BIBLE CLASSES IN CAMP

Taranaki Daily News, 2 April 1934, Page 8

BIBLE CLASSES IN CAMP

HAWERA METHODIST RALLY. Fifty-one members of the Methodist Bible classes of Taranaki and Wanganui are in camp at the Hawera showgrounds. The officers in charge are: Captain, Rev. A. Penn; vice-captain, Rev. J. D. Grocott; sergeant-major, D. Wills; secretary, JL. Foy; fatigues officer, J. Hey; social convener, H. Westwood; sports conveners, D. Wills and L. Spragg; treasurer and registrar, E. J. Yearbury; leader circle leaders, Rev. A. Penn; union secretary, D. Vesty; commisariat, W. T. Johnson. The Rev. J. Ings lectured on India on Friday night and members tramped to Turuturu-Mokai. A church parade was held yesterday.

CRICKET AVERAGES. HAWERA SENIOR B FIGURES.

dtevens took 11 catches, Jackson and Mortlock 8, Mahon 7, Kibblewhite 7, Mason 7, Fleet 7i Cockerill 6. GENERAL ITEMS. Motorist Seriously Hurt. Wilson Owen, a butcher living at Kakaramea,’was seriously injured when his car. collided with a concrete telegraph pole at Kakaramea on Saturday night. 8 Mr. Owen apparently lost control because of a blow-out. He was taken to the Patea hospital but the extent of his injuries was not ascertained last night. The car was extremely damaged. Scouts in Camp at Ohawe.

Sixteen Hawera scouts of the Rowan troop are spending Easter in camp at Ohawe. Scoutmaster Lay is in charge.

PERSONAL. The Rev. B. Meston, Hawera, is visiting the South Island. There was a large attendance at the funeral of the lat- Mr. S. J. Mills, which took place on Friday at the Hawera cemetery. At the Methodist Church a service conducted by the Rev. F. Copeland, New Plymouth, the Rev. H. Cottom, Manaia, and the Rev. V. Thomas (home missionary) being also present. In the congregation were a large body of members of the Druids’ Lodge of which Mr. Mills had been a member for many years. The service was concluded by Revs. Copeland and V. Thomas at the graveside, the Druids’ service was read by P.A. Bro. M. Rowlands. The bearers were Messrs. H. C. A. Fox, G. Freakley, A. Brown, H. Reader, E. Yearbury and C. W. Good. The funeral of the late Mrs. S. W. Bailey, Auroa, was held at the Hawera cemetery on Friday, the Rev. H. Cottom, Manaia, officiating. The pallbearers were Messrs. A. C. ‘ Langlands, L. M. Fairbrother, J. C. Duff, W. Gordon, J. Pettigrew and J. Caldwell. Many floral tokens were sent by friends.

OPERA HOUSE TALKIES. “SQUATTER’S DAUGHTER” SEASON. “The Squatter's Daughter,” which will screen to-night at the Hawera Opera House, has an artistry in the locations, and a depth in the texture of the film which sets a new standard in film work in Australia. “The Squatter’s Daughter” is a romance in sheep. The Enderbys and the Sheringtons own adjacent. stations, but after old “Ironback” Sherington leaves for England his quondam son, Clive, working with the rascally manager, Fletcher, sets out to ruin Joan Enderby by stealing and poisoning her sheep. Old Sherington arrives back, but, hearing things, he pretends to be blind, and so becomes a spectator to the villainy that is afoot. Joan’s other helper is Wayne Ridgeway, a young farm hand, who takes a job on “Waratah” (Sherington’s station) to get to the bottom of it all. He falls in love with' Joan, and in order that she may have the money to avert foreclosure he, through an agent, buys 3000 of her sheep for cash. While driving this flock to its new owner a bush fire is encountered—and the screen has never reflected a more sensational blaze. While Joan and her men are fighting for the lives of the sheep, the old Afghan trader, Jebel Zim, reveals to old Sherington that Clive is really the son of Fletcher, and his real son and heir is Wayne Ridgway. The old man then musters the countryside, the fire is beaten out, and happiness is established. The booking is heavy. Seats may be reserved at Miss Blake’s.

MANAIA PICTURES TO-NIGHT. “THE WOMAN I STOLE.” Menaced by monsters and madmen in her recent pictures, Fay Wray, attractive motion picture actress, has at last been given a role wherein she herself provides most of the danger. The film is Columbia’s “The Woman I Stole,” based on the Joseph Hergesheimer novel “Tampico” and featuring Jack Holt. In “The Wax Museum,” “Doctor X,” “The Most Dangerous Game” and “King Kong,” four of Miss Wray’s recent vehicles, she was the victim of nefarious designs, and in Columbia’s “Below the Sea,” in which she has just completed the romantic lead opposite Ralph Bellamy, Miss Wray was threatened by an octopus on the ocean floor. But in “The Woman I Stole,” Miss Wray plays Vida Corew, an alluring and sophisticated woman of the world, who,, not content with the love of her husband, becomes involved in a romantic affair with Holt, an oil magnate. The supporting programme includes a News Reel and a Mickey Mouse comedy, “The Musical Farmer?’

Hawera senior B averages are:— Batting. Av. Inn. N.O. Tl. H.S. Geary ....... ... 24 3 384 97* 18.28 Fleet ... 22 1 345 57 16.42 Fairweather . ... 23 1 284 59 12.9 Kibblewhite ... 22 1 189 29* 9.0 Mason ... 16 0 115 32 7.18 Stevens ... 24 1 156 23* 6.78 Cockerill .... ... 24 2 145 24* 6.59 .Tames ... 14 2 60 10 5.0 Mortlock .... ... 25 4 104 20 4.95 Mahon ... 15 6 31 6* 3.44 Jackson .... 22 1 55 9 2.61 Edwards ..... ... 16 5 Bowling. 26 10 2.36 o.\ M. R. W. Av. Mason .. 53 7 189 23 8.22 Stevens .. 154 22 607 70 8.67 Fleet .. 181 36 533 60 8.88 Kibblewhite . .. 6 0 18 2 9.0 Geary ....... .. 110 18 383 39 9.79 Fairweather . .. 20 2 82 ... 7 , 11.71 Mahon .. 39 6 142 11 12.9 Jackson .. 7 0 33 1 33.0