CROQUET.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20342, 15 September 1931, Page 6

CROQUET.

.—» • CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION. • ANNUAL MEETING HELD. The •ighteenth annual meeting of the Canterbury Croquet Association was held on Friday night, Mr A. G. P. Boss presiding, anrl the following were present: ilesdames Loithead, Turner, Kellaway, Dey, Beeby, Beanland,. Lohrey, Shankland, Miss Bain, and Messrs Grant, Tomlinson, Tyera, and Rawnsley. The following officer.! were elected for the jear:—President, Mr A. G. F. Ross; vicepresidents, Mesdames Beanland, Johnson, Moore," and Messrs Lill, Tomlinson, and Rawnsley; referee, Mr T. F. Chambers; handicapper, Mr A. G. F. Ross- assistanthandicapper, Mr W. M. Tyers; auditor. Mr Bobbins; tournament manager, Mr S. McCullough; assists nt-lournament manager, as may be' appointed; secretary' and treasurer, Mr S. McCullough; Tourhaqient and Competitions Committee,' Mesdamei Beanland, Leitbead, Maddren, Turner, and Messrs Grant, Richardson, E. J; Boss, Holmes, and Rawnsley. . \ It was decided xo carry out the usual flag competitions this season, but an alteration was made in the pennant, players having one bisque or less being declared ineligible. The annual tournament is to be held, play starting on Boxing Day.' Junior events will be excluded and a junior tournament will be held some time about the end of February or early in March. A vote o! sympathy was passed with Mrs Fcrguion, members standing.

• PILOT - (PBKS3 issocuwo* Trapped in an air from the Rotorua afternoon,. Captain ,'B., •Huuiltod, who bad ' ® sengers Messrs J." Fortune Setchell, of Botorua, sradjai garden of a house oppositc^^^g^^B The machine had a slow struck the air pocket just aiMrsgHTOr| the telegraph wires on tw nraKHK4 the aerodrome. Fortunately* i£ia|Sfe:» the occupants was injnred. /-fj^WM3k.«f Themonoplane, which wa* •BBCc/l Captain Money, was totally A FORCED Ltiaflp! (PBESS ASSOCIiXIO* - J An aeroplane piloted by -J with Mr J. Pankhursfc • as , flying from Wanganui to mouth, was compelled to au^t^il^PP^W: u iag at Stratford yesterday. the town a heavy wind-and ; were encountered. , veloped a spin when an made to climb above the After -flying, over several op* ll j*| " Mr Green landed in a *j demonstration farm, having w |gsapp| ®1 on account of the power lin^ ,> tho machine could be standstill on touching the struck soft and uneven stood on its nose. The propeller gine were not damaged, gut * '* the undercarriage wasforced " the fuselage and one wing « occupants wero not machine later was removed to Plymouth aerodrome by - ANOTHER (PBE33 ASSOCIATION >, DUNEULN, a "Whila landing in one ol 1 Moth aeroplanes at the ,| aerodrome A. R ri ? ground engineer to the "WK $ Club, struck one of the on the road bounding the | of the landing ground, | Burbidge slight s the head. Some < J am .S® +he fn^ t,4 ]sP & the wing of the aeroplane, | of which was torn and the Jfcj - smashed. •• • I