DREAVER CUP GOES TO ASHLEY

North Canterbury Gazette, Volume 8, Issue 36, 1 September 1938, Page 5

DREAVER CUP GOES TO ASHLEY

UNBEATEN RECORD IN N.C. BASKETBALL COMPETITION The North Canterbury Basketball Association's competitions are now completed, and the Dreaver Cup goes to the Ashley team, who have not lost a match. The following are the points in order: Ashley 20, Rangiora A 17, Balcairn 16, Sefton 15, Oxford 12, Waikuku 8, Amberley 7, 'Clarkville 7, Cust 4, Coutts Island 2, and Rangiora B 2. The Representative B team lost their match against Lincoln 8-15. The matches against Canterbury are postponed until September 17. EMPLOYMENT FIGURES Figures supplied by the Rangiora Labour Bureau show that there are now > 43 men on sustenance. This week 28 men were placed on Scheme 13, and there are tc be more placements made next week. Registrations for the week total 32, including 28 men who have been discharged from the Ashley River Control Scheme. Thrifty The usual fisherman sat on the usual bank of the usual stream when the usual traveller approached him. "How're they biting?" asked the traveller, sociably. "Not at all," sighed the fisherman. "As a matter of fact, there isn't a single fish in this whole stream." "Then why are you fishing here?" "Because it pays me. Look at the money I save on bait!" Safe Officer (during field manoeuvres): "What do you mean? Yon are standing in the imaginary line of fire of the enemy, 500 yards away. Private: "I'm quite safe. I'm standing behind an imaginary rock, 30 feet high."