SOUTH OTAGO

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23896, 25 August 1939, Page 12

SOUTH OTAGO

BALCLUTHA Novel Shoot The Balclutha Miniature Rifle Club staged a novel shoot in the Band Hall on Wednesday night in the shape of “Age versus Youth.” In the event the older members won by one point after some good all-round scoring. Individual scores were: — Age.—R. Chalmers 73, G. Sinclair 78, W. Elliott 77, R. Arbuthnott, sen., 75, J. Barclay 79. J. Smaill 75, C. O’Hara 71, S. Macdonald 76, G. N. Bell 71, W. Sloan 74, R. Mcßride 72: total, 821. Youth.—L. Bell 73, C. Clode 75. B. Anderson 73, N. Mitchell 73, A. Hayward 77, E. King 67, L. Cockerill 74, M. Anderson 75, V. Keach 75, R. Arbuthnott, jun„ 78, H. Sinclair 80; total. 820. Weekly Shoot In the weekly shoot that followed H. Sinclair won the A Grade button with the possible (80) off the rifle, and J. Barclay the B Grade with a score of 79. Scores were as. follow: —H. Sinclair 80—2—80, J. Barclay 79—3—79, P. Deaker 75—6—79, A. Hayward 77 3—79, A. Low 71—8—79, G. Sinclair 78—3—79, L. Cockerill 74—7—79, M. Anderson 75—4—79, L. Jory 73—9—79, R. Arbuthnott, jun„ 78—2—79, J. Dippie 74 C. O’Hara 71—8—79, S. Macdonald 76—4—79, T. McGristall 73—6 79, G. N. Bell 71—8—79, G. Tosh 74 6—79. A. F. Renton 75—5—79, C. Connor 74—6—79, V. Keach 75—3—78, C. Clode 75—3—78, M. Beale 73—5—78, R. Arbuthnott, sen., 75—3—78, J'Smaill 75 3—78, R. Anderson 73 —5—78, L. Bell 73—5—78, R. Chalmers 73—5—78, W. Sloan 74—2—76, L. Thompson 71— 5—76, N. Mitchell 73—3—76, J. Fallowfleld 71—5—76, E. King 67—8—75, D. McFeeters 69—6—75, T. Kennedy 65—9—74, H. Henderson 64—10—74. G. Anderson 70—4 —74, S. McGregor 66 —7 —73, B. G01d'67—6—73, A. Campbell 68—5—73, L. Barclay 66—0—66, D. Campbell 65—0—65, C. Falconer 60—0 —6O, D. Elliott 60—0—60, J. King 48-0—49. 0—49.

Brass Band Ball The Balclutha Brass Band held a very • successful ball in the Britannia Theatre on Wednesday night. The, attendance was large, the music being supplied by Mrs Hill’s band. Messrs P. Deaker and Ben Gold were the M.C.’s. Lucky spot competitions were won by Mr Cunningham and Miss Stiven, Mr C. Wyber and Miss Dorothy Lyall, Mr Alan Wallace and Mrs B. Mclntyre. MILTON TOKOMAIRIRO PRESBYTERIANS CONGREGATION’S ANNUAL MEETING * The eighty-fifth annual meeting of the congregation of Tokomairiro Presbyterian Church was held on Wednesday night. The' moderator (the Rev. S. T. Nicholls) presided. Reference was made to the deaths of two of the church elders, the Rev. James Parlane and'Mr James Lockhart, and motions of sympathy with the relatives and with the relatives of other, deceased members were carried. The reports of the various organisations. connected with the church were adopted. Presenting the report of the Kirk Session. Mr L. M. Scott, assistant clerk, said that during the year 32 names had bean added to the communion roll. ■ The report of the Deacons’, Court was! presented; by .Mr G. H. Thomson, (clerk). Early ,in December serious damage had been done to the churchspire by an electrical storm, and while the scaffolding was in place for carrying out the necessary repairs the court had decided completely to renovate the church externally. The, total ex-, nenditure on the building was approximately £320, A special grant, of £2OO had been approved by. synod in view of the unusual circumstances. The quinquennial grant of £SO for manse repairs had also been received. A fair response had been made to. the Centenary . Thanksgiving Fund launched during the year, and the sum of £137 .had been placed to the credit of the congregation account, beina the amount of debt owing at date of inauguration of the scheme. The total expenditure on the congregation account for the year was £1067 8s 9d, and exceeded the receipts bv £164 17s 4d. The sum of £240 had been remitted to the general treasurer for missions. Mr D. Maxwell, general superintendent of the Sunday Schools, reported that there were 181 names on the roll with a staff of 29 teachers. The resignations of Mr D. M. Mawson, clerk to the Kirk Session, and Mr H. A. McCallum, as secretary and treasurer of tha Centenary Thanksgiving Fund Committee, owing to illness. were received with regret. Six nominations were received for the vacancies for four new elders, and a ballot was taken. As the Kirk Session has to study the qualifications of the nominees, however, no result was announced. —The six nominees were Dr J. N. Edgar, Messrs W. H. Berry, S. V. Martin, J. Park, N. Read and J. A Stewart. The four retiring deacons—Messrs W. M. Allison, N. Read, W. Read, jun., and J, P. Stewart were re-elected. The Moderator reported that the eighty-fifth anniversary celebrations of the church in Milton would be held from October 14 to 17. and that the Rev. George Miller (Dunedin), a former minister at Milton, had accepted the Kirk Session’s invitation to be the special speaker during the celebrations. It was decided to recommend to the Kirk Session that it consider the matter of reintroducing the family pew system, EASTERN SOUTHLAND Rugby Football In recent years the Eastern Southland Rugby Football Sub-union has been faced with the problem of waning public interest in the sport and a consequent gradual decrease in the gate receipts, and early this season it was realised that something would have to be done to stop the drift and to bring the sport back to the plane it occupied a few years ago. With this end in view, the Management Committee of the sub-union appointed a sub-committee to investigate thoroughly all aspects of the game and to make recommendations to foster football in the district. The sub-committee’s report was considered and adopted at a meeting of the Management Committee on Wednesday evening. The report made the following recommendations:—(l) That, with a view to increasing the number of teams in the Fourth Grade, the Pioneer and Albion Clubs be asked to make special efforts to field teams in this grade; (2) that two junior representative fixtures, be arranged each season; (3) that the club competitions commence on the last Saturday in April and continue without interference by representative fixtures until the last Saturday in July, and that representative games be played as soon as possible after that date; (4) that entries for all grades be submitted before the annual meeting of the sub-union; (5) that meetings be arranged at Glenham and Edendale for the purpose of forming clubs in those districts: (6) that the sub-union ask the Southland Rugby Union for a grant of £IOO as a contribution towards the cost of fostering football in the district; (7) that the Southland Rugby Union be asked to call for nominations from the sub-unions for junior representative trial games; (8). that the selection of the Southland subunions’ team be on the basis of a' trial, match, Possibles v. Probables, such match to circulate throughout the various sub-unions in turn. The recom-’ mendations were discussed at' length and were adopted.

CENTRAL OTAGO ALEXANDRA The Weather The weather for the past week has been brilliantly: fine, The Molyneux River is at present at a very low level. The frosts at nights are up to 12 de? grees, and no decisive thaw has yet set in. Miniature Rifle Club The weekly shoot of the Alexandra Miniature Rifle Club was held on 1 Monday evening, when there was a good attendance of members. The' gold badge was won by R. G. Smith,'who also won the silver badge. The average for .the 10 best targets was 76.6.' The best scores were: R. G. Smith 79—5—80, J. D. Lunn 78-4—Bo, M. Maitland 78—4—80, J. Lunn 78—3—80, A. Robertson 76 —4—Bo, G. Frater 76—4 —BO, J. Hull 76—6—80, H. Tattersfield 75—2—77, I. McLennan 75—6—89iQL Hardy,. ’ ~ . 1 . Community Sing The community sing conducted by Mr J. F. Himburg, of Dunedin, in aid of the funds of the : recently-formed Alexandra Pipe Band, attracted a large audience. Mr Himburg, as song leader, was assisted by Miss Caddie, of . Dunedin, who also contributed pianoaccordion solos. '■ At the conclusion of the sing Mr A. McKellar, president of the Pipe Bjmd, thanked Mr Himburg and the assisting performers for their efforts, which had resulted in the sum of £32 2s 6d being raised for the band’s funds. Druids* Lodge There was a good attendance -f members at the last meeting of the Alexandra Druids’ Lodge, A.D. Bip. F. O. McCarthy presiding. After the formal business had been disposed of, the lodge members held a debate, taking the subject “Is the Central Qtago Railway ah Economic Proposition? ” The affirmative was led by Bro. A. T. Johns, assisted by Bros. F. O. McCarthy and J. Nightingale, jun., and Bros. G. Calder (leader), Cecil Mclntosh. and R, E, White .took the negative. .. . .. : • V. 1 After an interesting debate, which reached a high standard, the judge (Bro. W. R. Robinson) announced the , speakers for the affirmative as the- winners. ■ ' Valedictory, i / Prior to her departure from" Alexandra, Mrs A. Riach was entertained by/membirs of the Alexandra, Croquet Club in recognition of the services she had rendered to the 'club." Mrs W. R. Lloyd Williams' (president) spoke of the work Mrs Riach had -done . in the interests of the blub,, and, wished Mrs Riach every stxccess in her new home in Dunedin On behalf Of tile members she asked her to, accept', a piece of crystal ware.. ; , r ; ' Personal ’ Mr and Mrs, T. E. Sunderland are at. present visiting Dunedin. ; ■Mr W. R. Lloyd Williams, orchard instructor "for Central- OtagO, is at present - attending-:.a : • conference of orchard instructors at . Auckland. . Mr. and Mrs. J.. Hv\ Smith, who. 'have been .bn a (visit to Dunedin;, have returned to- Alexandra. vv v ■ Mr-A.. M. Cairns, station ■, master lit Alexandra, is at present oh annual leave..'' */'.:■ - ;.l, Mrs H. E. Cowan, of Wanganui, is at present spending a holiday with her relatives in Alexandra. - ; Misses Doris White and Miss Truby Weaver’left on 'Tuesday to attend the Junior; Homemakers’ rally ip; DUnodin. lAWRENCEVH Sale Yards Company ; The annual meeting of the Lawrence Sale Yards Company was held on Saturday evening. ; ■■• v The chairman stated that vast improvements had been carried out"to the yards for the rams’ drafting race and the small pens adjoining; The number of stock yarded was down, but a larger proportion of sales, had effected. The year-finished with a credit balance gt the bank of £4O 3s while the value of assets was £504 14 s lid. ■■■'.V' I ' '"•■■■ M ft, The two directors retiring by rotation,' Messrs W. F. Labes and D. Cummings. were re-elected. . Mr A. McLean was elected auditor. Collie Dog Club A meeting of the Tuapeka Collie Dog Club was held on Saturday even-' in? Mr A. Crawford presiding.- -- The treasurer presented a statement of receipts and expenditure of the recent trials, this disclosing a profit of £B. It was resolved that the annual meeting be held on September 30, Sale of Property The well-known property ,of Miss C. Fraser has been sold to Mr Andrew Guthrie. Valedictory Mr E. H. Hely. who has disposed, of his business in Lawrence and' who will leave to take up residence in Dun: edin shortly, was bade farewell at’a social evening. On behalf of those present. Mr and Mrs Hely were presented with a Pvrex casserole. I . Personal ■ - ;'K,; ft,;, Constable Matheson is at present Oh' three weeks’ leave, and is being relieved by Constable Lahurt. Mrs Chapman, of Kurow, is at present the guest of Mrs .C. Worthington. Miss P. Varcoe is on holiday at Wetherstones. ■■-r ' ■' Mr and Mrs V, H. Clark, of Dunedin. are spending their annual leave in Lawrence. Miss R. Grigg. of Ohai. is visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs H. Grigg, Detective. Sergeant J. Robertson. Of Wanganui, is spending his annual leave in Lawrence as the guest of Mr and Mrs A. Robertson. •