CENTRAL TARANAKI NEWS,

Taranaki Daily News, 31 January 1931, Page 6

CENTRAL TARANAKI NEWS,

INTER-CLUB TENNIS

STRATFORD DEFEATS WAITARA.

MARGIN OF TWENTY-NINE GAMES.

Players of the Stratford Tennis Club defeated a Waitara team at Stratford on Thursday by 15 sets (166 games) to nine sets (137 games). Though threatening in the ‘morning the weather cleared in the afternoon and only a strong wind marred an otherwise fine day. In the following details Waitara players are mentioned first.—

Ladies’ singles: Miss Knight lost to Miss Jean Ward 6—7, Miss Gorrie lost to Miss Joan Ward 2—7, Mrs. Dunbar beat Miss Toombs 7 —3, Mrs. Middleton beat . Miss Carman 7—6, Miss Foreman beat Mrs. Ennis 7—4, Miss Arms lost to Mrs. Horn 5—7.

Men’s singles: Browning beat Ennis 9—2, Middleton.. lost to S. Court B—o,8 —0, McDavitt beat Kendrick 9—3, Earley jost to Gsw,B—4), Chadwick lost to G. Court 2—9, Foreman lost to Harris 4—9. , . '■ i .

Ladies’ doubles: Misses Knight and Gorrie lost to Misses J. and J. Ward 2—7, Mrs. Dunbar and Mrs. Middleton beat Misses Toomsh and Carman 7 —4, Mieses Foreman and Arms lost to Mrs. Ennis and Mrs. Horn 3—7. Men’s: doubles: Browning and Middleton beat Ennis and S. Court 9—B, McDavitt and Earley lost to Kendrick and Gaw 4 —9, Chadwick and Foreman beat G. Court and Harris 9—7. \

Combined doubles: Miss Knight and Browniqg lost to Miss Jean Ward and Ennis B—4), Miss Gorrie and Middleton lost to Miss Joan Ward and S. Court 2- —9, Mrs. Dun'bar and McDavitt beat Miss Toombs and Kendrick 9—4, Mrs. Middleton and Early lost to Miss Carman and Gaw 4 —9, Miss Foreman and Chadwick lost to Mrs. Ennis and G. Court 2—fi,' Miss Arms and Foreman lost to Mrs. Horn and Harris 4 —9. NOVEL SWAMP HARROWS. RAWHITTROA MAN’S DEVICE. A nbvel swamp harrows has been made for Mr. J. Cocker, Rawhitiroa, who has some very rough swamp country with heavy nigger-heads and roots. The n6w device lifts these out very easily, and it is interesting to note- that with a lighter model of the harrows Mr. Cocker succeeded in growing an excellent crop of turnips without putting a plough into the ground. He merely ran the harrows over the ground. ' The implement is triangular in shape, six feet at the base, and six feet in depth, thus giving a cut of six feet. It has been ingeniously made out of one length of. 53ib rail iron bent to the required shape and reinforced with teeth inserted on both sides. On one side, for the first time over, there is a set of tynea, whilst on the reverse side for the second time over there is a set of spikes, the object being to do away with the first ploughing. The harrows breaks down all nigger-heads and breaks up all the' .surface roots, and the second operation levels the ground. The weight of the harrows is 3j cwt complete. ’ . PERSONAL. Mr. J. L. O. Rowe has returned from a visit to the Mt. Cook district. Mr. John, Paynter, Hastings, an old Taranaki settler, is spending a few days as the guest of Mr. C. A. Wilkinson, ■M.P., at- Eltham. Mr. Paynter recalls •the Taranaki Maori war days and he intends, in company with Mr. Wilkinson, to visit the sites of some of the encounters which took place in those ■stirring times. GENERAL ITEMS. The Eltham Thursday cricket team defeated Kaponga in a friendly game on Thursday at Kaponga. In the first innings Kaponga made 47 (Noonan 17 not out and Twist 17). Drabble took 4 wickets for 11 runs and Arthur 2 for S. 'Eltham made a poor showing in its ■first knock. The total was 37, Donnelly and scoring 11 each. South ■took 3 wickets for 1 run and Twist 4 for 13. In its second innings Kaponga compiled 51 (South 14). Arthur took 5 for 12. A'reply of 96 by Eltham gave the visiting team the game. Donnelly '(20), Edmonds (18) and Page (16) were the best. The Eltham' Borough Council and its employees held a picnic at Opuna'ke on Thursday. A pleasant day . was spent by the eighty who made the trip by motor. ...

Miss M. M. Madden, Eltham, announces that she will not resume teaching of pianoforte and organ until Monday, February 9. Prize money to be distributed at the carnival to be held by the Stratford A. and P. Association on March 12 totals £127 17s 6d. The carnival will be continued as a dance in the evening. There will be four events under the' Athletic, Cycling and Axemen’s Union rules and four under the Amateur Athletic Association. A maiden and two open chops, two cycle races, four trotting races'and eight national dancing, competitions will complete the organised events but there will be a number of side attractions.

The tennis match between Sportsdale and Eltham which should have been played to-day has been postponed on account of the North v. South match. Classes at the Stratford Convent are ‘being arranged and pupils who wish to take harmony or commercial courses should apply at once as teaching will be resumed on Monday. Miss Gladys Galbraith, A.T.C.L., L.A.8., prepares pupils for examinations and' those desiring tuition may be enrolled at the Medina tea rooms. DRAMA FILMED IN COLOUR. ELTHAM TALKIE ATTRACTION. “Mamba,” an outdoor na'tural colour sensation, being shown at Eltham tonight', is the first full-length drama to be filmed entirely in technicolour. Musical comedy and colour sequences in pictures of various types have been treated by this process, but “Mamba - ’ is sheer drama without a single theme song, and its locale has been laid in

the heart of an African jungle of which the natural colour is shown in all its tropical glory. Jean Hersholt, Eleanor. Broadman and Ralph Forbes head the cast. Hersholt once again in his spectacular career as an actor - turns mean. In fact it is from the meanness of the character he portrays that the picture gets its title, for mamba is a deadly African snake—and August Bolte is as deadly and as feared as any reptile. How a romance is untangled and Bolte becomes the victim of his own cruelty is told in “Mamba. - ’ KING’S THEATRE TALKIES. “THEY HAD TO SEE PARIS.” Every man who dislikes to parade in a dress suit will enjoy Will Rogers in “They Had To See Paris,” Fox Movietone comedy drama. Rogers plays the role of Pike Peters, of Oklahoma, whose wife's social ambitions are several jumps ahead of her husband’s. After their oil well makes them rich, Mrs. Peters induces Pike to take the family to Paris, where their adventures provide abundant hilarious comedy. Once in Paris, Mrs. Peters lays plans to enter royal society, even though she has to pay guests to attend her functions. She stages a big reception and orders Pike to don a dress suit she has purchased for him and at the same time spring® Francois, a dignified valet, on him. Pike tolerates the valet, whom he insists on calling “Gus,” but he balks at the “soup and fish.” In despair, Mrs. Peters tells him he must stay in his room unless he will “dress.”’ Pike agrees to hide from the party but, eventually, his curiosity makes him forget his promise. While trying to peep at the gathering, Pike runs into the grand duke, whose presence cost 1000 dollars, and who, bored to death, i<s walking out on the festivities. Pike amuses the duae and they ’become intoxicated together, ending up with a dance, in the well filled drawing room, Pike in a suit of armour. “They Had To See Paris” is a riot of fun from start to finish, but it has' its serious and dramatic moments.