NORTH OTAGO.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20800, 20 August 1929, Page 6

NORTH OTAGO.

OAMARU COMPETITIONS. 5* the brass instrumental solo the name Of the, winner of the second prize was inadvertently published as E. Williams, instead of E. Willers (Municipal Band). HAMPDEN RAILWAY STATION. In reply to representations from the Hampden branch of the Farmers’ Union, the secretary (Mr R. Walker) has received advice from the district engineer of the Railways Department, that tire Hampden station and stock yards will be lighted by electricity within the next six months. OAMARU SUPREME COURT. Only one criminal case has been set down for hearing at the next sitting on September 4, of the Oamarn Supreme Court, that of Rex v. Moss Wylie for alleged negligent driving. UNEMPLOYMENT REGISTRATIONS. With the avenues opened up by local bodies for providing work for the unemployed, the position continues to improve, •specially with regard to men with dependants. There were eight new applications at the Labour Bureau, one being sent to relief work, while eight failed to renew, leaving a balance pending of 31 compared with 32 last week. The applications pending are from 12 married and 19 single men. MEN’S HOCKEY.' A match between the Oamaru Club’s Swift team and the Rovers’ Club, played at King George's Park, resulted in a win for the former by three goals to nil. Both sides fielded full teams and the game proved fairly even. Rovers defended stoutly and Grant, in goal, made several good saves, while Coker and Forbes (fullbacks) put in some good work.' Carrington was the mainstay of the Swifts’ backs, particularly on defence. Willett was the outstanding forward, notching two goals. R. Blair also scored. Messrs W, Chappell and E. Brown controlled the game, OAMARU GARDENS. During recent weeks a large amount of work on new improvements has been carried out, and is still in progress,’ at the Oamaru Public Gardens, giving work to 23 unemployed returned soldiers under the supervision of the curator, Mr Tait. The work is in the nature of adding new beautifying schemes to the gardens, and the expenditure—the traces roll amounted to £2OO for the last three weeks—carries a £ for £ subsidy. Steps are being constructed to lead from the rhododendron dell up to an extension of the azalea garden, where a continuation of the lawn has been made, with additional azalea beds. About 260 azaleas have been added this year, making a total of 450 azaleas in the garden. A background of rhododendrons will he made,, with occasional flowering cherry trees. It is also proposed to plant out asters and antirrhinums, which will, provide & very fine summer display, making this corner of the gardens a very attractive one. Over 170 loads of ‘ soil and leaf mould have been deposited in the new area to make up the lawn and beds, and the scheme allows for the future continuation of the rhododendrons around the path leading back to the main portion of the gardens. The lawn laid down last year and the azaleas planted out are looking wOU, and it is proposed to plant magnolias and flowering shrubs in the centres of the azalea beds, which should lend effect to the surroundings. A portion of a reserve is being fenced off.,with a view to planting the area in native trees and shrubs next year, and a few of the large trees in the native section of the gardens have been removed, and now that it has been opened up the beautiful beech aud other trees of our native hush should, prow up into more shapely specimens. The native section has already a good background, and flowering shrubs and a few flower beds will brighten up the -area considerably. The wild garden, which suffered through the floods, has been cleaned up and put into shape, and the Oamaru Creek has been cleaned out and 'traces of flood ■damage removed. Amongst other work contemplated is the remodelling of the fernery, which at present is unsightly, the

m* ACTIVITIES OF THE DISTRICT. (FaoH Oun Special Correspondent.)

house being overshadowed and the glass panes broken by the fall of horse chestnuts. The daffodils are now coming away, and should make a lovely show later on, Ngapara gravel is being used to renovate the paths. In the glass house there is at present a particularly line display of various varieties of cinerarias, the central plot containing about 200 plants which have been in bloom for the last two months, and are now at their best. On the side benches there is a magnificent show of cyclamen which will probably be in bloom for four months, and not much behind in beauty, a number of primulas of the sinensis, stillntn. obeonica, and malacoiclcs varieties. Although really a hothouse plant, a number of specimens of begonia Gloria de Lorraine, secured from Kir Shaddock of Dunedin, ate doing quite well, and there are in all over 800 plants flowering in the glasshouse. It is to cope with this work that a new propagating house has been found necessary. In addition, the number of bedding plants has to be doubled to cope with the Severn street embankment and the borders made by the returned soldiers. The plants for the summer season include 60 young plants of named varieties of hydrangeas from Mr D. Tannock, of Dunedin, making a total of about 170 hydrangeas to come in about Christmas time. The work of improving and , extending the gardens—one of Oamarn’s greatest assets —is showing very fine results, the beauty of which cannot be- over-appreciated by the residents of the town. GOLF. The following is the North Otago Ladies’ Golf Club team to play Timaru ladies on the, Awamoa links to-morrow:— Mrs Orbeli, Miss Christie. Mrs Ireland, Miss S. Hewat, Miss L. Hewat, Miss B. Cuthbertson, Mrs Kidpatrick, Mrs Grater, Mrs E. Brown, Miss Mackic, Mrs M’Culloch, Mrs Spooner, Mrs Donaldson, Mrs Fotheringham, Miss E. Nicolls, Miss Moss, and Miss Armstrong. The leader and the runner-up in the men’s senior qualifying aggregate—L. H. Sumpter and G. L. Cuthbertson—played off for the Humphries Cup over 36 holes. Cuthbertson was 3 up after the first IS holes with the fine score of 81. In the second round he held his lead, and won 4 up and 3 to play. The draw for the senior championship is as follows:—Sumpter v, Holines, Mathieaon v. Kilpatrick, - J. Henry v, G. Henry, G. L. Cuthbertson v. MTJeath. MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING. At the weekly shoot of the Railway Miniature Rifle Club, W, Woodall won the button for the highest score off the rifle, and P. M‘Hugh the handicap button. The following are the beat scores: W. Woodall 76 (4) —90; G. Ward 75 (5) —80; P. Al'Hugn 74 (6) 80; A. Bradley 74 (6) 80; B. Kilgour 71 (9)—80; B. Kelk 76 (3)—79; A. Byais 76 (3)—79; D. Collins 75 (4) —79; R, Laurie 75 (4) —79. R. Alexander 75 (4) —79; A. Brown 76 (3)—78; G. Brightwell 75 (3)—78; E. Parker 73 (5)-—7B; M. Potts 73 (s) 78; J. Watkins 72 (5)-‘•77; E, Latimer 72 (5)—77; D. Williams 73 (3)—76; R. Palmer (71 (5) —76; A. Gumming 71 (5)—76; F. Phillips 68 (8)—76, NORTH OTAGO SCOTTISH SOCIETY. There was a big attendance at the monthly eoeial of the North Otago Scottish Society, when a very enjoyable programme was provided. Chief A, Crichton presided. The following contributed to the programme:—Songs—Miss Matches, Mrs Hodge, Messrs W'aterson and J. Jones; dances. Misses Miller and Hodge; monoMr S. Hook; concertina solo, Mr y- Lee; bagpipes, Mr D. Scott. Mrs Arthur Miller, Mrs Hodge, and Mr R. J. Mel drum played the acompaniments. After the concert the usual dance was held to music supplied by Mrs C. Sherwin. Mr S. Mollison acted as M.C. OBITUARY. MRS MARY GORMAN. Mrs Mary Gorman, who passed away at her residence at "Alma," on Thursday, was a very old identity of North Otago. She was a native of County Galway, Ireland, and came to Oamaru in 1874, and was married 57 years ago. Of a quiet and retiring disposition, all her interests were centred in her home and family of six sons and five daughters, of whom nine survive. One son made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War, and another son died during the epidemic that followed. Mrs ” ormall was a kindly and hospitable nature, and possessing a ready wit, could tell interesting stories of the early days of North Otago. SCHOOL GAMES. A very enjoyable afternoon was spent at Glenavy when teams from Morven played rounders and football matches with the Glenavy and Waitaki Schools combined, at the school grounds. The rounder match proved a good game, the combined team winning by 97 to 48. The game was supervised by Miss Smart (Morven) and Miss Lyttlo (Waitaki). The football teams were not so evenly balanced, and the combined Glenavy team won by 15 points to nil. SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. At the monthly meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals held last evening, Major H. S. Orbeli presided over a full attendance of members. The chairman referred to the services rendered to the society by the late Mr J. F. Reid, who held the office of president for a period, and the secretary was instracted to write a letter of sympathy with Mrs Reid and the family. The inspector reported investigating two cases of working horses with sore shoulders, in which cautions were given. NORTH OTAGO RUGBY UNION. The weekly meeting of the North Otago Rugby Union was held last evening. Mr G. V B. Stevenson presiding over a full attendance of members. Standing orders were suspended to deal with an invitation from the Canterbury Union to play Canterbury at Christchurch on September 7, and offering 50 per cent, of the gate up to £SO. A deputation consisting of Messrs Stevenson, Gilchrist, Palmer, Young, and Sullivan was appointed to wait on the sub-union on the matter, and a recommendation was passed to the deputation that the invitation be 1 accepted, but suggesting that the maximum be extended to £75 to cover expenses. The chairman reported that the Mayor (Mr F, Crawshaw) and the chairman of reserves (Cr H. J. Jenkins) had waited on him and complained that the pavilion at King George’s Park was in a deplorable condition. After a short discussion, during which it was pointed out that the Hockey Association was not contributing to the ground rent, it was decided to clean up the pavilion, lock it, and hand it over to the council this week. The deputation then left for Duntroon, and standing orders were resumed, Mr R. Dimick occupying the chair. The treasurer reported that the gate on Saturday amounted to £SO 10s. A transfer was granted to H. Temper©, Junior to Fourth Grade, Old Boys’ Club. The Enfield Club wrote inquiring into the bona fides of W. Carson, who played for Old Boys’ Thirds against Enfield,

pointing out that the letter was not a protest. The secretary was instructed to reply that as far as the union was aware Carson was a bona fide member of the Old Boys’ Thirds. The action of the secretary in forwarding a football to the Hampden School was approved. Mr Wills advised that he was unable to play against University, but was available for any other representative games if selected. The Mnheno Club wrote protesting against the treatment meted out to the club by the North Otago selectors. Inter alia, the letter stated that one player had adopted the correct attitude in hot being available for representative games when he was playing for his own club, and in regard to another player, the selectors put him as hooker when he was not hooker, and then tlrey dropped him. There was no Mnheno player in the 21 players selected to play against South Canterbury, nor in the 21 against Ashburton. The selectors, stated the letter, must have had a very poor opinion of the team when they could not put one of them in as an emergency and the club took it as a slur upon the players. A suggestion that the club go over to League did not meet with a very good reception, but if the selectors were going to ignore them, the club would have no option but to change over. . The union had been very fair to the club this season, concluded the letter, and if the selectors had been the. same, the letter would not have been written. The chairman said the letter was evidently the outcome of the two meetings held at Maheno in committee. A short discussion ensued during which it was pointed out that it was solely a matter for the selectors and not for the Management Committee. The secretary was instructed to reply to that effect and advise the club that it had better bring the matter up, at the next meotiug of delegates. Mr Crowley, ns manager of the repre-. sentative team, said that in the past they had looked forward to the visits of the University team, and it was unfortunate that a stronger one had not been fielded last Saturday. The union was under a debt .of gratitude to Messrs Whitcombe and Hendy for arranging the billeting of the visitors and those who took them into their homes. A motion to this effect was carried. It was mentioned in the diacussibn that followed that owing to injuries and other important fixtures, University had been unable to field a strong team, and regret had been expressed that it was the first time it had happened, and difficulty had been experienced in getting a team to Oamaru. Mr Hardy, referring to the remarks, said: ‘ The union’s name is mud with the gene- I ral public.’’—Messrs Mollison and Bain: j “No, I don’t think so, Mr Hendy.” “ I’ve heard it on the street, Air Bain." I You hear too ranch on the street, and you don’t want to take any notice of them. What you hear on the street is not the business before tbe meeting.” Mr Dimick: “The least said the soonest mended.” The secretary was instructed to write to the South Canterbury Union asking it to submit names of Timaru referees, as North Otago did not want an outside referee. The chairman reported that 43 entries had been received for the seven-a-side tournament, and the following officials were appointed:—Controlling stewards— Oval, Messrs Mollison and Hendy; No. 3, Messrs Whitcombe and Young; No, 4, Tir sß ! B s?™ck and Mays; clerk of scales, Mr A. Gilchrist; goal kicking judge, Mr Mays timekeepers—Oval, Mr W. Atkinson; No. 2, Mr James; No. 4, Mr H. Benfootballers’ race, Messrs Lee and G. Cameron; starter, Mr James; Judicial Committee—Messrs Stevenson, Dimick. and Molhson; blackboard steward, Mr G. Meikle. W.E.A. LECTURE. The W.E.A. series of lectures on " The Problems of the Pacific” was continued last evening, when Mr Lloyd Ross lectured on Racial Miscegenation and Assimilation." He gave tbe evidence of scientists on the allied subjects of race superiority, race mixture, and race prejudice, concluding that there were few sub3eots on which the average person was more dogmatic and the scientists more reserved. In his conclusions, Mr Lothrop Stoddard, in his “ Rising Tide of Colour, had created a fear of white civilisation being overthrown by the coloured hordes of America, Africa, and Asia. He visualised an alignment of forces between white and coloured, but_ scientists had refused to take his theories and facts Seriously. There were few pure races. There had been a perpetual mingling of races. None of the great _ nations rested on purity of race. Scientists refused to classify races according to tests of superiority or inferiority. There was no satisfactory method of testing inherent superiority. Nearly all the races had produced something of value for > civilisation. The tendency of the scientist was to stress environment, and not race, to emphasise the differences between individual rather than the differences between race group. If racial mixture was an evil, it was less likely to happen when the different races lived under equal conditions. ODDFELLOWS. A _ largo attendance of members was presided over by Bro. W. R. Williams at the fortnightly meeting' held in the Coquet Street Hall last evening. Several members of the Waiareka Lodge paid a fraternal visit, and it was decided that a return visit be made on August 28. Two members were reported on the sick list. The receipts for the evening amounted to £lB 5s 2d, There being no debatable business, the lodge dosed early, with supper.