NORTH OTAGO

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22738, 26 November 1935, Page 16

NORTH OTAGO

ACTIVITIES OF THE DISTRICT

(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)

WAITAKI COUNTY COUNCIL MONTHLY MEETING The monthly meeting of the Waitaki County Council was held yesterday morning. '-'There were present: Mr James Kodman (chairman), Crs W. E. Aubrey, D Rodger, E. B. Meek, E. S. Brewster, J. D. Rutherford, S. M. Taylor, D. J. Ross, and J. S. Adams. Treasury notes were received as follows: —Receiver of land revenue, £BS 14s 8d; Public Works Department, £26 10s; goldfiekls revenue, 15s. The Waitaki High Schools' Boara wrote thanking the council for the improvements carried out in Waitaki avenue. —Received. The Oamaru Borough Council wrote thanking the council for the general consent given in reference to water, supplies outside the borough boundaries. —Received. The Royal Humane Society acknowledged with thanks the council's grant ot £1 Is to its funds. —Received. The Papakaio School Reunion Committee wrote inviting a representative of the council to attend the banquet to be held on December 28— Cr E. S. Brewster was appointed the council's representative at the function. The commissioner of Crown lands advised that the road referred to by the engineer was laid off as a public road mainly for the private use of the late Mr Gilchrist, and was not actually intended as an access road for any of the holdings in the Rosebery settlement. If v the road was used by any of the settlers it was possible that the department would be prepared to subsidise the work to a reasonable extent. —The engineer was instructed to prepare estimates for the work and apply to the department for a £2 for £1 subsidy. Mr W. D. M'Kenzic applied for permission to lay a pipe across a road at Tokai ah i.—Granted. Mr A. Wallis (Five Forks) applied for permission to construct a water race along a blind road and under the mam road to Kauru Hill.—Referred to Cr Meek and the engineer for inspection and report. Mr A. M. Raton applied for permission to fence off a road at the back of his rroperty at Kakanui. —Granted provided no objections are received within one month, to be dealt with finally at the next meeting; Mrs E. H. Forbes applied for permission to cut grass on the road adjoining her property on the north road. — Granted. The North Otago Farmers' Union advisqd that the question of an irrigation scheme for North Otago had again been brought forward, and suggested that a meeting of representatives of various local bodies be called to discuss the matter. —The chairman and Crs Adams. Brewster, and Rutherford were appointed representatives to attend the conference. The Highways Board's representative on No. 16 District Highways Council advised that the board had approved of the proposed deviations between Kurow and Waitaki Hydro being carried out by departmental employees under the control of the district engineer, Kurow, conditional on the council contributing one-fourth of the estimated cost, say, £IBO. —The payment of the council's contribution was approved, the department to be asked to proceed with this work, and also .with the erection of Birch Creek bridge .without delay. The Lands and Survey Department, Wellington, advised that a subsidy of £2OO had been approved to assist in the acquisition of part section 14, block VIII, Otepopo, known as Gleucoe, for public purposes. The area will be made a public domain, and arrangements made for the appointment of a domain board. —Received. The Mackenzie County Council wrote offering and confirming acceptance of £3OO for the council's crusher plant.—The acceptance of the offer, together with £25 for a small crusher, .was confirmed. This cleared up the disposal of the whole of the old county plant. Mr J. Bitchener (Minister of Public Works) advised that a subsidy of £750, £ for £, would be available for the Upper Otekaike bridge if proposals were submitted. —Received. The Valuer-general advised that the ordinary subsidy on general rates was not to be affected by the special subsidy of 12J per cent., and this condition was to apply to the ordinary subsidy on 193435 rates.—lt was decided to make application for the subsidy on current rates. The Main Highways Board's representative on No. 16 District Highway.* Council, advised that the rates of Avages had been increased as from October 1, and may be recognised in claims for highways subsidies.—Received. • The Department of Internal Affairs wrote acquainting the council with particulai's of legislation affectinj; local authorities passed last' session.—Received. The Automobile Association -of North Otago wrote drawing attention to the bad state of the crossing over the coal mine tramway on the main road at Shag, Point. -—Referred to Cr Ross and the engineer for report. I Crs Adams and Rutherford and'the engineer were authorised- to inspect and report on the Dansey's Pass road, and it was decided to approach the Maniototo County Council with a view to placing proposals for improvements to the road before the Public Works Department. Four building permits, covering work valued at £554, were issued. Accounts totalling £6581 10s 3d (County Fund £6282 18s. 9d, Papakaio water race £34 3s. Ahuriri special interest loan account £264' 8s 6d) were passed for payment. TRAFFIC INSPECTOR'S REPORT. The traffic inspector (Mr P. Laughton) reported that the usual regular inspection was carried out in the Waitaki, Waiheino. and Waikouaiti Counties, and drivers of a heavy motor vehicle and a private car were warned for speeding. During the period the owners of three vehicles in heavy traffic classification procured heavy traffic licences. These vehicle.* are used for heavy traffic purposes only during a short period of the year to transport horses to shows. An owner of wandering cattle in Waitaki County was handed a written, notice warning him that a second offence would be viewed more seriously. He assisted with traffic control on the main highway during the band contest at Oamaru. The mileage run was 1640. — The report was received. ENGINEER'S REPORT. The engineer (Mr G. L. Cuthbertson) reported for the month as follows: — Moeraki Riding: The contractor had completed the first coat of the sealing of the Main highway between Herbert and Hampden, and had made a good job. The .second coat would be put on in two or three months' time. The surface of the road was in excellent condition for sealing, and this result could not have been attained without the multiple-blade grader. A good deal of the credit must be given to the grader driver, James liazlett, for the good work he put into the road during the process of preparation: Otepopo Riding: The unemploved were doing good work in widening several corners on the Maheno Cemetery road. Incholme Riding: A number of roads had been trimmed up with the grader, and ordinary surfacing carried out. Kakanui Riding: The contractor had completed the preliminary widening ami banking of corners on the Main highway between Oamaru and Maheno. This had left the road rather rough in places, but the parts were being gravelled by the county lorry, and as soon as the loan proposals were completed tenders would be called for gravelling the road, probably by next ineeting. Papakaio Riding: The contractor was making good progress with the preparation of the Waitaki-Pukcuri highway. Tenders would be before them that day for sealing this stretch, and it was hoped to get the first coat on this season as soon as the road was sufficiently consolidated. The old wooden bridges had been widened to conform with the new

formation. Waiarcka Riding: Various roads had been patched by the county lorry. Pipes had been ordered for the crossings on Hurst's and Bobbin Creek loads, and would be put in shortly. Several corners on the Ngapara highway and elsewhere were being widened by the unemployed. Awamoko Hiding: The contractor had completed the gravelling on Boundary road above Ngapara. The unemployed were doing good work in widening corners, and the surfaceman reported that np to date 50 corners had been improved. Otekaike Hiding: The recent rains and heavy carting had made the top part of the Dansey's Pass road almost impassable, but it was being attended to. The Otekaike track was also receiving attention. The highway between Wharckuri and the Hydro Works had been reshaped with the grader, and the contractor had made a start with the maintenance metal. Ahuriri Riding: The highways from Wharekuri to Omarama and from Omarama to Ohau River had been run in with the grader. A start had been made on the deviation at the Otcmatapaio bridge. The lorry had been engaged in patching the Omarama-Lindis Pass portion of the highway, and was now on the Benmorc flat. The Quailburn road had been graded, and some maintenance gravel put on. —-The report was received. SOUTH SCHOOL QUEEN HONOURED BY CHILDREN AND STAFF In acknowledgment of the services rendered by the South School queen (Miss J. Battersby) and her maid-ot'-honour (Miss W. Pile) during the recent queen carnival, functions were held in their honour, the ladies being guests of the school children and staff, who honoured them in right royal fashion. The princess and her maid-of-honour walked between lines of children amid showers of flowers, and the children then made a circle and danced and sang a song appropriate to the occasion and continued to shower flowers about them. The ceremony finished in a picturesque coronation with a floral crown. At night the school gymnasium was crowded with parents and friends, who were given a cordial welcome at the hands of Mr J. Brantlnvaite (chairman of the School Committee). An enjoyable musical programme was submitted as follows: —Mesdames J. G. Adair, K. Familton, D. H. Thomson, and Mr J. M'Lean (songs); Miss Richardson (monologue); Mrs W. Dimick (violin solos); the accompaniments being played by Mrs G. Donaldson. Community singing was led by Mr M'Lean; with Mrs K. Familton at the piano, and was very enjoyable. In speaking of the success of the carnival. Mr Brantlnvaite conveyed the appreciation of the School Committee to the candidate and her attendants and all who had assisted in making the effort such an outstanding success. A very enjoyable dance followed. PLUNKET SOCIETY OAMARU BRANCH At the monthly meeting of the Oamaru branch of the Plunket Society Mrs Munro occupied the chair. The statement for the month submitted by the treasurer (Mr Glenn) was read and discussed, and two accounts were passed for payment. Contributions of £5 each were received from the Tokarahi and Kurow subbranches towards the cost of the car, and this was appreciated by the members of the General Committee. Mr K. Familton's offer to assist the society in a financial manner was accepted with pleasure, and a motion that he proceed as he thought fit was carried. A welcome was extended to Mesdames Clark and M'Leod after their trip to Australia, and three ladies, Mesdames Sutherland, M'Nally, and Rooney, were nominated for membership on the Town Committee. It was decided to hold the next general meeting on December 17. Members were also reminded that there would be no meeting in January. The country nurse reported that 163 visits had been made to homes, and visitors to the rooms were 47 adults, 44 babies, and 16 older children; a total of 107. There were five new cases for the month, and the general health was good. The town nurse's report showed that 95 adults, 78 babies, and 28 older children had visited the office. The homes visited had numbered 120. There were 11 new cases for the month. The reports were received. ' GENERAL NEWS The management of the Majestic Theatre has arranged for the election results to be transmitted to the audience attending the theatre to-morrow night through thi' huge Western Electric speaker on the stage. They will be given between the short subjects preceding the interval, during the interval, and after the main feature is concluded. Arrangements are in hand to keep the audience until 10.30 if the patrons require it. In the junior lawn tennis match between Wesley and Pukeuri, played at the former's courts, Wesley secured a win by 16 sets to 8. In several of the country districts on Sunday heavy downfalls of hail were experienced, and damage to root crops is reported in some parts. At Awamoko the hail fell with such severity for about 20 minutes that a total of 60 points were recorded. However, in other parts there was not such a great rainfall, although fairly heavy showers fell intermittently. In Oamaru the rain fall for the 24 hours ended 9 o'clock yesterday morning amounted to IS points. During Saturday night and up till 9 o'clock on Sunday morning 18 points of rain were recorded for that period also. Mr William Forrester reports that the total rainfall for the month in Oamaru so far as 2.02 inches. Commenting on the recent loan poll carried by the Waitaki County ratepayers recently, the chairman (Mr J. Rodman) stated at the County Council meeting yesterday morning that it was a very small poll, only 711 votes being recorded out of a total of 4000. He considered that the ratepayers should take greater interest in the affairs of the county, especially in view of the fact that the sealing of the highway from Waitaki bridge to Shag Point would result in a saving of £2OOO per annum in maintenance costs. One councillor laughingly commented that perhaps the lack of interest of the ratepayers was because the ratepayers had such confidence in the council, with the addition of the new councillors. PORT OF OAMARU High Water.—November 26: 2.50 a.m. and 3.14 p.m. Arrivals. —The Karu at 10.30 p.m. on Saturday from Dunedin. The Wiugatui at 9.30 p.m. on Saturday from Dunedin. Departures.—The Karu at noon yesterday for Wellington, Nelson and New Plymouth, via ports. The Wingatui at 12.30 p.m. yesterday for Wellington and Auckland, via ports. NOTES. The Wingatui will load at Auckland on December 6, and will bring sugar and general cargo for Oamaru, where she is due on Monday. December 16, to load for Wellington and Auckland. The Wainui is due at Oamaru tomorrow to load for Wellington. Napier and Gisborne. via Timaru and Lyttelton. The Karu is due at Oamaru on Tuesday, December 3. and will load for Wellington, Nelson, and New Plymouth, via Timaru and Lyttelton.

BOWLING NOTES INTERCLUB MATCHES Contrary to expectations, followiug on the dry weather in the early spring, the weather has been very unkind to bowlers since the opening of the green last mouth, and matches have been held up for some time owing to the wet weather. The warm rains, however, have been of great benefit to the greens, which ai-e now in really splendid condition and greatly improved since the beginning of the season. The membership of the clubs has shown a substantial increase, and the number of new players taking an interest in bowling augurs well for the future of the game in North Otagu. From the outset, all players—and some old players are worse offenders than new chums in this respect—should take particular note of the rule governing playing from the mat, and should have at least one foot completely on the mat when delivering the bowl. Far too much carelessness is seen on most greens with the toe of the rear foot some inches over the edge of the mat, cutting into the surface of the green. The mat is for the protection of the green, and the rule should be strictly observed, otherwise clubs would be justified in framing and enforcing a penalty, as in Dominion tournaments, of declaring a bowl not delivered in accordance with the rule, dead. The continued wet weather has caused a delay in the starting of the club competitions, but at last club competitions and the centre matches have been commenced. Splendid entries have been received in all the club competitions, with more club and championship rinks than has been the rule, so that the engagement of practically all the players in these games should do much to improve the play of younger players and enhance the spirit of good-fellowship in the game. Under the present decision of the North Otago Centre, half the rinks in the Mills Shield matches are playing on one green and the other half on another green. It has been .suggested that the matches would be much more sociable if ail the games were played on one green, instead of dividing the rinks as at present. The interchange of visits could be arranged as in friendly games, a.nd from the expression of opinion heard on the greens last Saturday the suggestion, if adopted, would meet with the hearty approval of a large jiumber of players. SIDEY CUP. The first Sidey Cup match for evening play between Meadowbank and Phcenix, was played at the Meadowbank green, and resulted in a very substantial'- win for the players at the North End, the scores beinc Meadowbank 142, Phcenix 114. Five games weut to Meadowbank, and three to Phcenix. Marshall scored well witn a 5, two 4's and a brace of 3's to defeat G. P. Mollison 25—10. and Denholm was equallv successful against Adams, who held counters on five ends only to lose B—l 7. Calder was on even terms with Campbell at the twelfth, but the Meadowbank skip monopolised the remaining ends to win 20—14. E. W. Grenfell failed to get going for four ends, and though he reduced the margin his opponent, Blacklock, was always a few up to win 17—12. On several heads with shots against him Blacklock shifted the jack to score with his last bowl. Joe Reid held counters on no fewer than 10 ends against Berry, but they only brought in singles and twos, whereas Berry on six ends notched a brace of 4's. a 3. two 2's and a single to win 16—13. Early in the came Martin took two s's and a 6 against Slater, and though the Phcenix skip made a very creditable recovery he could not head off his opponent, who won 25—19. The winning Phoenix skips were Miller and Panckhurst. Miller was verv consistent to defeat Smith 18—11. anil Panckhurst held counters on 12 ends to beat Donald 20—11. MILLS SHIELD. In the first matches of the Mills Shield competition. Meadowbank won five games against Phcenix, and Phoenix won three against Meadowbank and two against Pukeuri. Under the new system of .scoring, crediting each winning rink with points, Meadowbank scored 12J points, Phoenix 7A, and the full 20 points against Pukeuri, giving Phcenix a total of 27J points. For Meadowbank, Blacklock scored on the great number of ends against Joe Reid, to have a comfortable wiji 26 —14, and Berry scored heavily after the afternoon tea adjournment with a 5, two 4's, and a 3, to beat Slater by the wide margin of 33 —12. Denholm monopolised the tail end of the board for five ends in succession to beat Miller 21 — 10, but Smith and Donald had harder games to beat Herron 20 —17 and Calder 17 —15 respectively. Calder was lying three shots to win the game at the last end, but promoted an opponent's bowl to lose the head and game by two. For Phcenix, Buist and G. P. Mollison were the most successful skips, defeating Martin 26—18 and Marshall 19—10 respectively. Adams held counters on 12 ends to account for Campbell 19 —14. Panckhurst came to light on 15 ends to beat B. Easton 24—10, and E. W. Grenfell. taking charge at the middle of the board, wiped out an early deficit to beat Dumbleton 19 —14. PIKENIX CLUB.

Championship Singles.—Panckhurst 22 beat K. Familton 18. H. P. S. Familton 20 beat Corson 17, Armstrong 16 beat J. Wilson 15, Forbes 20 beat Tinnock 19. Facing a deficit of five with three ends to go. J. Wilson drew level with his opponent, on the penultimate end, but Armstrong scored a single on the final to win by that margin. Forbes and Tinnock also had a very close game. At the seventeenth Forbes led 20—7, but Tinnock made a remarkable recovery with a 4 and two 3's, to require a 3 on the final end to tie. He was lying 3 when Forbes drew a saver, and Tinnock failed with his last, to score 2 only, lor Forbes to win by one. Handicap Singles.—F. Grant (2) 27 beat■ M'lnnes (7) 13, W. Reid (scr) 23 beat Roll (2) 15, M'Phcreon (4) 27 beat Freebury (3) 20. After an even start Reid settled down at the eighth end to score consistently on 10 ends and win comfortably, and after being a few points down up to the fifteenth, M'Pherson then took charge to notch 10 on five ends in succession to win. Club Pairs. —Freebury and Slater 20 beat Maxwell and Grenfell 19; Brown and Borrie 25 beat Hendy and Wedde 17; F. Grant and C. Mollison 21 beat Forbes and C. Robertson 12; J. Wilson and Humphries 30 beat Sinikin and Forrest 14; Forrester and Thomson 20 beat Galloway and Watts 10; M'Pherson and A. G. Robertson 20 beat G. Grenfell and Adams 18. Slater took several ends early in the game to lead 11 —5, but Grenfell recovered well to make it a tie on the twenty-first 19 all. In the extra end Slater held a counter to win. Borrie scored well before his opponent opened his account, but Wedde recovered to be only 1 down at the fourteenth. Thereafter Borrie held the ascendency to win comfortably. C. Mollison held a few points in hand throughout in the game against C. Robertson, and Humphries monopolised the jack for ten ends in succession against Forrest. Thomson also was always in a favourable position against Watts, and though Adams scored a 3 on the final end, A. G. Robertson came to light in the final stages to wipe out a deficit of 5 and win by two points. AWAMOA CLUB. Good progress is being made with the Awamoa Club competitions, and the first rounds are almost completed. Championship Singles.—Christie 16 beat Tisdall 9, M'Combie 20 beat J. Miller 18, Jeffery 24 beat Brown 20, Oats 10 beat Stubbs 9, Stichman 21 beat Rusbatch 18, Kinder 20 beat Crisp 18, Tom kins 25 beat Vernor 18, Findlay 19 beat Campbell 18, Robertson 20 beat M'Jennett 10. Richardson 23 beat Faris 10, Gray 18 beat Jenkins 10. Richardson made good his deficit to draw level against Faris at the eleventh, and even scoring saw the board 10 all at the seventeenth. The remaining ends went to Richardson, whose card included three 4's. Robertson. Oats, M'Combie, and Christie were always well in front against their opponents, leaving the issue beyond doubt, but there were close finishes in several of the other games. After even scoring halfway down the board. Gray was successful on five ends, but Jenkins came to light in the final stages to finish 2 down. Finlay and Campbell had a battle royal, a 4 on the twenty-first to Findlay making it all square. Findlay then notched a single on the extra head to win. Tomkins was well ahead at the fourteenth, but Vernor iceovered to reduce a deficit of 12 to 7, and Crisp also scored well at the end to finish two down against Kinder. Rusbatch was 3 up at the seventeenth, but Stichman held counters on the remaining four ends to win by 3, and a couple of 4's in the final stages left Brown 4 down against Jeffery, who at one stage was 10 ahead. Championship Pails. —Moore and Kennedy 19 beat Stubbs and Cook 10; Tait

and Gerrie 21 beat Henderson and Vernor 9; Torrance and A. Robertson 23 beat Smith and Cradock 12: Thomson and Hodge 23 beat Faris and Hewat 20: R. W. Robertson and Findlay 25 beat Main and Campbell 17. Cook took an early lead against Kennedy, but failed to maintain his position, and Kennedy notched a 5 on the sixteenth, and thereafter held the ascendancy to win by 3. Gerrie scored heavily with several 3's and a 4 t;. win by a wide margin against Vernor, and A. Robertson's card showed counters on 13 ends to be equally successful against Cradock. Hodge piled on his points up to the fourteenth, but thereafter failed on every head, while Hewat gradually reduced the margin to 3, while a 5 to Findlay on the penultimate end made his position safe against Campbell. Club Pairs.—Faris and' Christie 17 beat Crombie and Crisp 15; Tait and A. Robertson 20 beat M'Stay and Kennedy 19. Consistent scoring towards the end gave Christie the victory over Crisp by 2, but Kennedy and A. Robertson ran neck and neck to be 19 all on the twentyfirst. A single on tli3 extra end gave Robertson the game. Club Rinks. —Brooker, Blackgrove, R. W. Robertson, Christie 20 beat Faris, Martin, Stichman, Dunbar 16; Findlay, M'Stay, A. Miller, A. Robertson 24 beat Nicolson, J. Miller, M'Jennett, Adamson 18; Campbell, M'Diarmid. Gerrie, Kennedy 24 beat M'Murtrie. Main, Thomson, Jenkins 16; Ferguson, Kinder, Hay, Tisdall 21 beat Cradock. M'Donald, Richardson, Rusbatch 11; Torrance, Gardiner, Grant, Hodge 20 beat Vernor. MTntosh, Crisp, Tomkins 19; Smith, Henderson, Jeffery. Brown 25, beat M'Combie, Crombie, Gerrie, Hewat 15. Christie, Robertson. Kennedy Brown and Tisdall always held commanding positions over their opponents, the only game with a close finish being that between Hodge and Tomkins. Tomkins was 12 up at the sixteenth, but Hodge then scored a 2,5, 2, 3 and 1 to win the match by a single. AWAMOA LADIES' CLUB. In the Singles. Miss Smyth 22 beat Mrs Wright 6; and Mrs Kennedy 19 beat Mrs Stichman 13. The Awamoa ladies put up a very creditable performance to win all three games against the Dunedin Centre. The results were:—Mesdames Curwood. Stringer, Bridgman, Tomkins 25 beat Mesdames Barsdell. Saunders, Thomson. Mullinger 16; Miss Smyth. Mesdames Lee, Benson, Sorley 19 beat Mesdames Gillies, Longworth. Lister. Adess 17; Mrs Rusbatch, Miss M'Corkindale. Mesdames Stichman. Kennedy 20 beat Mesdames Boult, Wilson, Sutherland, Braithwaite 14. FARMERS' UNION UPPER WAITAKI BRANCH At the monthly meeting of the Upper Waitaki branch of the Farmers' Union, held at Kurow, Mr D. M'Gimpsey presided over'a small attendance. A discussion arose on the _ interest charges of such Government activities as the State Advances Department, and the State Fire Insurance Department, it being contended that these should be brought into lino with other lending institutions. It was pointed out that legislative action would be required to enable this to be done, and it was decided to go into the matter at a later date. Other matters discussed ranged from the Mortgage Corporation to noxious weeds, and many interesting opinions o.i these topics were forthcoming. It wag agreed to invite Mr Packwood to give a public address on his travels when convenient. Mr Norman Hayes kindly consented to give a talk on " Birds and Insects" at some future meeting. A deputation from the Young Farmers' Club waited on the branch, and asked for its co-operation in the holding ot a club's annual social during the first week in December. The president the young men bf ; the aasistaimt of both divisions of the union. It was reported that the white butterfly had alreodv lr.edc. its appearance in both the Otekaike anu Hakataramea districts. " -. . MAJESTIC THEATRE "The Case of the Howling Dog," Warner Brothers' latest and most baffling mystery drama, shows to-night and Wednesday, with Warren William and Mary Astor in the stellar roles. Not is the picture based on Erie Stanley Gardner's story, one of the strangest mystery plays screened, but it is climaxed by a sensational murder trial in which a beautiful society woman faces death, charged with the killing of her husband. The spectacular trial also uncovers a series of other crimes. The police never actually solve the crimes, although the spectator is given a peep behind . the scenes. Warren William is the famous lawyer and Mary Astor his client, while Helen Trenholme supplies the romantic interest as the sweetheart of William, who helps him on the case. Dorothy Tree has the l-ole of the sweetheart of one of the slain men, and is the State's star witness in the murder trial. A news, musical, and comedy complete the programme. To-morrow night with this programme the election results will also be announced. PERSONAL Queen's Hotel. —Mr A. G. Macdouald (Wellington), Mr J. L. Harrison. Mr A. Gopperth (Ohristchureh), Mr C. H. Ford (Timaru). Mr and Mrs Beddford, Mr G. G. M'Farlanc, Mr R. A. Belford, Mr H. T. Costello, Mr I. G. Butler, Mr A. Haig, Mr N. H. M'Mulland (Dunedin). New Club Hotel.—Mr L. J. Hughes, Mr L. Werner, Mr C. S. Dickson, Mr N. Armstrong (Dunedin), Mr P. Lynch, Mr G. Andrews (Christchurch), Mr Vincent (Wellington). RELIEF WORKS The following work was carried out for local bodies by relief workers under No. 5 scheme during last week:—Oamaru Borough Council: Improvements to footpaths, cutting and grubbing gorse zig-zag track, 15 men, £l9 Is sd; cleaning out water race, 7 men, £9 12s; excavating, levelling, and draining reserve C, 100 men, £IOO 2s; gardens and reserves. 21 men, £27 lis; excavating and levelling new rinks at the Awamoa green, 6 men, £ll 2s. Marine Parade Society: Formation of track. 5 men, £6 4s. School Committees: Improvements to grounds—St. Joseph's School, 5 men, £7 15s; Papakaio School, 3 men, £4 10s; South School, 1 man, £1 9s. DEFENCE RIFLE SHOOTING The Oamaru Defence Rifle Club hhot the third match of the short range series over the 500 and 600 yards on' Saturday. The weather was fine but dull, with a fairly strons wind from the north-east. At 600 yards the wind increased in velocity, and with poor light a number of marksmen got into .difficulties, and misses were not unknown. The match was won bv R. Orbcll with 97. The runner-up, W. Gibson, put up a good performance, notching 48 at 500 yards and 46 at 600 yards. Next Saturday 300 and 500 yards will be fired. The following are the scores, the first seven being prize winners:—

500 000 yds. yds. Hop. Tl. Rfm. R. OrbcJl .. 47 44 6 — 97 Rfm. W. Gibson .. 48 46 1 — 93 Pres. R. Smith 44 418 — 03 Rfm. Murdock 39 40 12 — 91 Rfm. Richardson .. 43 43 4 — 90 Rfm. Koppcrt 45 45 0 — 90 Rfm". M'Latcliie . • 42 43 3 — 88 Rfm. W. K. Judkins 39 37 12 — 88 Rfm. Mosle.v 46 36 5 — 87 Rfm. AMan .. .. 44 37 4 — 85 Rfm. Leslie 40 41 1 — 82 Rfm. Steenson 47 20 5 — 81 Rfm. Fallon 30 36 8 — 80 Rfm! G. Doran 42 30 5 — 77