SOUTH CANTERBURY NEWS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21904, 3 October 1936, Page 11

SOUTH CANTERBURY NEWS

; higher ground FEES ,'ll

v’.ijfecßlWl CRICKET i* J ASSOCIATION

( : OF SELECTORS "•o' assist the officials in administergame it was decided at the meeting of delegates to the canterbury Cricket Association flat the ground fees should be inThomas said that it \%ls the fc Jjr o {* the clubs to support the Yurfdais of the association, who were ! sdn& their best in the interests of the ease. Cricket cost less at Timaru than onvwbere else in the Dominion and it «« not right that officials should be worried about tine means of raising finance for ground fees. He considered that an increase should be made, jLfc-'to be payable by December 1. *Tjjf B. C. M. Sunley supported the oroposal and said that clubs would jjaverix weeks in which to find the necessary money. Mr L. M, Inglis moved that the asjocfltion be empowered to levy clubs no to an amount not exceeding £5 for gat-h team entered, the fees to be paid w December 15, and the penalty for non-compliance to be the suspension of the club. Such a proposal would, Mr inglis said, give the association the opportunity of budgeting ahead. , * The motion was carried unanimously. Messrs C. F. W. Allcott, R. C. N. Sun. key, and L. M. Inglis were appointed senior selectors, Mr D. F. Gillespie junior selector, and Mr J. Halkett third grade selector. R was agreed that an adjournment of 15 minutes be made each Saturday for afternoon tea, the matter to be optional for lower grades, Tire/ secretary (Mr M. J. Angland;, in answer to a question, said that it would be . mandatory to use larger stumps in all grades during the coming season. . It was decided that the management • committee take the necessary steps to obtain an improvement in the condition of the Park wicket QUEEN CARNIVAL* CROWNING CEREMONY AT TIMARU MORE THAN £2OOO RAISED More than £2OOO was raised by the rifprts of the Catholic community of Timaru for the improvement of church properties and the queen carnival crowning ceremony, which was the culmination of months of work, took placf.in the Scottish Hall on Thursday evening The queen was “Queen Molly of the Rouse of Rosevear,” who was attended by “Princess Frances of the House of lynch” and “Princess Mary of the House of Kelly.” The Lord High Chancellor was Mr W. S. Minehan and , Sir J. Toner was the Lord Chamberlain. The proclamation was made to , the accompaniment Of a chorus ‘Queen dt the Carnival,” sung off-stage by a choir led by Miss Lilian McDonald, later, the queen conferred honours on .Messrs D. Tobin, H. A. Griffin. M, I VBrosqphan, and J Batchriloig ( ; The ceremony was preened by* ■ a" farcert ARRIVAL UP NEW , MACHINERY FUMT FOR LEVELS SCHEME AND TIMARU AIRPORT A modern power-controlled grader, which will be used for maintenance and land-levelling work on the Levels irrigation scheme, has arrived at Temuka, according to Mr T. G. Beck, the engineer in charge of the scheme. Mr Beck said that further machin- . ery would be arriving in a few days > for work on the Timaru airport scheme and the Levels irrigation scheme. This included a Diesel caterpillar shovel suitable for work on wet ground. This should arrive at Temuka within the next few days. Hie weight of i the new shovel would be approximately IT tons. GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION holds annual MEETING An active year was reported to the Jamal meeting of the south CanterGirl Guide Association, over yhlch the District Commissioner (Miss M. Marriott) presided. «Ie annual report, which was adop- . *6O. said that there were now three companies, one in Timaru, one & Waimate. and one in Geraldine, a total of 49 rangers and six pdera. The guide companies num.lo, with 186 guides and 20 guldnew company was formed m r ««ie during the year. Two all-round ««». five first class. 36 second class *l3 proficiency badges were pined during the year. There were «ve brownie packs, with 75 brownies 10 gUiders. Eight brownies gained wines. Jraa following had passed the neces* §2, tests for their warrants; Miss M. «eise. Captain, Waimate; Miss J. Lieutenant, Timaru: Miss M. Lieutenant, Temuka; Miss K. B r own Owl, Geraldine; Miss bhiels. Brown Owl, Temuka, 5 i.fy® following appointments bad S*!* made: Miss M. Trezise. Captain. Miss I. Young. Captain, TiMiss D. Grylls. Acting Lieutenant. Waimate; Miss J. Cowie. Acting:P?nger Lieutenant. Geraldine; Miss N. - Acting Lieutenant Geraldine; - Acting Captain, Fair- . iff: 8S Bell. Acting Lieutenant, FairD. Tuck Acting Lieutenant following officers were elected;—- -.^“ en t. Mrs M. Satterthwaite; viceMesdames A. Begg. Wm. G. , and Miss A F. Wade: honorary , Mesdames W. K. Walton, W ffj- Talbot. B. E. H. Tripp, G., H. • iS 1 F. F. A. Ulrich; executive, v L. J. O’Connell. F- E. Dun%rni<!l G; M. Raymond, W. Hole, N. Darling, and Misses D. B. u!. Cea n M. E. Marriott, and N. Knubr Yam-, Y“ iona l secretary, , Miss ,I?a V &nSiLr“ o . norar y treasurer. Miss ' N. 4 badge secretary. Miss .J-

.** . ■ ■ - ■ I final to be p PLAYED TO DAY

H AND HALL SHIELD . akltfe of the Walker and Hall fcaSM.S®®Petition will be played tOffiJßayjhe Sark, Timaru, between Barff- Trot Ashburton) and • South • play beginning at 3

OFFICIALS FOR ROAD RACE

ARRANGEMENTS MADE AT , WAIMATE

MOTORCYCLE GYMKHANA TO be held The foiffiwing officials for the ChristSS' W^ ate *. cycle race next Saturday have been appointed by the directors of the Waimate Caledonian hSSS"’ a Hlwk™ e pctS Hansen, A. Cooper, and F. G. Hen- '&****■ Messrs L. J. W Foster. J. Winning, and r Messrs E. Hood; competitors’ Me ? r ? F Bailey and J. Hutt; tyre. Seal, and check examiners, Messrs k- A Betten and J. M. Reid; refresh? Mr A- Williams; mrinber stewards, Messrs A. J. Hoskins and R S telephone stewards, Messrs D. McDiarmid and T. G. Cuti.tvJ an v nounc 3 er ‘ M* C. McLauchlah; n?^L s 5 T s - Messrs W. G. Paul, G. n ’ Berihwick. W. Lindsay, ? w U^ ett !s Macpherson. A. W. Good. T. H. Dunstan, O Veitch and A White. a, A rootor-cyele gymkhana wiU be at Victoria Park by members of wl^ 1 i? ar c-, Mdto l.' cycle Glub, and the Waimate Silver Band will be invited to parade during the afternoon. it is understood that about half a dozwi Waimate riders are participating in the race, although entries will not close until Monday evening. Announcements of the progress of the race will be made from Temuka, Timaru, St, Andrews, and Makikihi. the last-named place being about nine miles from Waimate. The prizes and trophies won in the race will be presented at a dance on Saturday evening. VITAL STATISTICS FOR WAIMATE ■ , ■ \ '■ The vital- statistics for Waimate for the nine months ended September 30 With the figures for 1935 in Parenthesis, are as follows:—Births 103 (82), marriages 44 (34), deaths 50 (41). HIGH SCHOOL SHOW AT PLEASANT POINT CHILDREN’S CLASSES OP HIGH STANDARD The annual spring flower show arid sale of work in aid of the Pleasant ; Point District High School funds, was opened by Mr T. D .Burnett, M.P., who heartily congratulated the committee upon its successful organisation. Financially the Show was most; successful. An outstanding i attraction was Mr Stanley Smith’s exhibition of daffodils. Miss Mcßean was supervisor, and Mr A. K. Easterbrook secretary attd trfea-; surer..;. ' . The judges commented very favourably - upon the- children’s classes, specialtributes being paid to the drawing sections; Which reflected the greatest credit upon the school. Great iriiprovement was also noticed ?!n. ;the school horse classes, in the grooriring And general cleanliness and. maintenance of the harness.

SOUTH CANTERBURY PRIMARY SCHOOL SPORTS

A team of 37 competitors from the Temuka District High School will take part in the annual sports gathering of the South Canterbury Primary Schools’ Association to be held at Timaru. This is the first time that Temuka has been represented at this gathering;

HAYHURST SHIELD COMPETITION

MINIATURE RIFLES IN SOUTH CANTERBURY 400 COMPETE IN FINAL SHOOT More than 400 marksmen competed in the final round of the Hayhurst Shield miniature rifle competition, which was fired off at Temuka on Thursday night. The shoot, which is said to be the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, produced a high standard of marksmanship, and although the entries - were not as large as last year, the competition was very keen. The Winners of the Hayhurst Shield were the Hilton team, who beat West End (Timaru) by* only one point. The winning team’s total for the three shoots was 1168 out of a possible 1220, The three lower grade winning teams were:—/• B grade: Pleasant Valley No. 1. C grade: West End No. 2 and Otipua. D grade: Colfnoco.

■ The shoot was fired with the metric targets, and although this made it harder than in other years, two men succeeded in scoring the possible 80. Thes* were W. Priddle, of Winchester and H. D. Roberts, of Pleasant Point. The South Canterbury miniature rifle championship was won by H. Curry, of West End, who beat H,’ D. Roberts in a shoot oft. After the competition had been completed, the secretary of the south Canterbury Miniature Rifle Association, In announcing the winners; asked Mr C. D Hayhurst, son of the donor of the shield, to present it to the winning team. in the absence of the president of the association. Mr J, Gresham, of Geraldine, the senior vice-president. Mr W. W. Best, presented the other trophies won during the evening. The results were:— A Grade Hilton 1168. West End (1) 1167, Pleasant Point (1) 1161, Pleasant Valley 1158, Pleasant Point (2) 1154, Winchester 1149, Oran H4l. Glen-iti 1137. Timaru (1) 1134, West End (2) 1127, Timaru (2) 1051. B Grade Pleasant Valley (1) 1148, Temuka (1) 1136, Otipua (1) 1135, Glen-iti 1135, Hilton (1) 1133, Fire Brigade (2) 1132, Gapes Valley 1131. Claremont (1) 1131, Hilton (2) 1126, West End (1) 1126, Glen-iti (2) 1122 Winchester 1121, Pleasant Valley (2) 1112 Claremont (2) 1106, Otipua (2) 1104, Orari 1103, Cave 1099, Washdyke 1095. Fairvlew 1092, Winchester Ladles 1087, Washdyke 1079, TiniarU 1065, Pleasant Point 1020 The following teams did not complete :--rTe‘ muka (2) 900, Glen-iti (3) 889, Otari Ladles 871. Falrlie 743. Railway (2) 737. Railway (1). 736, West End (3) 674, St Patricks (1) 670* St. Patricks (2) 664; Fire Brigade 459, Mount Nesslng 457, West End (2) 441. C Grade West End (2) 1096, Otipua 1096, Colmooo (1) 1094, Gapes Valley 1093, Pleasant Valley 1088, Coimoco 1067, Glen-iti (1) 1083 Winchester 1082, Glen-iti (2) 1079, s West End (1) 1079, Fairview 1072. Falrvlew (2i 1065, Orari Ladles 1040, Temuka 1031. Pleasant Valley Ladles 1009. The follow ing teams did not complete:—Timaru 435 Cave 852. West End (3) 646. ‘ D Grade Coimoco 1075, Milton 1061, Claremont 1052, Washdyke 1029 Otipua 1016. Pleasjut Valley 969. Individual Trophies South Canterbury Miniature Rifle championship—H. > Curry (West End); runnerup, H. D. Roberts (Pleasant Point). B grade: E, Johnson (Hilton) 1, E. Glldei and W. A. Scott (equal) 2. C grade: P Patrick (Gapes Valley) 1, J. Greenali (Winchester) and J Walker (Gapes Valley) equal, 2. D grade: B. Mulcahy (Glen-iti) 1. B. Roddick (Coimoco) ano R, Bennett (Otipua) equal, 2. Women’s Championship: Miss A. O’Brien (Glen-iti) 1 Mrs Rathbone (West End) 2. Highest score in last shoot: A. Grade: Pleasant Point and Hilton A (equal) 1. B' grade Claremont (J. M. Smith) 1. C grade: Winchester and Otipua (equal) 1. D grade Coimoco 1. In cases where two teams or individuals have tied a shbqt-off will be arranged for the trophy concerned. "