QUEENSTOWN NOTES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20832, 26 September 1929, Page 6

QUEENSTOWN NOTES

(Fnojt Odb.Own Correspondent.) QUEENSTOWN, September 24. THE WEATHER. The weather has become very springlike —beautiful warm days and cool nights. Vegetation is making n move tnow and, the gardens are beginning to show a change. GOLF. The qualifying rounds of the Wakatipu Golf Club’s championships (men and ladies) were completed last week. The following qualified:—Men: H. H Cooke 187, F. Stoop 190, A. Farrant 193, J. Lynch 195, A. Griffin 198, R. Gilkison 203, W. Harper 20G, Dr Anderson 213. Ladies: Mrs Elliot 199, Mrs Gilkison 213, Mrs Mann 215, Mrs Damr 219, Mrs Curtis 221, Mrs Wilkinson 222, Miss Clark 233, Mrs Harper 238. The qualifying round consisted of two 18 holes. In the first round for the championship the following are the draws:— Men: Cooke v. Dr Anderson, Stoop v. Harper, h arrant v. Gilkison, Lynch v. Griffin. Ladies: Mrs Elliot v, Mrs Harper, Mrs Gilkison v. Miss Clarke, Mrs Mann v. Mrs Wilkinson, Mrs Da-™-v. Mrs Curtis. co The men will play a match with Cromwell on Saturday, The 1929 season’s Ringer Competition was won by Dr Anderson, whose eclectic round was 34, The season will bo wound up. on Saturday, October 5. CLAY PIGEON SHOOTING. ' The Waka tipu Gun Club held its" championship shoot on Wednesday last, wlieu 11 members took part. The scores of at least five members were very even up to the fifteenth or sixteenth bird, but the winner, T. B. M Kmlay, proved that he was champion with 16 out of 21 birds. Other <mod scores were: L. Mann 14, G. Cockburn 14, J. Munro 13, H. Buckham 13, Dr Anderson 12. The winer receives Mr J. MacKenzie’s gold medal. VALEDICTORY. At a social evening which was held in &t. Peter’s Parish Hall on Sunday evenmg last, the opportunity was taken to itri' fal ' eWC fonnall y to the Rev. D. V. Whitlock, who has’ acted as curate to the Rev. W. Powell in the Wakatipu parochial district for the last nine months. Mr W-.-D. Warren, church warden, in handing Mr Whitlock a wallet °f notes as the gift of the congregation, referred to the valuable work that he had done amongst the young people, and particularly in the Sunday school. His conduct of the church services has also been appreciated. The Rev. W. Powell and Dr Anderson also gave voice to feelof regret that they were losing Mr Whitlock, and they wished him all success and good health in his appointment as curate at the Oatnaru Anglican Church. The Rev. Mr Whitlock, in returning thanks for the gift, said that his work amongst the young people had given him a good deal of pleasure,' and he regretted leaving Queenstown. He stated that before going to Oamaru he was required to do duty for some weeks at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Dunedin. RUGBY FOOTBALL. ’ The competition for the Jopp Cup between the schoolboys of the district was commenced last week. At Arrowtown on Saturday last, Arrowtown Public School and Arrowtown Convent (combined) met and defeated the combined Lower Shotover and Arrowtown Schools by 27 points to 6. In the same competition, at Queenstown on Friday, the combined Public and Convent A team was defeated by the Public and Convent B by 7 points to 5. TOWN IMPROVEMENTS. The local borough council held a special meeting on Friday last to consider tenders for asphalting new footpaths and re pairing the old footpaths in the main portions of the town. The tenders were received from Alexandra, one from O. Wt, Magnus, and the other from W. Duncan. Magnus’s tender was £273 5s sd. Duncan, who viewed the work before tendering, made several suggestions to the council embodying economics in carrying out the contract. These were xnainlv the retention of a good deal of the old asphalt which it was intended to take up. It was pointed out that patching could be effectively carried out, thus saving the council a good deal of unnecessary expense. Mr Duncan, therefore, ■ put in alternative tenders, and after consideration the council decided to adopt his suggestion and accept the lower tender, which amounted to £192 18s. The council had provided for an expenditure of £4OO on its estimates this year for the work, so that a big saving was effected. METEOROLOGICAL STATION. The meteorological _ station has now become a reality in Queenstown. Last week Mr Thompson, who is on the meteorological staff in Wellington, arrived in Queenstown and installed the recording instruments in the area set apart for the purpose. These consist of a mercurial harometer, a sunshine recorder, maximum and minimum thermometers, a wet and dry bulb, thermometers, and a grass ground minimum thermometer. The set of instruments is said to be one of the best and most up-to-date in the Dominion. The local postmaster will take daily readings. Considerable interest attache's to the Installation, particularly in respect of the rainfall and sunshine recordings. No record of sunshine has ever been kept here before, and it is hoped to prove that Queentowu’s length of sunshine is considerably above the average of New Zealand towns. The council, and more particularly Cr W. A. Anderson, is deserving of the thanks of the community for the establishment of flic station. GENERAL. The Bishop of Dunedin will visit Queenstown nt the week-end and hold confirmation services at Queenstown and Arrowtown. The Wakatipu Defence Rifle Club held its first shoot for the president’s trophy on, Saturday Inst. The conditions wore seven shots, with two optional sightors, at 300 and 600 yards range. A eifp shoot was also held at 500 yards. Rifleman D. R. Gray was top scorer with 65 points out of a possible 70. The next competition will be for the Ken Melville Cup. The confectionery business carried on by Mr Proctor in Beach street has changed hands, the new proprietor being Mr J. W. Howley, formerly of the strawberry gardens near the one-mile. PERSONAL, Mr W. G. Griffin, town clerk, St. Hilda, is spending a holiday in Queenstown. Mr Mark Harris, a very old resident of Glonorehy passed away suddenly at his home on Sunday last, at 72 years of ago. He was much respected in the community.