RANGITIKEI

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 6, 4 December 1937, Page 3

RANGITIKEI

MARTON, Dec. 1.

At the meeting of the Marton Borough' Council the town clerk (Mr C. C. McDonald) reported that the rate arrears had boon reduced by £157 10s lid.

Tho vital statistics for Marton for November, the figures for tho corresponding period of 1936 being shown in parentheses, were: Births, 9 (9); deaths, 5 (5); marriages, 5 (9).

At the annual meeting of the cornmitloee of the Children’s Homo the manager (Mr N. Hyde) stated that during the year £950 had been spent, which included £l2O for clothing and boots, £270 for groceries, and £9O for gas. In addition, £l2O was spent locally at Easter for the camp at the racecourse. Unsolicited donations of over £9OO were received, and a mortgage of £SOO was paid off by unsolicited donations, the property being now unencumbered.

The following were, the results of the athletio and cycljng events at the sports meeting held on the Marton Park last evening by the M.arton Athletic .and Cycling Club:—Running: Men, 100 yards, first heat, S. R. Scott (64yds) 1, G. Shields (74yds) 2, F. McConkey (74yds) 3; time, 11 l-ssec. Second hoat, C. Mullins (4yds) 1, W. Bush (64yds) 2, A. W. Button (8 yds) 3; time, llsec. Final, Scott 1, Shields 2, McConkey 3; time, 10 3-5. 220 yards, first heat, S. R. Scott (14yds) 1, A. Bush (9yds) 2, R. Wing (10yds) 3; time 24sec. Second heat, C.- Mullins (9yds) 1, F. McConkey (15yds) 2, W. Bush (14yds) 3; time, 24 3-saec. Final, Scott 1, A. Bush 2, McConkey 3; time, 24sec. 880 yards, G. Shields (35yds) 1, I. Mainwaritig (60yds) 2, M. Hunt (60yds) 3; time, 2min. 7soc. One mile: I. Main Waring (120yds) 1, J. Mackey (120yds) 2, M. Hunt (110yds) 3; time, 4.38. Ladies: 75 yards, Miss R. Christian (Byds) 1, Miss M. Bush (4yds) 2, Miss J. Baines (Byds) 3; time, 9sec. 100 yards, Miss Christian (9yds) 1, Miss M. Bush (syds) 2, Miss P. Marshall (9yds) 3; time, 12 2-ssec. Cycling : Senior, half mile, L. Hazelwood (40yds) 1, E. Gibbs (30yds) 2, K. Ellery (70yds) ’3; time, lmin. lOsec. One anile, E. Gibbs • (60yds) 1, 11. Ellery (60yds) 2, K. Ellery (140yds) 3; time, 2.25. Two miles E. Gibbs (90vds) 1, L. Hazelwood (120yds) 2, R. Ellery (90yds) 3; time, 5.5. Junior: Half mile, first heat, L. Lobb (50yds) 1, T. Bidder (sor) 2, J. Middleton (70yds) 3; time, 1.14. Second heat, R. C. Ellory (scr) 1, G. Green (50yds) 2, N. Ellory (50yds) 3; time, 1.15. Final: Brider 1, Green 2, Ellery 3; time, 1.15. One mile, first heat, T. Brider (scr) 1, A. Allen (120yds) 2, Lobb (80yds) 3; time 2.36. Second heat, R. C. Ellery (scr) and B. Dorribush (scr) dead heat 1, N. Ellery (90yds) 3; time, 2.31 2-5. Final, Brider 1, N. Ellery 2, Dornbush 3; time, 2.31. 100 yards boys’ race, Under 12, Richards 1, 11. Shields 2, A. Quittenden 3, 75 yards race, girls under 12, N. Christian 1, D. Henderson 2, R. Brown 3. .

MARTON, Dec. 2

In a match for the Gatrell bulldogs on the Marton Bowling Club’s green S. Man- and Blomfiekl 24 beat Bland and Hamer (holders), 19. Goebel beat Ashton in a game for the Gorrle Star. The following were the results of the games played yesterday: Freeth, Denbow. Finnimore, Hawkins (skip) 27 v. Black, Playle, S. Marr,' Thomson (skip) 12; Whitfield, C. Barnes, Spencer, Hunter (skip) 17 v. Morris, Walters, Healy: Atkinson (skip) 19; Bland, Way, Morrison (skin) 18 v. Mogridge, Ward, Ferens (skip) 13; Smythe, Brown, King (skip) 21 v. Smart, Honeyman, W. Marr (skip) 25.