THE ORMOND SPORTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17453, 30 December 1930, Page 8

THE ORMOND SPORTS

On Friday next in deligbtfuny slidt<*red grounds on the banks oi tho < ml River at Ormond, the Ormond Sports Club will hold its eighth annual sports. A very comprehensive programme of both athletic and horse events has Seen arranged, and good entries have come to hand. Buses from all ports of the district will run to the grmmd. apc a special train will leave the MU wharf at 9.35 a.m returmug to town after the sports. In the evening the annual dance will lie held in tho Ormond Hall, at which the cups and ti opines will he presented to the winners.

On Christmas Eve there were 4. ■tents established in the Hastings camping ground at Bcatson Park.

Nearly 180 applications were received for the position of caretaker for the Otaki .Maori Racing Club. Air. If. IT. Fergusson, M.A., of St. Andrews University, Scotland, lias been appointed lecturer on experimental psychology at Otago University. He was chosen from 16 applicants.

The most expensive mail that has ever reached New Zealand arrived at Auckland from I/os Angelos last week by the Oceanic, and Oriental Navigation Go. s steamer Golden Cross. I 'he vessel brought only one bag of ordinary mail and for the carriage of it to New Zealand tho vessel’s owners will receive £2865. The freight charges on the bag of mail are exceptionally high because tho company is paid a subsidy by the United States Government for bringing mail to New Zealand. The subsidy is at tho rate of about 10s 6d a nautical mile, or about £2866 a voyage. Dominion Airlines Ltd.’s GisborncJlnstings service will he maintained to the usual timetable during the Now Year holidays', the machine leaving Gisborne each morning at 7 o’clock, and returning from Hastings at 5 p.m. Special trips will llot interfere with t.lie schedule, and the. plane will return from Hustings in the event of a special flight to any other part being required. Aliss Stewart and Mr. Haughey were passengers from Gisborne this morning, and Air. and Airs. Burgess are Imoked to ilv south on New Year’s Day, while ATessrs. Esquilant and Findlay will leave by the plane on Friday' morning. The Blue and White Taxi Co. has received also several other hookings for later dates.

Members <J the Gixlvorno Boy Scout troops who are at present under canvas at their annual camp oil Air. T. Holden s property near Lofigbusli are receiving luuili useful instruction in scontcraft. The hoys have been concentrating lately on work, and route marches and other healthy outdoor occupations form a big part of the varied programme. On New Year's Day a sports gathering will be held, and’Hie Scouts will demonstrate also some of their work. The camp is made up of 33 boys from Ibe St. Oswald’s, Mangapapa. and Y.AI.C.A. troops, with Seoulmaster Foote in charge of St. Oswald's troop, Scoutmaster J. Klnill in charge of the AfangaI papa troop, and Scoutmasters A. 11. , Kidd and 11. Singer in charge, of the I Y.AI.C.A. hoys. The senior scout master of the district, Air. T. 1). Baker, is in | charge of the whole camp, and periodical 'visits are paid by the district, oomrnisi sinner, Dr. \V. A. Bowie. A SI. John j Ambulance camp is being conducted bv Airs. L. iSilverwood, hut so far she has ] no), been required to attend to any | serious injury, her attention being given | to sunburn and other minor ailments. REFRESHMENT IN GALLONS. THREE GALLONS FOR EIGHTEENPENCE. An eighteenpenny bottle* of “Price’s” —from any grocer—Will make three gallons of most delicious, wholesome i cordial. If you like Orange, you will be delighted with Price’s Flavored •Orango Extract— made with real 'extractive of oranges.—l