NORTH OTAGO.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20965, 3 March 1930, Page 11

NORTH OTAGO.

(Fsom Om Special Cob b k*pou dxto. )

COUNCIL’S APPRECIATION. The town clerk (Mr C. W. Kent) has forwarded a copy of the following resolution, carried unanimously at the last Hieeting of the Oamaru Borough Coun-cil;—-That the Oamaru Borough Council records its appreciation of the magnificent services rendered by ex-Councillor Fox as a citizen, councillor, and chairman of the Vyorks Committee, The council recogruses that- he has given his best services to the community, and that as a councillor his devotion to duty could not be excelled. . ALLEGED THEFT. At the Oamaru Polite Court on Saturday morning, before Mr Walter Sumpter, James M'Laren, late county clerk of the Waitaki County Council, was charged that, on divers dates between N ovember 21 1923, and February ,8. 1930, at Oamaru, he did steal the sum of £BB in money, the property of the Waitaki County Council. Mr P, C. Hjorring appeared for, the accused., . Senior Sergeant Scott applied for a remand to MonMarch 3, which was granted, and bail, xvhich was forthcoming in the court an,i surety of

PERSONAL. ~Qu ® e nla Hotel.—Mr H. A. Parkinson, E- A* (Wellington); Mr C. Bezar. Mr E Garrick (Christchurch); w r n A> ?? e - T Mr TT G v Mit ehell, Mr R. *- a , r %, Mr — J - Hosking, Mr W, Partndge Mr W. Barfly (Cromwell); Mr John Mee, Mr H. Fox (Dunedin), Miss C. Soper, Miss E. Soper, Mr R. Barnes (Invercargill). The Rev. A. Ashcroft, at. present minIstcr of the Auckland-Avondale Circuit, n_as been appointed to succeed the Rev. J. Harris at the .Wesley Church, and will take up his duties on the third Sunday in April. The Rev. E. C. Leadley, who inas been assisting at. the Wesley Church, has been stationed at Whakatane, Bay of twenty, and will leave Oamaru on March THE RAINFALL, During the month of February 109 points of rain were recorded by Mr William Forrester as compared with 61 points ■for the same month of last year. Jiain fell on seven days of the month as February 4, 3 points; 8, 10: 16-, 68; 21, 2; 23, 3; 26, 21; 28, 2. TRAFFIC LICENSES. During the month of February the Oamaru Borough Council issued 16 drivers licenses and 4 heavy traffic, while the Waitaki County Council issued 7 drivers licenses and 1 heavy, traffic. ■ PORT STATISTICS. The port statistics for Oamaru for the month of February are as follow: Coastal cargo, inwards, 713 tons (coal 177 sugar 70. timber 2, wool 5, other goods inPv coastal - outwards, 963 tons (flour 603, honey 2 lime 82, oats 65, oatmeal Tl, pelts 4, pollard and bran 125, seeds 5, other goods'66); overseas, outwards 700 tons (frozen meat 515, sheepskins 5, tallow 41, wool 137, other goods 2). CUSTOMS RETURNS. The Customs returns for Oamaru for the month of February are as follow (those for the same period of last year i ln r?j re ?^i*. e ? (“Customs revenue, f?l 6 9 ls , 9 .f. ( f ? 44 19s lOd); tyre duty, (ml) ; passports, 5 (5); meat export levy, £127 Is lid (£l2O 11s 2d) • .total, £IOOS 17s 2d (£920 lls sd). ’ ST.. LUKE’S MEN’S CLUB. A hearty welcome was extended to the iV ev- > hosier by tbe St. Luke’s Young +£ en nukc l when Beve ral members of the C.L.M.S. were present, and took the opportunity of presenting the Rev. Foster f f . EU , mber of useful books as a partmg gift from his fellow' members. In making the presentation, Mr Simkin spoke i a v ct }s n £5 d esteem in which the FIRE BRIGADE DEMONSTRATION. The biennial demonstration of the bemthem Districts' Fire Brigade Association was held at Takaio Park, Oamaru, on Saturday under glorious weather conditions. There were n 0 fewer than 17 entries in some of the events, but excellent organisation by the officials enabled the various competitions to be carried out expeditiously, much to the enjoyment of tae spectators, who attended in large nutnbers during the afternoon. The members of the Demonstration Committee had spared no pains to nave the ground well prepared, and a temporary grand stand provided seating accommodation for a portion of the crowd. The water pressure was just about the 1001 b: mark, and! excellent times were registered by the winning competitors. The ground came in for much favourable comment, visiting firemen offering the opinion, that it was the best for the purpose in the Southern Districts’- area. The public was impartial in its encouragement to the competitors, and was afforded no little amusement on the odd occasions when mishaps such aa dropping the branch, threatened

ACTIVITIES OF THE DISTRICT.

the spectators with a deluge of water. On the whole the demonstration exceeded the expectations of both the officials and the public, and can be counted as most successful in every respect. Gore annexed the. Coulson Shield for the three men disabled and the Tapley Hillside oup for the hose, reel, and ladder. Competition was keen between Gore and Oamaru for the Competition Shield and medals for the highest aggregate points in the competition, Oamaru running out the winner by a margin of four points from Gore. , The Gore Cup, open to brigades that have never been placed in a New Zealand, demonstration went to Queenstown, which was third in the aggregate points. The results of the different events are as follow, the penalties imposed being set out in parentheses:— en . (Gry) • —Gore A, 34 4-ssec, 1; Baklutha A, 35 3-ssec (Isec), 2; Milton A f 37 2-ssec (Isec), 3. Also competed: 9, ama , ru .38sec; Naseby, 40 l-ssec : T3 M .°, ss „ le i B - 40 2-ssec (3see); Balpluti1 2 m 2-ssec (Isec); Queenstown A, 42 3-osec (Isec); Cromwell A, 43 l-ssec-d7°l g e e A /. 45 , I ' s !® 0 (saec); Cromwell B* 47 3-ssee_(4sec); Port Chalmers, 55 l-ssec (Isec) ; Oamaru A and Bluff, unfinished; and Queenstown B, Gore B, and Milton o, no test.

Two Men, Hose and Hydrant (Wet) Oamaru A 38 3-s.ee, I ; Mosgie] B, 43 2-ssee, 2; Moggiel A, 43 3-sseo 3 Also competed: Milton A. 44 2-ssec-Oamaru B. 45sec: Balclutha B, 48sec* 51 n’ f 2 ' s £ ec; Cromwell b’. R Quenstown B, 53 2-ssec; Milton B, 54 4-ssec; Port Chalmers, 55 4-ssec; f- ?? 4 ' ss f c f l3sec >; Naseby, l.'ra j L Gore A and Gore B. diaqualified; Bluff and i Balclutha A, no test. Three Men Disabled.—JGore A. 47 2-6 see (Isec) 1; Oamaru A, 50 3-ssec (Isec) 2wilPfio f 6 tf ec? ’ Also Co£ npeted: Cr’omwell, 69 4-ssec (Isec); Gore B, 72 l-ssec B 75 2-ssec : Milton A, Ind rh T™ A ’ i 1 test; Balclutha aD m. Bort Chalmers, disqualified. (Dnw? Men, Hose and Standpipe i D (H r° a n iru^ A ’ 23 3-ssec. 1; Core fislc) 4 ‘3 SeC il SeC • 2; Mosgiel, 25 2-oseo mers A p COm^ e ll d: Port ChaiS.V'ofi Gore B, 27 4-ssec (2sec); 33 B ’. I ' Ssec „ (osec); Queenstown, 3] 2-ssec; Cromwell. 33 2-ssec (2.ec) ■ oa maru B. 42 3-ssec (12seci • Balclutha and Milton A, disqualified. Four. Men. Disabled.—Milton. 47 l-ssec 1; Queenstown, 53 2-ssec, 2; Port Chat’ mere, SSsee, 3. Also competed; Balclutha, 62aec (6sfec); Cromwell 67sec Mosgiel, 77 l-s.ee (9sec); Gore °i. est ' disqualified. 4S^ Ve i. M A n Be f f (modern). Oamaru, 48s.c, 1, Queenstown, 57 l-ssec, 2; Port Chalmers. 67tec. 3; Gore, 70sec (ssec) 4. Also competed: Cromwell, 70 2-ssec i Bee b and Ladder.— Gore 43see rt.JSW’o 0 1-5 f c ’ 2;

were 6 f ° r championship shield jvere as follow:—Oamaru . 62, Gore 58 Queenstown 43J,, Mosaiel 41* "Pirnf pl^ol , %r

BURNSIDE SALE. At the clearing sale of the Burnside Romney and Border Leicester sheep conducted by Messrs Wright, Stephenson huvp?° ,, J ind Pyne> Goa l d > Guinness, Ltd.! *^ e f e p F e ® ent from all parts “if the district and from Otago r? ry * •’ r° r ,one-shear Romney rams the top pnee was 9Jgns, and the lowest 6Jgns, with an average of about Bgns. Border ceß oi r ran ? s realised up to 6Jgns, and pwm t to -, 4gns » one-shear Romney to lgS ßns t 0 6gn3 ’ and ased ewes Übm COURSING CLUB. n A Cours i?? has been formed in uamaru, with a membership of about 100. , W £ aa been offered for competition, amTit has, been arranged for an opening CofSciub! ° rganised by the otago OAMARU MUNICIPAL BAND. One of the largest crowds seen on the a J f° r years past congregated yesterday afternoon to welcome home the Oamaru Municipal Band on its return from the Dunedin contest. The train pulled in to the accompaniment of ringing te 6 -, a ,? d «, he g-4 ed & a Regimental Band and the Highland Pipe Band, the crowd marched to the monument, where u I ie S i a t er (president of the band), on .Denali of the friends and supporters, congratulated the band on its sterling pertormance. It was only a fortnight ago, said Mr Slater, that the band finally del en^er the contest, for prior to that the conductor had been discouraged by the poor attendances. However, the band was playing much better than before, and the members had supported him loyally, and as a result won the highest honours, annexing the Booaey Shield and the Boosey Cup. That was highly creditable to a young band of only six or eight old players, which had been formed only six years, and reflected great credit on the conductor, Mr H. Pheloung, whom he had always considered a capable musician. One of the leading conductors in Dunedin had assured him that Mr Pheloung was out on his own in the B grade. The band was indebted to the public for the financial assistance given. Mr Schnack had said the band won on its merits and he was very proud to be connected with such_ a fine organisation. He thanked the Regimental Band and the Pipe Band for their attendance. Cr W. H. Frith, on behalf of the citizens and the Mayor, offered his heartiest congratulations to the conductor and the bandsmen on their glorious victory at Dunedin, and offered best -wishes for their future success. They had worked hard and won richly deserved success. The citizens were prouder of the Municipal Band than ever before, because the band bad delivered the goods, and they were proud of the conductor, Mr Pheloung. He (Mr Frith) could claim he was the only living representative as a bandsman who had played under Mr Pheloung’s fother over 50 years ago, and Mr Pheloung and the whole family owed their - musical ability to their father. He hoped the band would go forward and maintain its prestige and retain its honours at future contests.—(Applause.) The Pipe Band bad also done its best at the contest, and he had been informed that the drummajor was one of the finest there.—(Applause.) He was sorry that the Regimental Band had been in a position that it was unable to compete, but he hoped that both bands would compete in future contests. M r Pheloung briefly returned thanks op behalf of the band, and after a selection the gathering dispersed. • FIREMEN FOREGATHER. A reunion of firemen at the Maclean Hall on Saturday night made a fitting conclusion to the demonstration celebrations. The hall was crowded for the occasion. Superintendent Couper presiding- A very happy evening was spent, the trophies and prize monev being presented to the winners by Cr W H Frith on b"half of the Mayor. Mr Frith made eulogistic reference to the work of tire fire brigades and congratulated the prize winners and commended the losing teams

on the fine sporting spirit shown throughout the demonstration. The Association Shield was presented to Oamaru, together with £ls prize money; the Coulson Shield and Tapley-Hillside Cup to Gore, with £l3 10s prize money; and the Gore Cup to Queenstown. In proposing the health of the winning teams Captain White said the demonstration was one of the best held by the association for a number of years. On behalf of the visiting brigades he thanked the Oamaru firemen and supporters for the excellent facilities offered and congratulated Fireman Williams and the Oamaru team on winning the shield. He was sure the Oamaru people would be pleased to have the champion brigade of Otago and Southland. ■ He also congratulated Gore on gaining second place, and Queenstown on winning the Gore Cup,

The following toast list was honoured:— “The King”; “ Local Bodies” (Mr Marshall and Messrs Meek. Frith, and Haepherson); “ Southern Districts Fire Brigade Association ” (Mr Meek and Lieutenant Smeaton); “ Oamaru Fire Brigade” (Mr Macpherson and Superintendent Couper); “ Kindred Sports ” (Mr J. Mitchell and Messrs Macpherson, Forbes,_ M'Donald, Kent, and Meek); WinninzTearas ” (Captain White and Fireman Williams, Lieutenant J. A. Wallace. and Captain A. Farrant); “The Officials ” (Fireman ,W. Williams and ex-Captaiu Rusbatch, ex-Fireman Carrington, Mr T. N. Tait, and Fireman Percy); “The Skyhigh Performers” (Superintendent Couper and Mr B. Syverston); "The Oamaru Municipal Band ’ (Superintendent Couper); “ The Press ” and ‘ The Chairman." The chairman expressed the thanks of the brigade for the assistance given by the Ladies’ Committee. During the evening musical items were rendered by Fireman Brown, Messrs M'Kitterick, Burry, M’Nulty, Hesselyn, and Weir. The accompaniments were played bv Mr Burry, ' , Yesterday morning the firemen attended church parade at St. Luke’s, and during the afternoon visited various places of interest in the district.

WESTON JUBILEE COMMITTEE.

A meeting of the Weston School Jubilee Committee was held in the Weston School on Saturday evening to make final arrangements for the various functions in connection with the coming celebrations. The secretary’s report showed that the number of replies to hand exceeded the bolding capacity of the local hall. Therefore it was decided to engage the Scottish Hall for the banquet. Mr John Isdale, as the oldest ex-pupil, was appointed to supervise the planting of the commemoration tree. The cutting of the jubilee cake is to be assigned to the oldest lady ex-pupil attending the banquet. The. Rev. A. Watson drew attention to’ several matters in connection with the commemoration service for the Sunday, and officers were appointed to attend to these. The choir, supplemented by a number of singers from Oamaru, has the various parts well in hand.

LAWN TENNIS. TOWN V. COUNTRY. The Town v. Country match was played at Kurow on Saturday under ideal weather conditions. Town winning by a margin of 10 sets. Owing to the lack of time only one combined game was played The results are as follow (Town names mentioned first): — Men’s Singles.-—Gallagher 9. L M‘Kinnon 6; Feathers 8, Bryan 9; G. Henry 9, Colins 6; R. Hedges 5, E. Christianson 9; L. Henry 9, MMaeter 7; Knowles 9. Duthie 7. Ladies’ Singles—Miss Miller’ 7, Miss Hughes 2; Miss M’Donald 7, . Miss C. Lawlor 3; Miss Robertson 7, Miss Burnett 6; Miss Rutherford 7, Miss N. Lawler 2; Miss Hewatt 7. Miss Stewart 6. „ Men s Doubles.—Gallagher and Feathers 9, MKmnon and Bryan 8; G. Henry and R. Hedges 9, Collins and Christianson 3; if - , l , ellr V and Knowles 9, M'Master and Duthie 7.

Ladies Doubles.—Misses Miller and Robertson 7 Misses Hughes and Burnett 3, Miss M Donald and Mrs Mollison 5, Musses C and N. Lawlor 7; Misses Ru j th -fJ for i<??d Hewatt 7, Miss Stewart and Mrs M Caw 0. Mixed Doubles.—L. Henry and Mrs Molhson 6, MMaster and Mrs M £ Caw 7. totals: Town, 14 sets (137 games); Country, 4 sets (99 games). J .. TOTARA v. HERBERT. The Herbert lawn tennis team *»urneyed to Totara on Saturday and played f, match with the home team on 3 f° ta ra co , urt s- All the games could aye ‘k off J to shortage of time, but on the day’s plajs Herbert had the advantage, and secured a win by a margin of eight sets. The results are:— sets b (91 games) 3 . <U2 Bames) ; Totara ’ 7

CRICKET. SCHOOL v. UNION. a ic lL School v. Union was conSaturday on a batsman’s wicket. th ®task of compiling 80 runs with five wickets in hand. Tonfn\fon n ii' Ven t-’but Gaffaney was content dW L tZ hIS W - Icket while M'DonaJd did the scoring. The latter was verv aggressive, and his tactics were what was required-runs in quick time. He took risks, but was rewarded with a century mately caught by Sifft bowl r g - Bobbie cal nea on the good work, and was particularly severe on the slow bowlers hltting eight fours and two sixes, the latter off successive balls. The innings closed for 340. giving Union a lead of 118 runs fnsW C R °,Tr eC i its second strike badly! fancy v* j WO ' , cau ß b t by Gaflaney, After his -departure the others appeared to adopt stonewall tactics and 83 -’ giving Union a tnree point win with an iniungs lead The SS3 r ™ d s “.°.rid of Union was not so good, several chances b ffi mg f d a° Pped - Messrs Booth and Man lev officiated as umpires. Scores?— y

UNION. First Innings. J. Robertson, c Goulding, b Lanev 22 MiitfiteC"™-» o SE!V£s™' b ■■ !« Hestieaux, b Laney ! 5® King, not out .. ’• ..j .. 14 Extras .. J. •. 2o Total _ Bowling Analysis.— Laney, 4 wickets f SCHOOL. ' * First innings Second Innings. C ? y> b T °akin .. 2 Gillies, c M Donald, b Tonkin o Laney. Ibw, b Tonkin .. ” ** ® Court, b Maddigan .. % ih2£"t k“i b M,D . o “' d ”" l| Smith, not out * ’ * • ‘ |prr M fe b :: j Diok. or absent° bb * e ’ , b " 1 Extras .. ..

T °tal g 3 ?, 'Sw. s for 18: M«Donald. 1 for 23. Mf,ddl^n ’ OAMARU v. ALBION Albfon ar nf™ Ured S t l hree ,'Point win over Albion. Oamaru declared with the loss °nale Ve S7 V in C t h f ° fi r 7™ and Albion ?, e b 11 l t “S fii’st innings and 177 in the second (L. Brooker) 52, leaving Oamaru with ol runs to get. This; was accomplished bv L. Sumpter ..nrlTTiti .-h. earner! „„„ irHwfinllr JUNIOR GRADE, SCHOOL B v. UNION. Liuon defeated School B by 114 runs n\ if i, rs -- ln l lln " s - Union made tog V 1 Rudd' : n' r aml c e , 43 ' Aitcheson 32 t vow' 3 "i' F ”o Schonl - Mathias took , , ‘ V ' T 2S n , nl ; ;, Md Walls two im .11. compiled 112 (Kent 591 40'rims. 10 "’ B ’ Uld to ° k five for

ALBION V. ST. KEVIN'S. The match between Albion and St. Kevin’s resulted in a draw. Albion made 141 (Brosnahan 38, Samson 27 not out, D. Palmer 17). For St. Kevin’s, Hunt took four wickets for 17 runs, Robins five for 63. St. Kevin’s compiled 66 for nine wickets (Easton 13, Butler 11, Hunt 10). For Albion, Brosnahan took two wickets for three runs and Firth three for seven. THIRD GRADE. SCHOOL A v. ST. KEVIN’S A. St. Kevin’s A defeated School A by 105 runs on the first innings. St. Kevin's made 168 (White 45, Kearney 42, Aspell 23). School compiled 63 (Chisholm 20. Smyth 9). ST. KEVIN’S B v. SCHOOL B. This match resulted in a win for School by six runs on the first innings. School B made 75 (Were 23, Forbes 18, not out, Borton 9). For St. Kevin’s, Curran took 3 wickets for 5, Taylor 4 for 23. St. Kevin’s B made 60 (Taylor 20, Curran 11, Tracey 7. For School, Forbes took 4 wickets for 8 runs and M’Carthur 2 for 10. GOLF. The monthly medal match, played on Saturday, was won by MKenzie 90 (21), 69, followed by J. M. Wilson, 91 (21), 70, Bird 104 (30). 74, Pollock 93 (19), 74, Kilpatrick 86 (10), 76, Currie 104 (28) 76, Wyber 91 (15). 76, Matheson 87 (10). 77, Armstrong 95 (18), 77, Hopgood 107 (30), 77.