STOCKTON NOTES

Grey River Argus, 22 March 1935, Page 7

STOCKTON NOTES

(Our Own Correspondent.) ' On Monday n'ight a dance was (held I by the Stockton Rugby Club and it (proved very successful. During the evening Mr J. Lavery, chairman of

the Club presented Mr Battershall, last year’s Secretary, with a very useful present for his past services. Dancing to the music supplied by Mr Alf More ton of Millerton, continued until the early hours of the m'orning and an enjoyable time was spent by the large gathering. There is a move on foot in the Buller district to run candidates for the County Council and Uhe Hospital Board The decision is a right one, but it is to

be hoped that a greater measure of support will be forthcoming than was given the candidates put forward by the Unions received last time. Whether such will be the case or not will only be revealed when the elections take place. Let all the members of the Buller Unions remember tlhis: A man’s mind is his kingdom; if he cannot rule there, someone else must rule it for him, and there is no lack of would-be kings. The trouncing • the Union candidates got the last time an attempt was made to place Union can didates on the Council and Board proved conclusively above statement. Experience is the sum total of our deceptions. Let the experience of this new effort prove to be the turning point towards a greater interest in the worker’s own affairs. The b'irth of common

sense might choose a worse president than comedy, with her pair of

ous-eyed companions laughter and song. We get out of life what we are pre pared to bring to it. The Ngakawau tennis players inI tended paying Stockton a visit on] Monday, to engage in a tournament, I but, the inclemency of the weather . prevented tlhe Visit. We experienced very heavy rains here recently with plenty of thunder and lightning. The rain was very welcome as most of the tanks wera almost empty. There are many cases of summer sickness in the township, and, according to reports from lather parts of the country, this is prevalent in most places. Later news to hand re Master C. Steele proves that he is suffering from appendicitis, and will receive attention in the (hospital. Stockton cricketers were at home to Ngakawau on Sunday, under rather doubtful weather conditions. However, except for a slight drizzle early

in the game, there was not any interference with the game. Ngakawau went in to bat first, against the bow’ling of Morgan and Lowry, and the following scores were registered. Ngakawau:—T. Murray l.b.w. S. Lowry 9, A. Murray played on N. Berry 19, J. ! Re'id l.b.w. N. Morgan 9, R. Mcßride b N. Morgan 0, J. Burns b n'ot out 19, W. Stephenson b N. Berry 6. J. Monteith. c Fox b W. Berry 2, L. Ogg c • Shearer b W. Berry 0, F. Burns b E. Smith 4, P. Power played on W. Berry 4, A. Reid c N. Morgan b H. Campbell • 3, Extras 5; Total 85. Stockton/:— E. Smith retired 122, W. Shearer b i J. IReid 0. S. Lowry b J. Burns 14, H. Fox b Murray 12, H. Campbell e Stevenson b Murray 14, W. Berry run out

b 6, H. Fitzsimmons c Reid b Burns 4, C. Austin nbt out 3, N. Morgan not not 6; Extras 9; Total 190. At 6.30, Stockton had made one hundred and ninety, with two wickets in hand. E.| Smith made his biggest score of the I season with a spend'id total of 122. However, a rather difficult cfitch wamissed in not taking what appeared tk> be the only chance of dismissing the batsmen early on in the inn'/ngs. H. Fox, gave an improved display by compiling a very useful dozen. S. Lowry made 14 and. with the same number of runs made by 11. Campbell junr., the score of one hundred and ninety proved to be Stokton’s highest for the season. A. Murray for Ngakawau played a good bat for 19 and, was unfortunate in playing a good length ball from W. Berry on to his wicket. J. Burns, played well to register’ 19. F. Burns! opening his shoulders in an endeavour to drive the ball to the boundary, was clean bowled by E. Smith, after scoring four. The game was an interesting one, although the light wms very poor towards the end of the game.