -of the fairway. The National Open was hold here in 1926, but since then the course has been largely' remodelled.

NEW SOUTH WALES CHAMPIONSHIP. NEW ZEALANDER DEFEATED. (USITKB PBJtSB 13S0CU«0*—BT BLECTBTC TEWSOB4IME—COSTBIGHT.) (Beceived June 25th, 7.15 p.m.) • SYDNEY, June 25. E. L. Apperly, holder of the title, rather easily defeated the New Zealander, H. A. Black, in the semi-final of the State Amateur Golf Championship to-day, eight up and eevpn to play. who hail shown excellent form in the present series, gave nothing away over the first eighteen holes anc), aided by a couple of styjpies, had a lead of five up at luncheon. Black mad® several mistakes on the greens. He was a trifle unfortunate at the fourteenth, for with a win in sight, he was stymied, and in a gallant effort to negotiate it with a niblick, ho knocked his opponent's ball into the hole. The New Zealander sank a 30 feet putt on tha twelfth green, but was too often shoffc with approach putts. The result was that he gave 4pp®*"ly many pppprfcunities which naturally >verp not qugseg. Black was never in tha 'picture m the afternoon- Apperly relied on steady methods and always fiad the New Zealander on the defensive. In the other semi-final match J. F'erricr beat "W. It. Dobson, two and one.

RUSSLEY CLUB. fflip second qualifying round of the Lindsay Russell Cup, concurrently wjth > medal handicap, will be jilayed ftt Bussley to-mor-row. TUe following is the draw:— , No. 1 Vfto, p.fn.—W. W. Gudgeon, P. B. Millar, end R. A. Bag6haw. ! p. m .— jj, V. White, R. L. Bonaldson, and G. W.'Sm'ithson; J. P. Gilmour, P. C. Fairclough, and W. G. Turnbull; F. C. Wooler, Gordon Palmer, and J. 'R. Crawshaw; A. W. Sniithson, S. It. Self, and 11. E. Goggin. 1.15 i>.m. —R. B. Dagger, P. W. Hobbs, and S. G. Lester; T. D. Harman, A. Borgfejdt, and J. G. Cullman; E. E. Watkins, W. L. Partridge, and C'. W. Murphy; G. IP. Nicojl, H. E. Parsons, and J. R. Stevenson. 1.30 p.m.—W. L. Travers, 11. A.,Jardin, and T. C). Clarkson; W. R.-Teape, A. 0. Wellwood, and P. O. Hartley; R. L. Round, S. Jj. Partridge, and W. J. Freebury; R. D. Harwan,' K. M. Ollivier, and W. J. Hunter. 1.45 J. Wallace, A." L. Matson, and W. G. Bannatyne; J. Myhre, H. 0. Hewlett, and R. G. Donovan: H. R. Hamilton, E. E. Gough, and li. W. Morrow; L. P. Tisdall, A. L. Ross, and P. Wynn-W»Ui«W!< , 2 p.m.—D. D. Bailey, 11. M Jacobs, and p. W. Gotterill; M. S. Brown, and A. O. Wilkinson. tfo. 11 Tee. 1 p.m.—H. A. Penu, K. B. Bain, and C. 8. Morris: Hartley Smith, E. H. Clark and it. R. Renton; H. P. Penlington, W. M. Ros3, apd B. Milnes; A. C. Fraser, Denis Anderson, and L. M. Hargreaves. , 1.15 p.m. —H. L. Blarotres. R- B. Smythe, and H. G. Barnett; B. T. Bevendge, G. AGonnal, and A. R. O'Malley; P. Gill, A. 0. Blojcam, and 11. J. Hanna; O. Baker, i.. C. Tipping, and P. W. Dawson--130 d b —D. F. Anderson, ?. Hollander, and J G Hanafin; A.T, Kay. A. E. Ackroyd, and W. H. Price; R. H. MitcheU.J.R. Pabrikaht, and J. S.'Middleton; D. P. Hobbs, F. D. Jones, and M. E. Knight. l 45 p m. —L. G. Steven, J. R. Thomas, snd M P HSU; R. D. Mitchell, S. W. Jamieson, and R. V* Midgley. . The following will represent Ruasley m an inter-club match against Avondale Glub at Russley: Hartley Smith, H. P. Penlington, G A G Connal, P. 0. Wooler, R. T. Bevendge, W M. Ross, A. W- Smithson, Gordon Palmer, « r .,V Penn, B. A. Bagsliaw, J. P. Gilmour, W R. Teape, R. B. Smythe, R. V. "White, K. B.'" Bain, S. R. Self. HAGLEY GLUk Following is the draw for a stroke handlmatch to be played to-morrow:— Noon —A. F. Ross and O. 1?. Hsglam with E G. Ross and A. J. Campbell, hj, Russell and J. 0. Sheldon with H. Henderson gnd j. A. Masterton, 0. T. Aschmari and P. G. Greenwood with' P. O. Malpas and J. Wyn Irwin, M. Foley and L. J. Keys with H. W. Nixop »nd H. P. Lawry, J. R, Montgomery and J. A. Fyfe with W. M. Tyers and J. A.' Johnstone, T. W. Lewis and J. G. Poison with H. Baverstock and T.' W. Bpese. W. A- Mansell and W. J. Oartwright with C. J. and M. M c lj e °d. 12.30 —Dr. Fenwick and 8. Steele with E. Snitr and J. H. Schroder. F1 J. Shanks and p. E. Wood with B. E. Edgar and T. H. Fosfpr, fl, •H. Webb aiiji C. Buchanan with C H. White and D. E. Hutton, 5. W. Stephens and H! D. Andrews with J. A. Johnstone and W. McNamara, J. Fitzgerald and 0. H. Johnstone with J. Earl and P. C. Browne, W. A. Purdie and E. E. with M. S. Brown and T. D. Harman, A. Cottrell and H. T. Francis wjth-'D. Crozier and E. Delaljunty, D. Buddo and P.' p. with 'R. A. Cnthbert and A. Nettleton, J. Barnett and F. A. Ellis with E. W. Ottddon and —. WiUcinson, W. Beadel and E. S. Bovie with L. E. Rowley and . G. Brass, N. S. Bowie and G. S. Stracfc with H. J. Hsydocfe and P, Morrii, W. V. L«tt« and 0. K Pnrcha««.

TEMUKA CLUB. The following is the draw for the ladies' cclecfcio competition of the Temuka 1 Club, to be played to-morrow: —Mrs May v. Miss Johneton, Mrs Dick y. Mrs Laurenson, Miss Pogtie v. Mrs Lucy, Miss Scrimshaw v. Mrs M. Guild, Miss 0. Grant v. Mrs McLeod, Mias E. Bremner v. Mrs Topham, Miss Ferguson v. Miss H. Bremner, Mrs Leo v. Miss M. Austin, Miss B. Austin v. Misa Hanifin, Mrs Shand v. Miss Grigg, Mrs Smart v. Miss Sinclair, Mrs Buzan v. Mrs Sheen, Mrs Turnbull v. Miss Slattery, Miss M. Topham v. Miss Hancox, Mrs Robins v. Miss Twerityman, Mrs Stephens v. Mrs Scrimshaw, Mrs Mclnnes v. Miss K. McShane, Miss Mavis Topham v. Miss E. McLeod, Miss I'ufflett v. marker. RAWHITI CLUB. The following team? have been chosen to represent tho Captain v. Secretary on Sunday;— Men. . Captain's Team—ll. Throp, H. N. Jarvis, L. W. Besley, B. A. Miles, D. A. Tait, U. JDavis, F. Barritt, R. Pearson, W. Queree, i\ A. Green, J. Rogers, R. Falloon, A. Stevenson, G. W. Bishop, D; R. Jones, Hubble. 'Secretary's Team—J. E. Gudgeon, If. P. Mora, 0. A. Cooper, V. Jensen, P. W. Finncgan, C. Brown, B. T. Coburn, H. G. Lyttle, A. E. Lyttle, L. P. Tonkin, A. Groom, C. M. Clnrkson, D. Kennedy, G. M. Coudliffe, W. Caldwell, F. Palk. Women. Captain's Team—'Mrs Mifes, Miss A. Reidle, Miss IS. Guy. Mrs Clarkson, Miss R. Edmonds, Mrs Pearson, Miss Dunkley, Miss Hayes, Mra Stevenscn, Miss R. Moon, Mrs Brown, Mra Lyttle, Miss Williams, Mrs Hurrell, Mrs Lovell, Miss Lawrer.ce. Secretary's Team —Mrs McCalluin, Mrs Branch, Mrs Clarke, Miss E. Edmonds, Miss R. Tillyshort, Mrs Throp, Miss E. Tillyshort, Miss Love, Miss Nelson, Mrs Cooper, Miss J. Moon, Mrs McGillivray, Miss Lyttle, Miss 11. Leslie, Mrs Bowker, Miss Fiddis.

RANGIORA CLUB. The following is the draw for the second qualifying round of the Macfarlane Cup, to be played to-morrow: —T. H. Blain and F. W. Garland, L. W. Menzies and A. Ambrose, E. S. McPhail and G. W. W. R. Patrick and J. Kilgour, J. A. Johneton and G. J. Heney, W. C. Keetley snd J. M. Fraser, R. Newman and G. March, E. D. R. Smith and R. J. Logan, A. Buckingham and H. K. Kippenborger. W. E. Barton and R. G. Edward, A. Lockhart and J. Harley. W. Smith and A. Purdie, A. Harper and H. Bennett, J. E. Strachan and G. H. Mehrtens, F. G. Tolmie and T. Mcßae, J. Palmer and scorer. HAREWOOD CLUB. A Canadian foursome will be played on Sunday, players to arrange own partners and opponents. KAIKOURA CLUB. The following will represent Kaikoura against the South Marlborough Club tomorrow, on the South Bay Golf Links: Ladies: Miss R. McLennon, Miss E. Mackle, Miss M. Mackle, Mrs Robinson. Men: Withers, O'Callaghan, Flower, Farrant, Harris, Robinson, Watts, Morris. Play will commence at 10 a.m. RUSSLEY LADIES' CLUB. The monthly bogey match played at Rugsley yegtjfrday resulted in a tie in the senior division between Mrs H. P. Lawry and Miss B. Holmes. Mr; J. Blyth and Miss E. Johnston tied in the junior division. The first qualifying round for the junior challenge cup will be played on Thursday, July 2nd. entries closing at noon on Monday, June 30th. There will be a stroke match for Saturday and non-handicap players on Saturday, July 4th. Partners will be drawn and entries will close on July 2nd. AVONDALE LADIES' CLUB. The following is tho draw for the third round of medal handicap aggregate: —Mrs Grange and Mrs Reynolds, Mrß Paton and Mrs Jarvis, Mrs Stickings and Mrs J. Martin, Mr? J. Pierce and Mrs L. Smith, Miss P. EHwood and Miss B. Ml Cook, Mrs N. V. Smith and Mrs L. J. Lewis, Miss M. Johnston and Miss I.Robjon, Mrs R. Atkinson and Mrs W. J. Ow«£ns, Miss C. Man and Miss J. Donnelly, Miss M. O'Malley and Mrs T. Shearman, Mrs 0. If. Knight and Mrs P. IT. Robson, Mrs L. Gordon and Mrs Kingsland, Miss G. M. Comer and MrsDelargey, Miss M. Todd and Mis Taylor, Miss P. Knight and Miss Sharp, Miss H. Grimmer and Miss E. Cpmer, Miss D. Bryce And Mrs Osborne, Miss S. Brit ton 'end Mrs B. Collins, Mrs Freeman and Mrs Parkinson, Mrs Were and Mrs Taylor, Mrs Rundle and Mrs Treleaven, Mr# B. 0. Moore snjl Ifrs A. Smith. This match will be played on TfHirsday, Jnly 2nd. Mrs Grange will bo in charge. HAREWOOD J4J3IES" CLUB. The flag match postponed from yesterday will bo played on Tuesday. RAKAIA CLUB. TJmj draw for the Holmes Challoge Oup gameß to-njorrow is as follows: —Mrs Hardy and P. J. Hanrslian v. Mrs Nelson and 3. Langley, Miss Muckle and J. S. 'ConnoHy v Mrs Richards and Ij. O. Oakley, Mrs Cordner and L. Cordrier v. Miss Donaldson and H. A. Harrison, Miss Irwin and p. C. Holmes v. Mis? G. Harrison and G. S. Hardy, Miss Kdgington and W". Ij. Harrison v. Mis# E. Richards and 0. Nelson, Mrs Oakley and Ij. B. Blank v. Miss B. Richrrds and 4- Richards, Mrs S. Gonnolly and Wilkinson y. Mrs Wilkinson and R. A. Oakley, Miss Gaskey and IT. Wilkinson a bye.