TEMUKA

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20055, 12 March 1935, Page 3

TEMUKA

SEEKING THE TENNIS CHAMPIONS RESULTS TO DATE Good progress has been made with the Temuka Tennis Club’s championships, all the competitions having been advanced past the first two rounds, except for about three games. Results to date are:— Men’s Singles.—First round: G. Smith beat L. Butters, J. T. Smart beat E. C. Brittenden, E. Hole beat G. Gilbert, E. G. McDowell beat E. N. Mosley by default. Second round: H. Hitchcock beat W. Tindall, J. Gilmore beat T. W. Parrant, C. Parrant beat A. N. Loach, E. Hole beat E. G. McDowell, D. Reid beat G. C. Fraser by default, R. L. Stokes beat I. McFarlane, W. Pearse beat A. L. Parrant.

Men’s Doubles.—First round: L. Butters and G. Gilbert beat I. McFarlane and E. C. Brittenden, J. Gilmore and D. Reid beat J. T. Smart and G. Smith. Second round: C. Parrant and R. L. Stokes beat A. N. Loach and E. N. Mosley, Butters and Gilbert beat L. W. Parrant and A. L. Parrant, J. Gilmore and D. Reid beat E. G. McDowell and W. Tindall, E. Hole and H. Hitchcock have to play G. C. Fraser and W. Pearse.

Women’s Singles.—Mrs W. Tindall beat Miss C. Roddick, Miss B. Austin beat Mrs J. C. Hayhurst by default, Mrs J. Dick beat Mrs E. N. Mosley, Miss P. Austin beat Mrs H. Hitchcock, Miss M. Hancox beat Miss J. Cameron, Mrs D. Laurenson lost to Mrs J. R. Turnbull, Miss L. Shiels beat Miss J. Trigance, Miss A. Hanifin beat Miss I. King. Second round: Miss R. Pearse beat Miss T. Grant by default, Miss O. Dalton lost to Mrs D. Stewart, Mrs Tindall beat Miss B. Austin, Mrs Dick beat Miss P. Austin, Miss Hancox has to play Mrs Turnbull, Miss Shiels beat Miss Hanifin, Miss C. Grant beat Miss M. Wareing, Miss M. Cameron has to play Miss N. Poultney. Women’s Doubles.—First Round: Mrs Mosley and Miss Roddick beat Misses M. Cameron and Wareing, Mesdames Laurenson and Dick lost to Misses Hanifin and Shiels, Mrs Hitchcock and Miss C. Grant lost to Mrs Tindall and Miss B. Austin, Mrs A. Watson and Miss E. Bremner beat Misses P. Austin and J. Trigance, Misses Dalton and J. Cameron lost to Misses I. King and N. Poultney. Second round: Mrs Stewart and Miss Pearse beat Mrs Mosley and Miss Roddick, Misses Sheils and Hanifin beat Mrs Tindall and Miss B. Austin, Mrs Watson and Miss Bremner lost to Misses Poultney and King, Mrs Turnbull and Miss Hancox beat Mrs Hayhurst and Miss Grant by default. Mixed Doubles.—First round: Miss Roddick and W. Mclnnes lost to Miss Trigance and Butters, Miss P. Austin and E. C. Brittenden beat Miss O. Dalton and Mosley, Miss B. Austin and Smith beat Miss Poultney and Gilbert. Second round: Mrs Tindall and McDowell beat Mrs Stewart and Fraser by default, Mrs Mosley and Smart beat Miss T. Grant and McFarlane by default, Miss Hanifin and Gilmore have to play Mr: Dick and Pearse, Miss Trigance and Butters a bye, Miss B. Austin and Smith beat Miss P. Austin and Brittenden, Miss C. Grant and C. Parrant beat Mrs Laurenson and Hole, Miss Pearse and Reid beat Mrs Hayhurst and A. L. Parrant, Miss Shiels and Stokes beat Miss King and Tindall. TOWN WATER SUPPLY Repairs to the pipe-line of the borough water supply were completed on Saturday. It was reported yesterday that the water level in the holding tank at the headworks had not dropped any further during the week. THEATRE RE-OPENED After having been altered and redecorated, the picture theatre officially reopened on Saturday evening, there being a capacity house. At the interval the Mayor (Mr A. W. Buzan) declared the theatre officially reopen, and on behalf of the South Canterbury Picture Company, Mr J. C. South thanked patrons for their support and the contractor for completing the alterations in such a short time. He then announced the result of the competition in naming the theatre, stating that there had been four judges and that the name they had chosen was “The Elite.” The winners were Misses Jessie Washington and R. Polhill, who each submitted the winning name only. Five others, Mrs M. Templeton, Miss M. Gaffaney, Messrs L. H. Lambert, N. Fitzgerald and T. Hooper, had included the name in a list including others, and were awarded second prizes, while Misses B. and P. Austin received a consolation award. There were 321 entrants, and some had as many as 20 attempts. GENERAL NEWS

The Temuka Technical School’s dressmaking class will resume to-day at 3 p.m., the term being 24 lessons and the fee £l. Intending students may enrol with the director (Mr E. B. Cooper). A total of 285 unemployed were provided with work in the Temuka district this week. Of that number several did not report, possibly having secured other work for the week, but it is noticeable now that the number finding seasonal work is declining every week. The main district electors’ roll is being prepared at the Borough Council office ready for issue on April 1. It contains 1276 names, an increase of 34 on the main roll in 1933. “CHU CHIN CHOW” With its brilliant Gainsborough studio production, “Chu Chin Chow,” the Gaumont British Picture Corporation has provided the finest screen entertainment of its kind the world has ever seen. In theme, acting, music and spectacle the screen version of Oscar Asche’s famous play has set a new standard for picture production, whether in England, America or anywhere else. “Chu Chin Chow” has become an immense musical melodrama, adequately balanced with delicious humour, richly costumed and staged with a lavish splendour that does full justice to its Oriental setting. The Arabian Nights were brought vividly to life on the screen in this superproduction. George Robey, an English comedian whom all London invariably nocks to see, Anna May Wong, the renowned America-Chinese actress, and Fritz Kortner, a German actor, famous all over Europe for the strength of his dramatic work, are the principals; and among the leading supports who lend their tuneful voices to the delightful music are Malcolm McEachern (“Jetsam” of the worldfamous duo, Flotsam and Jetsam), who is an Australian, John Garrick, wellknown to Australian audiences, and Frank Cochrane. “Chu Chin Chow” will be screened at Temuka to-night and again on Thursday night.