SOUTH OTAGO

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23946, 23 October 1939, Page 10

SOUTH OTAGO

I BALCLUTHA Cricket Fine weather prevailed for the opening of the cricket season in South Otago on Saturday, when the first round in the Stewart Shield competition was commenced. In the match between Milton B and Clutha A, the visitors could total only 60 runs against Clutha’s score of 141. For the losers. W. Heads (with a score of 26) did best. Bowling: I Stewart, two for 6. V Keach four for 13, Duff one for 5. To the winners' score T. Gold contributed 49, H Green 30, and F Robinson 20 Bowling Woods three for 14. Milton A defeated Clutha B by 176 to 63. Woods and Kane topped the score for Milton with 37 runs each, Arbuckle 29. Heads 23, Cotterill 21. Bowling: Tsuklgawa one for 7, McGregor five for 45. To Clutha B's small total Baxter contributed 27 Bowling: Heads two for 5, Kerr six for 33. Centennial Memorial Balclutha's proposal to perpetuate the memory of the Dominion’s Centennial celebration by improvements to the local resthouse for women and children was advanced another step with the formation of a Memorial Committee, selected from sports bodies and other local organisations. The Mayor (Mr J. H. Stevenson), outlining the proposals decided upon at the previous public meeting, said they first had to commence raising the £3OO required to earn the Government subsidy for the scheme The following were appointed as an Executive Committee to take the necessary steps:—Messrs A E. Russell (chairman), A. E. Paterson, A. L. Shepard, A, R. Dreaver, and Mesdames G. N. Bell and E. B. Lothian. A first donation of lOgns has been received from the Clutha Scottish Society. Personal Mr E. V. Hughes has been notified of his appointment as district officer for the South Otago area, St. John Ambulance Association. This has necessitated the following changes in the Balclutha Division:—Mr A. W Ogilvy to be ambulance officer, Mr T. Tsukigawa to be sergeant, and Messrs L. Kirby and O. Evans to be corporals. , „ . , Mr David Wallace, secretary of the local 1.0.0. F. Lodge for the past 25 years, on the occasion of his resignation was presented with a chiming clock suitably inscribed. He will be succeeded in the lodge position by his son, Mr Alan Wallace. Special Force Additional local enlistments In the special military force are:—William Ny, tractor driver, Tuapeka Mouth; Norman Maxwell, labourer, of Tahakopa. Cow’s Long Swim A black cow, with white face, supposed to have escaped from a mob at the local sale on Friday, entered the Molyneux River at the old steamer landing behind the sale yards on Saturday morning. Getting caught in the current, the animal was swept beneath the traffic bridge, and then a mile farther down it successfully negotiated the railway bridge, to swim gallantly into the Koau branch, and finally land on a small sand Island a short distance above the railway station. There was no feed or shelter on the island, but the cow was evidently afraid to trust Itself again to the cold waters of the Molyneux. It was an object of Interest to a number of sightseers yesterday as it walked up and down its small Island prison. Someone on the Inch Clutha side of the river, evidently possessed of a poor idea of humanity towards the dumb creature, took several pot shots at it with a small-calibre rifle. The shots did no more than cause the cow to toss its head in the air, and it was presumed that it was not hit. An effort will be made to get it off with the aid of a boat. MILTON Obituary The death occurred at the Milton Hospital on Friday, after a brief illness, of Mrs Augustus Orlowski, the last of the earliest settlers of Waihola. Born near Chestochova, Poland, 91 years ago, the deceased, whose maiden name was Francesca Anls, was married to Mr Orlowski a few years before they, with their family of two' small children, sailed from Danzig for London about 70 years ago on the first stage of the journey to New Zealand They landed at Port Chalmers from the ship Palmerston and stayed in the barracks at Dunedin for a short time. With plenty of work to be had at Waihola at his trade as a builder, Mr Orlowski settled there, and. after a few years, purchased a farming property, which he successfully \yorked until his death about seven years ago The deceased, who took a great interest in church affairs, is survived by her family of, four sons and four daughtersAugustin (Milton). John (St. Clair), Bernard (Dunedin), James (Oamaru), Mrs Anderson (Dunedin), Mrs Erwin (Waihola), Mrs Clark (Palmerston North), Mrs R Tisdali (Middlemarch). Cricket The 1939 cricket series of matches in South Otago was opened on Saturday in delightful weather, and on fast grounds This season the matches are being played in one grade and Milton A met Clutha Bon the local ground Batting first, the home team scored 176 iW Woods 37 J Kane 37). Bowling for Clutha, McGregor took five wickets for 44 and Plew three for 34. Clutha batsmen failed against the bowling of J. Kerr (six for 29), H Heads (two for 5), and L. Cotterill (two for 19), and were dismissed for 63 runs (Baxter 27), leaving Milton victorious bv 113 runs.