PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20319, 30 January 1928, Page 12

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

NORTH OTAGO.

Martin 25, Booth, Dick, Stringer, Stokes 17; Crombio, Cunningham, W. Donhomi, Biacklock 50, J. Murray, D. Prain, M’Kerrow, Lang 16; J. Robertson, Archibald, Gibson, Slater 23, Stenhouso, MTvenney, Scott, Black 12 ; J. M’Kay, A. Mitchell, Smith, Berry 19, Bain, Adams, Lang, i. Cameron 19; J. Hartley, Iveith, Mollison, Bee 28, Heggie, Moodie, Cameron, Pickett, 16. Totals: Meadowbank 188, Combined 136. AWAMOA v. COMBINED. (Awamoa names first.) Vernor, Woodward, A. Robertson, Buist 16, Gould, T. R. Laing, Stokes, Mursell 29; Pygall, Shepherd, Hodge, MoPison 25 D. J. Boss, Ford, Woodley, M’Kerrow 18 ; Tisdall, C. Grant, Jenkino, Sorley 37, Ormsby, M’Gregor, Scott, Pickett 25; M’Jennett, Excell, Macfie, Walton 21, Williamson, Murcott, A. A. M William, A. B. Lang 26, Gerrie, Brown, Dunbar M‘Donald 12; Heggie, Stenhouse, K. Cameron, T. Cameron 24; Fogarty, M‘Diarraid, M‘Narry, Crawshaw 21, Taplin, Harrison, Connor, Dumbleton 11; Mullins, Thomson, Adamson, Robertson 18, Bain, Adams, Laing. Black 19; Burry, Miller, Ralph, Cook 18, Cagney, B. Easton, H. Easton, Murray 22. Totals: Awamoa 168, Combined 164. In the aggregate for the Mills Shield Awamoa is still leading by half a point from Meadowbank. PERSONAL. The Rev. E. Gardiner, of St. Andrew’s Church, Invercargill, occupied the pulpit of Cohunba Church, Oamaru, yes terda.y. Mr A. U. G. Christie, who nas been chief clerk at the Oamaru railway station for the last three years, has been trans ferred on promotion to the position of assistant goods agent at Chrislcnurch. Mr Arthur M. Mills, who heu» been for about 12 months in Oamaru, has severed his connection with the business of Mr E. Stewart Mills. He returned to Dunedin on Saturday. Mr James Grant, who leaves Oamaru on February 10 to join the New Zealand bowling team that is proceeding to England, is to be entertained bv the members of the Phoenix Bowling Club on Wednesday evening. Mr E. H. Clark, M.L.C., spent the week-end in Oamaru. Mr W. Thompson, of Auckland, and formerly of this district, is spending a holiday with friends in Oamaru. Miss K. Simpkin, of thesta ffof the Palmeston North Girls’ High School, who has been visiting friends in Oamaru, leaves for the north to-morrow. Mrs Eglinton and her daughter, who are on a caravan tour of the South Island, arc at present in Oamaru. MOTOR ASSOCIATION. At a meeting of the North Otago Motor Association this week the question of holding a climb will be considered. The association has recently shown considerable activity in the matter of erecting signs in the district, and these have proved a-great boon to travellers. It has also provided an excellent camping ground for tourists in proxjmify to the Oamaru Public Gardens. SUPREME COURT. For the sitting of the Supreme Court that opens in Oamaru on March 7, at which three criminal cases are to be heard, no fewer than 90 jurors have been summoned. This is the largest panel of jurors for many years. NORTH OTAGO SHEEP. At a ram and ewe fair held at Christchurch last week Mr H. J. Andrew, the well-known Southdown breeder, of Maheno, sold three one-shear rams at prices ranging from 25gns to 32gns. One of these rams goes to Mr A. W. Pannett, of Clydevale, South Otago. FARMERS FIELD DAY. A farmers’ field day is to be held on the property of Mr J. Williamson, “ Strathmore,” Bortons, on Wednesday afternoon. A co-operative top-dressing experimental plot was put down on this property early in the season, and the results obtained from the use of various fertilisers will he learned from ocular demonstration. Mr R. B. Tennent, of the Agricultural Department, will be present, and it is expected that there will bo a large gathering of farmers from the surrounding districts. THE TERRITORIALS. The Oamaru Territorials held a field day on Saturday. There was a good turnout, and many useful exercises were engaged in.

ACTIVITIES OF THE DISTRICT.

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Mixed Doubles. —Fraser and Miss Doak'beat Lamont and Miss M. Macpherson, 9—3; Reid and Mrs Weavers lost to Rutherford and Miss N. Macpherson, 4—9; M. Williams and Miss Bond lost to Forrest and Miss Ruther >rd, 4 —9 ; D. Williams and Miss Searle lost to Duncan and Miss Robins, 7 9; Rayne and Miss Jones lost to Tait and Miss Miller, 3—9; Mahoney and Miss Corson beat Deary and Miss Hedges, 9—3. Meadowbank won 15 sets and Awamoa 9. CRICKET. Only one senior grade competition match was played on Saturday, this being between Oamaru and Albion at the school grounds. The weather was perfect, and the wicket was somewhat easier than it appeared. Oamaru won the toss, and elected to bat, and bad compiled the fair score of 177 when Granger secured the last wicket, bowling Paterson after he had scored 23 runs. Jones showed enterprise in batting, and was caught by Todd after making ?6 runs. Zimmerman, Uttley, Corson, ano Smith were at home on the wicket, and assisted materially. Albion, , before they got going, had lost five wickets for 15 runs when J. Granger and L. Brooker became associated, and a fine partnership ensued. Both batsmen completely mastered the bowling, despite frecpient cbr.ngos, and before being separated they passed the Oamaru total. Brooker was run out after making a very creditable stnn.. for 45 without giving a chance. Todd filled the vacancy, and played out time. Granger’s innings of 119 (not out) was an exceptionally good one. Brooker, although not scoring so fast, played a steady game. The following arc the scores:— OAMARU. Uttley, b Keith L. Sumpter, st Jacobs b Carrington o Zimmerman, c Todd b Keith .. .. 26 Milnes, c Chalmers b Keith .. .. 7 Jones, b Carrington 24 luder, b Keith .. .. 8 Smith, c Brooker b Keith .. .. 18 Corson, c Jacobs b Carrington .. 21 Montgomery, b Carrington 0 Kent, not out 8 Patterson, b J. Granger 23 Extras "• • • • 26 Total I’*” ALBION. Jacobs, b Indcr 3 Carrington, c Uttley b Zimmerman 2 A. Brooker, c Uttley b Inder .. .. 1 J. Granger, not out C. Brooker, b Zimmerman .. .. 0 G. Geddes, c Jones b Inder .. .. 6 L. Brooker, run out 47 Todd, not out 8 Extras .. ® Total for six wickets .. 188 Carrington four for 59, Keith five for 70, J. Granger one for 11, and Geddes none for 4. UNION v. SEAODIPF. The return match between Union and Seacliffi took place at King George’s Park on Saturday afternoon, the wicket being good and the outfield very fast. Seacliff won the toss, and decided to bat. Hooper (73), Singleton (46), Rivers (75), and Conor (19) were the main scorers, and the innings closed for 273 runs. For Union Meiklc was the main contributor, and his century was made in good time. H. Robertson (21), Catto (21), and North (12) reached double figures. The game was drawn, Union having six wickets down for 161 runs. The scores are as follows: — SEACLIFF. Milne, b Meikle ; , Hooper, c Hodge, b Aitcheson Singleton, c Meikle, b Aitcheson ... 46 Simmons, run out ... • 13 Rivers, not out Walters, b King ... 3 Worcester, c King, b Aitcheson p Keogh, b Robertson 12 Conor, b Catto 1° Burdett, b Robertson ... .... ... ••• u Doyle, run out - 2 Extras ’ Total 273 UNION. H. Robertson, c Worcester, b Hooper Meikle, retired Gregory, run out " Catto, run out 21 Ewing, b Milne -JRestiaux, c Rivers, b Milno 0 North, not out 12 King, not out Extras 2 Total for six wickets 161 DEFENCE RIFLE SHOOTING. The Oamaru Defence Rifle Club fired the second match of the long-range aggregate on Saturday afternoon over 800yds and SOOyds ranges, 10 shots at each distance. Varying light and a pronounced mirage running across the targets made the shooting extremely difficult at times, with the result that a large number of misses were registered. Nevertheless some very good scores were made. N. M'Latchie won the match with 96, and G. Doran secured top score off the rifle with 89. Next Saturday the last match over 800yds and 900yds will be fired, concluding the championship series, and the winner of the championship belt will be found as well as the winner of the Nichols Cup and the long-range aggregate. The following are the scores: 800 900 yds. yds. Hep. Tl. N. M'Latchie ... 42 43 11 —96 A. Doran 46 35 11 92 G. Doran 43 46 2 91 Orbell 42 42 4- 88 W. R. Bonie ... 46 42 88 J. Murdoch 40 36 12 88 M'Latchie 37 46 285 H. Mosley 46 35 4 85 K. Smith 46 34 484 G. Gillies 38 42 3 83 W. Gillies 36 25 10 —7l R. Campbell 40 14 16 —7O W. Barnard 42 22 569 W. Harbour 37 26 366 H. Koppert ... ... 40 20 262 G. M’Pherson ... 30 20 11 —6l The first six are prize winners. BOWLING. The North Otago Centre matches were resumed on Saturday, when Meadowbank and Awamoa each met the combined Pukcuri-Hampden-Palmerston team at Hampden. The weather was fine, and the green was in excellent order. The visitors wore hospitably entertained, and at the conclusion of the games expressed their appreciation in an unmistakable manner. The following were the results of the matches :—• MEADOWBANK a. COMBINED. (Meadowbank names first.) Macrae, Hart, Atkinson . Donald 29, Taplin, Harrison, Common, Dumbleton 14; Carson, Taylor, Millar, Mitchell 12, Cagney, B. Easton, H. Easton, Murray 29; James, Sinclair, Crichton, Campbell 22, Gould, T. B. Laing, M’Williani, ’ ursell 13; Kent, Upchurch, Christie,

LAWN TENNIS.

The North Otago ladder has not been altered since the holidays, the only match played being one between Mollison and J. Familton, which the former won, 6—B, 6—l, 6—3. Neither player was at his best. Mollison ran to a lead of 4—l in the first set, but seemed to ease off, aim. Familton seeing the opportunity, stuck to it and took the first set. Mollison improved his game, and took the final two sets. At Awamoa T. Kennedy created a surprise by beating Reid, 9—7. He played a particularly careful game, his cutting off at the next being a good winner throughout. Kennedy has been one of the most consistent players Awamoa possesses, and fully deserved his win. He has challenged A. Wilson, and a good game should result. Reid had little difficulty in staving off a challenge from H. Familton, winning 9 —5. His driving was particularly powerful, but unfortunately he develops it at the expense of his backhand. Awamoa just started its club championship last week, as well as a mixed doubles handicap. Senior and junior championships are provided for both ladies and men. The only game played so far is W. Dnthie v. J. Henry, the former winning 6 —3, 6—4. J. Henry, along with his brothers, has shown a great improvement this season. He haa a very free style, and with a little more nr act ice will greatly improve his game. A well-known supporter of the club has just announced his intention of erecting volley hoard. This is to be erected in the most thorough manner, and will bo a great boon to players when completed. The Country Association’s tournament was a complete success. The weather conditions were ideal, and all the events v.-erc got off to schedule. The association is to be congratulated on the manner in which the tourney was conducted. The championship events were a little neg looted, country players appearing diffident about playing in these events; but they should remember that the only way to improve their game is to nlay with someone better than themselves. M'Kinnon w-as the outstanding player of the tourney, winning the handicap and championship singles and the mixed doubles, whilst Collins and Fearso wore successful in annexing the doubles handicap and championship. It is rather interesting to note that all these players took par*in the Oamaru tournament, the experience gained evidently standing .o them. It is to ’he hoped that more country players will follow their example next season. The animal representative match between North Otago and South Canterbury was played at Timaru on Saturday last, nd resulted in a win for the northerners by 14 sets to -10, although the games showed only a two-point margin in their favour. The result was very satisfactory from North Otago’s standpoint as South Canterbury had a very strong team in firs field. The standard of play was very good, and an enjoyable day’s lawn tennis resulted. In the men’s singles North Otago scored heavily, winning five out of the six games plav-ed. SATURDAY’S MATCHES. The Lawn Tennis Championship matches were continued on Saturday afternoon in ideal weather. WAIMATE v. MEADOWBANK. The senior match between Meadowbank and Waimate was won by the latter club by 16 sets to 8. The following are the scores (Meadowbank names first): Ladies’ Singles.—Miss R. Robertson lost to Miss G. Manchester. 5—7 ; Miss N. Beardsmore lost to, Miss D. Manchester, 5 —7; Miss I. M'Quade lost to Miss Baikie, I—7 ; Miss M'Clay lost to Miss Godfrey, 5—7; Miss I. MacPherson lost to Miss Hertslet, 6—7. Men’s Singles. —M'Ewan beat N. C. Manchester, 9—4 ;R. Hodges lost to B. Miller, .6 —9; Milligan beat R. Grant, 9—5 ;R. Hedges beat B. Whelan, 9 —l; Slater beat N. Holmes, 9—5; M'Quade beat M. Anderson, 9—6. ' Men’s Doubles. —M'Ewan and Hedges lost to Manchester and Miller, 4—9; Hodges and Milligan beat Grant and Holmes, 9—6; Slater and M'Quade beat Whelan and Anderson, 9 —6. Ladies’ Doubles. —Misses Robertson and MacPherson lost to Misses Manchester, 5 —7; Misses Beardsmore and M'Lay lost to Misses Baikie and Godfrey, 3—7; Misses M'Quade and I. MacPherson lost to Misses Holmes and Hurtslet, 3—7. Mixed Doubles.—M'Ewan and Miss R. MacPherson beat Manchester and Miss G. Manchester, 9—B; Hedges and Miss Robertson lost to Miller and Miss D. Manchester, 5—9; Milligan and Miss D. M'Pherson lost to Grant and Miss Baikie, 5 ; Hedges and Miss M'Quade lost to Holmes and Miss Godfrey, 6—9; Slater and Miss Beardsmore lost to Whelan and Miss Hertslet, 5—9; M'Quad© and Miss MtLay lost to Anderson and Miss Holmes, 6 HILL v. AWAMOA. The following are the scores in the match Hill v. Awamoa (Hill names first): Men’s Singles.—H. Deal 6, C. Mollison 9 • C. Clark 6, K. Familton 9 ; B. Stevens 2, A. Wilson 9; H. M'Dowell 1, W. Duthie 9; C. Byrnes 1, H. Reid 9; G. Creagh 5, C. Rowe 9. Ladies’ Singles.—Miss Moss 2, Miss Gibb 7; Miss Gillespie won by default; Miss Weavers 7, Miss Kemp 5; Miss Pollock 4, Mrs Mollison 7; Miss Walker 7, Miss M. Achell 4; Miss Clark 7, Miss Dennison 4. Men’s Doubles.—Deal and Clarke 8, Mollison and Wilson 5; Steven and M'Dowell 2, Familton and Duthie 9; Byrnes and Creagh 8, Rome and Reid 9. Ladies’ Doubles.—Misses Moss and Gillespie 4. Miss Gibb and Mrs Mollison 7 ; Misses Weavers and Pollock 7, Misses M. Achell and Hargreaves 6; Misses Walker and Clark 7, Misses Kemp and Dennison 6. Mixed Doubles.—Deal and Miss Moss 8, Wilson and Miss Gibb 9 ; Steven and Miss Gillespie 4, Familton and Miss M. Achell 9; Clarke and Miss Walker 5, Mollison and Mrs Mollison 9; M'Dowell and Miss Weavers 6, Duthie and Miss Hargreaves 9 ; Byrnes and Miss Pollock 3, Reid and Miss Kemp 9 ; Creagh and MisS Clark o, Rowe and Mis® Dennison 9. Awamoa won by 18 sets to 6. Awamoa 181 games, Hill 110 games. AWAMOA v. MEADOWBANK. The following is the result of the junior match Awamoa v. Meadowbank (Awamoa names first): Men’s Singles.—Eraser lost to Lamont, 7 ; Reid lost to Forrest, 7—9; Pavno beat Duncan, 9—6;* D. Williams lost to Tait, 7—9 ; M. Williams beat Rutherford, 9—5; Mahoney beat Leary, 9—5. Ladies’ Singles.—Mrs Weavers lost to Miss Macphcrson, I—7; Miss Doak beat Miss N. Macphcrson, 7—5; Miss Bond lost to Miss Rutherford, 4—7; Miss Searle lost to Miss Robins, 4—7; Miss Corson boat Miss Hedges, 7—4; Miss Jones lost to Miss Miller, o—7. Ladies’ Doubles. —Mrs Weavers and Miss Bond lost to Misses M. Hacpherson and Robins, 4—7; Misses Doak and Searle lost to Misses N. Macphcrson and Rutherford. o—7; Misses Corson and Jones lost to Misses Hedges and Miller, 2—7. Men's Doubles. —Fraser and Rmd boat Lamont and Forrest, 9—4; Mahoney and D. Williams beat Duncan and tait, 9—4; M. Williams and Rayne lost to Rutherford and Leary, 6—9,