WAIMATE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19803, 19 May 1934, Page 19

WAIMATE

THURSDAY’S GALE MINOR DAMAGE DONE On Thursday in Waimate the weather in the morning was rather bleak and cold, but at 2.30 in (he afternoon a violent south-west wind sprang up and continued with gale force for f about half an hour. A fall of 5 J points of rain was recorded during the • storm which partially subsided but 5 recommenced with its original violence - towards midnight. Yesterday, although sunshine was in evidence the cold southerly persisted. From reports received from various J parts of the district only damage of ‘ a minor nature resulted from the visitation, this consisting of the tops of 5 stacks of grain being blown away and the removal of some portions of clover 1 stacks, together with the uprooting ' and breaking of trees in shelter belt plantation. i i HIKING TOUR ! ' Engaged on a walking tour of New Zealand, Mr A. E. A. Hamilton of Dunedin, arrived at Waimate at 12.45 | yesterday afternoon, having left Bluff 1 on May 3 to traverse the East coast cf - the Dominion to the North Cape and back via the West Coast. BASKETBALL. In the B grade competitions at Waimate set down for decision on Thursday afternoon the only game scheduled, that between St. Patrick’s and St. Paul’s was postponed owing to bad weather conditions. In the A grade coinpetirion Willowbridge met St. Patrick’s at Victoria Park when the high wind made accurate playing difficult and unpleasant. St. Patrick’s registered a victory by 22 goals to 8. Miss D. Rathgen was referee. ST. PATRICK’S SOCIAL HALL. Improvements have been made to St. Patrick’s Social hall. The floor has been renovated and it is now one of the best dancing halls in the district. It will be opened next Tuesday evening as a dance hall as advertised in another column of this issue. CRIBBAGE. The first of the series of winter cribbage matches between teams representing the Waimate Acclimatisation Society and the Citizens was played on Thursday night. Before the commencement of the games Mr J. Annich was elected captain of the Society, and Mr A. Cameron captain of the Citizen’s for the season. The evenings’ games resulted as follows: Society names being mentioned first.—J. C. Winning and F. Nash 10 v. G. F. Richardson and P. G. Berry 6; J. Ross and D. J. Knowles 11 v. L. E. Reeve and B. Barnett 8; F. Pollock and H. V. Barford 9 v. J. Atwill and P. V. Stevens 7; W. and F. Phillips 10 v. A. E. Lewis and A. Cameron 7; H. Searle and G. Hunt 7 v. H. Cameron and D. Howke 9; J. F. Rathgen and T. Joyce 8 v. F. Hardy and R. Cameron 9; R. Gillon and W. D. Paterson 8 v. A. Bishop and S. Fleming 6; total, Society 63; Citizens 52.