TEMUKA Recreation Fields Needed

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVI, Issue 21379, 23 June 1939, Page 3

TEMUKA Recreation Fields Needed

Hockey Without a Ground

North Encl Park Granted

When introducing the question for the need of more recreation grounds at the monthly meeting of the Temuka Domain Board on Wednesday, Mr J. M. A. Ritchie said that he had noticed in "The Timaru Herald” that it had not been convenient to have two matches on No. 2 ground in the park on a recent Saturday afternoon. This matter had involved the Temuka Hockey Club. It was not for hockey only that he desired to introduce the question, but for winter sports generally. The time might come when a Srccer club would be formed in the district and then the need for more grounds would become an immediate problem. Even now with two hockey teams in town it was not possible to accommodate matches on the grounds available, with a result that teams had to travel to Timaru almost every Saturday and this meant great expense. Recently physical fitness week had been celebrated in Temuka and it would be in keeping with the spirit of the movement if the provision of grounds was discussed. The chairman (Mr A. W. Buzan) asked if it were not possible for the football club to use the oval and the hockey club the No. 2 ground. Mr Ritchie: Unfortunately the time factor is against that. Temuka has fve Rugby teams and this means that there are three matches on alternate

Saturdays and two matches on the other Saturday. Even if two games were arranged for the one ground, players could not always be available at the appointed times. Mr W. H. McMillan: The immediate problem then is the hockey club. I suggest that if the King Street playground is suitable we should let the club have that. The chairman: The hockey club officials say that it is not long enough. The Board agreed, on the motion of Messrs McMillan and the chairman, that the hockey club be granted the use of the North End grounds if suitable at a rental of one guinea. When this decision was made, Mr Ritchie said that he had not introduced the subject for hockey alone, but for all winter sports. The present position was keeping people out of hockey because they could not afford to travel every Saturday. Mr J. Burns remarked th.it be thought the Rugby Union had exaggerated the whole incident. The fc.tball team did not wait hours for the ground. There was only an hour’s wait, and when the teams were ready there was no referee. Further, when he was found, there was no whistle. PRAISE FOR CURATOR PLANS FOR DOMAIN FINANCES In paying a tribute to the Curator ol the Domain (Mr G. Fletcher) and scheme 13 men at a meeting of the Domain Board on Wednesday, Mr P. H. Lynch, reporting for the visiting committee, said that t would be worth while for the Board to inspect the Lx provements that had been effected. Because of the use made by visitors in motor cars of the main drive, the committee recommended that a coating of fine gravel t • spread from Murray Street to the Rayner Street entrance. The flower bid around the oval had been planted out with spring flowers, and should make a splendid show later on. The soldiers’ memorial had been cFuned, but the cement work on the base was badly cracked and required immediate attention. The native reserve was beginning to show up, and it seemed that it would hold a lot more trees, and the committee recommended that the Temuka Garden Circle be approached for more trees to plant before the season ended. “All the improvements in the park were a drag on the rates,” said Mr Lynch, “and I think some effort should made to raise fund' to keep the Domain up to its present high standard. I think this could be done by holding a domain d: y and making it an annual affair. R< onue could be derived from the sale of bluegum stakes and posts.” Mr J. M. A. Ritchie said that Mr Lynch was on the right lines but such an effort required a lot of organisation. The chairman (Mr A. W. Buzan) said that for the proper upkeep of the Domain a rate should be struck, as Mr Lynch had said the only way to reach people outside the borough was by means of a district appeal. He had canvassed the district for funds several times, but he -was not going to do it again. Stating that it would not be fair to the ratepayers, Mr W. H. McMillan

said that they would be rated to pay for facilities which people outside the area enjoyed. As chairman of the Finance Committee he c<uld see that something would have to be done during the financial year. My Lynch: A meeting should be called of all sports bodies to consider holding some effort for the funds of the Domain. Tlie chairman: If we do get the effort going how many of the Board are going to help? Several voices: Well, all of us. The chairman: That has not been the case in the past; only three or four have helped in the appeals. Mr McMillan: That is quite right, but remember. Mr Chairman, what we lack in Board members we certainly made up in our ladies’ committee. After further discussion it was unanimously decided to seek the cooperation of the Temuka sports bodies in a function on Labour Day, and possibly on a percentage basis. Recently the Progress League constructed a motor camp in the Domain at a cost of £230 and requested the Domain Board to grant it a more secure tenure of the property comprising the camp. The Minister of Crown Lands was written to, and his reply \ as to the effect that the Board had no authority to grant such a request, and that in future the Board had to administer all the fees. It was decided to acquaint the Progress League of this decision. It was intimated in the Arowhenua Cemetery Trustees’ report that the nine chain macrocarpa fenfce on the High Street frontage had been removed and it was suggested that a three foot wall be constructed in its place. Permission was also asked to trim the willows on the bank of the creek at the north boundary. It was thought that 30 or 40 cords of wood could be had from this wo’k, and this would help to pay icr the labour. These suggestions were agreed to. FOOTBALL TEAMS FOR TO-MORROW Seniors v. Zingari at Fraser Park No. 2 at 2.30 p.m.: M. O’Connor, S. Grant, A. Gaffaney, L. Wilson, G. Horgan, V. Sullivan, H. Emery, F. Dawson. F. Polhill, G. Kain, B. Gale, G. Henderson, W. Watts, H. Gilbert, R. Autridge, G. Gould. Juniors v. Old Boys, at Temuka No. 1 at 2.30 p.m.: Iles, Polhill, Ives, Connolly, Taylor, Harris, Nolan, Sugrue, Watson, Macßae, Stew..rt, Gillespie, Allan, Panner, Leathern, Coochey, Campbell, Boyle, Dwan, Kyne, Coochey. Third Grade v. Geraldine, at Geraldine: Scott, Hickey, Jamieson, Brosnahan, Brown, Lyon, Vernall, Carruthers, Calder, Taehe-, Opie, Blrt, Keene, Kernohan, Connell, Pearce, Patrick. Fourth Grade v. Schoc A, at Temuka No. 2 at -.30 p.m.: Bocock, Prattle.’, Learl, Green, Counihan, Chisholm. Donald, Smith, Cornelius, Sullivan, McNab, Taylor, Patterson, Grant. Cotter, Donoghue, Surridge, Watson, Fleming. HOCKEY Following is the team t< play for the Temuka Ladies’ Hockey Club tomorrow: L. Allan, Mrs Armstrong, Mrs D. King, J. Magee, P. Swap. K. Aker, J. Cowper, B. Carver, P. Cameron, C. Norton. K. Saver, J. Sewell. C. Mallett, J. Westaway, C. Phillips, Mrs Farqunar. BASKETBALL Following are the teams selected io play for Temuka Young Women tomorrow:— Seniors: B. Cook, M. Ives, J. MacLeod, L. Taylor, B. Berry. A. Cook, C. Benbow. G. Boyle. Emergency J. Moore. Second team: W. H ./son, D. McLean, J. Beck, M. Johnson. M. McLean, R. Ackroyd. R. Woodhe. ’, A. Morrison. M. Gudsell. Emergencies, A. Dippie and N. Stratford. "SUNSET TRAIL” Stage evac 1 travel becomes so fraught with danger in the days of the frontier West that one man stakes his life on the turn of a single card to make it safe again. That man is “Hopalong Cassidy,” played by William Boyd once more in Paramount’s “Sunset Trail,” the latest of this series which comes to-night to the Elite Theatre. A notorious gambler and outlaw terrorises the trail to Sacramento, finally committing a robbery and murder which drives “Hopalong” into action. With his pals “Windy” and “Lucky," “Hoppy” blows into town, and proceeds to flash money until he gets the gambler ii to a card game. "Hoppy” turns the right card I and securing some of the gambler’s I money, establishes him as the man

who has made the trail unsafe. In a thrilling pursuit, “Hoppy” succeeds in gaining the upper hand for the forces of law and order.

Mr W. B. Bland, F.8.0.A. (Hons.). F. 1.0. (London), representing Procter’s, the Premier Opticians, Christchurch, will be visiting Geraldine, and may be consulted on all defects of eyesight at the Crown Hotel, on Wednesday, June 27, from 9 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. Appointments can now be made by ringing Mi Morris Williams, chemist, ’phone 61. ..