MARTON

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 139, 15 June 1931, Page 3

MARTON

RANGITIKEI RUGBY 1 SATURDAY'S MATCHES POSTPOKED On account of the heavy rain early on Saturday morning all senior, third and fourth grade matches set down for Saturday were postponed by Ihe fixtures committee. Taihape v. Rangitikei. The following team has been selected by Mr A. Henwood to represent Rangitikei in their representative match against Taihape at Marton Park on Wednesday next at 2.50 p.m.: D. Cameron Blakeway F. Gallagher AT. (Downs Peina T. Clapham R. McDonald AL Waldin. J. I’otaka J. Preston I. Mclntyre R. Wall er J. Taiuru P. Gronn J. Waters Emergencies.—Forwards: L. Davies, P. Waitere. aßcks: G. Hartley and Symons. The Bebbington Shield. Arrangements have been made to play for the Bebbington Shield at Pahiatua on Wednesday, June 24. MARTON ATHLETIC CLUB A meeting of the executive committee of the above club was held on Friday evening, Mr 8. J. Gibbons presiding over a full attendance. It was decided to donate £7 7s towards the local relief funds. The annual meeting of the club will be held on Friday, August 14, in the Marton Jockey Club’s rooms. It is hoped to start the road races immediately after the annual meeting, so that they will nut clash with the Rugby football fixtures. PLUNKET SOCIETY THE MARTON BRANCH The committee meeting for June of the Marton branch of the Plunket Society was held on the Bth. inst. in the Plunket nurse’s room. Present: Mesdames Sladden (in the chair), Wood, liarpur, Stevens, Ingle, R. W. Harris, Mitchell, Stanford, Tidy, R. Sutcliffe, Misses Gould ami Cook. Apologies were received from Mesdames Mclvor and J. Howard.

Mrs R. Sutcliffe was welcomed by the president as a new member of committee. The resignations of Mrs A. J. B. Sicely and Mrs E. G. Gordon were received with regret. Arrangements were completed for the The combined Hockey Clubs’ dance take place on Friday, June 19, at 2.30 p.m., in St. Stephen’s Parish Hall, liis Worship the Mayor will be in the chair and tho business portion of tho meeting which includes election of officers and committee, is over, tea will be dispensed by tho committee, and then the special speaker, Miss Mitchell, will give her address. Miss Mitchell is the head ot tho Wellington staff of Plunket Nurses, and is coming on purpose for this meeting. Anyone who cares to is asked to attend, whether a subscriber intere’t 83 addr6ss "’ iU be 01 special The dispatch of the annual report and balance-sheet was placed fe tho hands ot a sub-committee The Plunket nurse’s report for -he month was as follows:l n Marton, 269 visitors to the rooms, 8 new baby eases, U/ Visits paid to homes, lo casual cases, 21 telephone calls. At Bulls, 54 17 Sl -iS 8 v s isi, ?.P aid - At Turak’ina The p 8 VlSlts paid > 1 ease. It il 11UrSe has be g" n a course girls at M^'v 1 l ° the se,,i ” r guts at Mt. View schools, on the same hues as the courses recently most sue eestully taken by No. 1 ComX Gil Guides, and by the senior girls at b fetephen’s Church Day School. hockeVclubsT dance The combined Hockpv rintiin i inth< Quid’s particularly successful from a financial point of view, was nevertheless a X enjoyable function, and those preTent danced until the earlv hour . music provided by Mr JohT Glengarry Miss Enid Roach played extras d’uring the supper interval, and tho office of Graffie fiUed b J A . SUCCESSFUL OLD-TIME DANCE at th • flartI ?y presided brilliantly Miss | lan jeffers e o X n tra ( / » JS. jctterson (piano), Mr G vidVd 1 < aCe ° rdeon >' Tb « ladies prt vided a bounteous supper. •,„6°/ aZZing ° r encorcs were allowed, and the success of these old-time feet n 3 ' arg 7 attributc ‘l to this feet. Dancing continued until 2 am Messrs B. Crawford and J. Hammond made capable M.’s.C. THE CIVIC THEATRE “HELL’S ANGELS’’ The magnitude of “Hell’s Angels ” the super-spectacle of air war which Wil. be filially screened at the Civic theatre this evening is revealed in of. hcial figures just released. I h. largest air fleet ever brought together except by governments was assembled by Howard Hughes, the produce,- and director, and flown n, _ Hel s Angels.’’ Exactly 87 'planes, including more than a score of true war-time ships, a German Gotha bombing ’plane and a German dirigible, took part in this stupendous air drama. Fifty 'planes arc shown in action simultaneously on the screen. More than 100 pilots participated in the making of “Hell’s Angels,” and more than 2,000,000 was expended on tho air s l , ' encs • A Zeppelin raid on Lon ‘lon and the exploits of Baron von Riehlolen's “Flying Circus” are (wo tremendous highlights of tho picture. Ben Lyon, James Hall and Jean Harlow arc the principal players in ‘ ‘ Heli’s Angels. ’ ’ GENERAL NEWS On account of the Marton Old Boys’ Football Club’s dance being held on Thursday, Juno 18, the Rata Ladies’ Hockey Club have postponed their dance till Tuesday, June 23.