MARTON

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19541, 30 March 1926, Page 3

MARTON

RANGITIKEI RUGBY SUB-UNION. | I FIXTURES FOR 1926 SEASON. I (From the "Chronicle’*” Special Correspondent). Thr fixtures for the Rangitikei ( Rugby Sub-Union’s competitions are ■as follows: SENIORS. First Round. i Saturday, April 17.—Tokorangi v. ; Marton, at Bulls; Bulls v. Athletic, at ■Marton; Hunterville v. Rata, at Hunterville; Turakina a bye. I Saturday, April 24. —Turakina v. [Tokorangi, at Turakina; Marton v. [Athletic, at Marton; Rata v. Bulls, at Bulls; Huntervillc a bye. ' Saturday, May 1. —Hunterville v. Tokorangi, at Marton; -Marton v. Rata, at Rata; Athletic v. Turakina, at Turakina; Bulls a bye. Saturday. May 8. —Bulls v. Marton, at Marton; Turakina v. Huntervillc, at Huntervillc; Rata v. Tokorangi, at Kata; Athletic a bye. Saturday, May 15. —Athletic v. Tokorangi, at Marton; Marton v. Tura- ' kina, at Turakina; Bulls v. Hunter- { ville, at Huntervillc; Rata a bye. ; Saturday. May 22. —Rata v. Athletic, j at Rata; Huntervillc v. Marton, at ' ! v -’rlon; Bull* v. Turakina, at Bulls; j Tokorangi a bye. . .-•amMay 29.-Tokorangi v. Bulls, ■ Bulls: Bara v Turakina, at Turakina; Huntervillc v. Athletic, at Marton; j I.» i art on a bye. JUNIORS. First. Round. Wednesday, April 14.—Tokorangi v. Turakina, at Turakina; Bulls v. Marton, at Bulls; Athletic v. Huntervillc, lat Huntervillc; Old Boys v. Halcombe, 'at Marton; Rata a bye. Wednesday, April 21.—Rata v. Old ; Boys, at Rata; Tokorangi v. Athletic, |at Marton, at 1.30 p.m.; Halcombe v. I Huntervillc, at Huntervillc; Marton v. !Turakina, at Marton, at 3 p.m. Bulls Wednesday, April 28.—01 d Boys v. Marton, at Marton, at 1.30 p.m.; Rata v. Bulls, at Bulls; Athletic v. Turakina, at Turakina; Huntervillc v. Tokorangi, at Marton, at 3 p.m.; Halcombe a bye. Wednesday, May 5. —Bulls v. Tokorangi, Turakina v. Halcombe, Athletic v. Marton, Rata v. Hunterville, Old Boys a bye. Grounds for these fixtures are to be arranged later. Wednesday, May 12. —Halcombe v. Tokorangi, Old Boys v. Athletic, Hunterville v. Bulls, Rata v. Turakina, Marton a bye. Wednesday, May 19.—Marton v. Halcombe, Turakina v. Old Boys, Bulls v. Athletic, Rata v. Tokorangi, Hunterville a bye. Wednesday, May 26.—Hunterville v. Marton, Tokorangi v. Old Boys, Bulls v. Halcombe, Rata v. Athletic, Turakina a bye. Wednesday, June 2.—Hunterville v. Turakina. Marton v. Tokorangi, Old Boys v. Bulls, Rata v. Halcombe, Athletic a bye. Wednesday, June 9.—Marton v. Rata, Bulls v. Turakina, Athletic v. Halcombe, Hunterville v. Old Boys, Tokorangi a bye. THIRD GRADE. First Round.. Wednesday, April 10. —Old Boys v. Athletic, at Marton, at 2.30 p.m.; Marton v. Bulls, at Bulls, at 2.30 p.m. I Wednesday, April 17. —Bulls v. Old > Boys, at Bulls; Marton v. Athletic, at Marton, at 1.30 p.m. Wednesday, April 24.—01 d Boys v. Marton, at Marton, at 1.30 p.m.; Athletic v. Bulls, ground to be arranged. RANGITIKEI HUNT. The annual general meeting of the Rangitikei Hunt will be held in the Marton Jockey Club’s rooms at 3 o'clock this afternoon. All members arc requested to attend. CHAPLIN LOSES ONE OF FAMOUS SHOES. EXPLAINED IN "THE GOLD RUSH.” Extra! Extra! Another great tragedy in Movie Land. Charlie Chaplin will never be able to wear his big shoes again. Isolated in the vast snow wastes of Alaska. Lost and without food. Alone save for that grim companion, hunger. Starvation stalking outside his wind-blown cabin—driven to desperation by the pangs of an empty stomach, he as others in like places have done before—eats his good friend tho’ that friend has carried him over the road to success, to the topmost peak of fame. But what is one friend to a man hungry —fame does not fill the stomach. So, Charlie eats one of his famous shoes. In "The Gold Rush,” booked for Marton Town Hall to-morrow and Thursday, under a United Artists Corporation release, you actually see Charlie Chaplin boil and eat his monstrous shoe, with a delicacy and relish that is au artistic triumph in pantomime. The question now arises how will he ever be able to amble through the rest of his comedies minus one of his famous shoes. Marton Orchestra will render a special programme of music. Scats may be reserved at Mogridge’s.

MARTON GUN CLUB. £35 OPEN CLAY PIGEON HANDICAP. On Good Friday the Marton Gun Club will hold a £35 open clay pigeon handicap on the. Marton Racecourse, commencing at 10 a.m. There will be only one prize, and two misses will put the shooter out. The entrance, fee is £2 (including birds) and nominations close to-morrow at 8 p.m. with the secretary (Air C. E. Gibbons) at Marton. OBITUARY DR. THOMAS BENNETT Private advice was received in Marton yesterday of the death of Dr. T. Bennett, who was 94 years of age, at Wellington on Sunday. The lato Dr. Bennett was well known in the Rangitikei, where he resided for about 40 years, 35 of which were spent in Bulls and the rest in Marton before he left for Wellington, where he had resided ever since. He was a keen sport and took a great interest in horseracing, having owned during his racing ctirecr the well-known performers Aquinaldo, Eve, Feona, Discount, Priscilla, Gerneaux and Frobisher among others. He was a life member of the Marton Jockey Club. The funeral will take place at Bulls to-morrow, the. cortege leaving the Anglican Church at 2.30 p.m. On Sunday evening a chestnut, pony owned by Air A. Seymour, of Marton, was caught in the Power Board’s cattle stop in Tutaenui Road. The unfortunate animal broke two of its legs and had to be destroyed. Three good carpenters tire wanted for the Afarton racecourse. Application should be made on the job to Air T. Brownlee.