MATAURA NOTES

Southland Times, Issue 20171, 6 May 1927, Page 4

MATAURA NOTES

FOOTBALL. (From Our Correspondent.) The Mat aura v. Albidh second grade match resulted in a win for the Mataura team by 50 to nil. It could not be called a good game as the winning team so far outclassed their opponents that it was, all through, a very one-sided game. Some pretty passing rushes were carried out by Mataura in the earlier part of the game, but evidently feeling themselves masters of the situation and also, possibly through a nasty shower making the ball greasy, their play fell off in quality towards the latter part. In spite of the inclemency or the weather, there was quite a fair muster of spectators. In the first half of the game, tries were scored by the following: Anderson 1, Amos 2, McQuillan 2, Calder 1, J. Calder 1, and Henery 1, while Calder converted three and Anderson one. A total of 32 points. In the second half no goals were secured, but six tries were obtained by Aitken 2, and Sharp, Henery, Anderson and R. Calder one each. The match was efficiently controlled by Mr J. Baldwin. The game, which was to have been playfed between the Albion and Mataura third grade teams did not take place as Mataura was not able to muster a team. HOCKEY. In the hockey match played to-day on the Mat aura Recreation Ground between the Gore High School and the Mataura A the former won by two goals to one. As the scores show there was not much between the teams and some good play*was seen. Miss Elsie Smith scored the two goals for the High School team and Miss Mailey scored the one for Mat aura. During the game Miss McVickar had the misfortune to suffer injury and was, in consequence, compelled to relinquish the game. Her place was taken by Miss Mailey. Mr J. Paulin was the referee. W.E.A. A meeting of the W.E.A. was held in the Coronation Hall on Wednesday evening. The bad weather and various other causes militated against a large attendance, but still quite a number turned up. Mr Anderson occupied the chair. The lecturer, Mr S. August, of Invercargill, gave a most interesting address on the novel “Lord Raingo” and its author, Arnold Bennett. He noted the tendency of some of the present day authors, of whom the subject of his address was one, to make little or no effort to disguise from the public the people they have in mind as they write, and that one of them has used the actual names of prominent living men in one of his books. He held that, while Bennett had not gone so far as that, it was still no difficult matter to name the personages he had in view as he wrote. After some little discussion on the subject of the address by those present a hearty vote of thanks, on the motion of Mr Ingram, was accorded the lecturer. It is proposed during this winter to devote the evenings to lecturers on literature and economics, with the exception of three evenings on which debates on various subjects will be held. Mr. August will give the course on literature and Mr Price, ot Gore, will deal with economics. Mr Price will commence next Wednesday evening by delivering his first address entitled, “What it’s all about. How Economic Life developed.” Those present were strongly urged by various speakers to do w’hat they could in the way of increasing the membership of the class and keeping up the attendance.