QUEENSTOWN NOTES

Southland Times, Issue 19898, 17 June 1926, Page 4

QUEENSTOWN NOTES

(From Our Correspondent.} The Weather.—The spell of fine weather was broken in the middle of last week. A mildness betokened something and this was rain which has fallen in considerable quantities at intervals. It has become colder the last day or so and heavy snow has fallen on the higher altitudes. At the time of writing it has cleared again and the temperature has lowered. We are having a wonderfully good winter thus far and we will be past the shortest day in less than a week. FOOTBALL. Queenstown and Arrowtown opened the second round of the cup fixtures at Arrowtown on Saturday last. Heavy rain for some days previously and on the day of the match put good football out of the question, and if anything favoured the visiting combination which was the lighter team. The ball was kept down and the Arrowtown backs were rarely ever able to pursue the passing game which brought them success in their match against Pirates the week before. The scores were 6—5 in the first spell in favour of Arrow. Queenstown, however, scored the only fry in the second spell, which like the try in the first spell, was splendidly converted by A. Farrant, who captained the team in place of his brother, W. Farrant, who received injuries in a previous match. Queenstown thus won by 10 points to 6. With hard training Queenstown has a good chance of winning the cup this season. Queenstown play Pirates next Saturday. GOLF. Owing to wet weather all golf fixtures were abandoned last Saturday. The men’s competition for Mr. Sydney Smith’s trophy will be commenced on Saturday if the weather permits. The same remarks apply to the ladies’ matches. The club have received an offer of handsome silver cups for competition in both the men’s and ladies’ section. The trophies have been given unconditionally and in the case of the ladies it has been decided to hold six matches, the befit five of which will determine the winner. The club is promised another cup for competition so that much encouragement is being given the players of the Wakatipu Club. WAKATIPU LICENSING COMMITTEE. The licenses in the Wakatipu district were reviewed at the annual meeting of the Licensing Committee last Thursday. The whole of the committee were present, and Mr. G. Cruickshank S.M. presided. All the licenses were granted except in r -pect of the Bridge Hotel, Miller’s Flat; Welcome Home Hotel; Lowbum; Mcßride’s Hotel, Queenstown; Raes Junction Hotel; Chatto Creek Hotel, Chatto Creek; and Cardrona Hotel, Cardrona. In each of these cases the licensees were asked to carry out certain improvements set down by the Health Inspector. The committee have stipulated that the Crown Hotel, Waikaia, and the Central Hotel, Arrowtown, must be replaced with new buildings during the next twelve months or their licenses will be forfeited. The Bridge Hotel, Miller’s Flat, must also remodelled during the year. The committee declined to grant a transfer of the license of the Mountaineer Hotel from E. Rooney to Mrs. McCarthy, the owner. Inspector Bird watched the proceedings on behalf of the Police Department. MINING ACTIVITY. If the volume of business put through the Warden’s Court last Thursday may be regarded as a reflex of mining activity in the future, then there will be an exceedingly busy, and let us hope, a prosperous time ahead for the Wakatipu district. Upwards of 40 applications for mining privileges were granted in the court, and of these the Kawarau Gold Mining Company figured in some 20 special or extended dredging claims on the Shotover. The Shotover Consolidated Claims, Ltd., which controls many of the rights of claim holders in both the Shotover and Kawarau, applied for and were granted licenses for several water races in the Shotover basin. QUEENSTOWN BREAKWATER. The local Borough Council have received advice from the District Engineer setting out two schemes for protective work on the lake front to replace the old breakwater. The first is reinforced piling with precast slabs estimated to cost £1000; the second a rubble slope with pavement slabs estimated to cost £B2O. The Government provide half the money and the council is expected to find the other half. As a chain of the breakwater is vested in the Tourist Department it has been decided to write to the member for the district in respect of a share of the expense before anything is done. PERSONAL. Professor Park, who paid a visit to Doubtful Sound early in the month in connection with the nitrates project, returned to Queenstown last Friday and returned to Dunedin with Mrs. Park on Monday morning. Mr. George Thurlow, head clerk in the local Railway office, has been transferred to Winton. He leaves here on Saturday next. Mr. D. Todd, sales manager for Scott, Goudy and Company, sharebrokers, Wellington, paid a visit to Queenstown recently in connection with the flotation of the Golden Terrace dredging claim at Tucker Beach, Lower Shotover.