MARTON

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 121, 25 May 1931, Page 3

MARTON

MARTON JOCKEY CLUB The annual meeting of the Marton Jockey Club will bo held in the Coronation Hall to-morrow evening at 8 o’cluck. The report and balance-sheet will be presented and other important business discussed. It is hoped that members will make a point of ingRANGITIKEI REFORM LEAGUE A general meeting of members of the Kangitikci branch of the New Zealand Reform League will be held in the Marton Jockey Club’s rooms on Friday, May 29, at 8 o’clock. The executive committee will meet at 7.30 p.m. intending members are cordially invited THE CIVIC THEATRE "PLAYBOY OF PARIS" An entertainment that proved a ecn- ! stant joy to watch and listen to, opened at the Civic Theatre on Saturday night for two days. Jt is none other than the new Maurice Chevalier laugh-and-love hit, "Playboy of Paris," in which the scintillating stai sings and makes love in true Parisian All the Chevalier whimsicality, and all the Chevalier personality are ai their best in this rollicking talo of a waiter with aspirations to "paint the town red," who falls heir to a million francs, only to find himself tied to his job. So, waiter by day, and millionaire man-about-town at. night, he leads a "double" life, that mystifies his numerous lady friends in both spheres. His amours place him in numerous embarrassing and hignly humorous situations, ending, as a climax, in a duel, or rather a near-dueJ, the pseudowaiter, pseudo-gentleman, being saved from his very dangerous predicament by the woman he really loved all the time, but didn't know it. The final screening will be shown to-night. LOYAL MARTON LODGE The quarterly summoned meeting of the above lodge tok place on Friday evening, there being a good attendance. One new member was admitted. Reports showed that there is one member on the sick list making slow proAmong the correspondence was an appeal from Feilding Lodge on behalf of the widow and family of a deceased member, and it was decided to donate £2 2s towards the fund. The district secretary advised that the New Zealand branch had made a levy on all financial members of is to assist members of Hawke’s Bay lodges who suf fered in the recent earthquake, luv fudge quota will be paid from thtBenevolent Fund. A further scheme for the re-instate-ment of damaged lodge property ano assets is being formulated by the board of directors, which will probably take the form of a levy on lodge surpluses. The chief business of the evening was tho election of officers lor the ensuing term and resulted as under; N.G. Bro. H. G. Allison (present V.G.); V.G. Bru. K. L. Hill (present E.W.); E.B. Bro. G. H, Denbow; guardian, Bro. K. H. Fowler; warden, Bro. G. Powell. The installation will take place next lodge night, June (5, and a arge number oj visitors is expected. A meeting is to be held to arrange a programme of entertainment for the social after the lodge function. Lodge closed at a late hour, and memoers dispersed after partaking of supper. MARTON GOLF CLUB FOUR-BALL BOGEY COMPETITION A four-ball bogey competition attracted a large number of players on Saturday afternoon and several exceptionally good cards were handed in. Tho following being the best: F. J. Christensen and S. Go ver 6 up, A. H. Marshall and J. R. L. Stanford ,3 up, and C. M. Holdaway and G. M. Moffitt 3 up. RESIDENCE GUTTED BY FIRE About 7.30 on Saturday evening, the fire brigade was called to a lire on Wellington Road, where a six-roomed dwelling house was discovered to be on fire. The hro had a good hold when the brigade arrived, but with an excellent force of water they soon subdued the flames. The whole of the inside of the building was practically gutted, and the contents were also destroyed. The building was owned b> Mr W. J. Aynsley, of Gisborne, and was insured in the North British Insurance Company for £B5O. Mr E. Waters, who was the occupier, lost ah his furniture. From the appearance of the building it appears that the fire started in the kitchen. RANGITIKEI RUGBY REPS. The following is the Rangitikci representative team to play Taihapc at Marton on Wednesday: —D. Cameron (Bulls), full-back; Blakeway (Old iboys), wing; Gallacher (Buis), centre; M. Downs (Rata) and Clapham (Halcombe), second live-eighths; Gardener (Rata), first five-eighths; MacDonald (Old Boys), half; Waldon (Old Boys, captain), wing forward; L. Homes (Rata) and Trefton (Bulls), hookers; Maclntyre (Hunterville), lock; Walker (Hunterville) and J. Taiuru (Rata), break ways; Groan (Athletic) and Waters (Rata), supports. Emergencies: P. Harro (Hunterville), back; Parkes (Old Boys), half; Ostcn and I’otaka. forwards. All those who will be unable to play are to inform the secretary, Mr S. Abel, telephone 492, Marton.