DISTRICT NEWS
SOUTH WAIRAKAPA ITEMS. (“The Age*’ Special). The annual meeting of the Carterton Football dub was held on Friday even ing, Mr J. C. Harp presiding. The re-j port and balance sheet disclosed a veryip successful season, and were adopted.i Officers were elected as under:—Patron. J Mr C. Reid; President, Mr J. C. Harp; hon secretary and treasurer, Mr H. A. ‘ McPhee; Management Committee, ’ Messrs A. H. JSage, W. Irvine. J. ® Churehouse, C. A. Gray, A. E. Hall.’ R. Taucher and C. Jensen; Social Com miltec, Messrs G. Steffert, I. A. Hart,' J. Churehouse, D. Udy, C. Reid. JDenby, R. Taucher, A. Con and, C. A- , Gray; senior coach and selector, Mr C.:' A. Gray; junior coach and selector, Mr R. Taucher; fourth grade coach and ‘ selector, Mr A. H. Sage; fifth gradel* coach and selector, Mr W. A, Hart. ’ The appointment of third and sixth grade coaches and selectors was held , over. Delegates to Wairarapa Rugby - Union, Sfessrs H. J. McKenzie, C. A. Gray, and A. E. Hall. The delegates to the annual meeting of the Union were instructed to oppose the remits brought forward as amendments to Rule 4 changing the basis of district representation on , the Union. The subecrip- ; tions in all grades were left the same as last year, and the annual ball will be held early in July. An honpraruin j was voted to' the secretary in apprecia tion of his sendees. ,< Girl Guides. 1 At a meeting of the Executive ol i the Carterton Local Association of Girl i Guides, te Commissioner reported that an open Brownie Back had been start , ed to act as a filler to the Guide Com- .1 1 pany, and is to be called the First Carterton Brownie Pack, with Miss Mary! Barlow as Acting-Tawney Owl; also' that a company of Guides had been i started in Greytown, which is known as the First Greytown Company of | Girl Guides. This Company has 3. ] members and is in charge of Mrs Bob: Jury as Captain, and Miss Euphie Tate j - as Lieutenant. . I MARTINBOBOUGH. t (“The Age’’ Special). ’ The death occurred in Palmerston 1 North on Friday evening of Miss Ruby i ■Dale, sister of Mr Ferris Dale, of Mar i tin-borough. She was well known ir 1 this district having been school mis i tress at Dyerville for a number of > years. She was only ill a few days and i ler death will be a great shock to her i many friends. < MT. BRUCE. i (“The Age” Special.) i The Mauriceville West Tennis Club played a team from the Mt. Bruce Club Mt. Bruce winning by 19 sets to 5. De tailed results wore (Mt. Bruce mention ed first): — Ladies’ Singles.—Miss I. Campbell beat Miss A. Neilson, 6/2; Miss G. Miller beat Miss B. Johansen, 6/1; Mrs. T Wyeth beat Miss R. Mortensen, 6/0; Miss L. Welch beat Miss D. Palmer,] 6/5; Miss M. Trass beat Miss N. Mortensen, 6/3. Men’s Singles.—L. Welch beat A. Neilson, 6/5; A. Reader beat F. Neilson I 6/3; C. Wyeth lost to J. Martin, 3/6; J. ( Barnes beat A. Larsen, 6/1; D. Hunt; beat M. West, 6/4; O. Wyeth beat H.! Mortensen, 6/1. Combined Doubles.—L. Welch and ; Miss I. Campbell lost to A. Neilson and ■ Miss A. Neilson, 4/6; A. Reader and Miss G. Miller beat F. Neilson and Miss B. Johansen, 6/0; C. Wyeth and Mrs/ T. Wyeth beat J. Martin and Miss R. Mortensen, 6/1; H. Miller and Miss L. Welch beat A. Larsen and Miss D. Palmer, 6/2; J. Barnes and Miss M. Trass beat I. Larsen and Miss V. Mortensen, 6/2. Ladies’ Doubles.—Misses I. Campbell and G. Miller beat Misses A. Neil-, son and B. Johan'sen, 6/3; Mrs. T. Wyeth and Miss L. Welch beat Misses 1 R. Mortensen and D. Palmer, 6/4; Miss: M. Trass and Mrs. McLachlan lost to' Misses V. Mortensen and A. Neilson,! 4/6, Men’s Doubles.—L. Welch and A. Reader lost to A. Neilson and F. Neilson, 5/6; C. Wyeth and J. Barnes beat J. Martin and A. Larson, 6/4; D. Hunt and H. Miller beat J. Larsen and H. Mortensen, 6/2; O. Wyeth and R. Reader beat D. Johansen and C. Trass, 6/1; J. Mansell .Zhd I. Daken lost to F. Johansen and M. West, 2/6. The return match with Longbush was played recently, also the match with Park vale. Longbush defeated ML Bruce by 12 sets to 9, and Mt. Bruce; defeated Parkvale by 16 sets to 8. [ Mrs. F. Miller and Miss G. Miller, have returned from* a holiday spent ini Auckland. Welcome rains have fallen in the last few days which have greatly benefited! growing crops.
A fifteen-round professional boxing bout at Westport on Saturday between Clarence Pocock (Christchurch) and . Jim Broadfoot (Auckland) went the > full distance and ended in a draw.— > (P.A.) Mr L. B. Beale, British Trade Com- ‘ : missioner to New Zealand, has been f ■ appointed Director of the British’ ■Travel Association, the object of which f is to stimulate the "visits of oversea? i* s tourists and the demand for British I jgoods and -■ser vices, o London cable- 1 j gram reports. ’ A light aeroplane from the Marl-1 ( * borough Aero Club crossed Cookj' ‘Strait to Wellington yesterday morning land landed at 11.15 after a fifty min-!. lutes’ flight on the newly-levelled airi I port nt Rongo-t&i, Miramar. The pilot) •was Captain N. E. Chandler and the', • pasenger Mr. L. Wimsley a member oflj I the club who had urgent business 1 Wellington. The passenger on tie re-L fturn trip will be Mr J. H. Preston, L •ground engineer of the club, who is i visiting Wellington.—(PA.)
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Wairarapa Age, 25 March 1929, Page 4
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