CROMWELL NOTES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21404, 4 August 1931, Page 11

CROMWELL NOTES

(From Our Own Correspondent.) CROMWELL, August 3. i THE WEATHER. ' Over the week-end the weather was seasonable, if wintry, i On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights there was a good deal of snow on the high country, where there appears to be a heavy coating. Much of this has drifted into the gullies and with a spell of frosts will remain there to feed water supplies in the summer. At times during the days conditions have been quite spring-like. GOLF. The golf club’s competition last week was a Bogey Match, Dr Austen registering an easy win by two up. Other leading scores were: —F. Stoop, 3 down; W. A. H. Scheet and D. A. Cahill, 4 down; dnd J. C. Parcel!, 5 down. . • The ladies of the club played a match with Alexandra on the latter’s links. Honours were even, each side winning four games, two others being all square. The winners for Cromwell were. Mrs Grant, Mrs Forsyth, Mrs Wilkinson, and Miss Bell, and for Alexandra —Mrs' Dennistqn. Miss o‘Kane, Miss Bodkin, and iMiss Robinson. Those who finished all square were Mrs Mitchell and Mrs Belcher and Miss Partridge and Mrs Stewart. AVIATION. Quite an important event during the week was a visit to Cromwell on Friday of two planes from the Otago Aero Club. They were piloted by Flying-oflicer Olson and Pilot E. Hope, each with a passenger. The trip up was made in an hour and a-half. Some distance south the visitors were met by Captain White, and many thronged the streets to witness the passage of the craft over the town. They were appropriately received at the aerodrome by quite a number of citizens. After lunch the journey to Dunedin was resumed, hearty cheers being accorded the aviators. Flying-officer Olson endorsed the earlier expressed' opinions of Cromwell’s fine landing ground. MINING. Work is proceeding steadily in the Cornish Point Mine, the pumping plant doing splendid work. 1 The drive is being steadily extended into the flat, where it is anticipated the gutter will widen out. At present it is somewhat narrow. A well-known mining man from Dunedin is at present in the district and has pegged out mining areas. It is reported that his activities are on behalf of a Christchurch syndicate. One of the areas is on the bank of the Kawarau, towards the golf links. The theory has for years been held that from this point a deep lead extends through the Cromwell flat to a point near Kawarau Gorge. THE HA WE A SCHEME. A great deal of attention is still being given to the Hawea hydro electric irrigation scheme, and daily it is coming into greater favour. Mr lies has been busy among the land-owners, and the proposals have found favour beyond the most sanguine expectations. Many land-owners have signed up for water at the price specified, the individual areas ranging up to 425 acres. It is reported that with the Government’s own land on rtsa Fiat an ara of between 15,000 and 20,000 acres is already assured. This will be greatly increased as only part of the valley has so far been canvassed. In Cromwell, a petition in favour of the scheme was in circulation over the week-end, and was received almost unanimously. There was only one refusal, and against this 274 signed the petition. Definite developments in connection with the preliminaries are now awaited. PERSONAL. Mr Colquhoun, the new rector for the Cromwell District High School, arrived in Cromwell during the week, and took up his duties to-day.

RUGBY FOOTBALL. ' The public were treated to a fine day’s football on Saturday, the programme consisting of two school matches, followed by a senior match, Past v. Present. In a good exhibition Alexandra Primary defeated Cromwell 14—11. The High School match was one-sided, Cromwell winning by 21 points. In the senior game the past players, with a heavy vanguard, held their younger opponents to the extent of a point, tlie final score being: Present 9, Past 8. The county match, Lake v, Vincent, will be played next Saturday. RAILWAY RIFLE CLUB. The competition this week was the final shoot for Mr G. Stumbles's trophy, and the scores in this were;—W. Webb. 77 — 4 80; J. Webb, 77—4—80; L. Paterson, 78—2—80: G. Chalmers, 79—5—80; R. Mitchell, 73—6—79; E. Lynch, 76—3—79; J. O’Neill, 78—1—79; E, Dewar, 78—0— 78— J. Dennison, 72 —6 —78; D. Cahill, 77—1—78; A. Hughes, 77—1—78; G. M'Lachlan, 78—0—78; G. Stumbles, 73 — 5 F. Middleton, 77—1—78; G, M Nulty, 72—5—77; H. Webb, 75—2—77; Dr Austen, 71 —4 —75; R. Berryman, 69 7 —76; L. Mathewson, 71 —4—75; W. Veint, 75—0—75; J. Boyes, 73—2-75; Y. Sanders, 71 —4—75; W. Campbell, 71 — o—7l.0 —71. In a shoot-off in a tie between four for the Aggregate the winner was W. Webb. G. Chalmers won the rifle buttooa and W. Webb the handicap button. In the Teams’ Match, Cromwell 463 der feated Railway 453.