TAIHAPE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 13, 16 January 1932, Page 3

TAIHAPE

MAJESTIC THEATRE. El Brepdel and Fifi Dorsay are starred in their funniest Fox comedy “Mr. Lemon of Orange,” which will be shown at the Majestic Theatre tonight (Saturday) and Monday at 8 p.m. Brendel has a dual role, one as an inoffensive toy salesman, and other as a hard-boiled racketeer who is mistaken for the salesman, and vice versa. Fifi has the role of a night club singer who is determined to put Brendel “on the spot.’’ John G. Blystone directed. Short subjects, including “Mickey The Mouse,” “Finger Points” and a dog comedy will be screened at today’s matinee at 1.45 p.mThe programme has been specially selected to suit the requirements of children and a large atcndance is anticipated. A similar programme was presented last Saturday when the attendance was so large that it was necessary to accommodate some of the children upstairs. CRICKET NOTES. The brilliant batting of R. P. Marsh was the outstanding feature of the match between Taihape and United, which commenced on the Oval Domain on Thursday and will be continued next Thursday. Marsh, who opened Taihape’s innings with Dr. Sinclair, exploited a wide variety of strokes and scored 67 runs before he was bowled by Schofield. “Rod” was accorded an ovation on returning to the pavilion. Marsh’s score included one 6, seven 4’s, one 3, seven 2’s and 1(5 singles. Mu rray contributed a useful 22 while K. Joblin scored 13. Extras amounted to 14, and Taihape’s first innings closed for 143. United had lost three wickets for 42 runs when time was called. (IDripps 20; J. E. Hamill 10.) Detailed scores are as follows.

TAIHAPE. First Innings. Marsh, b. Schofield 67 Dr. Sinclair, c Hamill, b. Schofield G Murray, c Hamill, b Dripps .... 22 Glennieb Dripps 7 Broome, b Dripps 4 K. Joblin, c Arthur, b Schofield . . 13 F. Appleton, b Schofield ~ .. .. 0 Kincaid, b« Schofield 4 Box, not out 6 D. McLennon, b Dripps 0 Extras • H Total 143 Bowling Analysis.—Dripps, four for 35; Schofield, six for 56. UNITED. First Innings. Dripps, e. and b. Murray ...... 20 Chisholm, Box, b. Dr. Sinclair . . 0 J. E. Hamill, . D. McLennan, b Kincaid Beiliss, not out $ Arthur, not out •’ Extras 1 Total, for three wickets 42 LITTLE GIRL INJURED. Wandering too close to one of the swings at the children’s play area in the Papakai reserve, Taihape, while it was being used on Thursday afternoon, a Uttle girl, Loye Olsen, aged 5A years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Olsen, of Taihape, was struck on the head and received a fractured skull and concussion. She was hurried to the lluia Street Hospital, where she was attended by Dr. Mac Diarmid. One of the child’s teeth was knocked out when the accident occurred. TWO BOYS NEARLY DROWNED. Two boys, Ernest and James Martin, aged 12 and 8 years respectively, sons of Mr. and Mrs. T. J- Martin, of Taihape, were nearly drowned in the Hautapu River on Wednesday afternoon near the children’s play area. In this locality there is a deep pool at the foot of a shallow one. . Both boys got into serious difficulties in the deep pool, but were rescued in the nick of time by Mrs. S. Dash and Miss Curtis, who noticing their plight, w T ent promptly to their aid. A short time ago the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Daniels was nearly drowned in the same pool, and the opinion has been expressed by several people who were in the habit of visiting the children’s play-area that wire netting should be stretched across the river to prevent straying from the shallow pool into the deep one. THEFT OF GLASSES. A young man, whose name was suppressed, appeared before Messrs W.H. Fookes and E. Loader J’sP., at the Taihape Police Court yesterday, charged with the theft of six drinking glasses valued at 3s. Outlining the facts of the case, Sergeant. Dunford, who conducted the prosecution, said that accused attended a dance at the Three Stars Hall on Christmas Eve, and while there he gave a man named Johansen two glasses, which the latter put in tho pocket of an overcoat belonging to another young man named Tall. Accused then put two glasses in Tail’s pocket, and later m tho evening he put two more there. Accused admitted that he had stolen the glasses from the Gretna Hotel. He was a first offender. The Bench (to accused): What have you to say for yourself? Accused: I don’t remember taking the glasses. I wasn’t sober at the time. The Bench took a lenient view of the case, and fined accused 10s. An order was made for the return of the glasses. An application for the suppression of accused’s name was granted. BOWLING NOTES. The following are the results of matches played recently in the third round of the club competitions:— Handicap Singles.—W. McDonald (1) 24 v. Peacock (8. 19; Gledhill (3) 25 v. McLennan (4) 19. Championship Singles.—Mortland 18 18 v. Loader 16; C. Cherry 25 v. Bowie 16. Junior Championship Singles.—Auld 20 v. W. McDonald 17. Championship Pairs.—Bond (s) and Marsh 20 v. Gledhill (s) and Box 19. The pairs match, Bond (skip), Marsh 20 v. Gledhill (skip), Box 19, proved

quired. ■ an exhilarating contest. Gledhill commenced steadily and at the eighth head has established a lead of four. Gledhill 7, Bond 3- Bond by improved play and fine drawing shots improved his'position and at the fourteenth head was leading 12 —9. On the fifteenth head Box leading well, was lying three. Bond with a beautiful drive put kitty in the ditch. Bond then drew with his remaining three woods, Gledhill being unable to reach the head. Adding one on sixteenth head the position was looking hopeless for Gledhill, with the board showing 16 —9 against him. Gledhill took two on seventeenth head and when he went to the mat on eighteenth was lying two down. Running out the shot bowls w r ith his first two bowls and drawing with the remaining woods he secured seven on the head and a lead of two. Gledhill 18, Bond 16. Bond equalised on nineteenth head and Gledhill led by one on twentieth. The last head was full of interest, the leads each wresting the shot from the other. Bond promoted the shot bowl which Gledhill could not disturb being able only to draw third shot and losing tho match 20—19. Thursday Afternoon Draw. Morgan, Dunford, Bowie, W. McDonald 26 v. Nicholls, Box, McLennan, Mortland 16; Peacock, Read, Burton 17 v. Williams, Auld, Ryan 14; Armstrong, Bond, Easton, Loader 26 v. Kreegher, A. McDonald, C. Cherry, Neagle 12.