WEDNESDAY RUGBY

Taranaki Daily News, 17 July 1930, Page 8

WEDNESDAY RUGBY

CITY BEAT FRASER ROAD. City (Hawera) carried too many guns | for Fraser Road when they met at Hawera yesterday in the mid-week Rugby competition. City won by 32 points to 5. r pie opening exchangee were ragged, with neither team holding an advantage until the City pack streamed over the line for Hart to touch down, Morrissey converting the try. Almost immediately Barlow cut through Fraser Road’s defence and scored. Morrissey again converted. Tb- next try was forthcoming when Morrissey cut in to run Norris into position to cross at the cornel. Morrissey failed with the kick. Moniseey ran right through the team to score under the goal preparatory to kicking his third goal. It was not long before° Kendall swung out a long pass to Morrissey, who scored again, also converting the try. Fraser Road did a little better for the remainder of the first spell, which yielded no further score. Soon after the interval Cannon forced his way over to increase City’s score by three, Morrissey failing to convert the try. Fraser Road rallied and from a line-out near City’s line Haw scoied. Newall converted from well out. The visitors continued on the attack for a while but could not hold City and Barron scored. Brown missed with the kick. Barron threw a long pass to Kendall, who scored, Morrissey failing to convert. Fraser Road came back to the attack for Haw to shake off flnumber of would-be tacklers and go over for a good try with two City men trying to hold him back. Dickson did not convert. Rayner and Cannon hpd to leave the field owing to injuries before the final whistle came with the scores: City 32, Fraser Road 8. Mr. A. E. Stevens refereed. OHANGAI WINS BY DEFAULT. A win by default for Ohangai was the result of the mid-week Rugby competition match to have been played yesterday between Ohangai and Whareroa at Ohangai. GENERAL ITEMS. In a ladies’ hockey match at Hawera yesterday Opunake beat Ramblers by four goals to nil. The scorers foi the ■winners were K. Crofskey (2), E. Hohaia and J. Kirk. t } At the Tokaora Farmers’ Unions meeting to-morrow evening Mr. C. D. Dickie will speak on “Bobby Calves.” A full attendance of members is desired. There will be a union meeting before the address. Amusement was -caused in Patea when onlookers saw the hands of the clock on the library building going round at high speed. Hours literally sped by. The workman installing the clock was “running in” the bearings. The children’s ward- at the Patea hospital is in the final stages of erection. Lorry loads of scaffolding and tools were being moved from the site by the contractors yesterday. In order to improve the appearance of the nc w municipal library at Patea the work of levelling the section has been commenced. The fence between it and the Town Hall will be removed, thus making one lawn embracing both buildings.

WIDE INTEREST TAKEN.

WORLD’S CHAMPION HEN.

Further evidence of the w’ide interest taken in the performance of Mrs. D. M. Waddell’s hen when it established a world’s egg-laying record is afforded by a communication from the , University of British Columbia. The letter inquires as to methods of feeding and care. The text is:—‘’Permit me to congratulate you upon the wonderful record made by your Austral Orpington hen in tho egg-laying contest. We understand that the record is 361 eggs in 364 days, all of good standard size. We should like to hear as soon as possible of the methods of feeding adopted and any other matters of interest in connection with the work and management of the competitions. When our lien, No. 6, made her record in 1927 of 351 eggs, it was thought it would stand for some time, but it was soon broken, and you have succeeded in reaching the sensational total of 361 eggs in 364 days, according to reports to hand.—E. A. Lloyd, Professor of ’Poultry Husbandry.”