TEMUKA ATHLETICS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21575, 10 February 1940, Page 3

TEMUKA ATHLETICS

South Canterbury Championships

To-day’s Prospects

With the Oval in splendid order, the fifth annual championships of the South Canterbury Athletic Sub-Centre which will be held this afternoon should be an outstanding success Splendid entries have been received, and there is promise of keen competition. Many cups will be competed for, including the Champion Challenge Cup, which is awarded for most points in championship events. W. Watson. J. Burke and J. Spillane, if they maintain their recent form, should make their presence felt in this competition.

The usual weekly meeting of the Temuka Club will be held on Monday evening. Following are the handicaps:—

Girls under 12. 75 Yards: D. Robins (syds), S. Abernethy, J. Hislop, P Rollinson (7yds), B. McGillen (10yds). M. Lloyd (12yds), H. McGillen (13yds>, L. Shepherd (14yds), L. Abernethy (15yds), Z. Denison (18yds), N. Abernethy (20yds), V. Ansford (22yds). Boys 12 years and under. 100 Yards: L. Palmer, N. Palmer (4yds), G. Cameron, L. Mcßride, D. Thomas, N. Thomas, D. Wilson (syds), S. Downes (6yds), J. Mitchell, J. Chapman (7yds), P. Direen, Z. Holland, A. Fletcher, C. I.olan (Byds), E. Robins, B. Nolan (9yds), I. Douglas, K. Washington (10yds), M. Haughey, K. Martin, C. Hanifin (11yds), T. Haughey, B. Craig. I. Edgeler (12yds), J. Moulton (13yds), N. Lloyd, P. Jones (15yds), R. McNulty (16yds), P. Hopkinson. B. Rollinson. P. Leathern (18yds). Boys over 12, 100 Yards: G. Moore (scr), G. Jamieson (2yds), J. Leonard (7yds), E. Shepherd, D. McGillen (9yds), D. Sugrue (12yds). Women’s 75 Yards: B. Washington (scr), M. Ives (3yds), J. Leonard (2yds), L. Fisher (6yds), L. Counihan (Byds), D. McGillen (12yds), J. Rollinson (10yds).

Women’s High Jump: M. Ives (scr), B. Washington, J. Leonard, L. Fisher (2in), B. Devine (Bin), J Devine (lOin).

Men’s 100 Yards: E. Jamieson (scr). M. Scott (4yds), I* onard (syds), J. Spillane <syds), W. Watson, J. Collins, A. Fulton (7yds), G. Robins. J. Burke. V. Green (Byds), D. Brown, J. Macßae (9yds), R. Sharpe, M. Hayes (10yds), H. McLeod (11yds). Men’s 440 Yards: E. Jamieson, J Spillane (scr), A. Fulton (syds), J. Macßae, D. Brown (15yds), W. Watson (9yds), O. Birt. J. Burke. J. Collins (20yds), M. Scott (25yds), R Sharpe, M. Hayes (30yds). One Mile: W. Wilson (scr), J Burke (10yds), J. Spillane (30yds), J Macßae (80yds), J. Healy (145yds) H. McLeod (160yds), 11. McLeod (160yds), A. Opie (180yds). Men’s Broad Jump: K. Leonard. J. Collins (scr), E. Jamieson (Ift), M Scott (Ift lin), A. Johnson (Ift 6in). W. Ferguson (Ift 9in), J. Macßae (Ift Bin), M. Hayes (2ft lin), D. Brown (2ft 3in), A. Opie (2ft 9in). Javelin: M. Reynolds (scr), D. Brown (Bft), A. Fulton (10ft), E. Jamieson (12ft), W. Fergirjn (12ft). E. Crossman, M. Hayss « 16ft), F. Dawson (17ft), A. Opie (19ft), K. Leonard (20ft), J. Warwick (26ft), B. Collins (30ft), G. Robins (35ft).

MAORI SCHOLARSHIP Advice has been received that the Te Makarini Scholarship has been won by Te Hape Taipana, a pupil of the Native School at Arowhenua. This scholarship is open to the Maori children of both Islands under 14 years of age, and it is the first time that it has been won by a South Island scholar. Te Hape Taipana is only •12 years old, and he will proceed to Te Aute College, PUkehou. The teacher (Miss H. Bremner), and tne boy have received numerous co”"”atulations from people in both Islands. Government Junior Scholarships have been awarded to Hana Wixon and Rei Taipana, who will leave for Hukarere Girls’ College, Napier. Two past pupils of the school, Ranui Rehu and Pawhiri Wixon have been appointed teachers, the former as junior assistant at Motatau Native School, North Auckland, and the latter to Waitapu Native School. Hokianga. “El OR IE?” A notice board in the bowling pavilion in the Domain intimated that under certain conditions matches in a particular competition would be forfeited. One reader expressed the opinion that the word forfeit was spelt wrongly and should be “fie” instead of “fei.” The writer of the notice differed from this opinion so the advice of six others was sought. The voting by five to three favoured “fie.” The argument was still strong when another member made his appearance and he was immediately questioned. When he threw his weight in with the majority the word was finally changed to read “forfiet.” EEL DRIVE More than 300 eels were caught by 45 persons when a drive sponsored by the South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society was held between Roaring Camp and Rock on Thursday night. Under the supervision of Messrs F. Agnew, F. W. Pellett (curator-ranger to the society) and J. Orton, anglers searched the river and when the final count of the bags was made it was found that Messrs A. L. Thoreau and L. Southby had won the prize for the largest bag with a total of 34 eels. Mr Thoreau also won the prize for the heaviest eel, his catqh weighing 251 b. In returning thanks for the Society's hospitality, Mr T. Richards (secretary of the South Canterbury Anglers’ Club) said that the outing had been so enjoyable and drive so successful tl at everyone who had participated was keen that another drive would be organised.

Mr J. Stevens (member of the Society’s Council) said that another ee drive would be held within the next fortnight, the territory to be covered being from the Opihi railway bridge to the mouth of the river.

BOWLING Further results in the men’s championship pairs are as follows:—Davis and Mclnnes beat Menzies and Pierce, Johansen and Nichol beat McGillen and Smith, Parrant and Shillito beat Gourley and McCallum, O’Connor and Strange beat Joy nt and Turner. Following D women’s team to

play Kia Toa at Timaru on Thursday: Mesdames Shand (s). Taylor, McLeod and Robins; Cain (s), Thomson Thistle and Blackmore; Davis <s) Whitehead, Miss B. Stewart, and Frisby; Marshall (s), Miss McGarva. Miss D. Stewart, and Martin. PERSONAL The Rev. Father Bartley, S.M.. has arrived to take up his new appointment in Temuka. The Rev. Fat! -r Buckley, S.M., has arrived from Wellington to relieve in the absence of the Rev. Father McGrath, S.M., who is expected in about two weeks’ time. Miss R. Moore is spending a holiday at Cuiverden. “A CHRISTMAS CAROL” Read by millions for nearly 100 years, played on the stage and dramatised over the radio countless times. “A Christmas Carol,” Charles Dickens' immortal story of Yuletide, has at last come to the audiences of the screen. Taken directly from the pages of Dickens, the new picture, which opens to-night at the Elite Theatre, brings Scrooge, Tiny Tim. the Cratchits and the rest of the beloved characters to life in an authentic reproduction of old London of Dickens’ day. The story is known to the whole world; how the miser Ebenezer Scrooge, sneers at the joy of Christmas, declaring it all “humbug”; how he discharges his clerk, Bod Cratchit, in a fit of rage; forbids his nephew, Fred, to wed; refuses all charity. He is visited by the ghost of his former parner, Marley, bound in the chains of his own inhumanity on earth, and conducted by three spirits first to his youth and his happy Christmases of that time, then to Christmas Present, the misery’ among London’s teeming population contrasted with the Christmas joy and love in the home of Bob Cratchit with his family and crippled son TinyTim. Regenerated, th j miser preads Christmas cheer, makes his nephew his partner that he may marry, reemploys Cratchit and arranges for Tiny Tim’s care as the drama closes with the child’s speech, “God bless us, every one.” NOTES To-night, the Temuka Amateui Athletic Club are hcl ’.ing a Cinderella dance in the Drill Hall. Enrolments are now being taken by the secretary of the Temuka SubCentre of the Red Cross Society (Mr J. Cornwell) for a first-aid class for men only. A meeting will be held in the Orton Hall on Wednesday night at 8 o’clock to form a Sub-Centre of the Red Cross Society. A <iss A. Hanifin, 73 Denmark Street, will resume teaching pianoforte and theory on Monday.