NORTH OTAGO

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22777, 13 January 1936, Page 10

NORTH OTAGO

ACTIVITIES OF THE DISTRICT

(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)

OBITUARY MR JAMES LAMB The death of Mr James Lamb, who served his country with distinction id the Great War, occurred at Oamaru on Friday. Mr Lamb was born in Scotland about 50 years ago, and in 1912 came to New Zealand and resided with his aunt, Mrs Robert Doak, of Alma. During the Great War he served at Galhpoh, having joined the Sixth Reinforcements, and he was one of the last to leave the Peninsula. Mr Lamb was subsequently invalided home, but re-enlisted with the Twentieth Reinforcements. He was twice wounded. For distinguished service in France he was awarded the D.G.M., and the Belgium Croix de Guerre. Daring the Prince of Wales's visit to North Otago, Sergeant Lamb was introduced to his Royal Highness, who on learning his name and seeing his medals, remarked, "Lamb by name, but not by nature." Nevertheless, it was on account of his genial and kindly disposition that Sergeant Lamb made such a host of friends, and by them and his relatives he will be greatly missed. Some years ago his parents came to iNew Zealand and resided at Waiareka, where his father died. In civil life Mr Lamb was a stonemason, and was recognised as a good workman. He is survived by his mother, Mrs Elizabeth Lamb, and by brothers and a sister. * GENERAL NEWS The usual weekly sale will be held at the Waiareka saleyards to-morrow. The entries include fat ewes, fat cattle, fat steers and dairy cows. On Friday evening a fire broke out in Lane's emulsion factory. Harbour street, and the Oamaru Fire Brigade was summoned. Smoke was seen issuing from the building, and the alarm was given, the brigade arriving on the scene very promptly. The fire had a good hold inside the factory, but the flames were quickly suppressed. It was very lortuuate that the alarm was given in time, as. m a very short while the whole building would have been destroyed. Bags of bottles packed with straw were burning fiercely, and the flames were very near some drums of oil. As it happened, the damage was not very great, and will not affect the running of the business. CRICKET There were no senior matches on Saturday, an_d only one junior game. This was between Union and Albion, and resulted in a win for the former on the first innings. Union batted first and compiled 183 runs (Doig 38, Falloon 40. Brook 18, L. Hedges 14, Mitchell 14). Bowling for Albion, • Clelland took three wickete for 26 runs • and Sutherland three for 15. Albion replied with 116 (Palmer 17. Sutherland 20, Campbell 27, Brown 23 not out). Bowling for Union, Brook took five wickets for 42 runs. PERSONAL New Club Hotel.—Miss I. Fiulay, Mr D. Ross, Miss Munro, Mr and Mrs Cartwright, Mr and Mrs Robinson, Mr and Mrs G. Russell, Mr J. C. Lucy (Dunedin), Mr CM. C. King, Mr L. F. Withers, Mr W. R. Benson, Mr F. Jarrett (Christchurch), Mr F. Gorman (Edendale), Mr L. 0. Tyrrell, Mr R. M'Ateer (Timaru), Mr and Mrs S. Black (Temuka), Mr H. C. M r Cartie, Mr and Mrs A. M'Gregor (Invercargill). Queen's Hotel.—Mr and Mrs Livingstone (Wellington), Mr A. Edwards (Christchurch), Mr G. Young, Mr A. Young (Gore), Mr E. A. Searle, Mr T. A. Waddel, Miss P. Trurn, Miss Robertson, Mr J. J. Wakefield, Mr and Mrs T. Roy, Mr A. T. King, Mrs Smith, Miss. V. Dougal, Mr Kay, Mr and Mrs Lousley, Mrs P. Graham (Dunedin), Mr and Mrs H. A. Murison (Oamaru). Miramar Hotel.—Mr T. Sutherland, Mr N. Armstrong, Mr and Mrs Butcher and two sons, Mr L. Franks, Mr J. Hood (Christchurch), Mr A. Crewe, the Rev. W. Allen Stevely and Mrs Stevely (Dunedin), Mr J. G. Fleck (River-, ton), Mr J. H. Hanley (Westport) i Miss* F. Lacey, Mr L. ShepLerd (Invercargill), Miss V. M'Kenzie (Winton), Mr E. Carswell (Puketitin), Mr and Mrs J. Roberts (Nelson). The Rev. W. Lawson Marsh, who has been ill for the past two or three weeks, has left for Hanmer to recuperate.

ANNUAL SPORTS MEETING

AWAMOKO ATHLETIC CLUB

The annual sports meeting of the Awamoko Athletic Club was held at Georgetown on Saturday in beautifully fine weather. There was a larger crowd of spectators than usual, and the sports proved one of the most successful held by the club for some years past. It was very regrettable, however, to notice that some people took advantage of the proximity of the grounds to the road to watch the sports from outside the grounds, as by entering the grounds and paying for admission they would have greatly assisted the club financially. lt % was not very encouraging to the members of the committee, who put in a good deal of work in connection with the sports. ( The tracks were in good order, and were fairly fast, with the result that some good times were recorded. Good entries had been received in all events, and competition was keen throughout. There were several prominent athletes and cyclists from various parte competing, and many good performances were witnessed. A successful innovation this year took the form of wood-chopping and doublehand sawing, and the exhibitions given by two Canterbury champions, W. G. Corb'ett and A. J. Bates, created a good deal of interest. Both men are from Ashburton, and in the wood-chopping and sawing alike they displayed great skill. The Awamoko Club is to be congratulated on introducing these two events. Corbett and Bates first of all gave an exhibition standing chop, the latter being first through a 12-inch block in 36 2-ssec. Later in the afternoon a sawing competition was held between the visitors and two local men, and although the latter had a start of 12sec, Corbett and Bates had cut through the block three times before the local men had cut through once. An exhibition given by the two champions with the crosscut saw resulted in them cutting through a 12-inch block in 9sec. The underhand chop saw both put up a remarkable performance, Bates again proving the winner, buL only by about a second. The club should encourage other prominent wood-choppers to come to its meetings, and, if competitions were introduced, no doubt' they would give a decided fillip to the annual gatherings. Perhaps the best race of the day in the running events was the Half-mile, which D. Flanagan (Christchurch) ran in 2min off the scratch mark, finishing in first place. It was a great performance, and one of the best seen in this district for many years. W. Preston, of Whangarei, another' attractive long-distance runner, took first place in the One Mile race, winning from F. Todd (last year's winner of the Mile) by a few yards. The Quarter-mile saw Flanagan and Preston fight out a good finish, the former proving too good for Preston in the sprint home. There were good fields in the two sprint events and some very close finishes. W. F. Thompson, off eight yards, won the 100 Yards Handicap, and also ran second in the 220 Yards, the winner being A. D. Cameron. The scratch man, R. D. Hunter, was not placed in either race. The children showed a great deal of keenness, ,and it was very noticeable that good, entries were received for all the event's. Some of the best cyclists in the South Island took part in the cycling events. The most successful was Dunsandel, who finished with a first and two seconds to his credit. He should be heard of again. The scratch man, R. Weir, gained third place in both the Mile and a-half and Two-mile events. The local rider, W. Latimer, did well to win the Mile off 160 yards against the other crack cyclists. C. R. Hansen (Dunedin), on the back mark, rode a great race in the Mile and a-half to win fairly comfortably from Newlove. There were the usual good entries in the field events, and the prize money was well distributed. The dancing and piping proved interesting features of the sports. The North Otago Highland Pipe Band was in attendance, and rendered several much-appreciated selections during the afternoon. The president (Mr,R. Elliott) and secretary (Mr T. J. King), with the other officials in charge of the meeting, are to be congratulated on the manner in which they conducted this year's sports. Two Otago Centre representatives, Messrs G. Bruce and John Newlands, who were in attendance, took the opportunity of congratulating the president and his committee on the success of the meeting and the way in which they had all the arrangements well in hand. Results: — RUNNING. 100 Yards Maiden Handicap.—T. M. Perking 1, Anderson 2, J. Borrie 3. 100 Yards Georgetown Handicap.— First heat: T. M. Perkins (s£yds) 1. R. Hunter (scr) 2. G. Goddard (Byds) 3. Time, 10 l-ssec. Second heat: E. M. Burns (4yds) 1, W. F. Thompson (Sjds) 2, A. K. Jackson. Dunedin (4Jyds) 3. Time. 10 l-ssec. Final. Thompson .. .. .. .. 1 Jackson 2 Perkins .. . ■ 3 Time, lOsec. Young Ladies' Race (over 17 years).— Miss B. Rawcliffe 1, Mies N. Munro 2, Miss E. Linwood 3. Young Ladies' Race (under 17 years). —Miss Mav Ledingham 1. Miss A. Nimmo 2, Miss D. Butcher 3. 220 Yards Awamoko Handicap.—First heat: G. Goddard (14yds) 1, E. M. Burns (4yds) 2. R. D. Hunter (scr) 3. Time, 23 l-ssec. Second heat: A. D. Cameron (15yds) 1, A. K. Jackson (4yds) 2, W. F. Thompson (15yds) 3. Time. 23sec. Final. Cameron 1 Thompson 2 Goddard 3 Time, 22 l-ssec. One - mile Ngapara Handicap.—W. Preston (10yds) 1, F. Todd (65yds) 2, L. Ludemann (125yds) •3. Time, 4min 36 2-ssec. 880 Yards Peebles Handicap.—D. Flanagan. Christchurch (scr) 1, W. Preston, Whangarei (syds) 2, L. Ledingham (60yds) 3. Time. 2min. 440 Yards Papakaio Handicap.—D. F. Flanagan (scr) 1, W. Preston (3yds) 2, L. Ledingham (25yds) 3. Time, 53sec. CHILDREN'S EVENTS. 75 Yards Championship, girls under 12 years (Herbert Smith Trust).—A. Nunmo 1, D. Butcher 2, R. Fillingliam 3 75 Yards Championship, girls under 14$ vears (Herbert Smith Trust). —P. Stevenson 1, J. Oats 2, D. Butcher 3. 100 Yards Championship, boys under 14-J years (Herbert Smith Trust). —J. Irvine 1. 75 Yards Handicap, girls under 14J years. —D. Butcher and R. Fillingham '(equal) 1, P. Stevenson 3. 75 Yards Handicap, boys under 12 vears.—R. Quested 1, M. Elder 2, G. Gray 3. 100 Yards Handicap, boys under 14$ years—J. Irvine 1, G. Ross 2, B. Robertson and L. Swan (equal) 3. CYCLING. One-mile Handicap.—First heat: W. Latimer (160yds) 1, Newlove, Dunsandel (50vds) 2, C. R. Hansen, Dunedin (40yds) 3. 'Second heat: J. Ford (100yds) 1, W. Samson (130yds) 2, S. Weir, Christchurch (25yds) 3. Final. Latimer 1 Newlove 2 S. Weir 3 Time, 2min 16sec. One Mile and a-ha.lf Handicap.—First heat: R. Weir, Christchurch (scr), 1; W. Samson (165yds), 2; J. Ford (135yds), 3. Time, 3min 39sec . Second heat: C. R. Hansen (oOvds), 1; P. Hanseu, Waimate (80yds), 2; Newlove (80yds), 3. Time, 3min 53sec. Final. C. R- Hansen 1 Newlove .. .. 2 It. Weir 3 Time, 3min 33 3-ssec. Two-mila Reunion Wheel Race.—First heat: S. Weir (40yds) 1, R. Weir (scr) 2, Newlove (95yds) 3. Time, smin 6 2-ssec Second heat: Clemence, Christchurch (95yds) 1. W. Samson (230yds) 2. C. Gluestcin, Ashburton (OoydsJ 3. Time. Gin in 2sec.

Final. Newlove 1 Clemence * R. Weir .. .. 3 Time, 4min 57 l-ssec. Half Mile, boye under 14 years.—N. Johnston 1, R. Elder 2, L. Godsell 3. FIELD EVENTS. Throwing 161 b Hammer.—L. Strachan (20ft), 85ft llin, 1; L. Mulligan (scr), 81ft llin, 2; A. Taylor (20ft), 81ft 2iu. "Putting 161 b Shot.—J. Anderson (2ft), 34ft 9in, 1; L. Mulligan (scr), 34ft 4in, 2; R. Folder (4in), 33ft, 3. Tossing the Caber—M. Hobbs (sft), 42ft 7in, 1; L. Palmer (6ft), 41ft 7in. 2; A. Taylor (6ft), 41ft Bin, 3. High Jump.—J. Borrie (2in), sft 7jin, 1; R. Godsall (sin), sft 7£in, 2; D. Ludemann (sin), sft 6Jin, 3. High Jump, under 14J years—W. lodd, 4ft 7sin, 1; R. Smith, 4ft 6Jin, 2; L. Swan, 4ft 51 in, 3. PIPING. Marches.—K. Cameron 1, K. J. Boyce 2, O. Pringle 3. Jigs and Hornpipes. —K. J. Boyce 1, ■K. Cameron 2, O. Pringle 3. DANCING. Highland Fling, under 12 years.—M. Robertson 1, Helen Dalgety 2. Sean Triubhais—F. Miller 1, G. Ross 2. ' Sword Dance, under 12 years.—L. Downing 1, M. Robertson 2. Sailor's Hornpipe.—F. Miller 1, L. Downing 2. Irish Jig—L. Downing 1, F. Miller 2. DEFENCE RIFLE SHOOTING OAMARU CLUB The Oamaru Defence Rifle Club held a practice match on Saturday over, the 300, 500, and 600 yards, with seven shots and two optional sighters at each distance. The weather was fine, but a fairly strong wind from the north-east needed careful watching. W. Gibson headed the list with 96. Highest scores off the rifle were secured by W. Smith 34 at 300 yards, Koppert 34 at 500 yards, and Leslie and W. Gibson each 33 at 600 yards. The scores are as follows:

PORT OF OAMARU High Water.—January 13: 6.21 a.m. and 6.42 p.m. The Wainui is due at Oamaru on Wednesday, January 22, to load for Wellington. Napier and Gisborne, via Timaru and Lyttelton. The Karu is announced to load at Oamaru. on Thursday. January 16, for Wellington. Nelson and New Plymouth. The Waikouaiti left Sydney on December 27 for Bluff. Dunedin. Timaru, Lyttelton' and Oamaru. She is due at this port to-morrow. The vessel has transhipments ex the Kitano Maru. Orama, Tanda, Comorin. Morella and Tajandoen. The Karetu will load at Newcastle and Sydney, to complete at Hobart about February 10, for direct discharge at Oamaru. This will enable Oamaru merchants to bring cargo at direct rates without transhipment charges. The Poolta was expected to load coal at Westport on Thursday for Wellington, Timaru and Oamaru. She is due here ab"-t January 15. The Wingatui is- due at Oamaru on Monday, January 27, to load for Wellington anii Auckland, via ports.

300 500 600 yds. yds. yds. Tl. Rfm. W. Gibson .. . . 32 31 33 — • 96 Rfm. Leslie . 30 31 33 — 94 Rfm. W. Smith .. . . 34 32 28 — • 94 Vioe-pres. Koppert . . 30 34 28 — 92 Kfm. Mosley . 29 32 30 — 91 Rfm. Stcenson . 31 30 30 — 91 . 30 32 28 — 90 Rfm. M'Latchie ... . . 30 29 30 — 89 Rfm. G. Doran .. . Pres\ R. Smith .. . . 29 31 29 — 89 . 26 32 29 — 87 Rfm. Richardson .. . . 27 33 26 — ■ 86 Ffm. Fallon . 25 28 28 — 81 . 27 30 24 — 81