PATEA
TENNIS In the South Taranaki inter-club B match played at Hawera on Saturday Patea lost by 10 sets. Results, with Patea mentioned first, were:— Men’s Singles.—S. Cousins lost to E. J. Kean, 6-9; E. Cousins lost to C. Marsh, 4-9; J. McTamney lost to G. H. Percy, 0-9; L. Williams lost to D. Ryan, 1-9. Ladies’ Singles.—Miss S. Campbell lost to Miss J. O’Sullivan, 3-7; Miss E. Loftus lost to Miss M. Nowell, 2-7; Mrs J. C. McArley beat Miss Z. Tocker, 7-3; Mis J. aMirs beat Miss J. Meuli, 7-6. Men's Doubles. Cousins and Cousins lost to Marsh and Percy, 4-9; McTamney and Williams lost to Kean and Ryan, 8-9. Ladies’ Doubles.—Misses Campbell and Loftus lost to Misses O’Sullivan and Nowell, 4-9; Mrs. McArley and Miss Mairs beat Misses Tocker and .Meuli, 9-4. Combined Doubles—Miss Campbell and Cousins lost to Miss O’Sullivan' and Kean, 6-9; Miss Loftus and Cousins lost to Miss Nowell and Marsh, 3-9; Mrs. McArley and McTamney lost to Miss Tocker and Percy, 8-9; Miss Mairs and Williams ost to Miss Meuli and Ryan, 0-9. Patea three matches, 12 games; Hawera 13 matches, 126 games. BOWLING Patea suffered defeat at the hands )f Hawera on Saturday on the latter’s ;reens, the scores being as follow, Patea names mentioned first:— Palmer, McClymont, Wainwright, White 23. v. Duckworth, Apel, Squire' Masters 20. Dunkley, Hamerton, Richards P Bourke 25, v. D. Wilks, Shaw, Brown Foy 22. Sheilds, Hurley, Scown, Sheahan 22 V. Lovell, Hall, Dalton, Clarke 30. Logie, Oakley, Pearce, J. Bourke 17, .’. Spink, Hostick, Rudge, Bull 25. Patea 87, Hawera 98. PATEA PLUNKET SOCIETY Gratification with the wonderful i teip given throughout the town was I xpressed by the president. Mrs. R. W. Haddow, at the monthly meeting >f the Patea Plunket Society on Thursday when commenting on the recent garden party. It had been one of the nicest ways of getting money, and the committee could be proud of its success. The mothers with the babies were the right ones to support it and had done so. Committee members had done their respective jobs well, and special thanks were due to those outsiders who had assisted The balance-sheet showed receipts £6l 16s 6d. expenditure £5 6s ibj, making a profit ct £56 9s 8d The President reported tha‘ with I the secretary -he attended th’ Ha- I wera Plunket Society's silver jubilee, when the speakers were Dr. Tv.ee/ I ILss Fitzgibbon and Mrs. Weston’ (New Plymouth', Hrs. Haddow (Pa-1 tea), and Mrs. Robertson (Wanga-! nut), ani memseis of the Central I Council. ; It was decided to send the usual £5 to Karitane. and Christmas telegrams to Sir Truby King, Mr. Warren, and Miss Horrell, former Plunket nurse. The national memorial for the late
| Miss Patrick, nursing adviser to the council, was discussed, and the matter was held over until the February meeting. 1 Miss G. Tompkins, Plunket nurse, , reported that Patea babies on the , books were 75, older children 76. At outstations babies were 138 and older children 106. New cases at Patea > were 5 mothers and 5 babies, and at outstations 5 mothers and 5 babies. Visits to homes totalled 57, and to Patea rooms 104 adults, 87 babies, 29 older children; a at outstations, 135 adults, 112 babies and 36 older children; a grand total of 503. The president commented on the large increase for November, 503 visits against 477 last year. The infantile paralysis epidemic last year probably accounted for this. Those present were: Mesdames R. W. Haddow (president), J. N. Anderson, A. Smiles, L. W. Austin, L. T. Adams, L. Honeyfield (secretary), D. Roots, C. V. Whittington, and Miss Harris. Apologies were received from Mesdames J. S. Pearce, G. Macken, R. M. i Stevens, I. Jones, T. Anderson and Miss Pearce. CRICKET Patea’s score was nearly double that of Rovers on Saturday, although Bourke's 26 was the highest score. Fitzsimons, with 22 for Patea, and J. McKenna, 22 for Rovers, were the : next best scorers. Results were:— Patea Bourke, b Cooper . 26 Mcßae, run out 12 Boyle, played on, b Cooper 1 Fitzsimons, b Cooper 22 Paton, lbw, b McKenna u Edwards, b Cooper 1 ] Haddow, run out Gardiner, b Yates „ ]2 Clarke, b Cooper j I Blair, b Cooper ...... 1 Maule, not out _ 5 Extras 7 Total in Bowling: Blyde, none for 14; Adams, none for 24; Cooper, six for 42; McKenna, one for c : :<v; Yates. o:r» for three. Rovers Yates, b Blair i Osborne, c Mcßae, b Bourke 8 McGaughey, b Bourke 1 Blyde, b Edwards 7 Cooper, b Haddow ' 3 Davidson, run out 3 Adams, c Paton, b Edwards .. 0 C. McKenna, b Bourke 6 J. McKenna, b Blair * 22 Willis, not out J 2 T. Quickenden, b Mcßae 0 Extras ’ 4 Tola! Bowling: Bourke. three for 11; A 1 Blair, two for lour; R. Haddow, one i for i«o; Paton, none for 17; Edvard/. | two for 16; Mcßae, one for three. PERSONAL | Miss Connie Bourke, Palmew.lon North, is the guest of her sister, Mrs.. ; H. Peacocke, Carlyle. Miss Barbara Wilson will spend the vacation at. Paekakariki Beach. Miss Bates is home from college with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Bates. Mollie Roots and Noeia An-
derson are home from Wanganui College, Cynthia Simmons from Marsden College, Helen Hamerton from New Plymouth Girls’ High School. Robin Haddow is home from Nelson College, Ralph Simmons from Wanganui Collegiate School, Tom Quickenden and George Vodanovich from St. Patrick’s College, Silverstream. The Misses Hurley have returned from Wanganui Girls’ Convent and are with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Hurley, Opaki. Mr. N. Blake, Hawera, wr.s '.: Hr. for the week-end. SHOOTIN (; A practice shoot was held al. 300 yards on Saturday, the best .score being pul up by j. Huston with 48. Many of the others closely followed and results were as follow:-- J. Huston, 48. 42; D. Roots. 47, 46 (16 third shoot); N. Mitchell. 47, 43; L. Davidson, 45. 43; E. Huston, 42; E. C. Gilbert, 40, 40; K. Stone, 37; A. Bond. 35.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 301, 20 December 1937, Page 12
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