NORTH OTAGO

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23334, 28 October 1937, Page 15

NORTH OTAGO

ACTIVITIES OF THE DISTRICT

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)

MAGISTRATE'S COURT "series of thefts term of imprisonment IMPOSED The weekly sitting of the Oamaru Magistrate's Court was held yesterday morning before Mr H. W. Bundle. S.M. Senior Sergeant McGregor appeared for the police. A series of charges of theft, in which various articles to a total value of £57 Is Id were involved, were preferred against Robert George Cottingham, of Ardgowan, the details being as follows:—August 27, at Waiareka. an opossum rug (£2O). property of Samuel Joseph Dowthwaitc; August 19, at Weston, rug (15s), from Estellc Frances Buzan; October 13, at Oamaru, man's watch (£3 10s). from Catherine Kear, Mersey street; October 13. at Oamaru, rings, bangle, dtc. (£27 15s 6d), from Alexander Symon. Arun street; August 29, at Oamaru. electric torch (7s 6d), from G. W. Atkinson; August 8 or 15, electric torch (ss). owner unknown; September 18 or 25, mart's umbrella (10s), owner unknown; October 15, blouse, pair, silk stockings, and vest (10s), owner unknown; April 26, man's overcoat (10s), from A. V. Crocker; September 1, dynamo, bicycle headlamp (£1), from Archdeacon Russell; August 25, lady's leather shopping bag and contents (£1 18s Id), from E. Cagney. The accused elected to be dealt with summarily, and pleaded guilty to all charges. Senior Sergeant McGregor outlined the various charges, and stated that the opossum rug, which was very valuable, had been destroyed by the accused after he had been interviewed by Constable Patterson. The accused had carried on systematic thieving from April right up to the present time. The theft of an opossum rug and its destruction was wanton waste of expensive property. The accused was a sneak thief, said the senior sergeant, and had proved very annoying to various persons. He was 49 years of age, and had never been previously convicted. He was of a roving disposition, and went to his home occasionally. When he did return to his home he caused a good deal of trouble, and the police had been called in on several occasions. The accused was not very fond of work. Senior Sergeant McGregor asked that all the property should be returned to the respective owners. Asked by Mr Bundle if he had any explanation to make, the accused stated that at times he was troubled with loss of memory. Mr Bundle said he could not see how loss of memory had anything to rlo with the accused breaking into places and committing theft and stealing from cars. Accused explained that he,had had a great- deal of sickness, and that had helped to disarrange his memory and thoughts. On the charge of stealing the opossum rug the accused was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, and a similar sentence was imposed in respect to the charge involving the theft of the £lB engagement ring, both to be concurrent. On the other charges, the accused was convicted and discharged. An order was made that the property should be returned as far as was possible. TRAFFIC BREACH Ernest Arscott was fined 5s and costs (3s) for riding a bicycle on a footpath In Greta street, MANCHESTER UNITY LOYAL OAMARU LODGE The fortnightly meeting of the Loyal Oamaru Lodge was presided over by N.G. Bro. G. E. Holland. One new member was initiated into the Order and one candidate was proposed for membership. It was agreed to make a contribution of £1 Is to the funds of the North Otago Children's Welfare Association. Invitations were received from the Loyal Star of the North Lodge to its anniversary, and from the United Order of Druids and Loyal Victoria Lodge (Milton) to their annual dances. G.M. Bro. J. W. Kidd, V.G. Bro. O. G. Port, and E.S. Bro. E. Dawson were elected delegates to the United Friendly Societies' Picnic Committee. The present delegates to the United Friendly Societies' Dispensary were re-elected. Accounts amounting to £2 3s 4d were passed for payment. GENERAL NEWS A special appeal for eggs for the Anglican Orphanage in Dunedin was made at St. Mary's Church, Herbert, on Sunday last by the Rev. A. W. Stacc. As a result of the appeal, a quantity of eggs was collected and forwarded by Mr H. Hore to the Children's Home at Anderson's Bay. The members of St. Luke's Boy Scouts, who spent the week-end in camp at Mr Gudsell's farm, Kakanui, attended church parade at St. Andrew's Church. Maheno, on Sunday under Scoutmaster Walter Rush. The service, which was appropriate to the occasion, was conducted by the Rev. A. W. Stace. and Miss Eileen Gudsell officiated at the organ. A bring-and-buy sale will be held by the St. Luke's Ladies' Guild in the St. Luke's Hall to-morrow from 2 p.m, till 5 p.m. There will be a variety of stalls, and afternoon tea will be served. A meeting of directors of the New Zealand Malay Rubber Company, Ltd,, was held yesterday morning to consider the statement of accounts for the year ended June 30. 1937. The net profits showed a gratifying increase on last year's result, and the directors decided to recommend a final dividend for the year of 5 per cent, on the three classes of shares. Last May an interim dividend of 3 per cent, was naid, so that shareholders, both preference and ordinary, will receive 8 per cent, for the year. On Labour night a very successful carnival dance was held in the Scottish Hall under the auspices of the Endeavour Lodge, U.A.O.D. Rae's Orchestra provided excellent music, and much-appreciated extras were ulayed by Miss Marjory Ireland, assisted by Mr John Walton and also by Mrs Allan Petrie. About 200 couples occupied the floor, and the duties cf M.C. were capably carried out by Mr James Meikle. The lucky spot waltz was won by Miss A. Smyth and Mr R: Roney, and the Monte Carlo by Miss Wylie and partner. The National Mortgage and Agency Company, in conjunction with Messrs Darling and McDowell. Ltd.. have received instructions from Mr Robert Allan, who has hold his farm, to sell by public auction the whole of his live and dead stock. The sale will take place at Bonnicfield, Kia Ora, on Thursday. November 4. at 1 p.m. sharp. Particulars arc advertised.

CRICKET NORTH OTAGO ASSOCIATION Mr M. S. Holmes (president) occupied the chair at a meeting of delegates to the North Otago Cricket Association, at which the following remits to the biennial conference were; dealt with:— Wairarapa That two additional selectors be appointed to the New Zealand Selection Committee to represent the minor associations, one for the North Island and one for the South Island. —Approved. Manawatu That the eight-ball over be adopted.—Approved. That a player may be required to forfeit his wicket on appeal, if not at the batting crease within two minutes of the fall of the last wicket.—Approved. The question of a fifth Plunket Shield team for Wellington minor -associations was left in the hands of the delegates. It was agreed not to compete for the Hawke Cup this season. Owing to the lack of support, as reported by the club delegates, it was decided not to send, a North Otago team to Dunedin for country week. It was decided that the eight-ball over should be adopted in First Grade matches, commencing next Saturday. The draw for the next two Saturdays is as follows: — FIRST GRADE October 30 and November G.—-Union v. Oamaru, at School; Albion v, School, at School. SECOND GRADE October 30.—-School A v. St. Kevin's, at School; Albion v. School B, at Takaro Park; Union v. Oamaru, at King George's Park. November 6.—Albion v. Union, at Takaro Park; St. Kevin's v. Oamaru, at Redcastle; School A v. School B, at School. THIRD GRADE October 30.-*-School A v. St. Kevin's B, at School; St. Kevin's A v. School B, at Redcastle. November 6.—St. Kevin's A v. School A, at Redcastle; School B v. St. Kevin's B, at School. CRICKET NOTES SCHOOL AND UNION WIN The opening matches of the season between Union and Albion and Oamaru and School were concluded on Saturday last in bitterly cold weather. Union had eight wickets in hand when it surpassed Albion's two-innings' total of 250 runs, thus obtaining a straightout win (five points). In the match between School and Oamaru the former went on to knock up the grand total of 337 runs for nine wickets (declared). In its second strike Oamaru had lost five wickets for 81 runs when the match was abandoned owing to bad. light, and School won by 163 runs on the first innings. ALBION v. UNION Albion commenced the second day's play 24 runs behind Union on the first innings. However, the second strike by Albion was a poor effort, the batsmen being dismissed for the small total of 80 runs. The brunt of Union's attack was borne by Tonkin, who, bowling exceptionally well, took five wickets for 33 runs. Albion's second innings was opened by Brooker and Geddes to the bowling of Tonkin and Blair. With the total at 11, Geddes put his leg in front to Tonkin. Davey's stay was short. He was bowled by Blaii, and the score board read 18—2—4. Tonkin then accounted for Ford and Taylor with successive balls, and four wicketswere down for 21. The rot continued, Robinson being smartly stumped by McCallum off Blair, with the score board showing the not encouraging score of 22—5—0. Jacobs joined Brooker, and this pair did slightly better, carrying the total to 48, when the former played over one from Papps. Firth was then associated with Brooker, who was going along smoothly, and a further stand seemed likely, but Brooker chopped a ball from Doig on to his wicket. Firth and Thome then held off the attack for a while, until Borrows, who relieved Papps, had Firth caught by Tonkin in his first over. Tonkin was again brought on, and with successive balls accounted for Dunn and H. Geddes without these tv/o batsmen opening their account. Thorne was not out with six. Union required only 57 runs for an outright win, and opened with Budd and Papps to the bowling of Davey and Firth. A partnership resulted, until Brooker was brought on, and he got Papps with his second ball, the board then showing 41—1—20. Kinder went cheaply, being caught behind by Robinson off G. Geddes. Doig joined Budd, and hit a 4 and a 6 off Geddes, registering the winning hit. Budd was not out with 24? Union thus won by eight wickets. SCHOOL v. OAMARU School continued its first innings in the same forceful style as shown on the first day, and' Oamaru had the very unpleasant task of having to field for most of the afternoon in conditions that were anything but pleasant. Blakely and Tilbury, the not-out batsmen from the previous week, continued for School on a wicket that did not assist the bowlers. Blakelv put up a splendid performance for his century, scoring mostly with ground shots all round the wicket. Continuing from 61 made the previous week, he practically doubled this figure before he eventually fell a victim to Hunter. Blakely's effort was an excellent one for the beginning of the season. He played many attractive and well-timed shots. Tilbury settled down quickly and contributed a useful 23 runs before being bowled by Zimmermann. Robertson batted soundly for 34 runs, and allowed Blakely to go for the runs in good style. Mclnlyre was the best of the remaining batsmen, being unbeaten with 24 runs to his credit. When 337 runs were showing on the board School declared for nine wickets. Zimmermann was the most succesful of the Oamaru bowlers, obtaining three wickets for 33 runs, while Kelk and Hunter also bowled well. Hendra did not fare so well, and was freely scored off. Oamaru commenced its second strike about 4 o'clock in a somewhat fading light, which later necessitated the match being abandoned, with Oamaru having 81 runs up for the loss of five ■ wickets. Zimmermann and Hendra were the best of the Oamaru batsmen, scoring 24 runs apiece. Watson and Robertson shared the wickets. Cameron, new to the School ranks, is a lefthand bowler, who made a good impression, and should be an asset to School's attack. JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVE MATCH The junior representative match between North Otago and Otago resulted in a win for the latter by 44 runs on the first innings. North Otago had first use of the wicket, and the first wicket fell without the scoring being opened. However, the partnership between Wheeler and Burns added 40 runs, and then Wheeler was clean bowled by Clark. Burns, the top scorer for North Otago, played soundly for 45. including a 6 and four 4's. Watson also batted well for his 40 runs, which included six 4's. The remainder, with the exception of the tail-enders, Bee and J. Brooker, were easily dis-

missed. The innings closed for 149 runs. Callum, Clark, and Titchener were the best of the Otago bowlers. A feature of Otago's innings was the fine batting performance of Rayner, who scored a century. He gave an attractive display, hitting out all round the wicket. His score consisted of 13 4's. When the innings was declared closed at four wickets for 193 runs he was undefeated. Warburton and Dougan also batted well. In its second strike, North Otago had 47 runs up for the loss of four wickets when stumps were drawn, the top scorer again being Burns with 21 runs, including a fine 6. MATCH AT NGAPARA A very enjoyable cricket match was played at Ngapara between teams of married and single men, the former winning by 12 runs after an exciting finish. Mesdames Erickson and Blair kindly supplied the afternoon tea. For the married men the top scorers were Eckhold 36, Blair 18. C. Nimmo 9, and A. Nimmo 9. For the single men wickets were taken by T. Watson 3. Docherty 2, and Morrison 1. Batting for the single men, Newlands scored 27 runs. T. Watson 20 not out. and Holmes 15. Bowling for the married men, Gridgeman took three wickets, Blair three, Erickson two. LAWN TENNIS FRIENDLY BAY TOURNAMENT The Friendly Bay Lawn Tennis Club held a Doubles handicap tournament on Monday, the winners being R. Turvcy and Lawrie, who defeated Cairns and McNamara in the final 27—22. The following are the detailed results: — First Round. —Nelson and Miss Amies Cowe 6) beat Stringer and Taylor (rec. 16) 27—20, Cairns and McNamara (owe 2) beat Smith and Miss Ashton (rec. 2) 27—24. J. Turvey and Harper (owe 3) beat McGrath and Mathje (owe 8) 27—17, R. Turvey and Lawrie (owe 10) beat Blacklock' and Miss Thornhill (owe 6) 27—20, Cooney and Morgan and McDonald and Hayes byes. Second Round.—Cooney and Morgan (rec. 4) beat Stringer and Taylor 27—20, Smith and Miss Ashton beat Blacklock and Miss Thornhill 27—21, Cairns and McNamara beat Nelson and Miss Amies 27—5, R. Turvey and Lawrie beat McDonald and Hayes (owe 8) 27—23, J. Turvey and Harper and McDonald and Mathie byes. Third Round.—J. Turvey and Harper beat Cooney and Morgan 27 —22, McGrath and Mathie beat Nelson and Miss Amies 27—21, McDonald and Hayes beat Smith and Miss Ashton 27—24, R. Turvey and Lawrie beat Cairns and McNamara. 27—24. Fourth Round.—McGrath and Mathie beat Cooney and Morgan 27—18, R. Turvey and Lawrie beat J. Turvey and Harper 27—22, Cairns and M'Namara beat McDonald and Hayes 27—24. Fifth Round.—R. Turvey and Lawrie beat McGrath and Mathie 27—24, Cairns and McNamara beat J. Turvey and Harper 27—25. Final.—R. Turvey and Lawrie beat Cairns and McNamara 27—22. MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING AWAMOKO CLUB There was a large gathering at a successful ball held by the Awamoko Miniature Rifle Club as a wind-up function to the season's activities. During the evening trophies were presented to the various winners as follows: Rifle Aggregate: J. Gibson 1, L. Brunton and W. Gibson (equal) 2, Handicap Aggregate: L. Willetts 1, D. Willetts 2. C. Brunton 3. Messrs J. Craig and Co.'s trophy: C. Brunton 1, L. Brunton 2. Mr K. Thomas's trophy: L. Ledingham 1, D. Borrie 2. Messrs Jeffery and Smith's trophy: L. Willetts 1, J. Gibson 2. Mr Draper's trophy. L. Willetts 1, A. Kennedy 2. Mr Kendall's trophy: W. Gibson 1, A. Winchester 2. Mr J. Mayfield's trophy: L. Brunton 1, J. Gibson 2. Mr W. Gibson's trophy: A. Gibson 1, I. Geddes 2, D. Borrie 3. BRYANT'S ENTERTAINERS Bryant's Entertainers will appear at Hampden, Herbert, and Maheno on October 29 and 30 and on November 1 respectively. Other North Otago districts will be visited later. The company is in the course of a successful New Zealand tour, and has been well spoken of in the various provincial centres which it has visited. Further details of its appearances in North Otago will be advertised. PERSONAL Queen's Hotel.—Mr Begg, Mr L. Clode, Mr A. D. Haig, Mr J. D. Knowles, Mr King, Mr A. H. Carton, Mr D. J. Lack, Mr P. J. O'Brien, Mr C. Mcßae, Mr Hunter (Dunedin), Mr Munro, Miss Munro "(Kurow), Mr E. R. Granger, Mr F. J. Kent, Mr King, Mr and Mrs A. W. Wells (Christchurch), Mr F. H. Jameson (Wellington), Mr V. L. Dossett (Timaru): New Club Hotel.—Mr J. H. Pallwell, Mr J. D. Thomson, Mr J. Rennie, Mr and Mrs J. A. Paterson, Mr G. S. Gapper, Mr S. D. Muirhead, Mr L. H. Werner (Dunedin), Mr G. Faulk, Mr J. R. Coles, Mr R. Moore, Mr F. Edwards, Mr and Mrs L. H. Smith (Christchurch). Mr D. Gane (Ashburton), Mr H. H. Baines (Timaru), Mr and Mrs F. M. Bull (New Plymouth), Mrs G. Kelly (Hawke's Bay), Mr J. Romans (Arrowtown).