LAND AND WATER.

Otago Witness, Issue 3595, 6 February 1923, Page 43

LAND AND WATER.

ATHLETICS. VISITING ATHLETES. BROAD JUMP RECORD BROKEN. AUCKLAND, February 4. The American athletes competed at the carnival arranged by the Auckland centre at the Domain. The attendance was 3000. Krogness gave a fine exhibition of hurdling, but he and Merchant suffered injuries to their legs' while jumping, and expect to be handicapped during the remainder of the tour. The 100 Yards North New Zealand Championship resulted:—M. Kirksey 1, W. L. Elliott 2, Lynch 3. Won in the last three yards by l£yds, and Iyd between second and third. Time, 10 2-ssec. Kirksey won the 100 Yards Handicap in 10 1-Ssec, the 220 Yards in 22 and 2-ssec, both from scratch. Krogness won his heat in the 120 Yards Hurdles in 16 2-ssec from scratch, but in the final J. J. Gubble (6yds) beat him by half a yard. Time, 15 3-s«ec. Merchant won Putting the Shot with 43ft ojin, 44ft 10-iin, 45ft lliin, the last shot being the best he had ever done. Krogness was fourth in the Hop, Step, and Jump. He did 42ft from scratch, G. A. Plummer (scr) covering 46ft 3in, and winning. Merchant, from scratch, won the Broad Jump with 23ft 3Jin —a New Zealand re cord—beating the 23ft 3in established by G. P. Keddell (Southland) 10 years ag">. Krogness, from scratch, jumped 21ft 4iin at first try, but at the second he slipp’d, hurting an ankle. In an exhibition of hammer-throwing Merchant threw 145 ft and 157 ft 2in.

CARR IN GOOD FORM. SYDNEY, February 4. At a sports meeting the sprinter Carr easily won the 100 Yards Race in 10 2-ssec, and the 220 Yards, in 24sec. The Five Miles Cycling Championship of New South Wales resulted as follows:—W. Coppins 1, A. Scotten 2, E. Langford 3. Time, 13min 4sec. BOXINC. AUSTRALIAN BOXING. SYDNEY, February 4. At the Stadium Jack Coles knocked out Daniels, the middle-weight champion, in the seventh round. Up to the time he revived the knock-out Daniels made a good showing VICTORY FOR DUTCH BOXER, PARIS, February 4. Vandenveer, the Dutch heavy weight, beat Nelles, who retired in the seventh, round, after fracturing his arm in the second.BOWLING. Bv Tack. I have received from the secretary of the Oamaru Easter bowling tournament (Mr W. Atkinson) a copy of the tournament programme. The competitions are to be on the same lines as last year' the only alteration being the cutting out of the Pukeuri j Green, thus limiting the entries to 48 rinks. | According to latest reports the greens at present are in excellent condition. Already about 30 rinks have entered, so it is safe to predict that long before the date for the closing of the entries all vacancies will he filled. “Elderly Bowlers’ Day,” which is certainly one of the most popular annual fixtures in the Dunedin Centre, will be held on the Dunedin Club’s Green on Saturday, February 10. This will be the ninth anniversary of the annual reunion of the older generation of bowlers, and the Dunedin Club cordially invites all elderly bowlers to be present on the club’s green on February 10. The Dunedin Centre has arranged that no inter-club fixtures shall be played on that date. FOOTBALL. SCOTLAND'S NEW GROUND. LONDON, January 28. The Scottish Rugby Union has purchased for £40,000 a ground at Murran Fields, Edinburgh, for international matches. Accommodation will be provided for 70,000 spectatora. It will be the largest Rugby ground in Britain. —A. and N.Z. Cable.

SCOTTISH UNION’S DECISION. LONDON, February 2. The Scottish Rugby Union intends to insist that all overseas players shall declare in writing that they never played for or against a team playing under Northern Union rules, otherwise they will be barred. SCOTLAND DEFEATS WALES. m LONDON, February 3. The Rugby football match between Scotland and Wales was won by the former by 11 points to 8. The game was played at Cardiff in the presence of 45,000 people. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. TEAM FOR AUSTRALIA. WELLINGTON, January 30. Soccer enthusiasts will be- interested tc learn that the invitation from Australia to send a representative team from New Zealand to the commonwealth this year has been accepted, and a team will probably go over in June next. The visit of the Australians last year did an immense amount of good for the game throughout the dominion, and as there is a similar indication of enthusiasm for the round ball game in Australia, the New Zealand Council is desirous of helping all it can to forward the interests of the code in the commonwealth. The team will be, in the strictest sense, an amateur one. LAWN TENNIS. AUCKLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS. AUCKLAND, January 30. The representative ladies’ tennis match New South Wales v. Auckland was concluded t-o-day, the visitors winning all the matches. January 31. The finals in the Auckland tennis tournament were played to-day in fine weather. Tile courts were in good order. Results: Ladies’ Doubles.—Misses Lance and Lloyd (N.S.W.) beat Mrs Lascelles and Miss Gray (N.S.W.), 6—3, 7—5. Ladies’ Singles.—Miss Lance beat Miss Gray, 6—2, 6—4. Men’s Singles.—Sims beat Bartlett, 6—4, 6—2, 4—6, 6—2. Mixed Doubles.—Miss Gray and Griffiths beat Mias MacFarLGie and Robson, o—6, 6—2, »— 7. The Men’s Doubles are undecided. PIPING AND DANCINC. GATHERING AT WANGANUI. WANGANUI. February 4. The Wanganui Caledonian Society’s fortieth annual gathering was held on Saturday, nearly 4000 being present. There was keen competition in all the Highland events. Following are the principal results: Piping (“ Laments ”), New Zealand Championship.—C. C. McDonald 1, J. Cameron 2, S. Tait 3. Marches.—J. Cameron 1, S. Tait 2, R. Haddow 3 Dancing (Reel), New Zealand Championship.—W. G. M’Kenzie 1, E. Haddow 2, T. M’Kenzie 3. Sword Dance.—D. M’Kenzie 1, R. Haddow 2, W. J. M’Kenzie 3. Fling.—D. M’Kenzie 1, Haddow 2, W. G. M’Kenzie 3. Ladies’ Fling.—Miss J. M’Kenzie,. Miss E. Jebb 2. Ladies’ Sword Dance.—Miss J. M’Kenzie 1, Miss Jebb 2. For Boys under Eighteen—D. Scott 1, G. M’Combie 2. Seaunlriubliais and Swords. —-G. M’Combie 1. D. Scott 2. Girls under 18.—Fling and Seauntriubhais. Miss Thelma M’Kenzie 1, Miss J. M’Lachlan 2, Miss O. Seaman 3. Reel o’ Tulloch. —Miss J. M’Lachlan 1, Miss Thelma M’Kenzie 2, O. Seaman 3. Jig,—Miss Seaman 1, Miss M’Kenzie 2, Miss M’Lachlan 3. ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY. The monthly meeting of the Acclimatiiation Society was held in the board room of the secretary (Mr R. Hanning) on the 29th ult. The president (Mr G. W. M’lntosh) occupied the chair, and there were also present Messrs A. Cowie, T. Long, H. G. Williams. W. G. Reid, E. C. Holmes, O. A. Wilson, W. J. Robinson, S F. Aburn, and J. Hungerford. The Angling Committee reported that a request had been received from the secretary of the Waipahi Anglers’ Club regarding the cost of shifting the hut at the junction of the Pomabaka and Waipahi Rivers. It recommended that the club’s request for £4 be granted. It also recommended that the accounts, amounting to £2 13s for the cost of shifting the hut troin Burning Plains to Swan’s bridge, be passed for payment. J. W’hite, Wedderburn, had advised that he had received the young fish in splendid condition, and that he had liberated them at once. The Southland Acclimatisation Society had been supplied with a further 25,000 rainbow ova. The committee recommended that 30,000 brown fry at Clinton should be allocated as follows:—3000, Three O’clock Creek: 20,000, Waikouaiti; 7000, Pomahaka; and 5000 rainbow fry for Paerau. —The report was adopted.

Ranger Duncan submitted a report covering his visit to the district round Lakes Hawca and Wanaka and Makaroa. He stated that the total deer shot during his visit was 1541. A list of the deer shot in (ho various blocks was submitted. From what could be learned while in the Makaroa the people there had very little to complain about regarding damage done by deer at present. 'J he deer were numerous on tne Kiwi and Cameron Flats, but little could be done there in the way of culling owing to the large quantity of bush there. While he and Mr Buckley had been camped at Scrubby Flat Creek, Mr O’Kane, of Alexandra, had come up. He had caught a lot of fish in a very short time—the best catch being seven m less than an hour. Iney were all rainbow. The average • weight of the fish would he nearly 91b. The paradise duck and pukako were in large numbers. There were fair numbers of grey and a few black teal also.—The Chairman congratulated Ranger Duncan on the details he had supplied.—lt was decider] that Ranger Duncan and Mr Buckley visit the Hunter Valley district and cull the deer during the rutting season on the blocks j not taken up. i It was decided to give the president three months’ leave of absence as he has to go to the North Island on business. It was decided to instruct Ranger Duncan to take steps to carry out culling of deer at Waikaia Valley.