TAIHAPE NOTES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 11850, 5 June 1919, Page 4

TAIHAPE NOTES.

From Our Own Correspondent, The King’s Birthday was devoted almost exclusively to outdoor sports, so far as Taihape was concerned. A team of footballers from Ohingaiti visited Taihape and tried conclusions with the Taihape juniors, the latter winning by 8 points to nil. A Raetihi team , played a match against the Rovers, and a good even game resulted in favour of Raetibi by 6 points to 5. The winners scored a very easy try just before the end of the game. The best game of the day was Taumarunui versus Pirates. The visitors arrived with a likely looking team, but a> the Pirates had a good team selected, it was generally believed that Taumarunui would suffer defeat. In the first of the four spells, Taumarunui played such a vigorous game that they completely smothered the Pirates and scored nine points before changing over. There was no score in the second spell, but Taumarunui added 8 points to their score in the third quarter. In the last quarter Pirates scored a penalty goal, the game ending: Taumarunui 12, Pirates 3. Taihape hockey girls were • represented by three teams in the seven-a-side tournament at Feilding on King’s Birthday. The three teams won in the first round, but in" the second round Huia Band Old Girls were defeated. In the final, Huia A won the tournament and the seven medals by defeating Kimbolton by 2 goals to nil. The rainfall for the month of May was 1.48 in., the average for the same month during the past 15 years being 3.76 in. From Ist January to 31st May the total rainfall was 6.56 in., the average for the same period during the past 14 years being 14.98 in. The severity of the cold snap experienced locally may be gauged by the fact that the which fell on Friday last did not melt until Wednesday, and was, in sheltered places, frozen hard. Kingi Topia, of Taihape, has been awarded the honour of officer of the fourth class of the order of the British Empire. The condition of the two young men admitted to the Taihape hospital from Ohakune, and stated to have been suffering from lethargic encephalitis, is regarded as serious.

Drovers and others will be in terested in a case , brought before Marton Conrtlthis morning. Daniel Lynch, a drover, who did not an pear, was charged with having i e n a dead anima 1 on the road at Turakina. As lie made no arrangements for its burial the local authorities had to take the matter in baud and had paid a stranger to the townshin the sum of 30s for burying the beast The Bench remarked that it was a particularly unpleasant job very cheaply done, and inflicted a fine of £3 and costs £1 17s. k At this morning before Messrs J. J. M cDonald and R J. Wilde, J’s.P., a case of interest to the sporting community wag dealt with. Marton Jockey Qlnb (represented by Mr Ladley) brought a charge of trepsass against Thomas Torpoy, a bookmaker. Accused who was too ill to appear, forward, ed a plea of guilty, and as he had not tried to ply his calling on th e course, the Club did not press for a heavy penalty. The Beuchimposed a nominal fine of £3, Costs totalled £8 Ss. Offences under the Borough by. laws were dealt with by Marten Court this morning. For driving motor cars without rear lights J, Q % Blackwell and A. Stantiall were each fined 10s and costs 10s, For leaving his car standing without lights T. Rodgers was fined 10s and 7s costs, and T. Cameron, on a similar charge, but whoso car was in a more dangerous plcae, £1 and costs 7s, V. Kyle was fined las and costs 7s for motor cycling at an excessive speed. G. Warden pleaded guilty to riding a bicycle on footpath leading to station and was fined 10s without costs. K. Cummins was charged with riding a motor cycle from the station without lights. It was stated that the cycle had just arrived by train and it was impossible to get a light Fined 10s without costs.