SOUTH OTAGO

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23413, 31 January 1938, Page 12

SOUTH OTAGO

BALCLUTHA Farmers’ Union The monthly meeting of the Clutha branch of the Farmers’ Union was held on Saturday night, Mr A. Maxwell presiding over a fair attendance. Before the commencement of the business of the meeting a motion of sympathy was carried with the relatives of the late Mr Robert Robson, of Manuka Island. The provincial secretary wrote advising that the Dominion Council had decided that no compensation be paid to branches on the first subscriptions paid by new members. It had been found necessary to take this step owing to the fact that the capitation paid to the Dominion office had been increased from 6s to 7s 6d per member, and thus the benefit of the larger membership had been offset to that extent. Mr Alex. Renton said that small branches like Te Houka would be affected, and it would be much better for the strength of the union if these small branches would affiliate with a larger branch. — It was decided to approve of the Dominion Council’s policy with regard to new members’ subscriptions. The Transport Department intimated that a meeting of the No. 4 Licensing Authority would be held at Balclutha on February 11 for the purpose of receiving representations and hearing evidence regarding the schedule of freight charges proposed to be adopted by the South Otago branch of the New Zealand Road Transport Alliance. The branch was invited to send a representative. Mr A. Renton was appointed to represent the branch. Reference was made to the illness of Mr John Christie, one of the original members of the branch, and it was decided to send him a letter of sympathy. wishing him a speedy recoverv Mr N. McDonald, supervisor for the Otago and Southland District Pig Council, then delivered an interesting lecture on the formation of pig clubs and the growth of the pig industry in New Zealand. In the North Island there were now 200 pig clubs, and it was hoped to form one in Clutha in the near future. The main feature of the club movement was to improve the type of pig raised in this country, and in this way benefit both export and local trades. At the conclusion of Mr McDonald’s remarks a general discussion place. Messrs A. Anderson, R. Christie and H. H. Holgate were appointed a provisional committee to get into touch with pig breeders, with a view to forming a pig club locally. Mr Anderson was appointed chairman and Mr Christie secretary pro tern. Cricket In the first grade match played at Balclutha, Kaitangata A made 245 for nine wickets against Clutha A’s 191 for seven wickets when time was called. The result was a draw. Top scorers for Kaitangata were Parker (59), Smith (51), North (22). Garvin (20). Leishman (18), Forrester (18), McLean (17). Crowe (17). Bowling for Clutha, McGregor took five wickets for 91 runs, and Milne. Guest and Clements one wicket each. Baxter contributed 84 to Clulha’s score, Gold 40, and A. Stewart 40 not out. For Kaitangata, Parker took five wickets for 57 and Garvin two for 21. In the B Grade match played at Benhar, Benhar defeated Clutha B by 90 to 18 on the first innings. Top scores for Benhar were made by Williams and G. Barron (14 each), Budge and Jackson (12 each) and Hanley 11. Gray took two wickets for 3, Randle three for 24, Geddes two for 17, Guest one for three. Ciutha’s best score was six in a perfect “ rot ” of an innings, the wickets falling to W. Barron (five for 11), G. Barron (four for three). In a second strike, Clutha made 89, of which Randle was responsible for 44. W. Barron took six wickets for 24 and Q, Barron three for 13. Owaka B defaulted to High School.

Bowling Seven rinks from the Balclutha Club visited Kaitangata on Saturday, Kaitangata winning by 163 to 115. Scores (Kaitangata names first); —Sharman, Carson. T. Thompson, Mackie 25, S. Riach, Hutton, Montgomerie, Parkinson 15; Souness, O’Fee, Neill, Sharp 13, Hall, Butterworth, Wyber, Johnston 26; Purvis, Gribben, Park, Pennell 29. Sherlaw, Moffat, Luke, McDonald 8; Murray, Gallagher, Keacu, Haig 23, Mayne, Paice, Edwards, Lewis 9' McFayden, Hale, Henderson, Richardson 13, Cunliffe, Lyall, O’Hara, Poynter 24; F. Crook, Rogers, J. Crook, Prescott 29, Low, Blair, A. Riach, Hayward 16; Carr, McAuley, Anderson, Dobbie 31, Symonds, Mountford, Mathewson, McNamara 17.

Demonstration of Life Saving A party of Dunedin swimmers, headed by Mr Bert Isaacs, visited Kaka Point on Sunday and, in conjunction with members of the Balclutha Swimming Club, gave an exhibition of life saving in the surf. The day was fine and warm, and there was a large attendance at the beach. MILTON Bowling Four rinks from Milton visited Stirling on Saturday and suffered defeat, all the finks going down to the home players. Scores:—J. Wilson, Corston, Clery, Floyd 12. Baird, Barron, Walls, Botting 24; H. Wilson, Kent, Clark, Rutherford 13, Anderson, Duncan, Jefferson, Cessford 27; Rennie, Cameron, Clayton, Davanney 20, Reid, Little, Duncan, Low 25; Duncan, Sidon, Smith, Cameron 19 Inglis, Tosh, Anderson, Barron 28. Totals: Milton 64, Stirling 104. Cricket Milton A scored another good win in the series of matches on Saturday for the Waiwera Cup, defeating Owaka on the local ground by 199 runs to 115. Principal contributors to Milton’s total were Collings 49, Currie 39 not out and Bowie 35. Bowling for Owaka, E. McNutt took five wickets for 73 and A. Tabor took two for four. Batting, for Owaka, McNutt topped the score with 27, and others to contribute useful scores were A. Tabor 19, Brownlie 17, L. Tabor 16. Bowie bowled well for Milton, taking six wickets for 38 runs.

Milton B journeyed to Clinton for the second last match in the Finlayson Cup competition, and again suffered defeat. Batting first, Milton scored 149, towards which R. Oiver contributed 69 and his father, E. Oiver, scored 27. Other double-figure, contributors were Vidal (14), France (13 not out), and Arbuckle (12). Gourley (five for 19) and Berryman (four for 41) were the most successful of the Clinton bowlers. Clinton responded with 188. Berryman completed a successful day by batting right through the innings, and was not out with 97 to his credit. Gourley (25) and Neilson (19) also contributed useful scores. Ramsay was the most successful bowler for Milton, with seven wickets for 72 runs. France took two wickets for 31, and Sutherland secured the remaining wicket at a cost of 19 runs.

Lawn Tennis

St. Mary’s played Tokoiti at Tokoiti on Saturday in the C Grade lawn tennis fixture. The weather was delightfully fine, and the visitors scored a runaway victory by 12 sets (84 games) to 4 sets (53 games). Milton CII team played Lovell’s Flat on the latter’s courts, and an interesting game ended in each side winning eight sets, but Milton had an advantage of four games. The game that was scheduled to have been played at Milton between Milton Cl team and Milburn had to be abandoned, as neither club was able to field a team.