SOUTH OTAGO NEWS

Evening Star, Issue 22106, 13 August 1935, Page 12

SOUTH OTAGO NEWS

BALCLUTHA, August 13. BOWLING. There was a good attendance at the annual meeting (the fifty-sixth) of the Balclutha Bowling Club, held last night. Mr A. Hall presided. The balance sheet showed a debit of Lio 8s 2d on'the year’s working, this being due to installing water on the green. The balance sheet was adopted. Mr I. M'Cormack was elected president, Mr W. Cunliffe, sen., vice-president, Mr A. Dawson,'jun., vice, Mr A. Riach secretary, Mr F. Poynter auditdr, Mr A .Hayward games controller, Messrs J. Montgomerie, T. M'Cormack, J. M'Namara, and C. E.- O’Hara Green Committee; Messrs S. White apd F. Poynter selectors and handicappers; Messrs J. M'Namara and J. Johnston delegates t 0.5.0. Centre; and Messrs Hall. Johnston, Hayward, M'Namara, S. White, and W. SherlaW a general committee. It was, decided to enter in the S.O. interclub matches, and also to' conduct a rinks competition in the club one night a week to be devoted to this. A motion Of sympathy with the relatives of the late . Messrs John Finn and D. M'Coll was carried in silence. Several new members were proposed, and indications are that-the club is in for,a good season. > FOOTBALL. The following team was yesterday selected to represent South Otago S rimary schools in the .match with tago schools at Dunedin on Satur-day:—-Good (Kaitangata), Miller (Clinton), Morgan (Kaitangata), Robertson (Clinton), M'KinTay (Stirling), Clark (Balclutha), Haig (Kaitangata), P. and H. Anderson (Kaitangata), Hughes (Kaitangata), Shaw (Otanoxnomo), Paskevy (Benhar), Michic and Gold (Balclutha), Stevenson (Milton). Reserves: Irving (Stirling), Henderson (Kaitangata),' Marshall (OtanoBioino). HOCKEY The following team will represent South Otago in the match against Otago women’s clubs at Dunedin on Saturday:—E. Keach (Clutha), H. Morris, I. Morris ( M. Lilhcrap (Bruce), V . K. and M. Scott, L. and G. Vidal, N. Cannon, R. Kreft (Milton); emergency* B. Jardine (Clutha). OBITUARY. Mr Jas. Wright, who died at Owaka Hbspital on the 6th ult., was born at Dumfries, Scotland, in 1848, and came to New Zealand with his parents in the sailing vessel Lady Egidia, arnving at Port Chalmers in January, 1861. Ine family settled in Dunedin, and deceased ■worked as an apprentice on the ‘ Otago Witriess,’ the late Sir Geo. Fenwick being an apprentice there at the same time. In June, 1861, deceased accompanied his father and brother to _ the Gabriel’s Gully diggings, and remained there for some time, meeting with a fair measure of success. Later the family removed to Evansdale,; and in 1890, when the Gatlins district was opened up for settlement, deceased was one of the first to take up land at Houipapa, where he resided till death. It was he who was instrumental in getting the settlement named Houipapa, it being originally known as Riiibonwodd Flat.” When on a visit .to Balclutha Mr Wright had an interview with a Maori who. informed him that the correct native name was “Houipapa,” hence the change. For upwards of 20 years Mr Wright successfully conducted a storekeeping business at Houipapa, and retired 10 years ago. He took an active interest in school and church matters and was highly respected. He is survived by three sons and two daughters—viz., Messrs Archibald (Martinborough). William' and David (Houipapa), Mrs J. G. Read (Mosgiel), and Miss N. Wright (Houipapa).