WOODVILLE & DISTRICT

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 97, 24 March 1941, Page 8

WOODVILLE & DISTRICT

NOTES. At the Woodvilic Court, on Saturday, Ruth F. Russell was remanded till April 2 on a charge laid under the Gaming Act. Bail was fixed at £IOO. Air and Airs A. 11. Spackman have returned from a visit to Blenheim, where Mr Spackman attended the fire brigade* conference. Aliss AI. AlcKinlay, who has been an inmate of the Dannevirkc Hospital, lias returned to her home. Mies Norma Marshall is at present in the hospital. • ' Woodvilic bowlers gained another important success on Saturday, when, as challengers, they captured the. Byrne Cup from Dannevirkc (holders), the scores being 22 to 10. Ihe match was played at Dannevirke, and- the Woodville rink con sisted of Offwood, llawkes, Vowell, Pickering (skip). , . Saturday was a. quiet day for sport in Woodville. Club games only were played on the bowling green. The croquet lawn was fully engaged for interesting contests, , in ideal weather. There was no intcr-clufc j play on the tennis courts. Building operations in Woodville at pre- i sent include several State houses—three 1 single and one double unit. There are at present completed and in use four singlfl and one doubt unit houses. The Bank of . New Zealand building is expected to be I finished in June. ;