SOUTH OTAGO

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22267, 21 May 1934, Page 10

SOUTH OTAGO

BALCLUTHA The Clutha and Owaka senior teams | met on the Show Ground at Balclutha, and an interesting game resulted. Owaka, although holding their own well in the general run of the play, were outclassed, when it came to scoring. From a scrum, Bowcott passed out to Tom Gold (wing three-quarter), and the latter scored in a good position. L. Guest missed wiln the kick at goal. A little later Gold received a pass from Guest, and had no difficulty i in adding another three points, Guest s [ kick failing. Guest scored the nexi. try, but failed to enhance the score. Betore the spell ended Bowcott got the ball tiom a line out and scored a clever try, which Moffat converted. Clutha 14, Owaka nil. In the second spell Ted Wilson narrowly missed kicking a penalty goal for Owaka. Cruickshanks (the Clutha centre) scored a nice try,, and Tinsely Wilson added the extra points. Owaka showed up with a splendid rush, and just missed scoring. Clutha's score was further enhanced by Dawson, whose try Wilson failed to convert. Then Gold made a splendid run from halfway to score right under the posts, and added the extra points. Pass-: ing between Guest and Bowcott saw the latter touch down, but the score was disallowed. Boddington (Clutha) mude a fine run, and passed to Milne, who scored. The only further score was a good try by Dawson, which Wilson converted, the game thus ending in a win for Clutha by 35 points to nil. Findlater, Geary, Ted Wilson, and Latta showed up prominently for Owaka, while for the winners perhaps the most noticeable were Cruickshanks, T. Gold, Guest, and T. Wilson. Boddington was very prominent among the winning forwards, as were Stephens and Milne. The Rev. F. J. Handy controlled the game. On the Sports Ground, Crescent 111 .defeated a High School team by 20 points to nil. ."'•'•.■'« A drama festival which continued for three nights was held in . St. Mark s Hall under the auspices of the ftoutn Otago Federation of Women's Institutes. Madame Winnie Fraser (Dunedin) wa* the judge, assisted by Miss Brenda Bell (Shag Valley), secretary of the Drama League for the Otago Federation, Eleven teams took part, and the awards for best play were:—Warepa 1, Benhar i, Tuapeka' Mouth 3. Other prize-winners were:—Most outstanding lady performer, Miss A. Ross (Warepa); best male characterisation, Mr Duncan Brown (luapeka Mouth). A special was awarded Roy Park (Pukekoma) for his, characterisation of "Charles Wickett" in "The Village Jumble." ~ ~.„,„ At the bi-monthly sitting of the Owaka Court, before Mr H. J. Dixon. b.M., judgment by default was given for the Plaintiffs in the. following undefended cases:-J. W. Smeaton v. J. pinnerty, claim £3 3s 2d, with costs (£1 7s, 0d). A v. James Parker,, .claim £9, with costs (19s). L. O'Connell (Katea), charged with exposing, for Bale lice-in-fected[sheep in the Owaka sale> yards was convicted and fined-10s. with costs (1 The annual trials of the Clutha Collie Club will commence on Friday next on the Barnego ground. COURSING. The South Otago Coursing Club-held a successful meeting on the Otanomomo Plumpton course yesterday. There was a fair attendance. Results:— MAIDEN STAKE.-First T round: J. G. Frew's (Dunedin) Henry VIII beat nM'Lean's White Wings, Mrs F. Robertson's Hall Mark beat,P. Lows Prince Comedy, F. G. Thomson's Betty's Joy beat O'Connor's Molly Migawaer; M. J. Low's Rep beat -O'ConnorVMicawbers Warning. Second round: Henry Vill beat Hall Mark, Reo beat Betty's Joy. Final: Mr Frew's Henry VIII beat Reo, and won the stake. The winner, a promising young black dog, is by Ginger Mocker—Camisader. £5 LIMIT STAKE.—First round: Mrs F. Robertson's (Balclutha) Heroine beat J. Gold's What a Lark, A. M. Finmes Gipsy Moth beat P. A. Low's Stout Heart, Mrs F. Robertson's Omar beat G. Frew s Lady Jane. Second Round: Heroine beat Gipsy Moth, Omar a.bye. Mrs Robertsou's dogs (Heroine and Omar) thus won first and second prizes. • . . The officials for the day were:—Judge, Mr James Smart;' slipper, Mr Gordon Sinclair; slip steward, Mr J. Baron; identification and kennel steward, Mr W. Edwards; hare steward, Mr J. Stenning; ground stewards, Messrs M. Low and C. James. ■■ ■- ■ —i — • — ; : a MILTON In the Northern Division of the South Otago Ladies' Hockey Association's shield matches, played on Saturday afternoon, Milton A team defeated Lawrence on the local ground; Milton B team journeyed to Waitahuna and defeated the home team by 4 goals to 1; Bruce A defeated Bruce B by 6 goals to nil; Toko High School had the bye. ■ . , ' The Machinery Sub-committee ■of the Bruce County Council has decided to purchase a grader of the tractor type for highways maintenance. ' The best wheat threshing yield so far recorded in the Milton district this season is a yield of 160 bags of the Red Chaff variety from a seven-acre paddock on Mr J. A. Miller's "Morley Park" farm, Tokoiti district. This is equivalent to 76 bushels per acre. The previous best recorded yield from this property was 70 bushels per acre. . At the meeting of the. Milton Fire Brigade members an additional two-years' service bar was presented to Superintendent W. H. Wells. ' This completes his 25 years' service, as a fireman, and the United Fire Brigades' Association gold star is to be presented at a public social function being tendered by the brigade members.

A statement of accounts of the Queen Carnival held recently in aid of the Milton Municipal Brass Band fund to repay a debt of £368 2s 5d due to the/guarantors on the new instruments has been prepared by the carnival central executive. This shows that the gross receipts totalled £435 lis 4d, and the central executive's expenses £39 lis 6d, leaving a net credit balance of £396 lis lid.

, A highly successful social function, organised by the. Tokomairiro Farmers' Club, was held on Friday evening in St. John's Hall, which was. attended by over 60 couples, principally representing the farming community. The function was arranged to foster the social spirit during the off season of the club's activities, also for the purpose of presenting the numerous silver cups won at the last Summer Show. These were handed over to the successful exhibitors by the; club's president (Mr W. Moore), who, in a happy speech, congratulated the winners. Dancing was interspersed with musical items, and an enjoyable function terminated about 1.30 a.m.

The Rev. T. H. M'Neur,,of. the Presbyterian Canton Village mission, is at present visiting Milton as the guest of his brother (the Rev. Arch M'Neur). He conducted the service at Toko Presbyterian Church this morning, and on Friday delivered an address before the Clutha Presbytery at Balclutha on missionary work in China. Two maintenance cases and two charges of breaches of the motor regulations comprised the business before Mr H. J. Dixon, S.M., at the monthly sitting of the local Magistrate's Court.—An order for payment of 15s a week was made against Hans Mar Hansen on the application of his wife- for maintenance. —Jessie Duffy, with three children, proceeded against her husband, Matthias Duffy, on a maintenance plaint. After the defendant had given evidence denying paternity of any of the children, and stating that his only income was £3 15s per month from a war pension, the magistrate deferred decision until the Juno sitting, pending an application to the Pensions' Board for an increased pension.—On informations laid bv the inspector of the Main Highwavs Board John O'Connor was charged with driving a motor car without lights at Waihola and with failing to produce a driver's lifen.se. He was mulcted in penalties totalling £2 18s.