LYTTELTON NEWS
BOWLS | The Lyttelton Bowling Club held a progressive doubles tournament oh; Saturday afternoon. The winning skip ■ was J. E. Wilson, with four wins. R. Fenton and P. Milligan tied.for the leads, Fenton winning the play-off. Special Launch from Diamond Harbour For the departure of the Duke of Gloucester in H.M.A.S. Australia a special passenger launch will leave Diamond' Harbour at 5.45 p.m., returning after the departure of the warship. Swimming The Lyttelton Amateur Swimming Club held races at Corsair Bay on Saturday afternoon. Results were as follows: 50 Yards Breaststroke Championship—A. Torrens 1. A. Whitham 2. Championship Dive—P. Reardon, 17£ points, 1; S. Boyd, 16J points, 2. ,33 1-3 Yards Handicap—A. Whitham (9sec) 1, A. Gosney (4sec) 2, L. Cdombes (ssec) 3. Schoolboys' Race—W. Dodds 1, G. Johnston 2. Cricket Playing at Officers Point on Saturday afternoon, Lyttelton Miniature Rifles team defeated Christchurch Tramways by 134 runs to 120. For Lyttelton, C. McCormick 25, H. Wilson 28, C. Williams 15, and for Tramways Smith 48, Browne 23, and Dawson 14, batted best. Bowling for Lyttelton, H. Wilson took three for 42, and W. Whitford took two for 13. Magistrate's Court Messrs F. E. Sutton and W. Cleary, Justices of the Peace, presided at the Magistrate's Court on Saturday. Victor John Robert Dawson, a seaman in the steamer Tees, pleaded guilty to stealing butter, valued at 3s, the property of the Westland Shipping Company, Ltd. Sergeant D. Wilson said that Constable W. Sheppard had noticed accused carrying something beneath his coat and had accosted him. Accused admitted to the constable that he had taken the butter. Dawson had been dismissed from the ship. Accused was fined £l, in default seven days' imprisonment. James Morton and John Harold Parsons were charged with fighting in Norwich quay on Friday afternoon. Each maintained that the other was the aggressor. They were both convicted and fined £1 each, in default seven days' imprisonment. They were allowed 14 days in which to pay the fine.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21377, 21 January 1935, Page 21
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