THE OAMARU DISTRICT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24619, 29 May 1941, Page 12

THE OAMARU DISTRICT

PHOENIX BOWLING CLUB PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES The annual social and presentation of certificates of the Phcenix Bowling Club was held in the club pavilion on Tuesday night, a large number of members and friends attending. ' Club trophies have been discontinued during the war, but cups and certificates were presented. The first part of the evening was occupied with progressive euchre, the prize-winners being Mrs W. E. Motle and Mr C. Robertson, and the consolation winners Mrs M. Henderson and Mr J, T. Calder. An enjoyable musical programme was presented bv Mesdames Chase and Bartlett (songs), Mesdames Bartlett and Dickson and Chase and McWhirter (duets), and Messrs E. Monteath and W. Denholm (songs). In the women's section, the club trophies were presented by Mrs A. Grant (president), in the men's section by Messrs D. R. Corson and J. B. Purcell (president and vice-president respectively), and for the North Otago Bowling Centre by Mr H. C. Jeffery (president), as follows: Women.—Championship Singles, Mrs E. D Watts; Championship Pairs, Mesdames Jamieson and Watts;. Championship Fours, Mesdames Jamieson, Brown, Miss Symington, Mrs Ashton. Men.—Championship Singles (Corson Cup), G. P. Mollison; Championship Pairs (Meek Cup), E. H. Taylor and W. Campbell; Championship Fours—F. Grant, D. R. Corson, A. Walker, D. H. Thomson; Colts Singles (Thomson Cup), H. R. Domigan; Philip Cup (presented by Mr R. Philip, for players 70 years or over). C. Westfield and J Crisp: Club Pairs," N. H. Colquhoun and D. H. Thomson; Percentage Fours— W. Anderson (lead), G. Roney (second), E D. Watts (third), D. H. Thomson (skip). The Two-bowl Pairs competition was abandoned. . „, Centre— Champion of Champions Singles G. P. Mollison; Easter Tournament certificates— Championship Pairs, A. C. Forrest and J. T. Calder; Championship Fours, F. Grant, R. Hinton, G. P. Mollison, D. H. Thomson; Veterans Cup, F. Bedford; Phcenix Club (Mr D. R. Corson), the Sidey.Cup and Mills Shield - Appreciation was expressed of the assistance given by the women's section of the club, and a vote ol thanks was passed to th» performers; f ITEMS OF INTEREST IN AND ABOUT TOWN Railway Dance.—The Oamaru railway staff dance held in the Scottish Hall on Monday night was a. great success, over 200 couples being present. Rae s Orchestra supplied the music, and the duties of M C, were carried out by Messrs H. Wilson and D. Lawrie. The young ladies of the staff prepared the buffet supper. The "Comforts for Fighters" Fund, to which the proceeds of the dance were devoted, should benefit by the effort. SHIPPING ACTIVITIES ' PORT OF OAMARU High Water.—May 29: 4.47 a.m. and 5.9 p.m. Coastal Movements The Wainui is expected to load to-day for Wellington, Napier and Gisborne, via P °The Waipahi will load about Saturday, June 7, for Wellington, Nelson and New Plymouth, via ports. The Waipiata is due about Saturday, June 14, to load for Wellington and Auckland, via ports.

NORTH OTAGO SPORTS NEWS OF THE WEEK Rugby.—With two teams from the country, and the return of a senior team from Athletic, a great deal more interest has been imparted to Rugby in Oamaru, and the season should be much better than was anticipated at the beginning of the month. Old Boys had won all their matches up to last Saturday, but now with four senior teams, a new competition has been started, and this will be much more satisfactory for both players and spectators. By going up to Junior Grade, St. Kevin's has made it possible for two good competitions in the Junior and Fourth Grade, while the weaker School Third Grade team will have matches every Saturday against the teams having the bye. The rearrangement of these competitions is also all to the good, as otherwise there would have been two teams standing on the bank each Saturday, and only two teams in the Third Grade. From now on, as was shown by the play in the senior games last Saturday, patrons can expect excellent football at the Show. Grounds for the remainder of the season. Otago v. North Otago.—The visit of an Otago team to Oamaru is always a popular event with Rugby patrons, and the match between Otago and North Otago at the Show Grounds on Monday should attract a large crowd. The Otago side is a good one, and while there are not a large number of players to draw upon in North Otago, the selector (Mr B. B. Blackmore) appears to have made an excellent choice, and on their home ground North Otago should give a good account of themselves. This will be one. of the very few representative games this season, and patrons should not miss the opportunity of seeing it. Duntroon's Good Win.—To defeat Old Boys by 14 points to 3 was an excellent effort on the part of Duntroon last Saturday. Old Boys were without the services of Robertson and McKone, probably the best pair of five-eighths in North Otago, but Duntroon's victory was due to good team work and excellent goal-kicking by Carlyon, the full-back. The two tries by Geddes were well deserved, as was also Old Boys' only score, which came from a nice' passing movement, which was finished off by Hodge in a determined run to the line. Gardiner (full-back) had a day off, and his kicking to the line lacked judgment, and Heaseley, who replaced Hall at half-back; was not as consistent. The pick of the Old Boys' forwards were Thompson, Twaddle and Maddigan. Carlyon played an impressive game as fullback for Duntroon. his fielding and kicking being of a high standard, and of the forwards, Geddes, Strachan and Hedley gave a good account of themselves wherever the fray was hottest. Windsor's Good Showing.—Though they were 13 points down at half-time, Windsor put up a good showing in the second spell to prevent any further score by Athletic, and at the same time themselves put seven points on the board. Threo tries, two of which were converted with fine kicks by T. Robinson, put Athletic in a good position, but in changing over the Windsor boys played a more aggressive game, and had the better of the exchanges territorially. A penalty goal by A. Johnston, and a splendid field goal by J. Johnston reduced the margin to G at no-side. Athletic had a safe full-back in Sparks, and Collins, Hammill and Parker were generally up with the play, and for Windsor, G. Johnston, Hay and Rawcliffe played excellent football. DRUIDISM ENDEAVOUR LODGE The quarterly meeting of the Endeavour Lodge, U.A.0.D., was held recently, Bro. A. Winslade presiding. A motion of sympathy was passed with Bro. G. M. Gardiner in the loss of his sister. The election of officers resulted as follows:—Arch Druid, Bro. T. H. Dowie; vice-arch, Bro. R. V. Roney; treasurer, Bro. G. M. Gardiner: minute secretary, Bro. J. P. McLeod; inner guardian, Bro. C. E. Smith; outer guardian, Bro. R. J. Luxon; A.D. bards, Bros. M. Thyne and H. Koppert; V.A. bards, Bros. A. J. W. Kerr and J. Gerrie; master of ceremonies, Bro. R. H. Smith; auditors—Bros.. H. Grocott, J. Gerrie, and J. Corlett; chaplain, Bro. J. P. McLeod. Bro. H. Grocott gave an interesting and detailed talk on the various aspects of the Social Security Act and its effect on the lodges. Bro. J. Gerrie stressed the point that lodge members should be instructed to stay on the dispensary list, and also that lodge members should be advised to continue to take their lodge prescription books to the doctor. AMUSEMENTS MAJESTIC THEATRE " Irene."—" Irene," one of the best loved of all American musical comedies, has been brought to the talking screen for the first time with Anna Neagle, the brilliant English star, in the lead. Marking her first comedy role in an Americanmade film, Miss Neagle exhibits her talents as a comedienne and musical star. Ra v Milland and Roland Young, Alan Marshall, May Robson, Billie Burke and Arthur Treacher have other important roles. OPERA HOUSE " Swing it Professor."—Rhythm, laughs and songs constitute this musical comedy to be shown to-night. The plot is negligible, but serves to introduce Pinky Tomlin, Paula Stone and the three Gentlemaniacs as comedians and songsters. "Rangers' Round-up."—ln this Western, another cowboy singer is introduced in the person of Fred Scott, who possesses a good baritone voice. AI St. John, the well-known acrobat and comedian, is also in the cast with Christine Mclnty. HOCKEY OAMARU v. ALBANY The senior and junior teams of the Oamaru Hockey Club will travel to Dunedin on the King's Birthday (Monday, June 2), to meet the Albany Club's teams and play for the Gardiner Memorial Cup (senior) - , and Sew Hoy Cup (junior), at Tonga Park, commencing at 11 a.m. The bus for Dunedin will leave the depot at 7 a.m. The following are the teams:— Senior.—J. McCaffery, G. Maynard, B. Scallv. G. Minty, A. Minty, D. Fogarty. N. Whitburn. K. Thomson, W. Thomas (captain), L. Blair, M. Newton. Junior.—B. Hollow, R. Devvar, J. Lowrie, M. Loper. H. Lightwood (captain), J. Sherwin, D. Docherty. D. Tonkin, T. Thorpe. M. Tonkin, I. McLeod. The teams will be required for a practice match at King George's Park at. 2.30 p.m on Saturday. table Tennis SECOND ROUND RESULTS The following are the results of the North Otago Tabic Tennis Association's competition games in the second round: A Grade.—Salvation Army 17, Post and Telegraph 15; South School 22, Waiareka 10; Celtic 21, St. Paul's 11. B Grade.—South School I 19, Waiareka II 13; Wcslev 21, St. Paul's 11: Celtic 111 17, Post and Telegraph 15: Celtic I 18, Post and Telegraph I 14. There are still two matches to be played in the B Grade competition. Draw for Third Round The following is the draw for the third round:— A Grade.—Celtic v. Post and Telegraph, at Celtic; St. Paul's v. Waiareka, at St. Paul's; South School v. Salvation Army, at Salvation Army. B Grade—Waiareka II v. Celtic 111, at Waiareka; Walreka I v. South School 111, at Waiareka; South School I v. St. Paul's, at South School; South School II v. Celtic I, at Celtic; Post and Telegraph I v. Celtic 11, at Post and Telegraph; Post and Telegraph II v, Wesley, at Wesley. PERSONAL Private Jack Sutton, who is reported missing in the casualty lists, is the second son of Mr and Mrs F. J. Sutton, Eden street, Oamaru. He was born in Oamaru, but enlisted in Dunedin, leaving with the Second Echelon. A younger son. Frank, is serving in the navy. Messrs A. C. Piper (secretary of the Oamaru Returned Soldiers' Association) I and N. H. Colquhoun (district vicepresident of the New Zealand Association) I left on Tuesday for Wellington, where I they will attend the annual conference of I the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association.