TEMUKA SHIELD TENNIS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21181, 31 October 1938, Page 3

TEMUKA SHIELD TENNIS

Results of Saturday’s Play A and B Grade Matches Further matches in the shield competitions of the Temuka Town and Country Tennis Association were played on Saturday. Although the draw provided that B grade matches should be played, A grade matches which were held over from the previous week-end were decided on Saturday. Results of games in the Temuka area were:— ■ A GRADE Orari v. St. Peter’s (Orari names first) Women’s Singles—Miss M. Blissett 2 lost to Miss I. Ives 6, Miss G. Watson 6 beat Miss T. Hopkinson 0, Miss E. Blissett 2 lost to Miss M. Nicholas 6, Mrs Watson 0 lost to Miss K. Hopkinson. Men’s Singles—A. Henderson 4 lost to S. Nicholas 6, E. Harvey 6 beat W. Mayo 5, L. Stevenson 1 lost to K. Davies 6, E. Leary 3 lost to N. Joynt 6. Women's Doubles—The Misses Blissett 6 beat Misses Ives and Nicholas 1, Miss Watson and Mrs Watson 5 lost to the Misses Hopkinson 6. Men's Doubles—Henderson and Harvey 6 beat Nicholas and Mayo 4, Stevenson and Leary 6 beat Davies and Joynt 5.

Combined Doubles—Miss M. Blissett and Henderson 6 beat Miss Ives and Nicholas 5, Miss Watson and Harvey 6 beat Miss Hopkinson and Mayo 4, Miss E. Blissett and Stevenson 0 lost to Miss Nicholas and Davies 6, Mrs Watson and Leary 5 lost to Miss Hopkinson and Joynt 6. Result: St. Peter's 78 games, 9 sets; Orari 64 games, 7 sets. B GRADE Presbyterian v. Geraldine Flat (Presbyterian names first). Women’s Singles—Miss Davis 6 beat Miss J. Hewson 5, Mrs G. Box 6 beat Miss K. Sauer 0, Miss Goodman 6 beat Miss M. Friend 3, Miss Findlay 4 lost to Miss J. Archibald 6. Men's Singles—G. G. Good 4 lost to V. Patrick 6, A. G. Murray 6 beat B. Patrick 1, A. A. Opie 6 beat J. Lysaght 1, L. F. Ward 6 beat S. Ellis 5. Women’s Doubles—Miss Davis and Mrs Box 6 beat Misses Hewson and Sauer 2, Misses Goodman and Findlay 3 lost to Misses Friend and Archibald 6.

Men’s Doubles—Good and Murray 2 lost to Patrick and Patrick 6, Opie and Ward 6 beat Lysaght and Ellis 4. Combined Doubles—Miss Davis and Good 6 beat Miss Hewson and V. Patrick 2, Mrs Box and Murray 6 beat Miss Sauer and B. Patrick 3, Miss Goodman and Opie 6 beat Miss Friend and Lysaght 0, Miss Findlay and Ward 6 beat Miss Archibald and Ellis 3.

Result: Presbyterian, 85 games 12 sets; Geraldine Flat, 53 games, 4 sets. Clandeboye v. Orari Clandeboye names first). Women’s Singles—Miss L. Donehue 6 beat Miss M. Hewson 3, Miss M. Hickey 6 beat Miss D. Maxwell 0, Miss C. Langrell 6 beat Miss T. Maxwell 2, Miss M. Staniland 5 lost to Miss O. Harvey 6. Men’s Singles—L. Goodson 5 lost to M. Vernail 6, P. Hickey 6 beat J. Reid 1, J. Bolderston 6 beat D. Watson I, A. Goodwin 6 beat E. Hughes 3.

Women’s Doubles—Misses Donehue and Hickey 6 beat Misses Hewson and D. Maxwell 4, Misses Langrell and Staniland 2 lost to Misses T. Maxwell and Harvey 6. Men’s Doubles—Goodson and Hickey 6 beat Vernail and Reid 5, Bolderston and Goodwin 6 beat Watson and Hughes 3.

Combined Doubles Miss Donehue and Goodson 5 lost to Miss Hewson and Vernail 6, Miss Hickey and Hickey 6 beat Miss D. Maxwell and Reid 5, Miss Langrell and Bolderston 6 beat Miss T. Maxwell and Watson 4, Miss Staniland and Goodwin 6 beat Miss Harvey and Hughes 4. Result: Clandeboye, 89 games, 12 sets; Orari, 58 games, 4 sets.

OBITUARY MRS D. TAYLOR Mrs David Taylor, who died recently at the age of 81 years, was one of the oldest pioneers in the Temuka district. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs S. McCullough and came to New Zealand with her parents in 1864, when seven years of age, settling in Rangitira Valley. Fifty-six years ago Mrs Taylor was married and took up residence in Temuka, where she resided up till the time of her death. For many years her husband conducted a provision store which still stands in the main street near the Bank of New Zealand. Deceased is survived by her husband and two daughters—Mrs T. G. Wallace (Christchurch) and Miss G. Taylor (Temuka), and one son, Mr J. N. Taylor (Milford Road, Temuka).

PERSONAL Mr A. F. G. Alpers, of Christchurch, is visiting Temuka and is the guest of Mr and Mrs L. V. Talbot, Kakahu Road. Miss J. Simpson, of Auckland, who has been visiting Temuka, left on Saturday to stay with friends in Dunedin. Mr W. E. McLean, stationmaster at Temuka, is taking his annual leave in the south. During his absence Mr L. Carlyle will be in charge of the station. Miss Dorothy Wightman, Park Road, left to spend three weeks in Dunedin.

"THE FIREFLY” Each recent year has brought to the screen a finer type of musical picture and 1938 is no exception. “The Firefly,” Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s impressive adaptation of Rudolf Friml’s memorable operetta, with Jeanette MacDonald in her seventeenth musical triumph, is Hollywood’s new offering at the Elite Theatre to-night. Allan Jones and Warren William as the star’s