NORTH OTAGO.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21431, 4 September 1931, Page 12

NORTH OTAGO.

ACTIVITIES OF

(Fboh-Gcb Special GOLF A by. tHe Ladies’, Club, to-morrow, players choosing their own parfiiers. ’ 1 . The draw for.the Bogey Match to be played by the Men’s Club' to-morrbw is as follows:— Day v. Catto, W. k. Tomlinson T. p. Findlay, Hall v. Birtles, Deem v. Collis, Patterson v. H. L. Familton. Burton v. Steven, Smith v. Ryan, Bates v. Grater, T, Hedges y. Cook, Banks v. Panckhurst, Frame v. M'Donald, Robertson v. Stark, Gilchrist v. Milne, Whyte v. J. Armstrong, H. P. S. Familton v. A. Fowler, Irvine v. Holmes, K. Sumpter v. Hewat, Mathieson v. Kinder, Donaldson v. M'Ewan, Ewart v. C. Hedges, M'Donald v. Mulligan, G. Sumpter v. M'Kenzie, Cuthber’ison v. Woodward, Marshall v. M!Dowell, K. Familton v. Kilpatrick, Nichols v. Orbell, Ireland v. Armstrong, Scott v. E.; K. Tomlinson, M'Beath v. E. K. Fowler Wilson v. Roll, Reid v. Hopgood, Currie Uttley. . SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAL } - SOCIETY The patients and staff of the Oamaru Public Hospital were given a treat on Wednesday evening on the occasion of the visit of the Oamaru Symphony Orchestral Society. A very enjoyable musical programme was rendered, the following being_ the itemsi —Marches, , The New ' Colonial ” and “ Pythian ”; reverie, Unr spoken Words nocturne, "Pme Trees and Shadows”; overture, Pnntempa”; waltz, K The ® OI1 8 » pianoforte solo by Miss J. Moffat; vocal' solos by Misses P. Ashton and AS. Kay; elocutionary items, Miss Joyce Webster; male sextet—" The Castrophe,’’-; • ■ Carry Me Back to Old Virginny,’ add ■, Stars of the Summer Night/ At the conclusion, of the evening’s programme the , matron. Miss M. Maekie, thanked the members of the' society for rendering such an enjoyable programme of music, and hoped that the hospital would again be favoured-with another visit very soon. , • LADIES’, HOCKEY ' Teams for eeven-a-side tournament to be held at Moeraki to-morrow:— Maheno Chib.—A. team: Misses LM'Donald, L. Beeby, R. Wharton. C. Davis, Mi Wharton, E. Wharton, Mrs Jamieson. No. 1 B team: Misses R. Gudeell, R. Kelcher,. E. Lindsay, N. Badman, G. Kelcher, Mi Calder. -M.. Shaw. -No. 2 B team: Mrs B. Davis, Missea C. Davis, F. Wilson, I. Wilson, S. Buzan, T. Townsley, V. Souness. • Athletic.—Mrs J. M'Lay, Misses D. Orlowski, Mi Sparks, !) Raw»on_ (captain), I; Jackman, A. M Neilly, D. Burtis, Arawa Club.—A team: B. Campbell, A. Campbell, G. Campbell, M. Weavers, R. Hannah; A. Downing, M. Mushett. B team: E. Kidd, E. Symons, L. Doran, 0. Campbell, I. Falconer, A. Doran, Y. Barsdell. C team: M. Steele, E. Paterson, G. Jardine, D. Harper, 0. Downing, E. Aikenhead, H. Campbell; emergencies— J. Woodgate, R. M'lvor, Mrs Mather. ■ OBITUARY Death has removed yet another of the rapidly-diminishing band of pioneers in the district in the person of Mr Patrick Toohill, at the age of 73 years. ihe late Mr Toohill was born at Oatiands, Tasmania, and at the age of 17 years he arrived at Oamaru and settled at Enfield. There he followed farming pursuits until about 10 .yhars ago, when he retired and took up his residence during bis early years at Enfield be made periodic visits to the land of his birth. Deceased, who married a daughter of the late Mr Patrick Ford, was of a kind and genial disposition, and hie cheerful manner and unbounded hospitality gained for him the esteem of all with whom he came in contact. He leaves a widow, one .daughter, and three sons. WOMEN’S DIVISION FARMERS’ . unions There was a fair attehdanee'jof members at the monthly meeting of the Upper Waitaki branch of the Women s Division of the Farmers’ Union, the chair being occupied by Mrs W. P. Cameron (president). . Co rreß P°ud ence was rea( F re ‘ a ' ;i , ve to the wool industry, and members decided to bring an article made of wool to the next? monthly meeting. The home

THE DISTRICT.

: v ;. science box on quilting proved very interesting, and many useful hints were given to'those who study' Oldh’Fhiglisb. l‘ : ‘ needle art.” A prize-was offefed'Tor*' the inembcr Selling the most “ Household Guides " (the 'division’s cookery book);. -Refreshments and the usual social hour in con junction with the men’s branch contributed to a very'pleasant, evening. , OAMARU - 'ykuNTEER j. --- ; By Krr-BAQ. ■ Although a very short time has elapsed since the inauguration of the local company of yoluhteers known as B Company, the members have entered into the work with great. enthusiasm. ■» -The first public appearance of the company took place on Friday evening, when 'punctually at 7.30, the Colour Party took ’post and the whole parade, headed by the. Fifth Mounted Rifles Band, under the couductorship of Lieutenant G. M. Whale, marched through Thames street. The parade, which was under the charge of Major Widdowson, M.C.V.D., excited considerable public, interest, both Jsijiies of the street JineS with spectators. It was,, indeed, to see many, an old soldier hat in respedfto the 'colours; ;On passipteboth tHe'Gpe’at W'ar . Memorial ancfrSoath African monument thercoinpany paid 1 tribute to;the;falleu, a small mark Of respect not unnoticed: by many.' . • ' ' ’ . One result .of the ' parade was that., it • brought'-home to;.njany. ■-•young men the (significance of thejinovementfrand during ithe:. week: quite a numbaft of 4 applications Lave been madeforenrolment. On Wednesdayhni&ht the first N.C.O. class.,wh'a'! held, jqfii.te Sa nuttier of • volviii-: tears’ while was; spent' brushing fup jj!aVobtfdrillafter Vhich Sergeafitj-major '■( Cockerell conducted preliniinaiy:Airistruction in Lewis gun work. ; TMs w6rk promises to be particularly in- ; ter eating, and will be added to later with the inclusion of a Vickers gun. No doubt competition will be keen amongst the' volunteers to become members of the Lewis gun sections, and every ;man will be out to know all he can about ithe gun. This work will be gone over ’again with tbe entire company next Wedines day evening, and after seeing how ini teresting the work is, other volunteers wrlTattend the N.C.O. classes. Particular, interest will be added to next Wednesday’s parade by the fact that D.S.O., will give a club room at the Sergeantmajor Cockerel! was a jnepibet of tpe special force in will lecture about his experiences there. He can be depended on to his lecture both instructive and entertain; ing, and all who can would be wellrccom'mended to attend. N.C.O.’s Club.—The monthly social meeting of the club was fyeld last night, and wan well attended. Arrangements for the ball on Monday, September 7, are well in hand, and the committee is confident of success. RUGBY FOOTBALL ' The following will represent the Mercantile Firms in, their . annhal .fixture against the Provision-!Merchants,; to - be' played at ; 2 o’clock, on No. 2 ground:— Mollison, D. Robertson, Muirhead, Williams, Miller, M'Leod,, Morkel,. Gilchrist, Spong Robertson, ‘Hollow,. Cahill, Angpra Gerrie, Hunter, Angel Kerr, . Raekley, Rowe; emergencies—O’Meara, Reid, Mljaren. , The referees for to-morrqw are as follow: —Mahetao v. Excelsior, Q.val, at 2.45 pjn.,’ Mr R. J. Hinkley; MerCalitile E'iijma v. Provision Merchants, No. 2, at 2.45 p.m., Mr H. Cross; Baptist v. St. Luke's Bible Classes, No. .3, at 1.45 p.m., Mr C. Rowe; ' Rugby supporter will regret to learn that H. Mason, .who was.selected for.the ’NeW jZealand team ;ito play- 'tjie Australians,!'wllbpbe ■.ufiableU to account of a fractured wrist bone. It is understood that'the Hydro Club has arranged to play the Clarke Shield match at Waimate on Saturday. .JKent is not available _ for the Town team on Saturday,-find his place will be filled-i-by . ' ' .-^^Mi^BO^mAMBS?;?' ' Although the big match to-morrow. Town v. Country, is to be played at Kurow, local supporters of football who . are not contemplating making the trip to witness it will be well catered for at the Show Grounds.. Maheno will play ‘Excelsior, the jonly'yehjiaifiing ,cJiil)Agai))e of the season, and if theiGreena are su£cessfiil They will draw level w'ith Old Boj r s in competition points. -The ;Exeeh .last.twb'gahfes'agaihßt'-.Hydroj.sHowTh'a Maheno will not have an. easy proposition. The result is important, and a keenly-contested game can be looked forward to. Comedy is likely to- be introduced for spectators in the other fixture set down for the Show Grounds, Mercantile Firms, V, Provision 'Merchants, /in which. :the v, '■ has-beens ” and “‘iieyerwafers” will take part. Other 1 ghmea are: set ■ downv.for decision to-mor-row, and all no doubt will have a ; ; fun by, unbiasedlbarrackcrs.’ ;• , V/?’!-"

RETURNED SOLDIERS’ ASSO- ' CIATIGN 'f>

A meeting of the executive of >the Oamaru Returned- Soldiers’ Association wafi held last ' evening. - Mr H. C.’.Jeffery presided. • ' ' The, New Zealand Association forwarded detailed information in regard to the conduct ofvthe Poppy, Day sales for 1932. It was decided to order poppies made under the auspices of the Christchurch society by New Zealand disabled soldiers. An invitation to attend the reunion of the South African War Veterans’ Association was, received with thanks. The annual report by Mr J. D. Harper, the representative of the New Zealand Association on the War Pensions Board, was read, and ' the work achieved favourably commented on. Details relating to pensions and unemployment were dealt with. < The secretary reported success in several pension cases. A’.meeting,-of the Reunion Committee wan:' held-; afterwards _ and- several arrangements .‘were finalised. •• / : ' KIA ORA BIBLE CLASS ... the Kia Ora Bible Class, : 'members of the North Otago ■ Pf«Sbytam.n'-'BiljleV Glass District Committee were t'as well as many others .fr.om various Rible. classes. During i thel on the ; aim?-of; the-union .’ and .'.oA affiliation, while The Four Squire-Man.’’ The' ,Rev. Hv Hogg thanked the speakers for their' interesting , addresses. .Games were also indulged in, by all ’ the duties of M.C. being canned out by Mr L. Samson.

WAITAKI ACCLIMATISATION - , .- 30CICTK, . : ' '■ . W. ■ , The monthly meeting of the Waitaki •Acclimatisation Society was held last evenling. Mr G.B. Stevenson presided. ...The president extended a hearty welcome'to. Mr E. C. Thomson,,who fills the vacancy caused by - the departure of Mr Iroiiiside. s ■■ r . I' The secretary; of the Asortn Otago Angling Club wrote' thanking' the society :foij’;|he use of its rooms for meetings.— Received. , , . ■ , . W Yorston, Maheno, advised that he was. watching the Kakanui River carefully, and no poaching was being done. The river was high at the present time, and he hoped the society would have.a successful'' season; —Received. The Marine Department advised that it could not accede to the request of the society that the fishing season for the Waitaki River should be from October 25

to May 15 for the reason that the dates of the commencement of the close seasons were usually fixed with consideration to tlie spawning times, and it was known that the quinnat salmon was an, earlier spawner than' trout. —It ; was ; deciuea to reply that the salmon run later in the Waitaki. River 1 than in northern rivers, and the spawning grounds were above the mouth-of the Otiake River, and would not interfere'with early fishing. The action of the North Otago Angling Club in forming a working bee for clearing rubbish from Gemmell’s crossing reserve was approved. . It was also decided to issue printed matter with fishing licenses as requested by the Angling Club. ■■ . . The Department of Internal Affairs i orwarded a copy of the Gazette containing a warrant for the removal of the projection, on Canadian geese.—Received, j The' Waimate Acclimatisation society -advised that; it was liberating 100,000 fry in the Waitaki this season. It had received 25,000 from Temuka, which had been liberated in the Waihoa. At a meeting of the society it had been decided to release the Waitaki Society from the obligation to pay the cost, of 100,000 ova for the Waitaki, and at the same time an additional order had been placed with South Canterbury for fry to. .the extent of £25. The society asked for a' sum ot £5 towards this extra cost.—lt was decided not to contribute towards the cost, as the society was liberating 200,000 more ova in the Waitaki than South Canterbury. The curator of the Hakataramea. Hatcheries (Mr Scott Main) advised that he had received two lots of ova from tbe Otago Society, one of 268,000 and another of 300,000; , , The 1 Reserves Committee submitted re-port«-on- the inspections made of both reserves, '"at Waitaki and at GcmnicU s Crossing,- In regard.’ to the- improvementsTo; tbe Kaike ; ,re9erve, : ;Messrß Thmlison’ ahj rßoyle. weptfi">•]» vievv Mr " Paul to have .tlje work catned out. The Waitaki .bridge; reserve was in good oijder. A ' few*, native* trees and. about six pine tress 1 • required replaQing, and. Mr’ EC Swinard'bad been-authorised, to make the replacements. In regard,to the rubbish oh GemnieU’s Grossing ‘reserve,, it was decided that each;hut owner should be - to clear, ./all; refuse and keep l oldaS to'-.30 feet around-the hut, and; that; ’ the" work should be, carried out by ; the end of August.’ ' '* .1 , , , • 'Mr Simpson suggested that, wherever.: possible, native trees should be planted where replacements were to be made;— Agreed to. ’ The secretary was instructed to forward letters of appreciation to the Angling' .Club for its invitation to be present at a lecture given by Mr J. Scott Main and to Messrs F. Jones, and J. Murdoch for acting as judges in the recent, competition for children on “Native Birds.” It Was decided to allocate 120,000 brown trout' fry to the. Waitaki River for liberation, 20.000 to the-Waianakarua, an additional 20.000 to thA JCakanui, and 20,000 rainbow trout in Oaraaju Creek. The Liberat- : ing. eihpowercd - to: deba te' thbiquhstion wifetne curatoh of the Haknt tah'aihea- Main) as to 'suit-. , ahle«..places:;fbr?. hberating trout in the Waitaki -River. , , An account of £75 -2a -for 300,000 brown. ‘ trout ■ eyfed . ova;’.: supplied ::' by ; ; tbe ’ Otago i Society, -ivas .pagsed for paymeht. ' PERSONAL Queen’s Hotel.—Mr H. R. Whyte (Christchurch), Miss W. Gardner (Waimate), Mr G. Avery, Mr and Mrs D. R. Mackay, Mif and -Mrs, }. Ballook.tMr-. Q,” Matthews ;(Dunediii) j; ' % New Club Hotel;—Mr E., J. Woodbury, Mr P. Morris, Mr'D. R. M'Diarmid, Mr .C. C. Davis, Mr C. Masters (Christchurch), Mr W. H. Terry,* ; (Wellington)!, ;Mr S. E. Batchelor (Nelson), Mr.--W; ’Chidden (Auckland),'Miss J. Johnston,' Miss C. Johnston, Mr A. Ledgenvood . (Dunedin). ....... V ife, ■ miniature rifle -scooting The highest scores at the weekly;!shoot of the Maheno 'A. Lindsay, 78—2-^BOsW-oir, v7Brll 4—80; J. Grant, 78—3—80; J. Clark, 77—3—80; G. Clark, 77—4—80; T. M'Lay, 77—3—80; H., Rapson. 76—4—80; J. Lindsay, 70—10—80; W. Richards, 75 4—79; G.' Davis, 76—2—78; R. Yeoman, 1 74 —4-7-78; R. Rawson, 724 —7.6 p ,G. Taylor,- -7L—ArrTS; .D../ Grantj -,J. Graht won the rifle button and H: Rapson the handicap button. OAMARU SAVAGE CLUB A strong of Waimate ,SfiVages ' raided: the Oarriaru’-hapu and presented an ; exceptionally fine programme to .a large attendance of members and Visitors. Great .Chief Wedde extended a cordial welcome to the visitors and installed

Great Chief Black as chief for the evening. The Savage, Club Orchestra, under Savage H. Philoung, played " Pythian,” ‘tryanhbe/’vand f‘.) B.t.fa.della in-pleasing style, ' othei numbers;, being provided:-by the visitors. J Scalp Hunter Stevenson sang " Floral Dance ” > andMy , Dear :• g6nl,*--A«®» r Say^i&J^ Rf:OB- 1 '• ,bhd v Poi,” Savage J. C. Hill played two violin solos, “ Serenade ” and “ Humouresque,” and Warriors Newall and Chisholm gave elocutionary and homourous numbers. Dr - Wylie gave an interesting leeturette on “Malaria and Mosquitoes,'’ touching on the construction of the Panama canal, and two sketches, " Kitty, on the Keys ” and “ The Ringers.” were, well presented by parties of Savages, Savage F. C. Burry played the accompaniments. The .korerp/was one- of,.the most enjoyable of the season,', and deep appreciation was ; expressed - of. the entertainment provided by the visitors.- .. . ■