CENTRAL OTAGO

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24328, 19 June 1940, Page 10

CENTRAL OTAGO

LAWRENCE Sick and Wounded Fund Tije total collected' for the Red Cross Fund was £271 16s sd. Additional donations received were as follows; —St George Masonic Lodge £5 ss, A. Browne ss, Tuapeka Mouth young people £5 6s, J. Milne 10s, G. R. Talboys (additional) £1 Rugby Football On ..Saturday Beaumont assumed the lead in the South Tuapeka Rugby football competition by defeating Tuapeka Mouth at Beaumont. Waitahuna defaulted to Lawrence. . „ The position of the .teams in the South Tuapeka Sub-union’s banner competition is as follows:—Beaumont 12 points, Tuapeka Health 10, Lawrence 6, Waitahuna nil. - 1 School Committee At a meeting of the Lawrence District High School Committee it was decided to continue the milk-in-schools scheme and ask parents to contribute Is a term, for each child. It was resolved to notify the Health Department that the committee would pay half the cost of transport from the Lawrence station to the school. The Medical Officer of Health. Dr McKibbin, notified that the cost to tiie department of the supply and delivery of milk to the school for the year ended December 31, 1939, was £BB Os Id f °The 64 F.fd U Cro'ss collections scheme of one penny per week per child, with, a maximum of 3d per family, was authorised and left to the headmasters discretion. WANAKA Rugby Football One of the best Rugby football games played in the district for some lime was nlaved between Matakanui and Wanaka on Saturday, each team including a provincial representative. The game was very evenly contested, and excellent forward plav was a feature of the game The result was a win for Wanaka by 12 points to 9. Tries for the winning team were scored by A. Watkins and P. Hunt. A. Scaife kicked two penalty goals. Golf A Canadian Foursome (Mrs W. A. Scaife's trophy) on Saturday resulted as follows: —Mrs Anderson and Mrs Ongley 97 22—75, Mrs Waldron and Mrs Halliday 101—25—76, Mrs Collings and Mrs Morrow 107—28—79. Mrs Scaife and Mrs Scott 109 —2B—Bl Mrs G. Morris, sen., and Miss Scaife 109—24—85. Mrs G. L. Morns and Mrs Faulks 113—24—89. The first round result of the 1. Col lings Trophy and Medal Match were as follows:— C. Court 87—16—71 D- Matheson 90-17-73. R. Waldron 88-15-73. A. Winton 102—29—73. G. Morris 94—17—77. W Ironside 93—13—80, F. Jackson, 95_15 81, J. Perrow 91 —7—84, C. Ewing 113—25—88. ( Raffle Winners The following are the winners of the raffles drawn in connection with the Red Cross appeal:—Lady’s cardigan, No. 15b (Mrs »W. Hogan); dressed turkey, No. 4 (J Duff, Dunedin); guessing number of np '„ the bottle. A. J. Mayne; sack of manuka blocks. No. 85 (G. Hunt): three bags of Linton coal. No. 48 (J. S, Ross), box of groceries, No. a 3 (Mrs J. S. Hunt), goose. No. 139 (Miss J. Scaife): winner of electric heater. Mrs C J. Morris; entice dish! Mrs L. R. Morris: putting competition, Miss Joan Scaife. The appeal received an excellent response from the residents of the Wanaka district, £335 being forwarded to the provincial treasurer. CROMWELL Rugby Football In the A Grade Rugby football matches on Saturday, Cromwell was defeated by Lowburn by 31 points to ml. For the winners M. Hamilton was outstanding in the backs. At Wanaka, the home team defeated Matakanui by 11 points to nil. In the B Grade fixtures Alexandra defeated Bannockburn by 11 points to 3 Red Cross Appeal The following are the detailed amounts of the recent Red Cross a PPf a ,? for the Cromwell district; Tarras £55 13s Lowburn and Queensberry £4B 2s, Bannockburn £22 18s 9d, Cromwell and Rfpponvale £6l 9s 10d. Cromwell-com-munity sing £62 7s Id, dances and caids y? oo 12s 2d raffles and competitions £7 6 f s 6d. art union tickets £l9 4s'i total. £3OO 13s 4d. Community Singing Under the auspices of the local branch of the Red Cross Society a community sing was held on Wednesday evening. , A large crowd was present. The entertainment was led by Mr “ Spud Murphy, of Dunedin, assisted by Miss Rita Holmes. The amount collected was £o2 is la. Patriotic Committee The adjourned meeting of the local Patriotic Committee was licit! last Tuesday evening, the Mayor (Mr J. C. 1 arcell). presiding. After a general discussion on (he question of raising Hinds it was decided that arrangements be made to interview all employers of labour and all wage-earners with a view to starting a scheme of voluntary contributions oi lei in the £ from all wages. This scheme would be in the nature of a permanent contribution and further direct appeals would be made as circumstances warranted. It was also decided to form a publicity committee.