QUEENSTOWN NOTES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21389, 17 July 1931, Page 12

QUEENSTOWN NOTES

(From Our Own Correspondent.) QUEENSTOWN, July 15. THE WEATHER. In years gone by skating could be almost guaranteed as a regular pastime each winter. The ponds and all the smaller lakes in the district were frozen over to a depth that made skating safe and pleasureable In the evening scores of young people whose business or home ties prevented their visiting the ice in the daytime would set out with the oldfashioned torches and make a gala night of it Occasionally, too, the band would play and a programme of dances would be gone through. Nowadays there is very little of that sort of thing. On an average there is continued hard frost about once in five years. Within recent memory the winters of 1918, 1923, and 1927 stand out prominently in this respect. Evidently 1931 is not to be chronicled among them, for though we are now halfway through July we have had no long continued , spell of cold weather. We have experienced a few “ black ” frosts, which brought work to the plumbers, but they have alternated with very mild conditions —particularly for July. To-day is one of these springlike days. FOOTBALL. The most interesting game, of the 1931 season took place on the local recreation reserve on Saturday, when Queenstown and Arrowtown met to decide the final for the Sub-union Cup. The weather was fine and there was a good crowd of spectators present from all parts of the district. The teams proved to be very well matched, and a great tussle for the honours ensued. _ There was no score at half time, and it was well on in the second spell when Queenstown (J. Tripp) gained the first try, which was unconverted. No further score was registered by either fifteen,' though Arrowtown narrowly missed three penalties within easy range. Mr Wheeler was the referee.

Two curtain-raisers were played when Queenstown School was defeated by Arrow Convent, and Queenstown- Combined won from Arrowtown Public School. BASKET BALL. Rovers A and B teams met on the local ground during the week. The latter opened the scoring and retained the' lead almost till half time, when the A’s came into prominence, making the score 7 —6. In the' second spell the A team again improved its position, the game ending 12—10. GOLF. The final round of the competition for the Wilkinson trophy was played by the ladies’ section of the local Golf Club on Saturday, when Mrs D. F. Macdonald proved the winner. A Belper badge match was played concurrently, The first qualifying round for the championship has been arranged for next week. In the men’s section an Eclectic Match (sealed nine holes), was played, this resulting in a win for J. Hannan with a card reading 46—8—38. Griffen was runner-up with 48—6—42, Dagg following with 57 —14—43. GUN CLUB. A nine-bird shoot for a trophy given by the Wakatipu Gun Club took place recently, when .L. Curtis (15 yards) and D. R. Hamilton (11 yards) each broke eight of the number. In the shoot-off the latter qualified for the trophy. Other scores were:—Dr Anderson (13), 6; J. M'Mullan (11), 5; Hugh Ross (11), 5. Another competition for a trophy presented by Mr A. Harrington covered a 12-bird shoot. In this L. Curtis (15 yards) 10, and Hugh Rose (11 yards) 10, including three stars, tied, and in the first miss out the latter was the winner. Other scores: Dr Anderson (13), 9; J. M'Mullan (11), 8: D. Hamilton (12), 7; J. Munro (16), 5. OBITUARY. Mrs Helen Allan Kinross,. a very highly respected Wakatipu settler, died at her home at Gibbston on July 9. Mrsi Kinross, who was 75' years of age, .was born at Liberton. Lanarkshire, Scotland., She . was- married in 1879, and in .1881. she and ’ her husband (the late Thomas Kinross) came to New Zealand in. the ship Canterbury, Mr : Kinross had previously been in the colony, having been attracted by the gold rush. The young couple settled at Gibbston, where Mrs Kinross had lived ever since. 1 Mr Kinross died. in 1921. They had a family of 11, of whom seven survive. The-sons are—Messrs Thomas. Walter, and John* Kinross (Gibbston), Mr Andrew Kinross (St. George School. Invercargill), and Mr James Kinross (Dunedin). The two-'-daughters, Misses Helen and Bessie Kinross, live at Gibbston. The funeral took place at Arrowtown on Sunday, the Rev. M. Jackson, minister of St, John's, conducting the burial service,. PERSONAL. Mr D. Jardine, of Kawarau Falls. Station, is visiting Dunedin. ■ Mr L. Mann returned during the week from Timaru. Mr W. Eytpn, of Queenstown, who, is. temporarily in’charge l of the Mount Cook Tourist Company’s office inDunedin,recently paid aibrief, visit to, Im, home. Mrs D. F. Macdonald has gone to In-: vercargill, whereYsheVarid her, small son: are, visiting her, mother; Mrs Junzleman. .vMr W. ■ M’Farlahe, of the Christchurch. railway. staff, recently spent-his-holiday leave in, Queenstown with his mother, Mrs W. Thomson.

Miss June Robertson is visiting . Bah four, where she is the guest of, her aunt, Mrs J. Dillon.

Mr J. Ingles and Miss Ingles 'have , returned from Invercargill, where they spent three weeks’ holiday. - - - - - ( ■