BULLS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 29, 4 February 1935, Page 3

BULLS

BOWLING During the weekend St. Jmi . . Club sent live rinks tu Bulls, t llc local •dub providing four and Alarton Club one riak to jneet tire visitors. The weather was line and warm and after three rounds uf well-contested games ihe St. John’s representatives won by 3 points. Detailed scores are as follow, «t. John's rinks being mentioned first: First Round Clark, Tliuiitpsun, itoDson .Simmonds 8, lost to Ellery, Archer, Val-iuw, bte- • vns 23. Luwe, Turner, Blythe, Armstrong .18, '.eiealei.t Gardener, Ransom Gick xuuu Gilbert. Aieikle, Alußivarly, 1- r\ 16. ■leteated Kudd, I’ri'c, Wilsun, Eiuith I. Dempsey, Buughen. \\Hite, Emithers 16, deleated Hempieman, Dxxyur, \\ inks, Drew 6. ALilier, Hu/i, Swan, Webby 1.1, lusi io .Simpson, Ede, Gueocl, Ingram 16. Secoud Rouna Dempsey, Buughen, \\ Hite, Smithers .17, deleated .Simpson, Edu, Goebel, Ing(am 13. Gilbert, Aieikle, AlcJt>realty, Fry 8, lust to Radii, Price, Wilsun, \x alfier 21. Aliller, Hart, .Swan, Webby 15, defeated Hempleman, Dwyer, \x inks. Diew 12. Luwe, Turner, Bly (he, Armstrong 20, deleated Ellery, Archer, Caldoxx, .Mevens 11. Clark, Thompson, Hodson, iSinimonds 1 12, druxx with Gardener, Ransom, Gick, Todd 12. Third Round Dempsey, Boughen, White, .Smithies 8, losi to Kadd, Price, Wilsun, Walker 11. ■'*M.ill.'r, Hart, Swan, W ebby 5, lost to Gardener, Ransom, Gick, ’I odd 10. Gilbert, Meikle. Mcßiearty. Fry 7, drew with Ellery, Archer, Caldow, btex - Clark, 'Thompson, Hodson Simmonds 11. lost to Hempleman, Dwyer, Winks, Drew 12. Totals: St. John’s, ISO; Bulls, 176.

ON THE RANGE A changeable wind inade shooting difficult on Saturday aiieinoon, members of thr Defence Rifle Ulub scoring ns follows:---sou 900 Tl. N. Amun 46 15- !•! L. Thorby 4b II 9" H. Meads 42 16 —SS F. Simpson 39 45—84 .1. B. Robins . 43 11 84 lx. \\ . Dalrymple 39 ."<7 76 A. W . A mon 20 27 L Next Saturdax' a champions!.ip shoot will be held user 3.00, ;>O() and liOiiyds. VALEDICTORY On Tuesday evening ('lifton Hall was | well filled when a farewell exciiing was lendereiil f*> Mr. A. •Lane, who has been Presbyterian minister in Hulls for four years, and who left for Ohakune on Wednesday. Al the. same tunc a hearty welcome was •’xtended fo his successor. Mr. L. Shilton, of Pokeno. In addition to members of the Church in Bulls, many visitors came from Wei-

lington, Palmer.-ton North, Tuiakiua, { I’arewautii ami Carnarvon. Mr. Hadfield, speaking on behalf ol (he congregation, thanked Mi. Lane for (he pleasing wax in whirli he had conducted the services here, and xvished him success in his mxx sphere. In handing to Mr. Lane a well titled wallet ’ Air. Hadfield a>ked him to accept (fie gift as a tangible ex press’, on ol their appreciation. Mr. J. Campion (Palmer: ton Xuri’n). vx ho was for many years an oliice- ' bearer of the local churth. an ted lii< eulogy of .Mr. Lane’s • ex-i.• • •-. .-iie--!ng his self-sacrifice, hi> earnest tie -., and | his charitable 'Lspo-iI inn. IL' xx i lied Mr. Lane future Lapp ies-. and church men bers Io rally round and help the new minister. Mr. Shilton. Mr. F. A. Holland aLo poke, an i said that Mr. Lane xxas a giea: social worker, and that inanx ntiL-ide his church wore indebted to him for kind •less and as istawc in time: of sicknc'3 and sorroxv. Mr Lane, he >a:d. had : preached his last sermon here, “Ships That Pass in the \ight." and h felt ' uro that if in futur*- years thox li’iil i Mr. Lano with “Ahoy, there!” hwould Fh sure to ste his course to xvards them to shake the hand of ..o"’ fellowship. ( Applause). Mr. Lane thanked the speakers fm i r kiml words, and said lhat he ha I only tried to do his duty, the servicerendered by him being only in keeieng with The Scripture-, as nil \\ete i x ant- uf the Lurd. The that ked -the people for (heir gift, and the .hui.h otficers for tlieii assistance, al ihe same I h'lne askLig that the same support be gix'en to his successor. He > un. h.du ; by in\ iHng all to visit him if thee came to Ohakune. (Applause). Mr. Shilton, who was warmly re eeixc'l. -aid that ho could assure Mr. Lano that there were man. wariv heart-, in Ohakune. for he lin.j turn stationed there fo r some year- |j<- ( pressed pleasure at bis appointment to