MARTON

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19994, 10 November 1927, Page 3

MARTON

BOWLING [ Special “ Chronicle ” Service. ] On account of the wet state of the Marton green on Wednesday, the Rangitikei Shield match between Marton and Hunterville was postponed till next Wednesday. A challenge match between the two Marton Shield rinks will be played on Friday evening at 5.30. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. The rialway traffic returns for Marton Junction covering the last fourweekly periods show a decrease in revenue of £32 2s on outward traffic and of £524 18s 6d on inward traffic, as compared with the figures for the corresponding period of last year. A pleasing feature, however, is that while less passengers were carried during the period this year, the revenue shows a small increase. Details are as follows, figures for the period last year being given in parentheses:— Outward traffic.—Passengers, 2482 (2612); season tickets 6 (15); cattle and calves 255 (185); sheep and pigs 1385 (4965); timber 372 tons (184 tons); other goods 159 tons (528 tons); passenger revenue £996 9s lid (£995 7s 6d); total revenue £2905 14s 6d (£2937 16s 7d). Inward traffic.—Cattle and calves 17 (359); sheep and pigs 652 (140); timber 720 tons (924); other goods 950 (1073); total revenue £1727 8s 9d( (£2252 7s 3d). 1 THE MARTON BURGLARIES. With regard to the incident in the early hours of Monday morning in which the borough night-watchman gave chase to a youth who was suspected of having some connection with the recent burglaries, it appears that the youth, who wore white rubber shoes, was seem by the watchman emerging from a house at the corner of Signal Street. On being accosted by the watchman, he made off and when his pursuer was several yards away, discarded his coat, evidently fearing that he would be caught by the garment. He got clean away and later a search of the coat revealed that it contained an electric torch. The coat and torch were immediately handed over to the poliee, together with a description of the person who had escaped. Earlier, about midnight, it is reported, a youth had been found at the rear of a local garage, upon being interrogated by the owner of the property, had stated that he came from Palmerston North and was looking for accommodation. The garageowner had directed him to a private boarding house where a room was booked for the visitor. It wus founfi in the morning, however, that the bed had not been slept in. Further circumstances aciding to the mystery of these events took place on Monday night, when some person visited the room in the boarding house allocated to the previous night’s visitor and after resting on the bed left before the household was awake next morning, leaving behind him only a few banana skins. There is no clue to the perpetrator of the burglaries. YESTERDAY’S CRICKET Porewa beat Broadway to-day by 101 runs and two wickets, the scores being:—

Broadway. —A. B. Innes, b K. Fullerton Smith 5, A. V. Smith, c I- Marshall, b Fullerton Smith 19, J. A. Porter, c A. Fullerton Smith, b Swanson 0, A. J. Sutcliffe, b Swanson 10, B. C. Ball, b Swanson 0, P. F. Mildon, run out 1, L. Mcßeth, b J. D. Smith 11, A. V- Reed, b R. Fullerton Smith 0, L. Barlow, b R. Fullerton Smith 0, D. Marr, not out 2, H. Baker, b J. D. Smith 2, extras 6, total 56. Bowling: Swainson, 3 for 27, Fullerton Smith 4 for 18, J. D: Smith 2 for 5.

Porewa. —D. A. Cameron, st. Smith 6, B- Innes 45, G. L. Marshall, b Sutcliffe 37, J. D. Smith b Ball 27, H. R. Marshall, b Ball 3, H. B. Cameron, o Barlow, b Ball 0, RL Fullerton Smith, b Ball 2, A. Fullerton Smith, not out 32, K. J. Swainson, b Mcßeth 5, B. Openshaw, b Mcßeth 0, A. E. Smith, not out 1, extras 6, total for eight wickets 157. Bowling: R. C. Ball, 4 for 50, A- Sutcliffe, 4 for 41, Innes, 4 for 18, L. Mcßeth, 2 for 4. •RangiMkei v. Taihape The following team has been selected by Mr D. Cameron, to represent Rangitikei against Taihape, at Taihape, on Saturday next: — D. Cameron, J. D. Smith, H. K. CMarshall, EL J. Swainson (Porewa), T. Lyons, H. Lyons (Colts), J. H. C. Broad, C. A. Tidy, A. S. Staples, A. Biss (Marton), A. Merwood (Hunterville). Twelfth man: R. C. Bfll (Broadway). Reserves: R. S. Fullerton Smith and H. G. Lourie (Porewa). The following teams will repreasnt Junction against Colts at Marton on Saturday: Algie, Corlett, Corston, Dawbin, Fyffe, Greenwood, Jackson, Matthews, McKenzie, Roulston, and Stratford. Emergency: Braggins “LOVE ’EM AND LEAVE ’EM” Paramount’s current production 14 Love ’em and Leave ’em” whicn comes to the Marton Town Hall on Saturday, goes over well, as an example of what the modern movie should be. No trick camera work, nothing pretentious, no night clubs, no mobs; just a simple story transferred to the screen with good taste, enacted with admirable restraint by Evelyn Brent, Lawrence Gray and Louise BrooksTOP DRESSING AND ROOT GROWING On Saturday afternoon at 3 o ’clock at the Coronation Hall. Mr L. J. Wiki, Director of Feilding Agricultural High School will deliver a lecture on top dressing, root growing and American agriculture. The lecture will be under the auspices of the Marton branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union.