WEST COAST NEWS

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21281, 28 September 1934, Page 10

WEST COAST NEWS

KEY MOUTH rtLGIIY FOOTBALL (SI'ECUL TO THB CI! CPS.) 1 GREYMOUTH. September 27. ■ Mr J. Guy presided over the weekly i meeting of the executive of the West I Coast Rugby Union, Mr D. Dowell 1 (manager of ihe touring team) sub- ' mittcd a report on the lour, and ■ praised the good treatment received 1 at the hands of the Wellington and ' Canterbury unions. Mr G. Jamiosou, 1 manager of the junior representative j team which visited Christchurch last • Saturday, also reported that everyI thing possible had been done to make | the stay a happy one. The Star team | was declared winner ol the fouith ■ grade competition. It was decided to record ihe union's thanks to the ; senior representatives, for the high i standard maintained on and off the I .field during their tour. Fixtures ar- ; ranged for Saturday were: Mcßrearty ! Shield final: United v. Cobden. Ilugby .Park; senior, Blakclown v. Stat, Ilugby Park; juniors, Han nam Cup ! final, Celtic v. Cobden, Rugby Park; | Blaketown v. Pirates tWcstport). ! Rugby Park. ! l». anil T. Officers' Kail i The annual Grey mouth Post and ' Telegraph Officers' ball was held 111 1 Schaef's Hall on Tuesday and was ! one of the most successful functions : held in Grcymouth during the dancing season Over 500 attended. Music ! was played by the Happiness Boys-. 1 The social committee comprised ; Messrs W. E. Evans, D. M. Gordon, S R. Wallace, Misses D. Costcllo. V. i Murtarh, and also Messrs M. Sheard, i S Havdon, ,T. Gebbie, G. Gilbert, G. i "LoverL'ge, P. Hansen. C. Burley. 11. Spark. 1., Dclaney. Messrs B. Petrie i and H. Jamieson were masters ol '; ceremonies. League Football At this week's meeting of the man- ! agemcnt committee of the West Coast 1 Rugbv League, over which Mr A. 11. I McKano presided. Mr I, Hunter was ! appointed manager of the senior reI p i-esen fa lives to play in Christchurch ' on Saturday. It was decided that the •! team should leave Greymouth toj morrow night. It was decided that . I all competitions definitely close next , Sunday, and fixtures were arranged as follows:-Junior, Brunner v. Nga- ; | here; fourth grade, Marist v. EiMnner. ! : Cobden Tennis Club At tile annual meetiir; of the Cob- : den Tennis Club. Mr F. L. Turley pre- : si ed over a fair attendance. The ! balance-sheet, showing a small credit ' balance, was adopted. Officers were ; elected as follows: —President., Mr F. 1,. Turley; vice-president, Mrs A. 11. ■ McKane; club captain. Mr E. Gilnwur: vice-captain. Miss f. Sexton; secretary and treasurer, Mr R. Gil- ; mour; commit I ec, Mcsdamos McKane, MeKeehnie. Miss G. Sexton, Messrs ; Gilmour <2>. F. Turley, K. MeLaughlan; women's committee. Misses M. Turley, K. Jackson, G. Sexton. R. Anderson, Mesdames McKane, Gil.nour and MeKeehnie; auditor. Mr L. Abbie. The opening day was fixed for Sun- ; day, October 7. i Association Football At the weekly meeting of the Wcst- | Innd Football Association, the Cobden ' fourth grade team was given permis- • sion to travel to Denniston over the , week-end. Mr F. M. Smyth was appointed manager of the Westland team to play Canterbury for the Dewar Cup (juniors) next Saturday, at Greymouth, and the team was announced as follows: —Aims, Grogan, Wright. Adamson, Young, Burn, Shotton. Luke, Vaughan, McNaughton, Pattinson. Reserves, Lee, O'Connell, and Pol--1 lock. The curtain-raiser to the representative game will be a Ileslin Cup (senior) game, Grcymouth v. Dob--1 son. Killc Shooting lu the Greymouth Miniature Rifle i Club's fifth competition for P. Beck's trophy, W. Hamilton and J. Prender- • gast won the hottv button, each, scoring' 69 off the rifle. The best scores,

j with handicaps given in parenthesis, : were:—W. Hamilton 09 M)) 70; J. ' Prendcrgasf. 09 11 i 70; M. Garth. 01! '2) 70; J. Walter, 68 (2) 70; F. Molloy . 07 !■.'!> 70; T. Nankervill, 05 (.5) 70; P. Thomson, 04 (6) 70; R. Wells, 07 <2) 09; !,. Sharman, 65 (4) 69. With one j .shoot to go the following are the ; leaders for the trophy:—F. Molloy and M. Garth, 273: S. Davy. T. Garth, and S. Sharman, 267. S. Sharman is as- ■ sured of the championship with 1249, and in the handicap championship, i witli one shoot to go, the leaders are: - jS. Davv 1007. M. Garth 1303. E. R. Moss 1301, and R. Hamilton 1299. Supreme Court Judgnuv t In the Supreme Court yesterday, the registrar real the judgment of Mr Justice Johnston, in the case of J. S. Langl'ord. plaintiff, and Thomas MeGrnth and Henry Morgan, defendants, which was a claim for the issue of a writ of mandamus to be directed to the warden oi' the Westland districtordering him to hear and determine a suit, brought on June 13. 1901, in the Warden's Court, Hokitika, under which plaintiff, who is the holder of a miner's light, claimed that a certain tail-race. No 09.735. of which defendant McGralh is the registered owner, under license dated August 18, 1896, be declared abandoned by operation of law, and the license in respect ihc'cef be cancelled. His Honour uphold the decision of the warden on all points, and dismissed the appeal witSj £lO 10s costs to respondent.

! REEFTON ! i CRICKET | | 'jSrCUAt, TO THE .IKS.IS.; | REEFION, September 27. | At. the eighth annual meeting of the i Ilei.-fton Cricket Club Mr R. Yellowi loos pre.sided. The report and balt anee-sheet, .showing a satisfactory financial position,' were approved. The following officers were elected:—Patron, Mr T. L. Bennett; president, Mr W. H. Winchester; vice-presidents, Messrs Kane, L. R. Austin, C. Coxall, J. Irving, E. W. Spencer, and Dr. W. A. Conlon; secretary, Mr W. Blom; treasurer, Mr H. Foreman; club captain, Mr J. Lawson; executive committee, Messrs R. Yellowlees, S. Hunt, L. Robinson, H. Kearns, H. Foreman, j T. Malcolm, W. Blom, and C. Chandler; official umpires, Messrs F. CutI bush, T. Williams, C. Chandler, and J. Lawson; scorers, Messrs A. McKenna I and J. Pearce. | Messrs W. Blom and S. Hunt were appointed delegates to the annual subassociation meeting. The opening day was fixed for October 14, if the ground is available, when a match Australia v. New Zealand will be played. The following motion was carried; "That it be a recommendation to the annual delegates' meeting that the headquarters of the sub-association be at Reefton, and the affairs controlled by a management committee elected by the clubs." | Rugby Football Mr L. R. Austin presided over the | weekly meeting of thy Inangahun j Rugby Sub-Union, when permission 1 was granted to the Waratah Club to ! travel to Westport. Tt was decided | to play Dcnniston Pirates at Robert- | son's paddock on Sunday. It was i resolved to play the linal of the prc- | sident's challenge cup on October 7, j when Blacks Point, will meet Cronadun. Mr ,J. Crosstnan was appointed ; referee. , ... j : i ! lIOKITIK A | , KMiIIKY INTO L)lv\TJI OF . MOTOR-CYCLIST •iruni. TO TUR I-*ksv) | HOKITIKA. September 27. | The inquest into the death of John | Ferdinand Bergmann, who was killed jon 'Tuesday, when his motor-cycle j struck a lorry on the South road, near ! Pukekura, Westland, was held before ! the coroner (Mr A. E. Benjamin), i Sergeant King appeared for the po- ; lice and Mr J. A. Murdoch for Newi man's Motors. Ltd., and the driver of J the lorry, J. C. Craig. I .lames Colvin Craig stated that he | first saw the motor-cycle about 100 feet away. The lorry was then well over»on its correct side, and there was ample room for the motor-cyclist to pass. Bergmann appeared to move across and then swerved hack and struck the right front mudguard. Constable Crowley, Ross, slated that ! the tracks of the lorry were well over I on the correct side and that it had been pulled up in 10 feet from the j point of collision. j Dr. H. C. R. Carter, acting-superin- | tendent of the Westland Hospital. I stated thai. Bergmann died within a i few minutes of his arrival at the hosI pital. | The verdict stated that death was : due to injuries accidentally received, i and that no blame was attachable to | the driver of the motor-lorry, ."Mothers' L'nion Festival The West Coast Mothers' Union annual festival was held in Hokitika. There were present members from CJreymouth. C'amerons, Kumara, Hari- j hari, Kokatahi, and Koiterangi. At the service in the church the Kev. H. S. Hamilton preached on "the table and the hearth as the bonds of family I life." The service was conducted by j the Rev. H. J. W. Knights, rural dean, assisted by the Rev. R. Newcombe, vicar of Ross, and the Rev. H. S. Hami ilton, vicar (.if Kumara. Lunch was i served in the Soldiers' Hall, which I had been prepared by the committee of the Hokitika branch. A general assembly was held in the All Saints' Hall to hear an address by Deaconess Heni Park. Afternoon tea was served. Tar-sealing; of Koad The Hokitika Borough Council has arranged with the Main Highways Board to tar-seal the main highway through the borough. ! South Westland ; The- county chairman, Mr T. R. I Chesterman. and the county engineer, ; Mr F. W. Ashley, have been making : a lour of South Westland. Develop- ! ments in the south make the need for ; road improvements an urgent, matter. ' Settlers in the Bruce Bay district wish ,to have the Mahitahi river bridged. ; This would enable them to transport ; their supplies from Bruce Bay land- . ing with much greater ease than at present. j An informal gathering is being held! ; at Okarito on the afternoon of Sep- ' i tember 211. when the first pile of (he I j Okarito harbour works will be driven, j