LYTTELTON NEWS.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20773, 6 February 1933, Page 15

LYTTELTON NEWS.

PERSONAL. I'j-ivaLb adviue lias been received in LyHelton ot' 'the death at his home in .Remuera, Auckland, of Mr E. Clarke, for many .years stnironmaster at Lyttelton. About lire years ago Mr Clarke was transferred from Lyttelton to Frankton Junction and subsequently retired on superannuation. Tug-of-War Carnival. The ol'-war contests held at the Lytteltcn Drill Hall under Hie auspices of the Lyttelton Bowling Club and the Miniature llifle Club, concluded on Saturday evening, when the semi-finals and finals were contested. Tho large crowd witnessed many exciting finishes during the evening. The pulls resulted as follows: fc'O Stone Class—Final: Avenger beat Hardie and Thomson by 5 inches. o2 Stone Class —Semi-finals: Hardie and Thomson beat Davis Glne Company by one inch. Hardie and Thomson beat Ferrvmeade A by three-quar-ters of an inch. Filial —Colleen boat Hardy and Thomson by five inches. Hotel Teams—Semi-finals : Empire beat Canterbury by one and a quarter inches. Royal bc.it British by threequarters of an inch. Canterbury beat Rovat by throp and a half inches. Lvttelton boat Canterbury by one and a half inches. Final—Empire bent Lyliellon bv one inch. Cricket. Playing at Waltha.ni Park on Saturday altcrnoou. Lyttelton Miniature lliilcs A team. 122 (Garner 38, L. Williams 23, E. Whitford 20) defeated Hnrewood, 96 (Smith G8) by 26' runs on tho first innings. At llic.'.arton Lyttelton 11, 135 (McCormick 37. Loader 29) defeated Riccarton, 79, by 06 runs. For Lyttelton, McDonald, six for 33. and Swain, four for 32. bowled best. Yachting Picnic. Yesterday the yachting visitors were entertained at a yacht picnic at llipa Island, .i free-for-all sailing race attracted a large entry. The course was from tho island up tho harbour, around the reef, and back. The result was:—Sea Kid (A. Round) 1, Waiata (W. Sard ins) 2, Marangi (G. R. Curtis) 3. Railway Picnic. The annual picnic of the Lyttelton railway staff was held yesterday at Amttorlev. The attendance was about 500. Trip on the Dredge. The Mayor (Mr D. G. Sullivan, M.P.) and representatives of several public bodies were the guests of the Lyttelton Harbour Board on the dredge Canterbury on Saturday for the Sanders Cup races.