TAIHAPE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 165, 14 July 1936, Page 3

TAIHAPE

RUGBY FOOTBALL PIRATES DEFEAT MANGAWEKA Alangawcka suffered their second consecutive defeat last Saturday when they went under to Pirates 9 —o. The ye}?< w and u’ucks were without the service, of four o< their reguia. play ers including lan Dickson, the Taihape representative, player, but the Pirate forwards were in such good form that the result would probably have been the same, even if Alangawcka had fielded their usual team. Don Derbidge played an outstanding game in tlie loose, and was on the ball all day. Cliff Siddle, the Pirate half-back, sent out quick, and accurate passes, and gave a good all-round display. Vawless, the Alangawcka second five-eighth, was impressive from start to finish and played himself into the Taihape representative team. Pirates attacked immediately the game started and McGonagle gc-t over, but was recalled as the result of a knock on. The yellow and blacks turned defence into attack, and Frankish put in a spectacular run that carried him as far as the Pirate bull-back, J. Bradley. A loose forward rush on the part ot Pirates almost culminated in Don Derbidge getting over. This promising player missed a try by the proverbial whisker, pirates came again, Woodhead, North, Shepherd and Don Derbidge handling in turn. The last named short punted and, following up fast, regained possession to score an excellent try. Bradley' failed with th® kick. —Pirates 3, Alangawcka 0. Vawless broke away and short punted over Bradley’s head, but failed io obtain possession again, being beaten by the bounce of the ball. The blacks continued to press and Alaugaweka carried behind, a live yard scrum resulting. Pirates kept up the pressure and Alangaweka infringed in their anxiety to clear, and McGonagle kicked a penalty goal.—Pirates 6, Alangaweka 0. A nice cut in by Vawless saw play carried into Pirates' 25, but Don Derbidge dribbled to half-way. Pirates were hooking the ball from most of the set scrums, and Siddle was sending his backs away in fine style. Half-time sounded with Pirates still six points in the lead. C. Dickson missed an easy shot at the goal upon the resumption of activities. Frankish caused a stir when he put in a spectacular run down the side Fine but North eventually forced the Alangawcka winger into touch. Shepherd retired hurt and was replaced by Dick, who scored Pirates’ final try, following a throw-in near the Alangaweka line. The ball rebounded off a Alangawcka player at the front oi the line-out into Dick’s arms, and, before Alangaweka realised what had happened, Dick was over the goal line for a touch down. The kick failed.— Pirates 9, Alangaweka 0. Air. C. H- Transom was referee. Huia v. Old Boys. Huia beat Old Boys by 8 points to 6. Alanning and Hogan scored- tries for Old Boys, while McCarthy and Rangi Chase scored for Huia- and B. Chase converted R. Chase’s try. Hautapu v. Utiku. Utiku beat Hautapu on No. 2 field by 6 points to nil. For the winners L’otaka scored a try and L. Johansen kicked a penalty. THE MAJESTIC. ••LADY OF SECRETS.” “Presenting a true life problem that is certain to arouse a deep feeling of sympathy in any audience for the central characters, Columbia’s romantic drama, ‘‘Lady of Secrets,” which screens at the Majestic to-night and tomorrow, is definitely a film which must be placed on the preferred list. Ono of the numerous reasons for the picture’s quality is Ruth ‘Chatterton, who returns to the screen in ‘‘Lady of Secrets” after a regrettable absence. She is indeed, one of the finest dramatic ’actresess of the screen. Aliss Chatterton plays the part of Ceiia Whittaker, a girl who is deprived of a great love because of her father. Whittaker chases her sweetheart to his death. Twenty years later her daughter, Jane, is about to marry a much much older than herself just to spite the young man she really loves. In the struggle to halt the foolhardy marriage various draamtic situations occur. Other stars in the cast are Otto Kruger, Lionel Atwill, Marian Marsh, and Robert Allen. Don’t miss this one! OBSCENE LANGUAGE William Collins, a labourer, aged 44 years, pleaded guilty at the Taihape Magistrate’s Court on Saturday, tccharges of drunkenness and using obscene language in Hautapu Street on July 9. Alessrs. H. Johnston and CAlasters, J’s.P., occupied the Bench. I Accused was represented by Air. Rj C. Ongley. Outlining the circumstances of the j case, Sergeant McCrae, who conducted the ’prosecution, said that at about 4 p.m. on July 9 Collins entered Air. Rowe’s fish shop the worse for liquor and asked for the proprietor. AV hen told that t’he latter was away, the accused started to use obscene language and followed the waitress into the kitchen, where more objectionable language was used by accused, with the result that the police were notified and Constable Beaton arrived on the scene and requested Collins to leave the premises. Accused made use c*f more obscene language in the street outside the fish shop and was promptly arrested. Air. K. C. Ongley, in pleading lor leniency ou behalf of his client, told the Court that Collins was a sing’e man over -10 years of age, and had never been in trouble before. Accused had no recollection of being in Rowe s iislh shop, or of having used bad language. In fact, he could not remember being in town at all on Ue date tn question. There was no crowd present when the language was used, nor any women within hearing. Counsel submitted that the case was not as bad as some of a similar nature and contended that a fine would meet the ends of justice. The Bench: Using obscene language in a public place is a serious offence. Accused will be fined £3 on this charge and 10s on the other.

GENERAL NEWS A preliminary notice advising that I the Utiku Golf Club’s annual dance will be held on Thursday, July 23, appears in this issue. The United Friendly Societies’ annual ball will be held on Thursday of this week (July 16.). RUGBY FOOTBALL TAIHAPE TEAAI TO PLAY WANGANUI The sole selector for the Taihape Rugby Unic-n (Air. C. L. Mullany) has chosen the following team to represent Taihape against Wanganui at "Wanganui, next Saturday, July 18, for the Pownall Trophy:— Full-back, J. Bradley (P); threequarters, I. Dickson (Al), J. Alarshall (U), T. Chase (H); .five-eighths, R. Chase (H) Ist., Vawless (Al) 2nd; halfback, AV. Noble (Al,; forwards, front row, F. AfcAlahon (U-, AV. Thompson (H) capt., H. Henerv (U); middle row, D. Derbidge (P), H. Smith (II), C. Derbidge (P), C. Dickson (AI-; back row, N. Barrell (M); reserves, J. Hencry (U), N. Powell (P), A. Hogan (0.8 ), L. Johansen (U). Taihape Junior Reps. The following junior players will represent Taihape against Wanganui at Taihape, next Saturday:— Full-back, P. Healey (H); threequarters, Ormond (U), Casey (H), Derbidge (P); five-eighths, Hamlin (H) 2nd., Downs (U) Ist.; half-back, Downs (U), F. S. Tall (U), Healey (H), Cameron (H); middle row, Alaher , (U), Johnson (P), Burton (P), O’Brien (H); back row. Brown (P); reserves, ; Dick (P). Doyle (U), Prime (P), . Reeves (II).