TEMUKA

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20587, 28 November 1936, Page 3

TEMUKA

LADY GALWAY PASSES THROUGH MAY RETURN LATER FOR FISHING While en route by car from Dunedin to Wellington, Viscountess Galway, wife of the Governor-General, yesterday visited the Crown Hotel, Temuka, for lunch. In a short interview before resuming her journey, Lady Galway said that although the Governor-General and she had visited several fishing districts they had not yet tried South Canterbury, and she expected that before the end of the present season, they would return to visit to Opihi and other local streams. CALF-REARING Considerable success is said to have attended the organisation of the calfrearing competition conducted by the Canterbury Education Board under the Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs scheme. Speaking of this year’s competition, Mr P. M. Downes, who has assisted with the organisation and judging of the classes for the last two years, said yesterday that although the entries were slightly less than in 1935-36 the competitors came from a wider range of schools than in the past. Forty calves were being reared by pupils of the Fairlie, Seadown, Arowhenua, Clandeboye, Orari, Geraldine and Woodbury schools, while entries had also been received from two schools south of Timaru. RIVERS UNFISHABLE Resulting from the recent heavy rain, the chief rivers of the Temuka district, the Opihi, Rangitata, Temuka and Orari, are still above normal and considerably discoloured, with the result that there will be no fishing for a week. Mr F. W. Pellett, the Acclimatisation Society’s curator-ranger, stated that although fishing would be delayed temporarily, the fresh would ultimately be of considerable benefit to anglers as it had swept the rivers clear of the large accumulations of weed.

SWIMMING WEEKLY SPORTS Conditions were rather cold when the Temuka Swimming Club held its second weekly sports of the season at the Domain Baths on Thursday evening. Results: Junior 25 Yards Freestyle—G. McKenzie (llsec) 1, R. Keys (scr) 2, J. Shepherd (scr) 3. Time, 30 l-ssec. Intermediate 50 Yards Freestyle—J. Cornwell (scr) 1, R. Jones (7sec) 2, W. McKenzie (scr) 3. Time, 39sec. Junior 25 Yards Breaststroke—R. Keys (scr) 1, J. Shepherd (scr) 2. Time, 30 2-ssec. Intermediate 50 Yards Breaststroke— J. Cornwell (scr) 1, R. Jones (7sec) 2. Time, 61 2-ssec. Men’s 50 Yards Freestyle—H. McMillan 1. Diving—lntermediate: R. Jones 1. Junior: J. Shepherd 1, R. Keys 2, T. Rickus 3. FLORAL SOCIETY Preliminary arrangements for the forthcoming autumn show were made at a meeting of the Temuka Floral and Horticultural Society on Thursday evening over which Mr A. V. Simmons presided. A tentative list of judges was drawn up. Mr J. T. Smart was appointed canvasser with power to select another. The chairman welcomed Mr H. Hitchcock as a new member of the committee. A motion of condolence with the relatives of Mr G. King who had been a treasurer of the Society, was carried. “THE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND ” Quick death on the gallows would have been mercy for him. He lived to die a thousand times! Revealing for the first time in all its vivid horror and brutality the shocking story of a nation’s hidden shame, “The Prisoner of Shark Island” comes to-night to the Elite Theatre. Its hero is a gaunt figure who looms up out of the pages of American history, Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd—martyred by a nation’s frenzy for his Innocent deed of mercy. With Warner Baxter starred in the leading role, the picture tells the story of this gentle Maryland physician who was trapped with Lincoln’s murderers, and who spent years in a living hell for a crime he had never committed. Gloria Stuart, Arthur Byron, O. P. Heggie and Claude Gillingwater are seen in the principal supporting roles. Excellent supports, including a News Special “The Melbourne Cup” from start to finish.

The Bramwell Booth Boys’ home are presenting a programme in the Salvation Army Hall, Timaru, on Monday evening.

The public are reminded that a dance recital will be given by Miss Joan Grenall and her pupils in rhe Parish Hall, Temuka, on Tuesday next, December 1.

Mr E. Cholerton, proprietor of John R. Procter, Ltd., Opticians, Christchurch, hopes to make a personal professional visit to Temuka early in the year, the exact date of which will be given later. In future Procter’s consulting rooms in Temuka will be at the Temuka Hotel. (Kindly note change of address.) ....