COUNTRY NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23201, 27 May 1937, Page 12

COUNTRY NEWS

WAIMATE Rugby Sub-union Has the Pirates Football Club been disbanded or has the club merely withdrawn its team from the sub-union's competitions while retaining its identity? According to the interpretation placed by the Management Committee of the Waimate Sub-union at a meeting on Monday evening on a letter from tiie Pirates Club notifying the withdrawal of the team from the junior competition, the club is still in existence and consequently all Pirates players wishing to play for other clubs will require clearances from the subunion. A' handsome silver cup for competition in the Third Grade was presented to the sub-union by Mr W. Forsyth, who asked that the trophy be presented to the team scoring the most tries during the season. The draw for Saturday resulted:— Senior.—Huimai v. Old Boys, No. 2 ground, 3 p.m.; Southern v. Makikihi, No. 1 ground, 3 p.m. Junior.—-Makikihi v. School, No. 2 ground, 1.30 p.m.; Southern v. Old Boys, No. 1 ground, 1.30 p.m.; Huimai a bye. Third Grade.—High School v. Old Boys, No. 3 ground, at 3 p.m.; High School v. Primary, No. 3 ground, at 1.30 p.m. REPRESENTATIVE TEAM The final selection of players for the Waimate representative team is as follows: Forwards —P. Hansen, A. Bartlett, H. Allnutt. E. Allnutt, J. Lindsay, W. Dennison, J. Bryce, H. Fleming, C. Whatman, C. Chamberlain, R. Bartlett, R. Murray, P. Columb. Backs—G. Wright, W. Lundy, R. Lundy, N. Cummings, J. Bartlett, F. Sole, K. Veitch, J. M'Kenzie. A. Forbes, W. Murphy. BASKETBALL DRAW FOR SATURDAY The following is the draw for Saturday:— First Grade.—Morven v. Waimate. at 2 p.m. (Miss P. Hickey); St. Patrick's v. High School, at 2.45 p.m. (Miss A. Malthus); Hunter a bye. Second Grade.—High School A v. Waimate, at 2 p.m. (Miss B. Stewart); Waihao v. High School B,.at 2.45 p.m. (Miss M. Chalmers); St. Patrick's v. Hcok, at 3 p.m. (Miss N. Price). PALMERSTON U.A.O.D. The quarterly meeting of the Rose of Palmerston Lodge was held in the Druids' Hall on Tuesday. A.D. Bro. J. Lower was in the chair. An invitation from Timaru Lodge was accepted, and the necessary transport arrangements are being made. Sick pay still continues to be very heavy. The return " 500 " match, Railway v. Druids, will be played in the Railway Social Hall on Tuesday, June 1. The following officers were elected for the half-yearly term:—A.D., Bro. Barrows; V.A., Bro. Hamilton; treasurer, Bro. Moody; M.C., Bro. E. Lowen: 1.G., Bro. L. M'Gregor; A.D.8., Bro. J. M'Gregor; F.C., Bro. Hurndel. One new candidate was initiated. Personal A resident of the district for many years, Mr W. C. Arkle, solicitor, has lately removed to Dunedin. It is not Mr Arkle's intention to leave the district permanently. Mr T. Macassey, of Messrs Donald Reid and Co., is at present relieving the local agent, Mr Ray Williams, who has gone to Oanjaru for a short period. KYEBURN Miniature Rifle Shooting The weekly shoot of the Kyeburn Miniature Rifle Club was held on the club range on Tuesday. The winner of the Preston rifle button was A. H. Griffiths with 78, and the Hislop handicap button was won by N. Ellis. The average of the top 10 men was 75.0. The scores are as follows: —A. 11. Griffiths 78. J. H. Rcid 77. N. Ellis 76, .7. M. Griffiths 75. R. Wilson 75. A. F. Pearson 75. W. W. Pearson 75, J. M. Crutchley 75, E. M. Mackav 73, E. W. Strode 71, R. Scott 70. J. T." Preston 69, S. C. Pearson 64. RANFURLY Rifle Shooting This week's weekly shoot of the Ranfurly Miniature Rifle Club again attracted a large attendance of members. The average of the first 10 men showed a slight improvement over last week's score, being 77.8. J. C. Kearney, who has been a very consistent shot this year, again won the button for the best score off the rifle,

and R. Weir won the handicap button. Details:—J. C. Kearney 79, D. Lonie 79. J. A. Cromb 79, J. P. Kearney 78, J. E. Kearney 78, A. "Woods 78; R. Weir 77, J. D. Cromb 77, F. Morris 77, J. Scott 76, C. Hoggard 76, R. G. Spence 76. H. Carson 75, A. Carson 75, G. Gilbert 74, A. Cromb 72, R. Hewitt 72. P. Kane 72. M. Murphy 71, J. Hanrahan 70. Golf The Maniototo Golf Club was favoured with fine weather on Saturday last, when a men's Medal Match was played. The scores generally were the bfjst returned so far this season, the winner being Dr Kidd, with a score of 82—14—68. In the ladies' Medal Match played over nine holes the winner proved to be Mrs Jamieson, with a score of 49—11—38. On Saturday next the first round of the Black and White Cup competition will be played. The draw for partners will take place as usual at the club house at 1.30 p.m. Football With the first round of the Maniototo Rugby Sub-union's competition now completed, Ranfurly has not yet been defeated. On Saturday last Becks made a bold bid for the Richard Young Banner and White Hprse Cup, .Ranfurly winning by a narrow margin of 6 points to 3. The game from start to finish was very fast and open, Ranfurly opening the score when Forrester notched a good try as the result of a passing rush. Becks evened up by its half-back beating the opposition badly to score wide out. Shortly after, Moyle, from a scrum, scored to give Ranfurly a winning lead. In the only other match of the competition played, Ida Valley defeated Waipiata by 12 points to 3. The position of the teams in both grades at the conclusion of the first round is as follows: — SENIORS

EASTERN SOUTHLAND Personal The Right Rev. T. H. Roseveare, moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, who is at present on a tour of the South Island, is visiting Eastern Southland. The Farmers' Union The annual meeting of the Gore branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union was held on Tuesday afternoon. The president, Mr R. L. Reid. occupied the chair, and there was a fair attendance of members present. The secretary reported that there was a very satisfactory credit balance. The election of officers resulted as follows: — President, Mr R. L. Reid; vice-presi-dent. Mr J. A. Johnston; secretary and treasurer. Mr S. C. Bowmar; auditor, Mr .1. dimming; executive—Messrs H, E. Bacon, Hugh Smith. D. Dickie, R. Gumming, and J. Gumming; delegate to Gore Sub-executive, Mr R. L. Reid; delegates to the Southland Provincial Executive, Messrs Johnston and Reid. CLYDE Rifle Club Nineteen members took part in Tuesday night's shoot, the top 10 men putting up a good average, 76.8. C. J. Davidson, again shooting a possible, took the rifle button and J. L. Davidson the handicap with six shooting "off. The scores were as follows: —C. J. Davidson 80, D. M'Donald 78, H. Tattersfleld 78, A. Wood 77, J. Ross 77, W. Thomson 77, D. Sinclair 77, J. Hollows 76, E. George 75, R. Hanning 73, B. Laing 73. R. Wilson 73, J. L. Davidson 72. T. Stevens 71, C. Waldron 70. E. Brooks 70, G. Cushion 69. C. Olson 68. G. Waldron 68. Political Meeting Mr L. Colbourne. organiser for the New Zealand National Party, accom-

panied by Mr W. A. Bodkin, M.P., met a number of supporters of the party with a view to forming a local branch. Alter both visitors' had spoken a branch was formed and a chairman and secretary elected. The committee will be elected at the next meeting, which. is to be held at an early date. • KUROW Heavy Rain The heaviest fall of rain since July 17, 1929, took place on Saturday night and Sunday morning. A total of 171 points fell for 14 hours, compared with 221 points on July 17, 1929. During the week-end a total of 181 points of rain fell. These figures were supplied by Mr T. 0. H. Tripp, Glen Gary Station, Hakataramea. Rugby Football Ngapara visited Kurow on Saturday last, a fast and interesting game resulting in a win for the visitors by nine points to three. Pirates (Hakataramea) visited Duntroon on Saturday, and after a fairly <jood game, the home team won by six points to three. Valedictory A farewell social was held on Saturday evening at the residence of Mr and Mrs Dean, Waitaki Hydro, in honour of Mr and Mrs Tartalena, who are leaving the district shortly. The evening was spent in games and cards. Mr Tartalena delighted the company with several songs. Mr White, on behalf of Mr Dean, who was unfortunately called on duty, made the farewell speech, and everyone joined in singing " For They Are Jolly Good Fellows," which brought a pleasant function to a close.

Ranfurly Middlemarch Ida Valley .. Becks .. Waipiata Waipiata Ranfurly Middlemarch Ida Valley .. Pts. Flag P. W. L. D. F. A. Ps. .. 4 4 28 6 8 .. 4 3 1 — 44 12 6 .. 4 2 2 — 31 24 4 .. 4 1 3 — 26 46 2 .. 4 — 4 — 9 50 — JUNIORS .. 3 3 48 14 6 .. 3 1 1 1 27 46 3 .. 3 1 1 1 16 19 3 .. 3 — 3 — 15 27 —