MARTON

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 301, 20 December 1937, Page 10

MARTON

BOWLING MANAWATU v. MARTON On Saturday four rinks from the Manawatu Centre paid a visit to Marton—the first for a number ol years—and an interesting afternoon’s play ensued. Rinks representing Terrace End, Takaro, Northern and the centre took part. Mr. Low extended a hearty welcome to the visitors and hoped that the visit would be the forerunner of an annual match. Mr. Cooksley, in replying, stated that they had pleasant recollections of games in the past and they would certainly try to arrange for an annual fixture. Following are the results, Marton players being mentioned first:— Way, Hcmpleman, Goebel, Low 20, v. L. Brown, Gerrard, Cooksley, Paton (Centre) 29. Lourie, Upchurch, Marshall, Smith, Cuming 24, v. Clinto, Skinner, Kelsey, Snell (Terrace End) 17. Whitfield, Ashton, Miles, Tauu 21, v. Lynch, Lee, Robinson, Larcomb (Northern) 27. McKenzie, Macgregor, Blomlield, Rayner 23, v. Burrell, Spelman, Ivey, Bevis (Takaro) 11. Club Gaines Bland, Healy, W. Marr, Hamer 20, v. Hawk, Finnimore, Morrison, Hawkins 18. Gabites, C. Baines, Brown 15, v. Rubery, Freeth, Honeyman 28. J. Baines, Vance 20, v. Playle, Hamilton 27. ‘ KNIGHT WITHOUT ARMOUR” I AT CIVIC THEATRE TO-DAY Marlene Dietrich started it, the “grips” took it up, and before long everyone on the “Knight Without I Armour” set at Alexander Korda’s I new Denham studios was affection- | ately referring to the picture as i “Knight Without Asthma.” The re--1 ference was to the happy recovery, at long last, of romantic Robert Donat, who co-stars with Marlene in the i film, which will be finally screened :at the Civic Theatre this evening, j Trapped—by the web of emotion she drew about his heart—by the magic | of her kisses—not even dashing Rob-' j ert Donat, strong, reckless, adventurI ous—could escape from the allure of ! glamorous Dietrich. PERSONAL I Three members of the teaching ; staff were farewelled at the Marton I District High School on Friday— I Misses B. Hunt, E. Suisted and N. i Coup. Each was the recipient of a j parting gift from the staff, to the accompaniment of valedictory speeches, in which their good work and happy j associations were stressed. ST. JOHN AMBULANCE The Marton division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade held a street collection on Saturday. The amount received was £22 8s 9d, which is certainly a very pleasing result. MARTON BOY SCOUTS CELEBRATE FOURTEENTH ! ANNIVERSARY Brilliant lights and lavish stage .sellings, combined with gaily coloured streamers, made a delightful background for the 14th. anniversary of the Ist. Marton Group of Boy Scouts on Wednesday evening. By 7.30 the hall was just a hubbub of voices, for visitors, parents and many friends had arrived to wish the Scouts many happy birthdays. The Thompson Cup, donated by Constable Thompson, late of Marton, for the best entertainer, was the first item of the programme. Mr Walter Ingle is to be thanked very sincerely for his services as judge for this cup. For many years he has willingly come along and this year, actingPatrol Leader Jolyon Ward carried away the prize with a delightful rendering of “When I Grow Too Old to Dream” on his mouth-organ. A somewhat novel play was next. Unusual in both idea and in setting, this play was written by Scoutmaster L. Griffin.

“Television” is not a thing of the future as the Scouts ably proved to the audience. Items presented in this play were: A delightful rendering of “Hoe-e-ra,” that old, old Maori waltz tune, a very amusing and characteristic rendering of Aunt Daisy of 2ZB fame by Patrol Second Lloyd Williams, received loud applause. This was followed by a duet by Scout K. Brider and Second R. Pearce, who sang “Riding Down the Sunset Trail.’’ A last-minute campfire was constructed for this and it made a picturesque setting. Many other items, including a violin solo by Scout B. Sawyer, a mouth-organ solo by act-ing-Patrol Leader Ward, and lastly a guitar solo by Scoutmaster Griffin helped to put over this item. Patrol Second Peter Holmes excelled himself as the professor who made the television set and his two assistants, Rec. F. Rubery, and Scout John Anderson carried out their parts admirably. Mr T. C. Rubery is to be congratulated and thanked very heartily for his grand stage settings, while Mr K. Glasgow is to be thanked also for his brilliant light effects. Metropolitan Commissioner A. T. A. Woollams presented the following honours:— Inter-patrol Competitions, including first-aid, signalling, knot-tying and physical drill. Humphrey Banner and Cup presented to P.L. M. Pearce of The Tui Patrol. Thompson Cup. for the best entertainer, presented to acting-Patrol Leader Jolyon Ward. Griffin Cup, for best all-round Scout, presented to Patrol Second Peter Holmes. The Metropolitan Commissioner spoke a few words, apologising for absence of Chief Commissioner H. Christie and D.S.M. Sid Edinger. He urged that Scout parades should continue during the forthcoming holidays and that an effort be made to have patrol leaders’ camps. A delightful supper was served by the ladies’ committee, who spared no effort to make it the most enjoyable part of lhe evening. Mr M. H. Wells proposed that the

present committee be re-elected. This was seconded by Mr T. C. Rubery. A really delightful evening was brought to a close with the singing of the National Anthem. RANGITIKEI CRICKET Saturday saw the final matches played on the County Cricket Grounds for this year. Porewa had a lucky win over Marton, when Marton’s last wicket was captured in the fifth ball of the final over for the day, thus giving Porewa the victory by 63 runs. In the Hunterville-Old Boys’ match, Hunterville managed to win by a small margin of 11 runs. The details of the matches are as follows: MARTON v. POREWA Marton, L. Smith, c Hallamore, b Marshall 9 G. C. Birch, b Laurence 2 R. Shields, lbw, b Parkinson 3 J. Openshaw, c Laurence, b Marshall .40 11. Parkes, c Simpson, b Laurence 19 O. Williams, b Rutherford 29 P. P. J. Corballis, Laurence l-‘ A. D. Fullerton-Smith, run out . . 1 G. Lourie, c Parkinson, b Laurence 2 W. Rushton, b Rutherford U H. Kimpton, not out 1 Extras 12 Total 130 Bowling: H. Marshall, two for 34; N. Laurence, four for 27; R. Parkinson, one for 7; P. Rutherford, two for 20; R. Hallamore, none for 20. Porewa. A. B. Marshall, b Openshaw 0 R. Parkinson, c Smith, b Parkes 0 R. Hallamore, c Shields, b Ful-lerton-Smith 43 P. Marshall, b Openshaw 2 N. Laurence, run out 58 11. R. Cameron, not out 44 H. Marshall, not out 13 Extras 12 Total for 5 wickets (dec.) 193 Bowling: J. Openshaw, two for 50; H. Parkes, one for 21; O. Williams, none for 18; Fullerton-Smith, one for 66; G. Lourie, none for 22; R. Shields, none for 4. HUNTERVILLE v. OLD BOYS Hunterville. J. Illston, c Whitcombe, b Beechey 15 C. Bowick, c Duncan, b Jolly 7 W. Haywood, run out 19 S. Powell, b Rix-Trott 29 H. Gordon, st. Whitcombe, b Low 2_ S. Fisher, c Wysocki, b Rix-Trott 26 C. Flattery, lbw, b Jolly 1 R. Baker, not out - -..... u N. Gordon, b Rix-Trott 0 Bartlett, lbw. b Rix-Trott 4 Extras ... 1 Total 130 Bowling: I. Jolly, three for 15; Kerr, none for 7; A. Duncan, none for 14; C. Beechey, one for 22; M. Lyon, none for 30; H. Low, one for 19; N. Rix-Trott, four for 17. Old Boys. N. Rix-Trott, c Illston, b It. Gordon .2 M. Wysocki, c Hurley, b R. Gordon 5 C. Beechey, b Baker 3 H. M. Lyon, b Baker 2 I. Jolly, b Baker 26 H. F. Low, c Hayward, b Baker 0 A. Duncan, lbw, b Baker 0 B. Doherty, not out . 13 R. Whitcombe, c Hayward, b Baker 5 K. Kerr, c Illston, b Hayward 34 M. Griffin, b Baker 4 Extras 20 Total 119 Bowling: R. Baker, seven for 28; R. Gordon, two for 26; C. Flattery, none for 7; Fisher, none for 12; Powell, none for 6; Hayward, one for 20.