NORTH OTAGO NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 22956, 13 May 1938, Page 11

NORTH OTAGO NOTES

IFbom Oub Oauako Cobrebpondbnt. ] MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. Owing to an insufficient, number of polling places—there were only four in Oamaru —there was much congestion at the booths on Wednesday. Another consequence was that the number of votes cast at each booth was so great that it was 4 o’clock in the morning before the counting of the borough council votes was completed. The number of votes cast in the mayoral election was 50.9 per cent, of the number on the roll. The figures for the Oamaru Borough Council, after the checking of votes by declaration, are as follows: —J. C. Kirkness 2,038. E. W. Grenfell 1,885. A. R. Tait 1,832, J. Meikle 1,816, L. Macrae 1,696, F. Butterfield 1,695, N. N. Fraser 1,683, A. Wilson, 1,660, A. E. Hodge 1,588, E. D. Watts 1,518, G. Mitchell 1,395, H. M. Barclay 1,390. The foregoing were elected. D. S. Bam 1,327, G. White 1,260, J. Maxwell 1153, A. A. Barsdell 888, J. M'Lean 886, W. L. Borrows 751, H. S. Stevens 570, J. Welch 501, G. P. Cuttriss 490. MINIATURE RIFLES. Following were the • best scores at weekly shoots: — Totara Club.—C. Burgess, A. Richardson, J. Richardson, M. Sinclair, D. Seaton 78. J. Kennedy, S. Taylor 77, D. Robb, D. Marshall 76. D. Clark, J. Oamaru Ladies’ Club.—Miss H. IJusbatch. Mrs Nimmo 75, Mrs Dennison 74, Mrs Tempero 73, Miss Peterson, Mrs Thyne 72. ■ __ , Enfield Club.—W. Allan 78, J. Kerin 77, N. Allan 76, D. Anderson, J. C. Gibson, B. Johnston 75 Volunteer Club.—J. Carlson 79. R. Jackman 78, R. Hedges. R. Dickson 76. S. Robbie 75. COURSING. The draw for the coursing piqeting at Oamaru on Saturday is as follows: Sewell Cup.—Always Ready v. Happy Nancy, Tasman Flight v. Coombe Laddie Desert Storm v. Royal Ensign, Even Money v. Great Worry, Fairy Divot v. On Guard. ~ Odell-Wise Cup.—Cheetah v. Donaldson, Glenastle v. Biddy Murphy, Just Jim v. High Power, Smart Lad v, Haakawai. PERSONAL. Writing from Pa.ris to a friend in Oamaru Mr H. B. Burton states that he and Mrs Burton and Miss Delis Burton have spent six weeks on the Continent. 'visiting Germany, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Holland, Nice, and Monte Carlo. They had experienced only one hour of rain (at Sydney) since leaving Oamaru.