OAMARU ITEMS

Evening Star, Issue 22595, 12 March 1937, Page 12

OAMARU ITEMS

IMPRISONMENT FOR THEFT Information received by the Oamaru police late on Wednesday afternoon revealed that Edward Joseph Foley, who had been remanded on a charge of theft to appear at Dunedin . to-day, was wantecf in Christchurch to answer other charges, and had to go to that city. Consequently accused was again brought before the magistrate (Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M.), and on electing to be dealt with summarily was sentenced to seven days’ imprisonment. The charge related to the theft of a pair of shoes from James Ewart M'Diarmid, valued at £1 9s sd.

NORTH OTAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The* president (Mr P. W. Hargreaves) presided at a meeting of the North Otago Horticultural Society. The Chairman stated that the autumn show had been a big success despite the adverse weather experienced throughout the season. This, he said, was largely due to the interest people of the district were taking in horticulture and the view-from-the-street competition, the result of which was made known on the evening of the show. He thanked Mr Tait (curator of. the Gardens) for the comprehensive display of floral work staged, also those members who helped in many ways. He asked all members of the society, if possible, to support the tree-planting project. It was suggested that it be a recommendation to the incoming committee that the society members form themselves into a garden circle to hold meetings at which members might give papers on any subject of interest to horticulture. CRICKET The position in the various competitions reveals that Oamaru teams hold the honours for the senior and junior grades with an unbeatable margin of points. Owing to the schools not resuming in February the third grade competition was closed. School A was in the lead in this competition. The points to date are as follow: Seniors.—Oamaru 36J points, Union 23i, Albion 21, School 14. First games in the fourth round played._ Juniors. —Oamaru 68 points, Union 58, Albion 51, School 35, St. Kevin’s A 31$, St.' Kevin’s B 12. Four rounds completed. Third Grade.—School A 29- points. School C 27, St. Kevin’s B 25£, School B 24, Union 20J, St. Kevin’s A 12. In the senior and junior competitions School and St. Kevin’s lost points by defaulting during the holidays.

Draw for Saturday:— Seniors.—Oamaru v. Onion, at School; School v. Albion, at School. Juniors.—School v. Union, at School; St. Kevin's B v. St. Kevin’s A, at Bedcastle; Gainaru v. Albion, at School. March 20.—Juniors: St. Kevin’s A v. Oamaru. at School: St. Kevin’s B v. School, at Redcastle; Oamaru v, Albion, at King George’s Park.

BOROUGH VALUATIONS At the moment, only three pbjectio.ns have been lodged 'against" borough valuations, and it is possible that these may be settled before the sitting of the Assessment Court next week. BOWLING The following rinks have been chosen to represent Awamoa against Waimate at Awamoa on Saturday :—M'Stay, Torrance, AUJennett, Christie; Brooker, Gerrie, Thomson, Hewat; Campbell, Crombie, Duncan, Jenkins; Tempero, Adamson, Tomkins, A. Robertson; Marsh, Kinder, Findlay, Rusbatch; Main, A. Miller, Stichrnan, Crisp; Weir, Cradock, Grant, Brown; Reid, Patrick, R. W. Robertson, Officer.

OAMARU CHORAL SOCIETY The annual meeting of the Oamaru Choral Society was well attended. Mr K. Familton was in the chair.* The first annual report stated that at the invitation of Mr M. A. Fastier a meeting was held in Columba Hall on May 5, 1936, at which there was a good attendance, it being decided unanimously to form an Oamaru Choral Society. The office-bearers were elected and practices started immediately. The first public performance for the season was held in the Opera House, and received good support from the public. Miss Bernadette Mangos (pianist, of Timaru), Miss Julie Holmes (violinist, of Dunedin), and Mr Colin Campbell (soloist) added much to the success of the concept. Later the choir visited Dunedin to take part in the grand choral contest

arranged by the Dunedin Competitions Society, and, taking into consideration the short time the society has been in existence, its efforts compared, very favourably with the older and more experienced'choirs in Dunedin and Christchurch. The choir took part in the choral festival arranged by the vario.us choirmasters of Oamaru, which aroused considerable interest, and also assisted the health stamp campaign at the concert at St. Luke’s- Hall. The season concluded with an enjoyable social evening, when opportunity was taken to make presentations to the esteemed conductor (Mr Pastier) and accompanist (Miss I. Dawson) in appreciation of their work during the term. Thanks were returned to the Wesley and Columba Churches for the use of their halls, and in the coming year the executive trusted that members would be regular in attendance at practices and support the conductor in efforts to extend the activities of the society. The report and balance sheet, showing a small credit balance, were adopted. The election of officers resulted:— President, Mr K. Familton; vicepresident, Mr J. M. Forrester; secretary and treasurer, Mr D. H. Thomson (pro tem) ; committee—Mesdames Chase, Glass, M'Whirter, Misses Miller and Thomson, Messrs G. A. Mitchell, I. Dalmer, C. C. Cook; conductor, Mr M. A. Fastier. Ten new members were elected, and it was decided that the subscription for the season be 7s 6d, and that an endeavour be made to secure honorary members at a subscription of 10s 6d. , It was resolved to commence practices on Tuesday, April 6, in a hall to be arranged. It is proposed to give two concerts during the year, the programmes for which were outlined by the conductor.

TRINITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC Following are the results of the theoretical examinations for the Oamaru Centro, held last December:— —Diploma Paper Work.— ("Rudiments and Art of Teaching.) K. E. Henderson, pass (Rosary Convent) ; A. Richardson, rudiments only, pass (Rosary Convent). —Advanced Intermediate Division.— K. Wills 89, honours (Rosary Convent) . —lntermediate Division.— R. M'Vie 94, honours (Miss I. Farrant); K. Henderson 89, honours (Dominican College, Teschemakers); M. M'Kone 85, honours (Rosary Convent). —Junior Division.— E. Gillies IGO, honours (Miss Farrant); M. Stevenson 100, honours (Miss H. Cartwright); W. Scott 76, pass with merit (Miss J. G. G. Hood). —Preparatory Division.—

M. Hamilton 95, honours (Miss J. Burt); M. Craig 93, honours (Miss V. Jones); D. Maurice 92, honours (Miss Diehl); E. Cagney 90, honours (Miss V. Jones); L. Gray, S 9, honours (Miss J. G. G. Hood); I. Henderson 85, honours (Miss J. G. G. Hood); M. Harvie 85, honours (Mrs Miller)"; M. Beattie 81, merit (Rosary Convent).

PERSONAL Mr T. J. Banks, of Messrs Charles Begg Ltd., has accepted a position with Messrs Dickeys Ltd., Invercargill, and will leave for the south next week. Mr Cyril Maude, of the Union Bank of Australia, Oamaru, has received notice of his transfer to Dunedin. Miramar Hotel guests: Mr C. Al'Gregor, Mr T. Johnston, Miss D. Fletcher, Mr M. B. Lambert, Mrs Gibbons, Mr Pegram (Christchurch), Mr . Al’Skimraing (Auckland), Mr T. Millar (Balclutha), Air Russell, Mr Parkinson, Mr Christerpher, Mr Bradley (Dunedin), Mr and Mrs I. Noon (Kaiapoi). New Club Hotel guests: Air and Mrs B. T. Early (Cust), Air E. J. Penny (Nelson), Air W. V. Tathan, Air C. 0. Mathias, Air J. A. Paterson, Mr R. R. Gow (Dunedin), Air R. Stuart, Air S. J. Flewellyn (Christchurch), Mr C. C. Campbell (Auckland). Air A. O. Williams (Port Levy), Air and Airs J. S. AFGregor (Invercargill). Queen’s Hotel guests: Miss B. Howard (Irish Free State), Air and Mrs Barker (London), Air A. Tyrrel, Mr L. E. Bullock. Mr C. Jarvis, All’ J. Bradley, Air Radcliff. Air J. W. AFlntosh (Dunedin), Mr H. L. G. Holthouse, Mr E. C. Parker (Wellington), Mr K. R. Brocklehurst (Sydney), Mr J. F. Bennett, Air Preen, Airs Fordass (Christchurch), Mr and Airs A. J. Phillipps (Palmerston North), Air H. A. Richards (Hororata), Air Daniels, Aliss Brown (Timaru), Aliss Cameron, Mr D. Cameron, Air A. W. Noel (Victoria), Mr and Mrs K. B. Burns (Sutton).

‘ MY MAH GODFREY ’ The maddest, most delightfully “ cuckoo ’’ family in the United States has been discovered. It is the preposterous tribe_ that resides on Fifth Avenue, in New York, first brought to light by Eric Hatch when he wrote the novel, ‘My Man Godfrey.’ Now these “ crazy people ” live on the screen in Universal’s romantic comedy of the same name, which opens at the Majestic Theatre on Saturday, starring William Powell and Carole Lombard! For cinema purposes the family is known as the “ batty, balmy Bullocks.” The father, portrayed by Eugene Pallette. is a slightly bewildered financier who never knows what Ins wife or .daughters will do next. Neither do they.

Alice Brady, as the mother, is a daffodil who cannot blush unseen. The two daughters, “ goops ” of purest ray »erene, are Cornelia and Irene. Cornelia, played by Gail Patrick, is spoiled and arrogant. Her sister, interpreted bv Carole Lombard, is regarded as the “ dumbest debutante ever to break loose in-Manhattan.” Mrs Bullock has a protege who leaps about the bouse like a gorilla on springs. William Powell lias the job of butler in that topsy-turvy, hilarious household. Gregory La Cava directed ‘My Man Godfrey.’ Morrie Ryskind, noted for bis many musical comedy successes on Broadway, wrote the dialogue.