WAIMATE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 10 July 1923, Page 4

WAIMATE.

OWN CORRESPONDENT3VAI3IATE HUNT CLUB. A meeting of the \3 ninurto Hunt Club Committee was held on Saturday evening. There were present: Mr It. C. Studholme (ehairman) , 31j5,5.0. MeLuuehhiu. and Messrs A. Mpdhcot, J. Goldstor.e, J. Cochrane, E. 15. Eraser, p. Frost, it. Ero.A, E. B. Harrison, Her. Harrison, Rupert Harrison, 31. .Meehan. J. 31. Rattray, It. It. 0. .Rattray, and T. Twoinov. Hie secretary read an interim statement of receipts and expenditure m connection with the recent Point-to-Poini:, showing a profit of £ll 2s 2d on the day's working. The ’president (Mr Studholme') said that the Club was to be congratulated on having one of the most success!ul meetings since its inception, and the .selectors of the course were deserving of ‘the best thanks of the Club for the interest they had taken in their work. On the motion of Mr Twomey a hearty vote of thanks was passed to Messrs J. W. A. Clay, P. Frost, J. Wilson, X. Gray, and all those who had given assistance to the Selection Committee. It was decided to recommend the incoming committeo that in future the weights for the Farmers’ Race should be reduced to list.

The secretary was instructed to write to the South Canterbury Hunt Club suggesting that arrangements should be made between the two Clubs to make the conditions of both meetings the same in order to allow horses to be eligible for each. The president and secretary reported that so far they had been unable to secure any offer from the local caterers for the luncheon booth at the Steeplechase meeting. It was decided that in the event of the .sub-committee being unable to secure anyone locally that they should be empowered to ••secure the catering service outside of the district. The following were appointed judiciary stewards at the forthcoming meetmg:—Messrs T. Twomev, E. FT Mills F. Cooney, 31. Leonard, and A 31cPherson. Messra A. Medlicott, ‘ T iwomcy, R. G. Rattray, and E. B.' Harrison were appointed a Ground Committeo to arrange' the course and fences lor the meeting. Accounts amounting to £66 4s 4d were passed for payment. ’

INQUEST. FATALITY AT ICAPUA. an^°i Ut | ten °’ clo ? k W'sterday morning an elumJy man, identified, as Peter 4hderson, was iound lying on the side of the road near McLean’s Sidiiw, at lv.apua. It was apparent that the°man had been out all night and that lie was !il ■) ver T critical condition. Ine Waimate Ambulance Brigade tvas communicated with*and the Superintendent (Mr Ir.kster), accompanied by constable Swan, immediately proceeded to Kapua, but on arrival life was round to be extinct. Jhe deceased was a sailmaker by trade, .and .had been travelling from Fnnr to farm repairing horse covers and harness. When discovered, the uniortunate man was partially undressed, and the marking on the clothing indicated. that he had recently been a patient at the Ashburton Hospital. An inquest was held be!ore the Coroner _ (31r E. J). Mosley, S.M.), at the W annate Hospital last evening. Sergeant O’Connell conducted the case for the police. Edwin Claude Hayes, medical practitioner, residing at Waimate, identified the body as that of Peter Anderson, aged 76, who did casual work around the countryside. Witness stated that at 11.30 a.m. that day, he was informed by the police that the body of the deceased was in the morgue. By order of the Coroner, he had made a superficial examination. There were no marks of violence, and no sign of poison, but there was a cancer of the lower lip, and a double hernia, neither being the cause of death. The cancer, a long-standing one, lowered the vitality of deceased, and combined with alcohol and exposure to the cold, contributed to liis death. Witness had attended deceased in 1920 and 1921 for bronchitis. James Arnold Kearton, farmer, residing at Arno, said that at 9.30 o’clock on Monday morning, he saw an old man lying in the waiting room at McLean's Skiing. The man was half naked and apparently unconscious. Witness sent word to the police, and on returning ho came to the conclusion that the man was seriously ill, and rang the police station, and asked that the ambulance should be sent out. When witness returned to the siding the ambulance had arrived. The man was then dead. There were one or two empty bottles in the waiting room, but witness could not say whether they belonged to the deceased. Constable Swan stated that upon reteeicing the telephone message he communicated with the Ambulance Brigade and proceeded to the siding. On arrival the man was dead, but the body was warm and death had taken place just recently. The deceased was lying on a sack on the floor. Beside the body was a whisky bottle, containing a little liquor, and a full bottle of beer. Thei stun of £7 6s 2d was in deceased’s possession, and also an Ashburton Hospital receipt showing that he had been an inmate there on July 4 and 5. Deceased was known there as Thomas Patterson. Deceased was an old age pensioner. The Coroner returned a verdict that the deceased Peter Anderson had died at McLean’s Railway Siding on Monday morning, July 9, death being duo to exposure, the vitality being lowered by alcohol and a fairly extensive cancerous growth. RUGBY. A trial match will be played between the two following teams at Victoria Park on Thursday, commencing at 2.45 p.m.— POSSIBLES. Veitch Foley O’Connor Garland Twomey Keyes F. Smith Garland W. Fleming T. Fleming Wilson Meehan Palmer J. Stewart Forsyth • PROBABLES. Hodges B. Walker Riclcus Baker C.. Stewart G. London Hanson T. Sullivan C. Chamberlain Hides M. Kennedy T. Kennedy V. Eathorne Cook Stewart Emergencies—Backs: A. Hayman, .Tones, Heath, Pithy. Forwards: W. Wild, M. Hayman, Maiharoa, McCulloch, Woodward. A number of local players whose names do not appear above have notified the selectors that they would be unavailable for representative fifteens. Engagements, weddings, christenings, and birthdays. All are caterod for by E. Stewart Mills, tho 3Vaimat.o jeweller. Select your gift or engagement. ring from his largo and varied stocks. Royal Doullon or Dutch Gouda Chlnaware. Always fashionable gifts. Solid silver tea Bets and toilet requisites, stalnlosa cutlery and hosts of other suitable Inspection invited.