GERALDINE.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 8 April 1927, Page 6

GERALDINE.

(From our own Correspondent.)

COLLIE DOG TRIALS

Tlio Goraklino Collie Dug Club’s trials were opened yesterday in glorious weather. The following are the opening results: —

OPEN HUNTAWAY. G. Kceffe’s “Glen,” Lpts 1 M. A. Fraser’s “Punch,” 2Gpts ... 2 J>. Baker's “Toss,” 25pts 3 P. Kane’s “Kick,” 24pts 4 Af AID EN HUN'!' AAV AY.

G. Kccffe’-s “110111100," 22pts ... 1 15. Scully's “Glen,” 21pts 2 G. C. Cain’s “Glen,” PJpts 3 Air J. .Mcßae, Waimate, acted as judge.

HOCKEY S UR-ASSOCIATION

The annual meeting of the Geraldine Hockey Sub-Association was held in the pavilion, on Monday, Air Leu Pennington presiding over a good attendance.

The president, welcomed the delegates, who included two ladies and two leinuka members.

ANNUAL REPORT.

The anuuai import .'■LaLed that the sub-Association had been termed on May 18, lb2l), an 1 a successful season bad resulted. Coiur.-n. t. jjs had beta arranged for both men’s and ladies’ teams, and four men's and five indies’ hut competed, \hs Urari ladies winning the silver cup with an unbeaten ten id. Geraldine ]j. in the men’s matches, had won the com.iemt'.on and the Jripp Cup Representative matches iiad been played with iho S-nitn Cauterimry ladies’, and in the men's grade with the South Canterbury men and Canterbury colts. Although beaten in each game, their representatives gave a good account of themselves. A very successful five and six-a-aside tournament had been held on September 10, play being of a high order. The Geraldine Business Men’s Association had given valuable assistance i'll belying to run the tournament. During the sea.v .. they j had lost one of their host worker-, Air C. llawstorn, who had shilled to Fuirlio, and Air A. Bryant was elected to fill his place. The Indian Army team had given a. fine exhibition of hockey against the Geraldine Club. The Temuka Club, together with the South Canterbury Hockey Association, also arranged a match, South Canterbury v. Indians, at Tomuka. Thanks were expressed to the referees, donors ami all who had helped to make their lirst season such a big success. The balance-sheet showed a credit balance of £5 IDs Bd. The president moved the adoption oi the report and balance-sheet. Mr 0. A. Voss seconded, and said that, considering it was their lirst year, the balance-sheet showed a satisfactory position. Coining out with a credit' balance was quite good lor a first year. The motion for adoption was carried. The following officers were elected: Patron, Air T. D. Purnott, AI.P.; president, Air L. Benn.t’igton (re-elect-ed) ; vice-presidents, Alessrs G. B. Cartwright, Drummond Sharpe, F. Smith, J. Kennedy, C. Harrison, R. A. Dixon, C. H. Bryant and C. AV. AlcKenzie; secretary and treasurer, Air A. JBlackmore; committee, Alisses I'm 1 ley, Smith, and Alessrs Histen, 11. Cow.ia, i A. Alackay, A. Bryant and I. Schrader | delegates to South Canterbury Hockey Association, Alessrs J. Brett and A. Blaekmore. Affiliation fees were fixed the game as last year. Air Yobs, in proposing that Air Bonningfon be re-elected president, said that Mr Bennington had the -.interests of hockey at heart, and he had done more for the game than them all put together. Air Bennington thanked the members for re-clccting him. He believed in the office being a rolling one, but under the circumstances would be glad to accede to their wishes.

VALEDICTORY. Mr C. A. Voss said that within a few weeks ho would be leaving for Australia, ami would not be available to play during the latter part of the season. Ho wished the pub-Association success. His own heart would often ho in Geraklinc when ho was away and ho would often thunk of his old clubmates and wish he was amongst them again. As this would bo his last meeting, ho wished them good-byo and every success for the future. Mr L. Bennington said they were all very sorry that Mr Voss was going away. Mr Voss had taken a very keen interest in the game.

FARMERS’ UNION. The annual meeting of the Geraldine branch of the Farmers’ Union was held in Mr J. Kennedy’s rooms on Tuesday, Mr J). E. Lewis presiding over a large attendance.

REPORT AND BALANCE-SHEET. Mr Lewis made a verbal report on the year’s activities. He said they had held nine meetings and a. good deal had ■ been done although the result ut the buying and selling between farmers ' had not resulted in much business being transacted so far as mutual selling was concerned. A good deal of ; material, however, had been purchased'. Mr P. G. Withers bad given them an ! interesting address on cheques and b.lls I of exchange. Hhc thought it would be | a good idea to get men to lecture to them on specialised subjects. During ! the year the insurance scheme of the Otago Mutual had done good work lor i farmers. A good many conferences had ! been held, including the big Wheat i Conference at Ashburton, winch had I brought about some results. lho i Prime Minister when speaking at : T'imavn, had said that the farmers bad turned down wheat control, but this was 'not correct. Control for ono veal' was no good to them, and they had turned this down : but if the control had been extended for three years, they would have been pleased to accept it. Mr Brilco Gillies had been round canvassing for members, and had raised their membership from 109 to 166, and their branch was now the strongest in : Canterbury. They bail tried to get a ! reduction on the price of manures, but • the price was much lower in the North I ls’ar.ci than in the South. A northern dairy company had purchased manure at .-C4 3s Oil a ton —£2 a ton less than they had to pay here. If they got a hundred tons they could get it at To put on at Timaru. The question was a vital one for farmers, for if they could get cheap manure they could make a profit. The Union having sufficient young men available for providing free labour, hud stopped striking at the freezing works, and they had saved a penny a pound on hinder twine by purchasing a brand which was quite good enough, and this was worthy of their support. The Railway Department had treated them with more consideration. Mr Lewis ro--1 erred to the offer made by Mr T. D. Burnett, M.P., of £IOO for a competition for the most profitable farm, but it was under almost impossible conditions. The matter was still being considered, but lit seemed vory difficult to adjudge the winner. The balance-sheet showed a credit balance of £lB 18s. Receipts were made lip of a. balance bi'onght forward from last year of £l3 Os lid. members’ subserintions £BO, and interest 18s 7d, total £93 19s 6d. J?aimnieu levees ami

provincial levies absorbed £.50 of Die receipts. . r Air Lewis then moved the adoption ot the report and balance-sheet. Air W. Tate seconded, and the motion was carried unanimously.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The following officers were o Acted for the ensu.ing year:—President, Air T. J. Paterson; vice-president, Mr J. A. McLean; committee, Alessrs D. E. Lewis, W. Tate, T. P. AVoodiiig, R. Vo Ikman, A. J. Burrows, H. M. Verrall, R. A. Dixon, J /Up ady, K Charles, E. E. South, 0. Wilks H. Ilul, J. Kelliher, F. C. Neutze, J. RAleLeod, G. Grotty, J- AVuoduig, delegates to the Provincial Executive, Alessrs Paterson and McLean. Mr T. J. Paterson spoke m high terms of praise of the way Air Lewis had carried out his duties tor the past throe years. Ho tolt somewhat Uirtident in following Air Lewis.

GENERAL. l’t was decided to hold meetings on the first Tuesday in eaeli month. Air E. C. Beoro sent m his resignation, as lie might not be long in the district.—Accepted with regret. A letter was received from O'® Agricultural Department, stating that Air Hardy would demonstrate the 1 se of copper carbonate lor treating wheat lor smut. if six farmers would agree to have demonstrations on their farms, Air Hardy (an officer of . Dio Agricultural Department) would give a demonstration tree. Alessrs Lewis, Charles, Vance, Neutze, Wooding, and Dixon agreed to have demonstrations on thovr farms. It was suggested that the executive be asked to arrange for lecturers to visit branches and give talks on manures, grasses and other matters ot interest to farmers. ... ]\Jr Lewis moved that Air J. H. iVLcKeennie bo asked to give a lecture on the New Advances to Fanners Act, at the next meeting, and this was agreed A round table talk ensued on Die question of wheat Air Vorrall sa.d that when the Government had placed a tax on flour imported into New Zealand it had been done with the idea ot helping the farmers, but it was Dio millers and bakers who were getting the benefit now. The tax was helping fio bakers, for the price of bread had not como down. The millers had promised to pay 7s per bushel for ••heat when flour 'reached £lB per ton. At the present price of flour, fanners should be getting a minimum price of Cs per bushel, but they were not getting it. The meeting closed with a vote ot thanks to the chairman.

SCHOOL SPORTS

A gloomy morning gave little promise ui a line afternoon for the annual sports of tlie Geraldine District High cuool; but shortly before the time of starting the ram stopped, and the afternoon was fine. Ihe Morrison mips for the hundred yards championship and the quaitei mile were again, won by R. Wilks. in the Trunary section _ the medal presented by Air L. AV. Grieve ioi the all-round champion was carried on by J. AYebb. , . . , The winners of Air E.. Speedily s trophy for the most points in the field evenLs, and R. Alorrison’s gold medal for most points in the truck events will remain uncertain until the 440 yards flat race and the long jump. Air L. AV. Grime as controller ot events, and his assistants Aicssis Kelsby and E. J. Smith, and the various other officials carried out thenduties without a hitch. _ Mesdames A. Al. Fyle and J. D. AlcKcchme with Aiiss D. Cheyne Farnie and the High School girls were in charge of tlio afternoon tea. t .. . The following are the detailed results of the sports:—

HIGH SCHOOL EVENTS. 100 Yards Elat Handicap.—l'irst Heat: M. Elatman 1, Mk l ] dia 7; Second Heat: E. Turner 1, R. Y\ ilks - Time —llsec. Third Heat: A. Glover 1, JVladill and Reid (equal) 2. Tune—--11 l-ssec. Einal: R. Wilks (scr) 1, Glover and Turner (equal) 2. A good race with a close finish. Time—ll l-o St< Hop, Step, and Jump—E. Williams (3ft) 36ft 41 in 1, R. W'ilks_ (scr) doit (jin 2, E. Turner (scr) Soft ojm o. Williams caused, a surprise, jumping remarkably well. Putting The Shot.—F. Turner (23tt 1-Jin) 1, A. Glover (19ft 2in) 2, Burrows (16ft ljin) 3. xt t 1 880 Yards Elat Handicap.—N. Lack (P’Oyds) 1, A. Glover (25yds) 2, R. Wilks (scr) 3. Lack, the limit man, kept well ahead, the real competition being between the remainder 01 the field, Glover winning irom Wilks ny inches. Time —2min 23sec. _ Slow Cycle Race (2o Yards).—J. Scott 1, N. Lack 2, A. Vincent 3. 100 Yards Elat Championship—R. Wilks 1, E. Turner 2, A. Glover 3. Wilks won with about four yards to spare. There was a close finish between second and third. Time —11 1-5 440 Yards Flat Championship. —R. Wilks 1, A. Glover 2, F. Turner 3. A rattling good finish. Time—limn Cricket Bnll.-F. Turner (04yds Ift 9in) 1, A. Glover (60yds) 2, E. Williams (50yds 2ft) 3. Hitdi Jump. —M. Elat (Jin) 4ft 9m 1 A.°Glover (lin) 4ft BJin 2, F. Turner (scr) 4ft 6Jin 3. Turner continued jumping, and reached 4ft 9lm—a reCO m>o Yards Flat Handicap.—A. Glover (Bvds) 1. R. Wilks (scr) 2. F. Turner (12yds) 3. Glover won off W r ilks by inches.

PRIMARY SECTION. (Standard VI.): , 100 Yards Flat Handicap.—J. Webb 1, G. Webb 2, N. Wallacli 3. Time—ooq Yards Flat Handicap.—J. Webb 1, E- Wood 2, N. V'allacli 3. Time—--31-lop, Step, and Jump—C. Madill (irt) 29ft 2sin 1, C. Stringer (9m) 26ft lljin 2, G. YVebb (scr) 26ft 7in 3. Hi-li Jump.-J. YVebb (2in) 4it 6xn 1 Cl ."YVebb (lin) and O. Stringer (lm) 4ft 3in (equal) 2. .. 1 440 Yards Handicap.—J. Y\ ebb 1, O Stringer 2, G. 3. lime lmin Slow Cycle Rncec.—E. Jones 1, C. Stringer 2, J- Engli 3.

“THE YVANDERER,” TO-NIGHT,

Xf it wore right to transfer “The Ten Commandments” to the screen'd Ben Hur is entitled to a place in screen history-then “The YVanderor, to ho screened to-night, mu take its place as one of the universal screen documents marking now milestones in this industry. The story of the wandering son—the black sheep of the family—is the oldest story or fiction. It was the first stpry when man bocran to commit the follies that tho flesh is heir tc., and to-day it oc ; oupies tho front page of newspapers. There are many wanderers in one censo or another, breaking tho heart of a imither and father, only to return before it was too late, and bring back happiness to offset the nimuish wo had caused It- is a story of “The Man who Came Back” placed against a background of the early ages.