NORTH OTAGO

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22744, 3 December 1935, Page 14

NORTH OTAGO

ACTIVITIES OF THE DISTRICT

(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)

BOWLING NOTES SIDEY CUP Much more pleasant weather conditions are prevailing for bowling in North Otago, with the result that inter-club and club competitions are progressing well, and the players are deriving much more pleasure from the game than under the bleak, cold weather of the earlier part of the season. Awamoa and Phoenix had a keen contest in the Sidey Cup competition, the hill club running out the winners bv the small margin of 3 points, to make the position of the clubs as follows: —Meadowbank 1 win, Awamoa 1 win, Phoenix 2 losses. The number of rink wins was evenly divided, but three of the Phoenix rinks failed badly and two Awamoa rinks did not obtain double figures. . Cook, Hodge, and Crisp had runaway victories over Adams, Panckhurst, and Thomson respectively, and, on the other hand, Mollison took charge against Barr, who notched only 4 on three ends, while Buist accounted for Richardson comfortably. Miller was all square with Hewat at the fourteenth, but the Awamoa skip held the counters on the last two ends to win by 5. Calder wiped out a deficiency and came to light in the final stages' to beat Christie by 4, and Joe Reid maintained the ascendancy throughout against Kennedy to run out with a five points’ margin. MILLS SHIELD. Phcenix has taken the lead in this competition by a few points, but has played a match more than Meadowbank, which is in second place. In the Pukeuri-Meadow-bank games, Parker gained a substantial lead over Berry halfway down the board, but Berry then scored singles and 2 s consistently to win the game by 1 point. Blacklock held command right through to hold a comfortable margin of 9 points against Robinson. Phcenix won six rinks against Awamoa, and Awamoa four. W. Grenfell held the upper hand to beat A. Robertson by 9, and Herron, with a margin of 13, succeeded ‘even better against Hewat. Buist and Hodge had an interesting match, the card being even until the thirteenth, after -which the Phoenix men scored on -five ends to win by 5. D. H. Thomson scored steadily to account for Rusbatch 22 —15. and Acbmis and Joe Reid piled on the points to beat Christie and Jenkins by 16 and 14 respectively. Panckhurst failed to get going against Kennedy, and finished up with a deficit of 15, and Miller, who was 6 up against Richardson at the fifteenth, failed to score again and lost by 9. Slater fought an uphill battle against Cook and finished 6 down, and Calder, by taking two 2’s and a 5 on the last three ends, reduced a big deficit against Barr to 2. MEADOWBANK CLUB. Championship Singles—Clarke amassed' a score of 13 before Jamieson opened his account, but Jamieson recovered well to finished only 4 down, and Selfe proved too good for MTheat, winning 19—9. E. H. Taylor and Atkinson had a sterling fight, Taylor leading 14—9 at the fourteenth, when Atkinson held counters on four ends in succession to hold a margin of 7. The last three ends, however, favoured Taylor, and Atkinson won the match 21—19. Denholm proved the winner in an even game against Chappell 16—14. Hart had a close call against A. Robertson, who led 12—4 at the eleventh. Hart then piled in the counters on seven ends in succession, and at the penultimate the board read 16 all. In an exciting finish Hart held the shot to win 17 —16. Club Pairs. —Kitchen and Hart defeated Skirving and Hartley in a good match 20—16, and Luisetti and E. W. Taylor just got home against H. Taylor and Clarke. Taylor was one down with one end to go, and scored a 2 to win 19— Championship Pairs.—Denholm . and Hart notched three s’s to hold a lead of 17 halfway down the card against Atkinson and Martin, -who then scored six singles and a ,2 for Hart to win 23—13. Taylor and Campbell held the upper hand throughout against Hartley and Clarke to win 26 —21, and Mitchell and Blacklock monopolised the jack to beat Crichton and Donald 28—11. Club Rinks.—H. Taylor, Luisetti, E. W. Taylor, Hart 22 had a comfortable victory over A. Robertson, Nimmo, Clarke, Chappell 15, and Skirving, M‘Phee, Atkinson, Blacklock 23 came to light in the final stages to beat Don, Kitchen, Hartley, Mitchell 19. Championship Rinks. —Clarke, Skirving, Smith, Chappell 21 kept the upper hand against MTheat, Luisetti, Nimmo, Mitchell 16, a 5 towards the end putting the issue beyond doubt, PHCENIX CLUB, Championship Singles—ln close games Craig 17 beat Cox 16 and A. Robertson 16 beat J. Grant 15. An early start gave W. Reid command in his game against Mathieson, He had scored 13 before Mathieson opened his account, and eventually ran . out the 1 winner 19 —14. Honours were fairly even up to the thirteenth in the game between Humphries and D. H. Thomson, but Thomson then scored on six ends to win 22 —12. Miller accounted for Slater 20 —13, and Forrest beat Foster 19—12, while two 4’s and a brace of 3’s gave Armstrong the victory over Forbes 21—17. Joe Reid beat D. H. Reid 20 —15; Adams 23 beat C. J. Mollison 17. J, Grant and A. G. Robertson had a very even tussle, being 15 all on the penultimate. Robertson notching a single on the final to win 16 —15; and Crisp came to light at the finish to beat C. Robertson 16—14. Buist was right on his game to beat Dunbar 26—9, and G. P. Mollison did even better to beat E. W. Grenfell 24—3. Handicap Singles.—Hinton accounted for W. Watson 20—14, and J. Robertson 23 beat Maxwell 16, while Kirkness won against Colquhoun 17 —13. Club Pairs. —Hinton and Armstrong started with a couple of fours against 1). Reid and Watson, and a five on the fifteenth gave them a lead of 22 —7. Thereafter they did not score, while Watson recovered his position to lose 15 —22. Treseder and Corson played steadily to beat Burry and Buist 18 —14; and Kirkness and Calder had slightly the better of Ihe game to beat J. Robertson and Miller 23—21. Duncan and Crisp notched a seven, five, four and three, but conceded three fours to beat Smith and M‘Narry 26—23; and Colquhoun and Panckhurst gained a good lead to head off MTnnes and G. P. Mollison 25 —22. Championship Pairs. —T. Watson and A. G. Robertson, after failing in the middle of the game, scored well at the end to beat W. Watson and M'Narry 20 — 15; and Corson and Humphries held command to beat F. Grant and Armstrong 22 —11. Hinton and Thomson were the better pair to beat Wedde and Dunbar 19 —10, scoring on 12 ends, with three threes to put the game beyond doubt. Championship Rinks. —W. Reid, Watson. Robertson, Calder 21 beat A. Wilson, Smith, Adams, Forrest 19. Forrest held the better position up to the eighteenth. _ but lost a four and a six, which gave Calder the game. Craig, Mathieson, J. H. Grenfell. Crisp 22 beat C. J. Mollison, Borrie, Buist, G. P. Mollison 17. This game was very even to the eighteenth, when Crisp scored a four, and followed with a single to win. Maxwell, Duncan, Wright, Slater 19 beat H. P. S. Familton, Wedde, Dunbar. E. W. Grenfell 15. Slater got ahead half way down the board, and though Grenfell notched a three and a four lie could not head off his opponent. Forbes. Hinton, H. L. Familton, Thomson 24 heat D. Brown. Humphries, Corson, Panckhurst 13. The card was even up to the last four ends, which produced counters for Thomson to give him the victory by 11. AWAMOA CLUB. Championship Singles.—There . were quite a number of runaway victories in this competition. Torrance 22 beat Kennedy 9, Cook 33 bent Cradock 16, Moore 29 beat A. Miller 7, Barr 23 beat Tait 16. Jeffery and Stichman were on even terms halfway down the card, but the final stages favoured Jeffery, who won

15—10. Hodge scored a couple of 4’s, and held the upper hand to beat Nicholson 20—15. Championship Pairs.—M‘Jen nett and Jenkins ivere in good form against Brooker and Brown, scoring on eleven ends in succession to win comfortably 22 —16. Ferguson and Tomking held a distinct advantage up to the fourteenth against Stichman and Christie, but things went Christie’s way thereafter and he notched a 6 and a couple of 3’s to wiu 25—18. Nicholson and Richardson were more consistent than Gray and Barr and won 16 —12 in an interesting match, and Dunbar and Tisdall held a good margin against Oats arid Crisp 25 —16. Grant and Rusbatch played steady bowls to beat J. Miller and Crombie 21 —12. Club Pairs.—There were two close games in this competition, that between Smith and Cook and Campbell and Hewat requiring an extra end to reach a decision. Cook held a good lead early in the game, but Hewat gradually reduced the margin and made it 17 all on the twentyfirst, Cook scoring a single on the extra end to win 18 —17. J. Miller and A. Miller went to the front at the start against Gardiner and Hodge, but a brace of s’s and a 4 to Hodge altered the complexion of the game, and Hodge ran out the winner 26—24. M'Murtrie and Jenkins 24 beat R. Main and Nicholson 16, and Moore and Gerrie 26 beat MTntosh and Hay 19. Findlay and Stubbs 25 had a runaway victory against Cradock and R. W. Robertson 8, and Ferguson and Thomson 25 beat Henderson and Richardson 17, M'Donald and Jeffery did not get going against Brooker and Glen, losing 17 —27, and Torrance and Tomkins kept ahead to beat Vernor and MMcnnett 19—14.

CRICKET ASSOCIATION FORTNIGHTLY MEETING The fortnightly meeting of the North Otago Cricket Association was held last evening. The president (Mr M. S. Holmes) occupied the chair. The Wellington Association advised that it was willing to play a match against North Otago at Oamaru on January 22 and 23.—Received. The South Canterbury Association wrote approving of December 21 as suggested by the local association for the North Otago v. South Canterbury match at Timaru and asked that the time of play be fixed by this association. —It was agreed that the time of play be from 10.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. . ' Mr J. Palmer was appointed selector in place of Mr W. Uttley. The Otago Association wrote in reference to the local association’s request to have F, T. Badcock visit Oamaru, and stated that it would make the necessary arrangements when it received advice as to a suitable date.—The matter was left ip the hands of Mr E. 0. Martin to make inquiries as to whether Badcock would be' able to visit Oamaru this week. December 26 and 27 were fixed as the dates for the match against Otago at Dunedin. , , „ . The following is the draw for Saturday;— Seniors.—Union v. Oamaru, at King George’s Park; School v. Albion, at School. . _ , , Juniors. —St. Kevins A v. School, at St. Kevin’s; Union v. Oamaru, at King George’s Park; St. Kevin’s B v, Albion, at St. Kevin’s. _ , , . Third Grade.—School C v. School A, at School; St. Kevin’s A v. Union, at St. Kevin’s; School B v. St. Kevins B, at School. PERSONAL The Rev. A. H. Nordmeyer left for Wellington yesterday by the mid-day express, and a number of his supporters were at the station to offer their congratulations and good wishes. Mr and Mrs M. E. Mulhern, Springfield, are spending a short holiday with Mr and Mrs W. Couper, of Wharfe street, Oamaru. _ ~ , New Club Hotel—Mr J. Kilner (Auckland); Mr W. Anderson, Mr W. B. Davies, Mr 0. Wood, Mr W. J. Bain, Mr F. Commetti, Mr G. S. Gapper, Mr F. Mearns, Mr J. Murney (Dunedin); Mr C. Sheat (Milton); Mr D E. Selby, Mr G. Woodward (Christchurch); Mr G. Sutherland (Timaru). , Miramar Hotel. —Mr G. H. Broadfoot, Mr R. Wren (Lyttelton); Mr and Mrs G. P. Holly, Mr and Mrs F. H. Harris (Dunedin): Mr Cochrane (Hastings); Mr S. Smith (Hokitika); Mr J. A. Patterson, Mr D. J. Gerkin (Invercargill). . At yesterday’s meeting oi the Waitaki High Schools’ Board of Governors the secretary (Mr <D. V. G. Smith) was instructed to convey the boards congratulations to the Rev, A. H. Nordmeyer, an old boy of the school, on his selection ns member of Parliament for the Oamaru electorate. MAJESTIC THEATRE Joan JBlondell, Glenda Farrell and Hugh Herbert have been the source of riotous laughter in a number of pictures, and now they are together again in what is*heralded as the most hilarious comedy romance of all, “We’re in the Money, the Warner Bros, production, which will be the feature attraction to-night and Wednesday. Hugh Herbert is an absentminded attorney, who specialises in breach of promise cases and puzzles, while Joan Elondell and Glenda Farrell are his two slick and chiseling process servers. Glenda portrays an out and out gold digger, and so does Joan, until she falls in love with a man on a park bench whom she thinks is a chauffeur, but who is really a man of wealth ihasquerading to escape the girls, who are pursuing him to serve him with a subpoena in a breach of promise case. How Joan, aided by her pal Glenda, pursues the man she loves, the subterfuges she resorts to to serve the paper on him, and the complications that ensue, makes this a comedy of errors and double laughs that is said to be funnier than any picture in which the three comedians have starred. An Australian news, musical number and Polly Moran comedy are also included in this programme. 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 gprse zig-zag track, 10 men, £2l 14s sd; cleaning out water race, 7 men, £9 12s; excavating, levelling and draining Reserve C, 103 men, £lO4 9s; gardens and reserves, 21 men, £27 11s; excavating and levelling at Awamoa Bowling Club’s green, 6 men, £ll 2«; Marine Parade Society: Formation of track, 5 men, £6 4s. School committees: Improvements to grounds, Papakaio School, 3 men, £4 Us; St. Joseph's School, 6 men, £9 8s; South School, 1 man, £1 !)s. PORT OF OAMARU High Water.—December 3: 9.0 a.m. and 9.30 p.m. The Wingatui will load at Auckland on December C, and will bring sugar and general cargo for Oamaru, Where she is due on Monday, December 10, to load for Wellington and Auckland. The Wainui is due at Oamaru on Wednesday, December 11. to load for Wellington, Napier, and Gisborne, via Timaru and Lyttelton. The Knru is due at Oamaru on ihursdav, and will load for Wellington, Nelson, anil New Plymouth, via Timaru and Lyttelton.

HIGH SCHOOLS’ BOARD MONTHLY MEETING The monthly meeting of the Waitaki High Schools’ Board of Governors was held yesterday afternoon, the acting-chair-man (Mr H. S. Orbell) presiding. The rector (Mr F. Milner) reported that in view of the late Viscount Jelhcoe’s personal interest in the school as attested by his four visits, his presentations, his participation in school functions, and his subsequent correspondence, a cable of sympathy with Viscountess Jellicoe and her family was sent from the school. Presentations were received from the Carnegie Corporation of New York of a set of library posters and a framed portrait in colours of Andrew Carnegie in commemoration of the centenary of his birth on November 25. 1835; from Messrs Norman Hayes (Hakataramea) and Jopp (Alexandra) prizes for stock fleeces for the school wool class; from Mr T. M'Gillivray, New Zealand welterweight boxing champion, silver challenge cup for the Junior High School boxing championship; and from Mr Bostock (Stafford, England-), another set of English posters depicting historic scenes. The rustic bridge leading to the lake had now been finished, and further name plates were being attached to trees in the native shrubbery. About 40 photographs of representative school Rugby football and cricket teams had been framed in sets and placed around the walls of the gymnasium. The annual cricket match with St. Kevin’s College was won by the school. On December 12 and the following days the annual match with Southland Boys’ High School would be played on the Waitaki grounds. Parents’ Day was fixed for December 7 and prize night would be held in the Hall of Memories on December 12. The school congratulated two old boys, the Rev, A. H. Nordmeyer and Mr Terence H. M'Combs on gaining election for the Oamaru and Lyttelton electorates respectively to the House of Representatives. On November 4Mr George Hart, the Waitakian in the All Blacks, was tendered a dinner by London old boys, when there was a representative attendance, including Dr A. C. Palmer (formerly of Dunedin), an English representative player. The principal (Miss J. B. Wilson) reported that the annual garden party and “ bring and buy ” sale in aid of the school prize fund would be held on December 6, the annual sports on December 11, the inter-house drill competition on December 13, the physical training demonstration in the Opera House on December 17, and the school prize-giving ceremony in the Opera House on December 18. The school was very grateful to Mrs Cathcart for the gift of five volumes of contemporary art. Both reports were received.

WEEK-END ANGLING The North Otago Angling Club held its fourth competition of the season at the Kakanui River on Saturday, C. Swinard proving the winner with four fish, weighing in all 21b‘ 6oz. G. Frame was next, having landed four fish, weighing 21b 4oz. At the weigh-in some of. the Ushermen handed in an odd fish or two. After the competition a trout, which turned the scales at 41b 7oZj was landed on the big fly. This is the biggest fish to be caught on the fly at the Kakanui River this season. A few fish were bagged at the Waitaki River, but the catches were not very great. A. Bastings was successful in securing a nice conditioned trout weighing 6Alb, but the remainder of the party did not meet with much sport. The Hakataramea River is reported to be in excellent condition at the present time, and is providing good sport to the anglers. A. Dun landed two fine fish, each being over 31b in weight, and E. Swinard also secured one. GENERAL NEWS During the month of November the St. John Ambulance attended two accidents and effected 16 removals, covering a total distance of 86 miles. The Papakaio School Jubilee Committee is making arrangements for the celebration of the school’s jubilee just after Christmas, the banquet and roll call being set down for Saturday, December 28. Ex-pupils of the school can look forward to a very happy reunion with old school friends, and those who have not yet replied are asked to communicate with Mr W. Anjerson, secretary, Papakaio, before December 14.