MARLBOROUGH NEWS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21811, 17 June 1936, Page 16

MARLBOROUGH NEWS

CAR SKIDS OVER BANK •, ■jW OCCUPANTS ESCAPE DOfflill [THE null fractal S«fiM4 : % BLENHEIM, Jans U^ The occupants of si touring a narrow escape from serious ImJnpjP when the car skidded on the sunps£f road on the approach to the sPj|| at Havelock Suburban, going mIM bank and coming to rest on The car was owned by Mr '•A-«ff-riott, of Havelock, and was driven f| Mr Bert Davies. .^&. Mr Davies was turning on tojfp main road from a side road car skidded on ihe slippery MBOfy going over the bank on the upiUiM side One of the occupants wasjgfe:. to squeeze bis way out, going s&giK sistance, and with the aid of hwp». assisted the other occupants car. Except for a few abrasions.|Hi of the occupants was injured. . .^^ Serious damage was done toi*sm bodywork of the car. hj Ploughing Matches %#- A committee meeting of. the l£§j§borough Ploughing Association. Ml held, with Mr S. R. Jackson utljr , chair. .'gfe l , | The Case Tractor Company adingt - that as there would not be a claail|g tractor • competition at the aaffl|| : ploughing match, the Case Cup'(«p be allocated to any other class. jßg-.-meeting agreed to allot the most points in classes B, C, awtpk The new championship cup is named the Marlborough FatjM§| Ploughing Cup, and miniatures' be presented to each winner. _ fs>. - Rugby Representatives ■j3m\ A Possibles v. Probables 'BjjJßl' match was played as a preliinia>i§g|S-. selecting a representative team." mm a particularly good game the' Ijf|fl& ables won by 29 points to 26. Mgf the match the selectors, MesmjEK, Diack and A. E. Walker, wawmaP . the following representative tenS*: Full-back, J. Fuller (Opawa); ifffi*--quarters, R. Wilson Kotua (Carluke), C. O'StdSlßf' (Opawa); five-eighths, D. &SJP (Opawa) first, A. Robinson (Mo#J» second; half-back, L. McJggj* - (Opawa); forwards, F. Bragg. WW"? tere), W. Brown (Carluke), J. nagr 'Moutere), J. Best (Opawa), B. -Wipf l - ley (Moutere), J. D. Mcßryde <figK tral), L Paine (Opawa). W. (Waitohi). Emergencies: Bythell (Opawa); forward, K. Q*W nan (Waitohi). '"**; Cycling Road Race S The first race of the season iiwlyjlf by the Blenheim Amateur ,Cfm§' Club recently, the course the Grove road bridge, a distaneajf six miles and a half. The e*en**-l*P won by the limit man, C. GibSOWJp 20min 19sec. jjfc - Hmt Club .^VThe sixth meet of the StaibuiWP Hunt Club was held at Jflgr teen horses were at the MP' of assembly, the Marama Schooler hunt went through the propertjlpiS[ Messrs T. N. Denton, J. Hfggftttffi Morrin, J. Allen, J. B. Dick, Ryan, through the back countqTJW: Richmond Brook station to the htflp stead. _^k At the homestead the membertigji, their friends were the guests ofJP and Mrs Seymour Richmond atafjjpnoon tea. .. Mk At a meeting held later fimtlW rangements were made for the am khana to be held on Tuesday, «Bfcg--23, at Mr Goulter's paddock at «■£ don. The next meet will be heMil , Starborough on Saturday, July lUfg; a point-to-point meeting at Ugbrajji on Saturday, July 25. It was fwjgf decided to hold a hunt ball at Sedpt on July 17. # I II -