MARTON NOTES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 67, 20 March 1942, Page 2

MARTON NOTES

RANGITIKEI CRICKET FINAL POINTS TABLE The Rangitikei cricket competition ended last Saturday and resulted in a decisive win for the R.N.Z.A.F. team, which scored 40 championship points. This was the Air Force’s third season in Rangitikei cricket, but the\r first win of fiie Manlev Cup. Hunterville were runners-up with 27 points. Although the latter team played two fewer games than Air Force, the championship is decided on a percentage basis and on this basis Air Force scored 66.6 and Hunterville 54 per cent. Porewa, last year’s winners, withdrew from the competition at the beginning of the New Year, owing to petrol restrictions and members entering military camps. No centuries were scored this season, but there were some remarkable bowling analysis. On the whole scoring was low. Five-pointers were secured by Air Force on three occasions and Hunterville once. The complete table is:— P W L D Pts. P.C. R.N.Z.A.F. 12 8 3 1 40 66.6 Hunterville . . 10 5 3 2 27 54 Marton 11 4 7 21 38 1 ' Old Boys ... 10 2 7 1 17 34 An effort is being made to play the Air Force Club at Ohakea during the week-end. Players desirous of making the trip for this all-clay game are requested to communicate with the secretary, Mr. C. S. Beechey, immediately. RANGITIKEI EVACUATION SCHEME / Residents of Porewa Riding of Rangitikei County are reminded of £ the meeting to be held in the County i Chambers. Marton, at 8 o’clock this ' 1 (Friday) evening, to discuss an evacu- ! ation scheme for the district. 1 MARTON NATIONAL SAVINGS j An appeal to Marton residents to support the National Savings Scheme s was made by the postmaster, Mr. F. Mairs, in an interview yesterday. Mr. Mairs said that a further £7O was re- j quired by the end of the week, be- s fore Marton was entitled to hoist its s •‘victory - ’ flag. jNEW ZEALAND NAVY LEAGUE i RANGITIKEI BRANCH c The Rangitikei branch wishes to 1 I hank those members and friends who so generously contributed to the Christmas parcels for the men of the c New Zealand Division of the Royal v Navy, and to the many who knitted P comforts for our men. all of which s : have been greatly appreciated and are 1 so urgently needed. c The branch is sending Easter par- £ cels of gifts during March, the parcels b to consist of fruit cakes (iced and un- n iced), chocolate, sweets, games, playing cards, books, magazines (including v readers’ digests), gramophone records, a biscuits, etc. Gifts will be received up to 5 p.m. on Wednesday. March 25, at the Rangitikei County Council office, Mar- fl ' ton. It is not necessary to pack the u cakes in tins. A wrapping of greaseproof paper and brown paper will be l( sufficient. Iced cakes should be packed in cardboard boxes to protect the icing. Two hundred and fifty P cakes were sent in the Christmas parcels. b' The branch would welcome more w knitters and will supply the wool on ir application to the secretary, telephone J | 5529, Marton. t-' OPENING STUDIO DANCE " The Viola Barker School of Dancing p studio was open on Saturday night p for dancing, from 8 p.m. until 12 p.m., a and will be now each Saturday night, p unless advertised to the contrary, p The evening proved most successful, a there being between 30 and 40 dancers 0 present. Members of the Armed 0 Forces, who have Saturday night a leave, will be able to count on ‘‘some- ] where to dance." r HOME GUARD t “B" Company of the Marton Home J Guard held a parade on Wednesdaynight. The intelligence officer, Mr. I A. C. Birch, instructed the snipers' 1 platoon in map reading. A lecture on guerrilla warfare was given by Caplain D. Denbow Io the rest of the company. On Sunday the whole company j I will inspect new positions. CIVIC THEATRE, MARTON “ALOMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS” Topping their memorable performance in “The Hurricane.” Dorothy Lamour and Jon Hall thrill audiences in their new screen romance, Paramount's "Aloma of the South Seas." I The story is thrilling and romantic. Jon Hall, the son of the island chief, > was betrothed to Dorothy Lamour during their childhood, according to t 1 the customs of the islanders. After a . ten-year absence to secure an educa- , tion' in the States. Jon returns home 7 to claim his bride-to-be and to pre- t pare himself for his future duties as 1 chief. But he is unprepared for the 1 treachery planned against him by his £ envious, unprincipled cousin. Dorothy ~ Lamour, the wild, beauteous Aloma, „ finds herself torn between her re- r turned husband-to-be and the cousin. ; Philip Reed the man she thinks she ■ loves. Their triangle of topic love - turns to stirring melodrama. Flying j lists lead to knives and guns. Excite- t ment mounts to a roaring climax s when steaming lava begins to pour out of a sacred volcano on the island. 1 An excellent supporting programme ' completes the bill of fare. Most im- ( portant short is the latest March of , Time entitled "Sailors with Wings.”