WAIMATE

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21733, 16 March 1936, Page 9

WAIMATE

A. AND P. ASSOCIATION ARRANGEMENTS FOR RAM FAIR DISCUSSED At the last meeting of the committee of the Waimate Agricultural and Pastoral Association those ; present were: Messrs F. Brown (chairman), D. T. Larnach. A. W. Barnett, J. H. Milne, E. Stokes, E. B. Harrison, J. I ■ Hayman. H. B. L. Johnstone, A. Medlicott, M. Mcßae. R. Sinclair. J. C. Hay, J. Dempsey, E- G. Hay, H. J. C. Harner T. B. W. Hamilton, E. C. d’Auvergne, J. Mcßae, N. A. Rattray. Mr Harper said that, as marshal for the sheep section at the show, he had found that there were insufficient stewards. He recommended that there should be at least tw. o stewards for each judge and three stewards in the fat lamb section and one in the wool classing. ■. Mr Harper’s recommendation was referred to the incoming committee The secretary reported that the matI ter referred to the Clydesdale committee at the last meeting had been attended to. Mr J. Reid, with 24 points, was awarded second Place, out the adjustment had made no difference in the winning, of the cup, as Mr C. H. S. Johnstone had gamed 29 points. The secretary of the country queen in the Plunket Society’s carnival wrote soliciting the support of the association, and requesting the use of the Show Grounds for a gymkhana and also for permission to run a luncheon booth at the ram fair. It was decided to grant the requests, the use of the Show Grounds to be subject to the consent of the tenant. The Royal Agricultural Society wrote [ asking the committee to submit show dates for the 1936-37 season. It was decided to submit as a tentative date the Tuesday following the Royal Show at Christchurch. The following recommendations put forward by a meeting between representatives from the committee and the Stock Auctioneers’ Association to speed up the ram fair were approved as amended: That the ring be eight yards in diameter; that five tickets be placed at each pen, and that the vendors, vendors’ agents, and the man in charge be responsible for the ticketing of rams; that the auctioneers should approach the vendors and endeavour to arrange an upset price for each class; that a man be engaged to assist at the fair, and be responsible for deliveries, the expenses of this man to be shared by the Agricultural and Pastoral Association and the Auctioneers’ Association, the Agricultural and Pastoral Association to accept ho responsibilities for deliveries: that the caterer have lunch ready at 10 o’clock, to enable the sale to continue without a luncheon adjournment; that the sale begin at 10.30 a.m. Mr Harper was appointed to represent the association at a meeting of the Royal Society in Christchurch on March 19. A decision not to participate in a proposal to form a standing committee representative of all farmers’ organisations in South Canterbury was made. . It was 'decided to inform the Timaru Agricultural and Pastoral Association,* which forwarded details of the propos: 1 that 'in the opinion of the committee the expression of farmers’ opinions was adequately covered b' r the Fanners’ Union, tne Crown Tenants’ Association, and the Sheepowners’ Union. The motion was carried with seyeral dissentient voices. Personal . Mrs J. H. Betten has received notification from the Minister for Justice of her reappointment for the ensuing year as officer - for child welfare for the district. Mr R. Eddy left Waimate on Saturday afternoon on a visit to Wellington. Mr J. -Wilce, of Wellington, and formerly of Waimate, has returned lor a short visit. Messrs J. McKenzie and G. R. O’Malley, of the Waimate Tennis Club, have been selected as members of the North Otago team to play against Southland, at Invercargill, on March 23. The Queen Carnival Mrs Forbes Wallace, the country queen, is still leading in the Plunket Society’s queen carnival. Next week will see the wind-up of the campaign, and each committee is preparing for the final events of its programme. Last Friday a stall was run for the town queen. Miss Molly Larnach, and on Saturday a successful evening in support of the sports queen, Mrs N. A. Rattray, was held at “Te Kiteroa, the heme of Mr and Mrs W. D. Napier. Ladies’ Golf Club At the annual general meeting of the Waimate Ladies’ Golf Club the following officers were elected:—President, Mrs H. Hertslet; vice-president, Mrs E. B. Fraser; secretary. Mrs O. Johnson: treasurer, Miss A. Jones; captain. Miss R. Hertslet; deputy-cap-tain. Mrs A. Grant; committee, Mesdames J. C. Templer, L. W. Leslie, N. A. Rattray, R. Carleton, and Miss Brownlie; convener (women’s matches), Mrs A. Bringans; (men’s matches), Mrs H. Hertslet. Conveners will arrange their own helpers. At a committee meeting the following match committee was apopinted: Mesdames A. Grant, and N. A. Rattray, Miss E. Jones, captain and secretary. Primary School Sports The Waimate primary school’s interhouse athletic sports "were hold at Victoria Park in ideal conditions. Results 50 yards, boys under six: Neville Emerson (green) 1, Derek Brown (red) 2, Roger Englefield (red) 3. Girls under six: Eileen Falloon and Helen Bailey (equal) 1, Margaret Finlayson 3. Boys under seven; Bruce Rusbatch (blue) 1. Frank Kelly (green) 2, Charlie Taylor (blue) 3. Girls under seven: Olive Kirk (yellow) 1, Betty Brown (green) 2, Joan Shcfford (red) 3. Boys under eight; Archie White (blue) 1. Roger Reid (yellow) 2, Gordon Christie (vellow) 3. Girls under eight: ’ Janet Shackleton (blue) 1, Margaret Bailey (green) 2, Audrey Ross (red) 3. Boys under nine: Forbes Reid (blue) 1, Jim Falloon (blue) 2, Ivan Cague (yellow) 3. Girls; Catherine White (yellow) 1, Pat Black (red) 2. Doris Reid (green) 3. Boys under 10: Chamberlain (red) 1, Allan Hook (blue), Duncan Smith (yellow) (equal) 2. Girls: Shirley Chalmers (Breen) 1, Margaret Brov/n (yellow) 2. Gladys Pauli (yellow) 3. Girls under 12: Adrian Templer (red) 1, Rosalie Loper (green) 2, Mary Grut (red) 3. Girls under 11: Helen Bird (green) 1, Amy Rusbatch (blue) 2, Elaine Williams (blue) 3. Girls under 13: Margaret Rusbatch (green) 1, Edith McCone (red) 2, Margaret Black (yellow) and June Kirk (green) 3. Girls under 14: Joan Brown (green) 1, Dons Chalmers (blue) 2, Phyllis Wild (green) 3, Girls 14 and over: Margery Smith (yellow) 1. Mary Law (blue) 2. 100 Yards, boys under 10: Forbes Reid (red) and Keith Chamberlain (red) (equal) 1, Jim Falloon (blue) 3. Boys under 11: Jim Black (green) 1. Mervyn Kelly (green) 2, lan White (yellow) 3. Boys under 12: Jim Dunstan (yellow) 1. Bernard Black (green) 2, Laurence Willetts (yellow) and Ronald Meynell (red) 3, Boys under 13; Ivan Phillips (red) 1, Cargill McMaster (red) 2. Grenville Williams (yellow) 3. Boys under 14: Eric Harris (red) I,'lvan Bryan (yellow) Z, Malcolm Price (blue) and Arthur Dolphin (yellow) (equal) 3. Boys 14 and over. Jack Harris (green) 1, Ronald Brown (blue) 2, John Richmond (yellow) 3. 73 yards, girls under 10; Shirley Chalmers (green) 1. Margaret Brown (yellow) 2, Gladys Pauli (yellow) 3. Girls under 11: Helen Bird (green) 1, Amy Rusbatch (blue) and Elaine Williams (blue) (equal) 2. Girls under 12: Adriane Templer (blue) 1, Rosalie Loper (green) 2, Peggy Hay (green) 3. Girls under 13: June Kirk (green) 1, Margaret Rusbatch (green) 2, Edith McCone (red) 3. Girls under 14: Joan Brown (green) 1, Dons Chalmers (blue) 2, Phyllis Ross (green) 3 Girls 14 and over: Margaret Smltn. (yellow) 1, Mary Law (blue) 2. 220 yards, boys Under I 4: Gargill McMaster (red), and Ivan Phillips (red) (equal) 1, Colin Brown (red) 3. Over 14. Jack Harris (green) 1. Ronald Brown (blue) 2, John Richmond (yellow) 3. Girls’ relay, open; Blue 1. Green 2. relay, open: Red 1. Green . 2. Blue 3. , Skipping, girls under 10. 60 yards; Shelley Chalmers (green) dnd Gladys Pauli (yellow) (equal) 1. Dorothy McCone (blue) 3 Under 12. SO yards: Adriane Templer (blue) 1, Peggy Hay (green) 2, Amy Rusbatch (blue) a °d Rosalie Loper (green) (equal) 3. Over 12, 75 yards. Joan Brown (green) 1. June Kirk (green) 2, Doris Chalmers (blue) 3. Mixed Relay, open: Blue 1, Green 2. Red a- a