NORTH OTAGO.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21255, 9 February 1931, Page 12

NORTH OTAGO.

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MAJESTIC. PICTURES. Patrons of the Majestic Theatre are promised -.a,programme of unusual, merit to-night...and to-morrov? might in “The Divine, Lady,” Warner Bros.’ latest alltalking' picture, which features Corinne Griffiths and H. B. Warner. This is Corinne Griffiths’s first appearance in OairiarU in an all-talking picture, and patrons who-remember .-her in- the silent films, will keenly accept their first opportunity, of hearing as well as seeing this great actress. The noted English actor, H. B. Warner, is well known To Oamaru audiences);land .iff)', v “, The .Divine Lady” he gives fine _pf' his' best performances. The , 'cast, tbo,T-;cbmptlste y'well-known artists. ’’The’pictux < e. is replete with incident,!; and holds ' interest to the ' final fade out, the grandeur of '.the settings and the excellence of its presentation making it & picture of ■ unusual merit. The main supporting picture will be “ Solomon’s Children.” ,GOLF. - The • ■following! are the- results of a mfedaimmatch'played' bn> A Satfirday:—Hopgood, 89 r (22) ’67U Fowler, 88 (14) 74; Walcock,To4 (30) 74; Roll,. 89 (14) . 75; Cuthbertson, 84 (6) 78; M'Bcath, 87 (9)' 78; Holmes, 89 (10) 79: Scott,-88 (7) 81; N. J, Wilson, 115 (30) ,85; Banks, 120 (30) 90. ; EARTHQUAKE RELIEF. ■The'- loeal -subscriptions to the Earthquake Relief Fund;now total £I6BO. The' Women’s Executive of the Relief Fund Committee" has requested that the Country’Districts Committees for the Obstetrical 'Fund reassemble" and canvas ’the districts for the fund. A school fund has been opened' at the Kurow School, pupils being asked to' make a sacrifice! by contributing their; own money. ' _ , The Oamaru Returned Soldiers Association has voted £5 5s to the Earthquake Relief Fund. " The Mayor (Mr Frank Crawshaw) remitted £864 11s 9d bn Saturday morning to the Central Committee;’of the Earthquake ..Relief Fund, bringing the amount remitted from Oamatu to' £1204 19s 9d. Tntefeessbtv (services 1 were, held at St. Paul’s Church and C'olumba ‘ Church yesterday. > The’ReV.. Mr Kilroy. preached at St. Paul’s, bis subjects being In lace of Calamity” and “Can Christian Faith Stand'in View of the Earthquake Disaster.”''!* -Retiring collections in aid ofthe relief funds were' taken up at both services: The ReV. W. Maclean conducted, the services at Golumba, his subjects being “ The Discipline of the Earthquake ” and “When a Mans World Crashed.” ’ At the -evening 'service the chbit rendered “ Brit the'Lord is Mindful ofAjis Own” (Mendelssohn) and “Even-ing-and Morning ”. (Oakley) , -while Mr J. Weir, ./sang-'!“- Open.- ■ the' Gates of the Temple” (Knapp).v;,!, " POLICE COURT. At a sitting of the Police Court on Saturday morning, before Mr h. Crombie, J.P., Wicklow Robert Garble was charged with the unlawful conversion of a bicycle, valued at £6, the property of F. G. Ruddick. He was remanded to appear at the Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, bail being allowed in his own recognisance and one surety of £lO, conditionally on his reporting To The policedaily. ‘ 1 ■ y-" . PERSONAL. . j , ; Mr G. If, 1 Baker,!; ! bfi. the-,’Btafi of the Commercial/Bank) has received notice of his transfer To the Dunedin office. Mr and Mrs' J. M'Diarmid will leave to-day bn an 'extended tour of Great Britain and Europe. . On Saturday morning the former.waa bidden farewell by hie fellow Rptariarisp'arid presented with, a fountaiii pen as a reminder’of-his association with the Rotary.'Club. Many complimentary references, were made to the civic services Tendered by-Mr M'Diarmid to the community. ' The members of the North Otago Noncommissioned. Officers’ Club met on Thursday night to make a presentation to Ser-geant-major C: B. Wright; A very enjoyable evening was spent by those present. In' making, the' presentation, the president referred to the many excellent qualities of the recipient, and mentioned the_ influence for good which Sergeantmajor ‘Wright had exerted on the youth of .Oaifiard'fpr many years; ■ Several members endorsed the remarks of the presi-

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dent, and made reference to the untiring zeal arid enthusiasm of Sergeant-major Wright,-and expressed regret' at the severance of Their many-very happy associations. -As a mark; of appreciation the members voted Sergeant-major Wright to life membership of the club. Supper was served,' and a short toast list was duly honoured. ■■ T"'i Queen’s Hotel.—Mr L. Reese, Mr Rob-i ertson, Mr Balmer (Wellington), Mr G. M'Clure, Mr K. B. Bain, Mr C..E. Hodge, Mr J. D. Simpson (Christchurch), Mr, and Mrs Packwood (Waitaki Hydro), Mr C. Hart, Mr C. Kenny, Mr R, G. Cooper, Mr W. Fox- (Dunedin), 1 :; • 'New Club Hotel;—Mr and Mrs S. P. Phillips, Mr and Mrs K. Clark (Timaru), Mr J. RbseTMr F;Ri Millari 11 (Wellington). Mr Hubert B, B. Meyer (Auckland), Mr H. A. Qiasson, Mr A; N. .Andrews, Mr D, W. Hunter (Christchurch), ;‘ ; CRICKET. / UNION v, ALBION.' ; A . In its match with-Albion on Saturday. Union won the toss and sent the former in to -bat"bn' a good wicket," with the outfield fast.,. . Albion-put'-up' its best batting performance this; season, giving Union an afternoon’s leather-bunting in compiling a Total of 260 runs. A; Brooker secured a well-earned century, giving a bright display with-beautiful off drives. Union replied with six wickets for 110' when time was called. Albion stand a very good chance of securing a . win. ABrooker and Sampson opened,, putting,on, 108 for the first wicket, Six bowlers were tried" before Brown bowled Srimpsrin, .who batted very soundly: • His best" 1 scoring shot was ; a leg glance. :L; ;Brookers fpllowed, but M'Donald bowled,! him with , a., gqod one. Geddes joined A. Brooker, but soon lost his wicket in 'jumping out to Brown, and was smartly stumped by Guttridge. C. Davey went for the bowling, and reached 23, when Tonkin clean bowled him. A. Brooker was next to go. after having reached 103.. He showed his best form, his batting being very forceful, and his score included 15 fours. Maddigan bowled Palmer with a bailer. ' M'Lean reached six when -he was taken behind the wickets) while Todd had! 11 runs bn when he gave Blair la;‘catch;- Jacobs batted: very defensively, having 26 -runs to hie credit-when M'Donald •; broke -Through with a!good piie.. Ottrey made several good hits;,in his score "of 17 before he lost his .wicket. The Union fielding.was very erratic; M'Donald, Brown. Tonkin, and*'Maddigan shared the wickets. Union opened badly, Blair being caught at cover early. H. Robertson played one to Geddes at point, the fieldsman making a. dive and taking a brilliant catch. _ The same fieldsman took another magnificent onehanded: catch in dismissing Robbie when he had 10 on the board. M'La'ren bowled J. Robertson, who...scored .21 with several, fine shots to. the'-.on bide'. , BpOwnpyas well held by ’ H'Uaren, ' who caught and bowled him;- : - Six wicket's were Then down for 48 and Union “looked : as -if if would have been:."dismissed: wKhJ-a '.smallT scorer.' M'Donald and- Meiklc saved -the • side, however, and. carried the score to 110. M'Donald' reached 50 by beautiful off drives, seven fours and a six being included in his score. Meikle was content to-hold his wicket up and let M'Donald do the scoring. The fielding of Albion was very good. M'Laren secured four of the wickets. ..... i,... Scores:— •!! ALBION. J : ; First Innings,,. , . ! .

E. Sampson, b Brown 'i.( .... 26 A. Brooker; b Maddigan v... 103 L. Brooker.'b M'Donald . 1 G. Geddes, st Guttridge, b- Brown .. 3 C. Davey, b Tonkin ... .. ... 23 T. Jacobs,- h M'Donald . ,26 C. Palmer, B /Maddigan .... '.O R. M'Laren.e Gilttridge, b Tonkin Vi-, ■ "6 G. Todd, c Blair,, b Brown ... '.V- 11 T. Ottrey, b MfDpnald- .. ... ... 17 H. Rackley. not,out ... ~ ... .. .5 Extras' .. .'. -.v ,30 - Total • Vi' 260 Bowling Analysis.—M‘Donald took three wickets 'for 39 runs; Tonkin, two Tor, 47; Maddigan,;- two,.-for' 24;; Meikle, none for 20; J. .Robertson, none for 7; Brown, three for 67;' Blairj 0 for 17. UNION. First Innings. B. Blair, c Davey, b M‘Laren .... 0 J. Robertson, b M‘Laren .. .-■ .. 21 H. Robertson, c Geddes, bL. Brooker 1 S. Robbie, c Geddes, b M'Laren .. 10 E. Brown, c and b M'Laren ~ .. .. 10 R. M'Donald, not out BO B. Tonkin, b.Rackley .. •• 0 G. Meikl.e, not-out,, .' . .. .. 9 Extras. 9 Total- for six l wickets .. 110 OAMARU v; SCHOOL. School ;had the .first lease of the. wicket in the match again Oamaru, and compiled the very respectable, total of , 297 runs. The feature of the innings was the excellent scores made.by Dick and F.. 8. Smith. Dick and Gillies opened for School, but Gillies was caught behind the stumps when he had reached . 8.. Kent hit his wicket for a similar score, and Laney was bowled by Zimmerman at 9, Dick and Smith-' hade a good ' stand, Dick 1 reaching his century in nne style, his total of 132 including 19 fours. ’Smith compiled S 3, including-h six and 13.’fours,;/AndrewsBaxter was the ~only,.', other matsmen to reach double figures. Zimmerman and K. Walton shared the wickets for Oamaru. Uttley and Zimmerman batted well for Oamaru, making 51 and 30 runs' respectively, and, four wickets were lost for 98 runs, when stumps were drawn. Scores:— SCHOOL. . First Innings. Dickyc Bryant,' b Zimmerman / ... 132 Gillies, c Jones, b Zimmerman r. : . , . 8. Kent,"hw,"b K. Walton .. •• 8 Laney, b Zimmerman ;:. .. ,'. 9 F. E. Smith, b-K. Walton ..-../ 83 Howden, c and-b K. Walton .. .. .. - 3 Mathias, bK. Walton ........... 7 Paape, c Bryant, b Zimmerman .. 7 Andrews-Baxter, c Smith, b Milner 17 Burton, b Zimmerman . .:. 0 Watson, inot out .. .; .. .. .. 0. •Extras--.;.::.. .. 23 Total v- ........ 297 Bowling Analvsis.f-Zimmefrtian took 5 wickets for 'B3' run's; K. Walton, 4 for 82; Milner, 1 for 39; Smith, 0 for 15; I. Walton, 0 for £0; Inder, 0 for 35. ■v \ I'. • First Tunings."’ Uttley', b Smith .. ....... .. .. .. 51 Smith, b Gillies. 8 Milner, b Gillies ~ .. .. ... ... 0, Zimmerman, b Mathias. • '3O. K. ..Walton, not. out, ... . .. 4 ; Extras ... •• 5 . '.Total, for four .wickets..... , -V. 98 MURRAY TROPHY MATCH. The annual bowling fixture between South Canterbury and North Otago, played at Waimate on Saturday, resulted in a win for South Canterbury by a good margin of points.. Results (South Canterbury names mentioned: first):— Patchett,, Torlesse, Ussher, Bradley 17 v. Self, Chappell; Bee; Berry 25; Kebby, Stewart, Thompson, O’Hagan, 27 y.Douglas, Stringer, Murself, Lang "16;- Earwakep, Stewart, .Gunn,-Dewar. 31 v, Robertson, Barr, Hodge; Walton 17; Parry,' Robinson, Grainger, Healey 30 v. Tisdall, Dunbar, Cook, Mollison 17; Bohm, Smith, Darroch, Hawkey 31 v. Forrest, Slater, Adams, Galder 26; Hatton,. Hayes, Carlton, Nicol 23 v. B. Easton,-Rcstall, Cagney, Easton 28; Carton, Dawson,, Gilligan, Cowles 23 v. Hart, Denholm,- Donald, Martin 27; Taylor, Pierce, M'lnnes, Edwards 26 v. Bedford, Young, - Bastings, Pan.ckhurst 20. Totals: South Canterbury, 208; North Otago, 176.