GORE

Southland Times, Issue 24448, 30 May 1941, Page 8

GORE

CROQUET CLUB The opinion that the club had experienced a very good year was expressed by the president, Mrs F. G. Parsons, when moving the adoption of the annual report and balance-sheet at the annual meeting of the Gore Croquet Club last night. Mrs Parsons said that the club had a credit of £B3 in the main account and £76 in the No. 2 account. The club’s assets amounted to £376 and its liabilities were nil. The report and balance-sheet were adopted. The following officers were elected: — Patron, Mr W. D. Shelton; president, Mrs James Ritchie; vice-presidents, Mesdames R. P. Neale and G. Peterson; secretary and treasurer, Mrs W. T. Trustier; club captain and handicapper, Mrs G. McLeod; committee, Mesdames Parsons, V. Burgess, R. W. McCreath, F. J. Murray, A. T. Pettigrew and L. G. Thomson; green and selection committee, Mesdames Ritchie, Trustier and McLeod; auditor, Mr W. D. Shelton; delegate to the Southland Croquet Association, Mrs Trusler Opening day was fixed for September 22. It was decided to give £3/3/- to the patriotic funds.

LINEN - FLAX At the request of the Imperial Government an appeal is being made to the farmers of New Zealand to sow a much greater area of linen flax. Fifteen thousand acres were sown last season and it is hoped to increase this area to 23,000 acres for the coming season. Of this total, 1000 acres are required within a 16 miles radius of Gore, and a factory is to be erected at this centre for the processing of the material. Apart from the sending of troops overseas, New Zealand can make no greater direct contribution to the Empire’s needs, at the present time, than the growing of this crop. A public meeting of farmers is to be held in the R.S.A. rooms, Gore, today, and at this meeting Mr W. Faithful, fields instructor, Department of Agriculture, will supply particulars about the growing of the crop and contracts. The production of linen flax is of vital importance. GOLF DRAW The draw of the Gore Golf Club for the May stroke match to be played on the club’s links at Croydon tomorrow is as follows:—W. Young and G. Mitchell; S. B. Taylor and N. M. Sandes; H. A. Price and J. W. Turnbull; E. Crosbie and F. Young; J. Boyne and C. W. Adamson; G. R. Martin and J. P. Steans; A. Hain and R. E. Souter; J. A. C. Macartney and P. W. Hunt; S. N. Smart and L. Strang; A. V. Latty and F. C. Wylie; A. Thorn and H. R. Willcocks; V. Aldersen and T. Orr; L. E. West and T. W. Feast; T. Kidd and A. S. Atkins; G. Thompson and L. T. Cockerill; P. Glasson and L. G. Thomson; D. Dunnet and R. J. Ritchie; N. Young and H. L. Smith; R. Lusk and R. E. Sutherland; C. R. Barron and I. Campbell; W. Campbell and D. S. McLeod; A. J. Hawke and J. A. S. Aitken; J. T. Taylor.