OTAGO GOLF CLUB.

Otago Witness, Issue 2319, 11 August 1898, Page 40

OTAGO GOLF CLUB.

Daring the past week a friesdlr niatoh was played by the above club sg&insfc five members of the North OUg> Golf Club. Unfortunately the links were partially covered with snow, and this tended to make tte g*me somewhat try ing t as, besides the inoonvenience of wending through the enow, there was great difficulty in finding the ball. Singles wete played in the morning and foursomes in the afternoon, and though the visitors were unsuccessful in both matches they played well under such disadvantageous weather, coupled with the fact that the links were new to mosfe of them. The following are the players and scores :—: — SINGLES. Mr R. T. Wheeler ... 4 Mr W. R. Darling ... 0 Mr A. Tapper ... 2Mr M. ilolraes ... 0 MrE Melland ... 3 Mr 11. M. Roxby ... 0 Mr 11. D. Stranach... 2 Mr A. W. Gillies ... 0 DrOgston 3 Mr C. Banks 0 14 0 FOURSOMES. Mes?r« R. T. Wheeler Messrs W. R. Darling aud E. Meiland ... 5 aud H. M. Roxby 0 Messrs A. Tapper and Messrs M. Holmes 11. D. Stronach ... 2 and A. W. Gillies 0

7 0 On Saturday afternoon the monthly competition for the St. Andrew Cross was played, the game being against Colonel Bogey,. Considering the snow that had fallen eailier in the week, tbe links were in very good oider, and it was fomawhat tiuprisir-g to find when the cards were handed in from 2A competitors that only one player (Mr R. T. Wheeler) had beaten and two (Dr Brown and Mr W. C. MacCregor) had halved the round . against the Colonel. The following are the names of players who were not more than five holes down :—: — Mr I!. T. Wheeler, jun. ... scratch 2 holes up Mr W. O. MacGregor ... ■■ all square Dr Brown 3 strokes " Mr F. J. Milling 3 n lholed'a Mr A. Holmes 9 v 2 ii Mr J. M'J'herson ...' ' ... 9 ■■ 2 n Mr John Ritchie ... m 15 h 2 n Mr 11. Price 10 h 3 » MrA.Todd 7 n 4 „ MrG. A. lUade 30 it 4 >• Mr H. D. Stronach ... 4 it 5 » Since the OUgo Golf Club acquired nosgeßsion cf the links considerable interest has been token in the game, and permanent putting greens are now being made. The New Zf-aland Championship meeting for gentlemen commences at Christchurch on September 20, and the Ladies' Championship for New Zealand takes place at Dunedin in the middle of October.

At a conference of churches in Wanganui ife was reeilwd to emphatically protest against the {-revisions of Mr Millar's Licensing Bill.

The Rev. Mr Sinellie, of Wyiidham, was on Wednesday evening presented with an address and a purse containing 70 sovereigns as a tangible token of Irs rcv^gregation's esteem and affection.

Beggars Bra taxed in cert&in purts of China, snd in return are given the privilege of begging in stated districts.

Of the old people in the United Kingdom above the sge of 60, one in seven is at the present moment in receipt of parish relief.

Floweis tufcia the morning will refeaic their freshness twice as long as these cat; in the middle of the day when the sun is shining upon them.

The diamond mining companies of South Africa estimate their losses by tbeffc afc £1,000,000 a year, of which they recover about one-half.

A snail farm has been started by a farmer of Anct, France. Ho has already 200,000 of these interesting creatures, and they cat aa much green fodder rs two cows.

It is a. rule in Austria that all knives used in reetauranfcs shall be blunt nfc the points. This is to prevent tfcem from being used •with murderous intent when criminal guests become quarrelsome.

The working of the municipal electric trams at Dover has been bo successful during the last sis months that the corporation have been en&bled to reduce the town rates by 2d in the pound. Constance Smith was fined £5 at the Magistrate's Court for wilfully neglecting a child hired out to her to keep. Notice oi appeal was given. At a meeting of the Agricultural and Pastoral Society, it was reported that within the last month, as the result of a canvass by several members of the committee, 139 new members had joined. A sum of £134 had also been raised toward the formation of a technical library. At a meeting at Invercargill on Friday it was decided to proceed with holding an exhibition there, to be opened in January, 1900. About 60 were present, and, as an earnest of their entlmsiasm, subscribed £400 in the room.