INJURY TO WAVERLEY MAN

Taranaki Daily News, 31 March 1934, Page 10

INJURY TO WAVERLEY MAN

HORSE FRIGHTENED BY TRAIN.

PROMISING TROTTER DESTROYED.

A serious accident occurred on the main road near the Waverley racecourse on Thursday morning. Mr. James Dalton was driving a horse in a light sulky towards Whenuakura when the animal took fright at a train which was passing. The horse swerved very suddenly and collided with a motor-lorry. Mr. Dalton was thrown out and suffered grave injuries consisting as far as can at present be ascertained of a broken collarbone and crushed ribs. He is also suffering from shock. The horse, which belonged to Messrs. Heginbotham Bros.,'broke a leg and had to be destroyed. The horse, Victor Coronado, was a promising trotter and it was the intention of the owners to nominate him for forthcoming meetings. Mr. Dalton is a well-known resident of Waverley. CONCERT AIDS PLUNKET FUNDS. BRIGHT ENTERTAINMENT AT ALTON Funds for the work of the Plunket Society were raised by a successful concert presented by Patea performers at the Alton hall this week. Appreciation of the entertaining programme was evidenced by the demand for encores. The fixture attracted a capacity house. The artists included Mr. Joe Crawford (baritone), Miss Marian Hamerton (contralto), Mr. and Mrs. I. Jones (soprano and tenor in solo and duet numbers), Mr. R. W. Haddon (bagpipe and Highland dance items). Alton school children in concerted songs provided further entertainment.

A short play, “From the Soup to Savoury,” was cleverly interpreted by Miss M. Hamerton as the cook, Miss Freda Hemingway the parlourmaid and Miss Joan Spurdie the kitchenmaid. Miss Jean Sheild, who played several accompaniments, gave also two delightful solos. The concert, which was exceptionally good, returned £l5 to the organisers.

SOUTH TARANAKI RUGBY.

OKAIAWA CLUB MEETINGS.

At the Okaiawa Football Club’s annual meeting on. Wednesday the committee reported that the year commenced with a balance of £l2 18s 7d and concluded with £lB 16s 2d, in. hand, a profit of £5 17s 7d in the year’s working. The amount owing to the Taranaki Rugby Union on the. training shed was £26 10s, the club having paid off £lO. On the field the senior team did not have great success, but this year it promisted. to be an improved team. The juniors put up a great performance, for in addition to winning the Gibson banner for the second time in succession, they won the Taranaki junior championship. The team was congratulated on its performance against all-comers and generally on the high standard of football played in all matches. The junior seven-a-side team played well, winning the Morse Cup, the Lovell and Christmas Shield and the Whittle Shield. In the fourth grade division the club’s fourths played well to be runnersup in their competition and promised to show considerable improvement. R.' Clarke attained North Island and provincial representative honours, A. Preston was selected in the B team and Rangi Ruru in the Maori team. The retiring secretary (Mr. M. G. Good) was voted £5 ss. PERSONAL. Sympathy with the relatives of the late Messrs. A. West and Rakei was expressed by the Okaiawa Rugby Football Club on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. instone have left Manaia on a seven weeks’ caravan tour of the North Island. Messrs. J. D. Bashford and R. Ure, Manaia, have returned from Wellington. ADVERTISERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS. A carnival dance will be held by the Empire Old Boys’ Football. Club in the Rewa rooms, Hawera, to-night. The annual sale of high-class trotting horses on account of Mr. J. R. Corrigan will take place at the Fantham Street stables, Hawera, on Monday next, April 2, at 9 a.m. Particulars are advertised. The first social of the season of the Hawera Scottish Society will be held in St. Mary’s Hall, Hawera, on Friday next, April 6. Particulars are advertised. A Plunket dance will be held at Auroa on Monday’ night. A. novelty dance will be held at Otakeho on Tuesday night to aid Miss Jean McCullum, the business candidate in the Opunake queen carnival. There will be a novelty waltzing competition. The orchestra will feature Stewart Gordon, the blind musician. There will be a carnival dance at Pungarehu on Thursday evening to aid the same candidate. Stewart Gordon will entertain. HAWERA OPERA HOUSE, “THE SQUATTER’S DAUGHTER.” “The Squatter’s Daughter,” which opens to-day for a season of three nights with matinees daily, is the best picture yet evolved and produced in AustraliaMoreover, its story and th e amazing gallery of pictures involved are redolent of the soil—an epic of pastoral life in the continent across the Tasman. Its action includes some wonderful and beautiful pictures of station life, the mustering of vast flocks of merino, glimpses of sweatstained shearers in action, the packing of the wool, and its transport to the railway by twelve-horse teams, all depicted with amazing truth. Jocelyn Howarth, a young Australian girl, does excellent work as the lessee of a station, which a pair of crooks are endeavouring to secure by foul means. Also in the programme is the appearance of Richard Tauber, the famous German tenor, whose personality and voice have been filmed as he appeared in . a spectacular revue in Paris.