TAIHAPE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 31, 6 February 1935, Page 3

TAIHAPE

CRICKET NOTES. A match between Utiku and United was played at Utiku on Saturday and resulted in a win for the home team by 65 runs. Utiku batted first aud made 177 runs, the principal scorers being O. Johansen 57, L. Johansen 35, C. Johansen 17. United replied with 112, Muncaster being top scorer with 25 runs to his credit. Allen made 23 and Hall 17. Detailed scores ar e as under:— Utiku. L. Johansen, b Muncaster, b Grove 35 O. Johansen c IDick, b Dashwood 57 Transom, c McKenzie, b Dashwood 11 Becker, run out P. Munro, not out 11 Doyle, c Powell, b Muncaster .... "> Parkes, b Powell 4 C. Johansen, c Hamill, b Muncaster 17 Henerv, c Collins, b Powell .. .. 0 G. Gibbs, b Powell 1 i O’Brien not out .« 15 Extras f •• •• 22 Total 177 Bowling.—Grove* one fur 34; Dash wood, two for 21; Powell, three for 3; Muncaster, two for 23. United. Muncaster, c O’Brien, b Parkes .. 25 Hamill, run out Allen, c Transom, b Becker .. .. 23 Dashwood, run out ’> Grove, c Parkes, b Doyle .... 6 Half b L. Johansen 17 Collins, not out 13 McKenzie, c Parkes* b O’Brien .. 14 Dick, run out 1 Powell, c Parkes, b O’Brien .... 10 Extras ID Total ..112 Bowling.—Parkes, one for 47; Doyle, one for 16; L. Johansen, one for 2; Becker, one for 16; O’Brien, two for 2. GENERAL NEWS. The excursion train that ran from Taihapo to Taumarunui and back dur ing t.he week-end was fairly well patronised. A total of 216 passengers boarded the train at Taihape, and many were picked up at intermediate

stations. The train left Taihape at 6.30 a.m. and returned at 11.3(1 p.m. A party of hikers travelled on the train as far as National Park and then hiked to Raurimu to see the spiral. The party joined the train a»t Raurimu in the evening. A team of tennis players from Taihape also made use of the train to fulfil an engagement with the Raetihi Tennis Club. HIKING PARTY. A party of some 20 hikers from Taihape travelled on the excursion train as far as National Park on Sunday and then hiked to Raurimu —a distance of seven miles—to see the spiral. The party was not as large as anticipated owing to the fact that the weather was not too promising. The mountains could not be seen at National Park, and rain had fallen during the night. On arrival at National Park some of the hikers were rather dubious about hiking to Raurimu on account of the uncertainty of the weather and felt like continuing the train journey to Taumarunui, but were persuaded to accompany the rest of the hiking party. A railway jigger was loaded with the hikers’ gear, and tho party set off to see the spiral. The mountain air put new life into the party and songs aud jokes added to the pleasure of the trip. The hikers halted temporarily at several places to admire the scenery, but the. first real stop came after the party had passed through both tunnels. Here the Railway Department provided tea and milk and the hikers remained for two hours before continuing their journey. After luncheon several members ot the party spent a good deal ot time picking blackberries. At 2 p.m. the party pushed on to Raurimu and inspected the spiral before indulging in a swim. The hiking party, together with the Rangatau tennis party were hospitably entertained by the Raurimu Tennis Club until it was time to board the train on its return journey to Taihape.

GENERAL. A meeting of the general committee of the Rangitikei A. and P. Assoeia tion will be held on Saturday to discuss matters in connection with the annual show to be held on February 28. The Taihape District High School re-opened yesterday after the summer vacation. Raetihi defeated Taihape at tennis at Raetihi during the week-end, the home team winning by 19 sets to 18. The following players represented Taihape:— Misses Cleaver, Casey, Couper, Welch, Mesdames Perret I and Percy. Messrs. Henrichs, W. Lolievre, Casey, Thompson, Box. MAJESTIC CINEMA. ‘•Whom the Gods (Destroy,” Col u inbia’s powerful drama of a man’s great love for his son, featuring Walter Connolly, Robert Young and Dons Kenyon. Commenced a two-day season at the Majestic Cinema last night. The s4<ii\' briefly, concerns a successful Broadway stage producer whose one dominating aim in life is to perpetuate his name in the theatre through his son. While en route to London, the ship is wrecked in a collision with a derelict. Courageously the producer helps the ship’s officers battle panicstricken passengers, aids the women and children getting into the lifeboats, and even gives his own lifebelt to a woman companion. But in a mad moment of realisation that death means never seeing his loved ones again, he escaped the doomed ship by attiring himself in a woman’s coal and iurs and winning a place in a lifeboat. Branded a coward at his rescue, he gives a false name and retired to a Fife of drifting and exclusion —while at home he is mourned as a hero, ('liable to face his family and friends* ho watches his son’s progress at the theatre from afar, disappointed at the youth’s lack of genius. Through sub rciTiigi’. and without disclosing his identity, he wins the. confidence of his son, and together |hov <-<i uci'c mid produce the boy’s first hit. The final scenes mark a % "igh • ■■ which attains one of the highest points in gripping emotional drama seen uu 61ip screen.