AGAIN SUPERIOR

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 199, 26 August 1935, Page 8

AGAIN SUPERIOR

SHEAVES BEATS SAVIDAN CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNERS NEW SOUTH WALES RACE. Received Aug. 25, 7.5 p.m, . SYDNEY, Aug. 25. Savidan again failed to out.stride Sheaves in the ten-milc championship of Non South Wales on the Kensington racecourse yesterday, the result being: Sheaves, 53min. 45 4-sscc 1 Savidau, 54min. GUsec. 2 Cooper was third, Riddington sixth and {Stevens ninth. T’his time the course was spongy grass, all llai, with no hurdles, over eleven laps straight. Athletic interest was more engaged in the individual struggle than the resu-t of the test. There was no question Sheaves was the superior runner on the flat. He is I taller ami more rangy, always called tune and had youth on his side. After five miles both he and Savidan were together, with Cooper nearly a furlong behind. The New Zealanders were then pacing well. At seven miles Sheaves was still comfortably striding and Savidan was struggling. Cooper at this stage moved away from tne ruck and the race resolved itself into an individual struggle. Savidan had no chance of catching Sheaves. Riddington (New Zealand) caused a surprise by finishing sixth in tho <ctual race but he was fifth in the count as Farnhill was not even an emergency for New South Wales. This surprised the New South Wales field and made a difference to the club title. Thos° who counted were ► avidan, Cooper, Riddington and Stevens, who finished second, third, fifth and eighth respectively. New South Wales filled first, fourth, sixth and seventh places. Thus the test resulted in a tie. I'ullar disappointed as he finished sixteenth. After the race the manager of the New Zealand team, Air. C. R. White, interviewed, said that Sheaves gave the finest display in this test of endurance. Ln the special struggle he was satisfied youth counted. Savidan also complimented Sheaves and said: “He should have a chance in the Empire and Olympic Games.” There is a doubt about the length of the track. , The New South Wales secretary, Air. Heathwool, is satisfied it is exact enough for a record. branch of the New Zealand Railways Institute and he congratulated the committee rcs]>onsib!u lor the organising of the reunion. “It must be a measure of great atisfaction to those who have followed the ups and downs of the Railway Officers’ Institute through the long, long years to find today tnat you are iu as strong a position as ever you were,” said Air. Mackley. “Even though you have not always been successful in the representations made made from time to time, this should not t ause you any anxiety of mind,” Air. Alackley continued. “The trials and tribulations of the economic, depression were not confined to the 1 ailways. They were felt by all other organisations and the world as a whole. I would like to add, however, that the railways came out with living colours, and to-day, 1 still believe there is great hope for the future.” (Applause). .\lr. Alackley made reference to his early association with the Railway Officers’ Institute. Being an active member of this organisation had given him a lesson in railway life, and the experience gained had b ien of considerable value. To-day, as General Man ager, lie was proud to say that he had neon a. me.uber, lie held that view thai if the institute was always conducted along the same lines, it. would continue to do a great deal of good lor the service. AL. Alackley also congratulated Mr. Barnes on his being elected president, and remarked that the office was one which had been filled through the jcuts by men who had later risen to high positions in the department. Air. Alackley intimated that he was distinctly proud of the progress made by the department during the past few years. He appreciated the fact that this progress had not been made by the efforts of the management alone. In their leadership they had endeavoured to set a standard that members of the service would faithfully follow. “The team behind has followed to a man, and without that following the management alone would have got nowhere. To-day, the department and its officer' stand higher in the opinion of the public than ever before. It is because we endea \ our to give the people the service they are entitled to, not because we are paid to do so, but because wo find a plea sure in so doing. I would like at this stage to express my sincere appreciation of the loyal and efficient help given me and my executive officers by mem bers of the department. It is a loyalty that is probably not equalled anywhere else in this cOuntiy,” the General Man ager declared. Mr. Mackley rei’erred Io the return to prosperity which is now evident in New Zealand, and mentioned the ques tion of salary and wage restorations. “1 am sor-y I can’t come before you tonight with « message straight from the horse’s mouth, so to speak, but 1 am able to s.iy that if the Government < an find ways and means of acceding to any portions of the requests for restora tion of the ‘cuts,’ no one will be b’tter pleased than the Government. So tar as we and the Railway Board are < oncerncd, we shall do all we can in the matter of supporting the Govern n.ent in any decision made in that re (pect,” said Mr. Mackley. Other toasts of the evening were “Kindred Societies,” proposed by Mr. J. Rosonian and replied to by Alessrs. I. Ritchie (Tradesmen’s Association). W. Work (KnejEA Drivers, Firemenand Gleaners' Association), G. Johnston ( Wanganui branch, Amalgamated So ciety Railway Servants), E. O'Keefe (Eastown branch A.S.R.S.), and J. (iillock (Post and Telegraph Depart ment), “The \ isitors, ’’ was proposed by Mr. R. .'■’. Burgess and res, ended to bv Messrs, .Humphrev and A. W. Welstead. During the evening Trussell's Orches tra played popular selections. Songs and musical it ins were contribut'd by Messrs. P. Buelian, E. Oliver, L. Whelan, Sharlaml, md Masters Trussell.