MARLBOROUGH NEWS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21746, 31 March 1936, Page 18

MARLBOROUGH NEWS

GOLF CLUB’S OPENING LARGE GATHERING AT [THE PRESS Special Service,];., 'l | BLENHEIM, Pierfect v/eather lavoure'd borough Gclf Club for the of .the season. There was a large It- sa| tendance' of club members and /also members of other clubs. Thfe prgeident, Mr F. Lloyd, in declaring sie f': links open for the 1936 season, wel- /, } corned the many visitors and also the{|||| new members of the club. The club captain, Mr C. L. Goodwin, was called upon to drive off the first ball. He played a perfect shot from No. 1-tee &. Well down the fairway* which loudly applauded. Plcfyers then made for the respective tees to takeparc,inf‘ a Canadian four-ball, match. ’ xHunt Club * v The newly-formed Starborough Hunt j ’ kj Club is holding its opening hunt oa;|£| Thursday., This will, take the of a paperchase, beginning from FlaxboUrnc Homestead at 11 proceeding across country to, Grassmere, where there will be n for lunch. In the afternoon the return®™ will be made to Flaxboume, Wntoe®|| members and friends will be of Miss Weld, who is Ihe ter of the hunt. Most of the chasejji| will be visible from the road, and it Js|||||| expected that there will he a number of interested spectators. Boxing '!H The first tournament for the season was held by the Boxing Association at the Town but the attendance of the public very poor. The programme was an one, featuring five amateur bouts andjsl a 10-round professional bout F. Wade, of Nelson, and the popu!tff||i local professional, Clarrie Rayner. fortunately the professional stopped in the first round by fortunate four on the part of WadffijjlM Rayner was quite umntentieoojK-%il struck low by and the was stopped by the referee, Mr L. Cotter, as Rayner was undoubtedß jaM suffering much pain. The result the amateur preliminary bouts vrapeg.la —G. Elsmere beat Rex Rayner gBSpW points; Colin Rayner beat R. points; T. Robinson (Bst 71b) beat Rslr S 1 Mellet (Bst 101b), of Nelson, on pOinwM®; Roy Wade, Nelson QOst 61b). Stent (9st 101b) on points - A team of bowlers from Westport il|| played friendly games with the Blsß* 49 heim on the Blenheim Bowling Club’s green. The six Westport rinks represented the Buller centre in .&:£■ match against Marlborough rinks. the afternoon for the NobleShield. This is the first time that Bm- ; ler has challenged for the shield, which i>,« is held by Marlborough. Most of the 'dn games were closely contested, hut v* Marlborough were successful in taining the trophy, the total score being 166 to 118. "'v . Marlborough Progress Leagoe '#*"* At a meeting of the Marlborough Progress League, the completion ox me South Island, Main Tgunk railway came up for discussion, and it was decided to approach the member io the district, Mr E. P. Meacben, Mif., for a statement definitely setting out the , Government’s intentions ann policy about the completion of tne South Isknd line. It was decided w request the Government to begin work On the line immediately the Railways Amendment Bill was passed, • Personal Mr C. M. Wallace, manager nf the Blenheim branch of J. R. McKenzie, Ltd., left by air for Christchurch to take charge temporarily of one oi tne firm’s shops in Christchurch. _He will later take the managership of a new branch shop at Oamaru. . Mr Russell Girling, a son ot Mr and Mrs W. J. Girling, has received notice nf his transfer from the Public Trust Office at Thames to the Christchurch office. Mr Girling was transferred from the Blenheim branch to Thames about 12 months ago.