TIMARU AND SOUTH CANTERBURY NEWS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20169, 23 February 1931, Page 4

TIMARU AND SOUTH CANTERBURY NEWS.

TIMARU. POLICE COURT. A sitting of the Timaru Polico Court was held on Saturday morning, Mr J. P. Newman, J.P., presiding. Laurence Francis Taylor, x aged 25, who was arrested at Lyttelton, was charged with stealing at Timaru, on November 25th, £B, the property of J. H. Spencer. Senior-Sergeant I. H. Mathieson, in applying for a remand, mentioned that other charges against the accused were pending. Taylor was remanded to appear before the Magistrate's Court on Thursday, February 26th: Harbour Bace. - Conceding a start of 9 minutes to the limit man in a field bf*22 starters, D. Reid, of Temuka, swimming brilliantly, decisively won the Speechly Mile, the annual harbour race of the South Canterbury Swimming Centre, which was held on Saturday afternoon in the presence of the largest attendance during recent years. Beid thus retains the Speechly Cup, .which he won last year, ,as well as the Centre's gold medal for the fastest time. Conditions were ideal for swimming, although ithis year's, course from the Fishermanta wharf to a point of the Marine Parade was not so conducive to fast times as the old course, parallel with No. 1 wharf. Nevertheless, Beid clipped 19 seconds off his time last year to win comfortably from J. Biehards, a West End Club representative, with B. Lane/of the Old Boys' Olub, in third place. The new course from the point of view of the spectator is a considerable improvement in that the public is able to follow the progress of the race from both the Marine Parade and No. 3 wharf. This was evident in the keen enthusiasm taken in the race, especially in the_dosing stages, when, the placed competitors drew away from the field. When Beid took the water, Stark, whose handicap was lmia 455e0,, had a lead of 150 yards, and G. Coates, the limit man, wis half way through the .second lap, while Biehards and Lane,' second and third men respectively, were nearly at the end of the first lap. The , fysb three of the-six laps, eaeh of 880 feet/saw the six.'to nine-minute men closely bunched: together, but thereafter the field spread out, and eventually only about a dpsen completed the race. i At one stage/Miss P. Braeefield, of j the Timaru women's Club, was swim- 1 ming strongly and looked as though she i ttngw b* among the first two or three to finish, but she faded out of the pic-, tore in the fifth lap, when it was apparent that the race lay between Beid, Biehards, and Lane, who were going strongly. ;. Turning intothe f& *»P ; fcßeia soon overhauled t Richards, al.'though; tho latter challenged, him for *:10Q vardsl ■ .- ; . M , The. «MVsight placinga were as fol- ' lo^ss-^l>.' : ,B^'(Te»uka), 4 Mr, 1; ;£. , Bidhatds End), 4nun *ssee,J3} f .West End), 7mi» 15see, 5} J. MeQib' •bob (Old Boy*V7win 16sec, «} W. Lawsol* ,x<qd..Bq}n'}, 7i Miss 8. EraeSiflrfd <Wc«he»*« ,<Wub), smi» 15sec, 8.;, , . „ , ,Jn fidiftiag the .distance »n .attain 'loW B«& obtained, fastest time, and * deduced "his lafrt year's time/by Msec.Bl&ards'sf tjtae was S2nu»a»d Lane's i Blmia 36860.,' -, ' At ,'t-ae conclusion .of the race, the Speechly Cup wa* presented to; Beid by * »F*JB/W &*&&"*«* behalf bf *■ thef*winner on his dual *- SBlß3SWtt»*l«rt Bk»id i had: ; re, ' Winnina ttie event, and also obtaining * agSra/tfaniL »dd«d, waa all ; tffmmiftMffW oft green;, Clab,-withjive * it«yj\^l^¥'^flf/^t>^oa^'win«. 5 •... I. I |&|^d3^'-af"^ll»ina^OoUeg*.,.'', •/>;. i ray ,3 af/^landeboyiprM*' i; 4fy-fthitfj& r„ .''/ ■: :MThfl#: itba't'-the v will oom*, > S^fW.w a.gyniKnaiia-and l#lt4Mr4 doiitaat- at" Easter, .-A '' '-m Mmi ptweeeibpdm probabjy will ■ ,^ i 3ftn^enfd',«ool»;- , ? •?*, • '.' ; '• • - by, a grant ..from the vMftttjjHighwayff Board, the tar-sealing * topetations, tqwards the eastern end of ■*< .'Higlistraofc aro now in hand from the KHigh School owner, -The Board, re 4 ■ joeittlr declared Hißh > street" a subsidii larjß hi«h*fay. -JTho jwpth is being done byr tji« Temuka Borough Council's- . .staff,. ~ '; "-.,,' *'.;. The, principal businesß of the'Te- ; tnukft paledbnian. Sooiety's meeting on ■', vffriday evening *was the adoption of ;l Jhs"balance-sheet in connexion' , with i Cthej, sp*>r|S gathering «on Boxing fiay. l( ; The 1 total-receipts were "shown aa' Sd, made up of-gate takings .: ' fee«;. £26". lit :6d, • sale =of* programme? ," jell adyertisina in, programmes 7 *ide J ahowa;£!*. 2s, refreshment. i Stftlt £ll 14b 3d. Cinderella dance £l# 8d 4 ' rffrashinentfl-at "daiioo '£s ss, 'i fA** | | tef X $m £3 -lOs I mlW&m&*'-' fc;*fr;lßr. Domain J jJ&WWrM I *} Pine Band £s}os. and 1 There was a jf K ; »rMfc%o*s #mpj|thv were m "|ibM#|»^SinolaJr:and,A. k 3R> Ouild, f the i to iheir,»bereave- \\ ZrMmmidiif 'vfarSi : the t meter; riprtfcl.b* abandoned ihia vear. 1 >«r i. X^f! ' CW» ,to: rord

Maior and Mrs J. Powick, who were transferred to Christcburch to .assume charge of the People's Palace. In the match against Timaru at Temuka on Saturday afternoon, the Temuka Park Crifcket Club secured a five-point win over the visitors. Timaru batted first and scored 66, Barnard (11) tod Saunders .(23) being the only batsmen to make double figures. : Temuka in its innings scored rapidly and declared when seven wickets had fallen for 132. The home teamV principal scorers were fully Edwards 22,' Smart 17, King (not out) 33 and McMillan (not out! 21. The bowling analysis read: McAuliffe 2 tor 48, Saunders 2 for 21, Lawrence 1 for St, and Barnard 2 for 10. In their seconfl inningsTimaru made 89 runs for two wickets when stumps were drawn. Saunders and Wood were both not out, their scores being 43 and 38 reSpecThe annual picnic of til® "Timaru Herald'' staff was held on Saturday at Lyons Bush. Swimming, a sports programme, and outdoor games were the chief features of the enjoyable outing. There were about 130 present. WAIMATE. Miss Mona Melton, Auckland, is on a visit to Waimate, Mrs D. A. Stewart, accompanied by her little daughter, is spending an ex- j tended holiday in Palmerston North, with her parents, Mr and Mrs J. Wallace. Mrs Gerald Holmes, Waimate, la visiting Mrs Sutherland, Timaru. Twenty-four competitors started in the road cycle race from Timaru to Waimate, organised'by the Waimate Amateur Athletic Club, and the event aroused a great deal of interest both in Timaru and' Waimate. The road for the greater part of the distance is tarsealed and lent itself to fast riding. The winner, C. Attewell (with a handicap of 20min), a local youth about 16 -years of age, covered the distance in 1 hour 25min; 52sec, and was accorded an ovation. , , , W The, fastest time was recorded by F. Sellwood, of Timaru (scratch), who made the fast time of lhr 12min, beating G. Geddes (Waimate), also on the back mark, by a fifth of a second. Following is the list of the placings; C. Attewell (25min), 1 hour 25min 52&6 C •• • • 1 T. Joyce (14min), 1 hour 17min ISsec .. • • •• 2 G. Weston 1 hour 20min 16sec, .. • • •• 3 W. Hunt (17min), 1 hour 20min 34sec . - •• . - 4 A. Harrison (14min), 1 hour 17min 34sec .. • ..... 5 E. S. Gibb (12min), 1 hour 17min 7aec .. •• • • ® 1 E. Mills (lOaee), 1 hour ISmin 7 2-ssec .. • • • • 7 i N, Hall (17min), 1 hour 23min , " • lOsec- ' ' •• 8 H. Cowles (Bmin), 1 hour 15min lsee 9 Jacobs (Bmin), 1 hour 15min '5 3-sseo .. •• ..10 F. Averis (Bmin), 1 hour 15min 5 3-ssec. .. .. .. 10 F. Sellwood (scr), 1 hour 12min i 45sec •• •• 12 G. Geddes (scr), 1 hour I2min 45 l-ssec ' - • .. 13 I Jacobs and Averis dead-hepted for tenth place, Crawford,, who . came in twelfth, did not pass thp. post. , Fastest times—Sellwood-, I J Geddes 2; Cowles 3. A protest against Joyce (second) and A. Harrison (fifth) for accepting motor pace was dismissed. The officials for the race wero:1 Starting, Mr L. /O. McLauchlan; I judges, Messrs S- I. Fitch, F. KenI nard, T. E. Parry, and W, Granger; . timekeepers, Messrs B. Cameron and L, , C. McLauchlan; stewards, Messrs BastWood; 'Harper,, and McArthur (of Timaru), ana Messrs H. C. Foster and G. ; .Jones; secretary, • Mr L. J..Collins. - . ■ , The* 'temperature in r Waimate on : Thursday was about the highest re-corded-this season, being 86 degrees-in ithei shade.' Friday was also very-warm,, 'and oppressive*. Tbe J Mnaicipal Baths, which ate free >td the ptibbc, were well l imttonisedi. » . f -• ■ Harvesting 1* How .iatfulli swing, and , there will, not bemiany cVops left stand-, ingi after next week. Threshing mills ■ ,are HOwiat.work in the. district, but up jt<|f ' the, present igrasa, seedr and oa|B are j ,ali; tbat, have beea put . through ithe ;mill 4 . , SThefcthyeshijjig of. wheat, is to begin next. Week-en some fatfmß, the mills threshings -from the stook-." •i -' • V '.i , } 'Although the fclimaticconditlons for > tsix andnths.- up to 'January -were not • con- , !du4i?e ito the establishment?^:; -young' , tgrass,' the'recent' tains have caused mpeh ' -more' growth'on the hew golf/links, and 4 bofh greeks and fairways are rapidly imJ prtfving. 'Because of financial difficulties, the committee decided it would be' f impossible to, retain the did links ; thi«Yy!ar And accordingly has made arrangements for play on the new links Ihia aoason. The pavilion has already •h«e» shifted to its new. Site and shortly <i*iU>be painted. The committer is making several temporary greens in case -idvets* weather conditions retsard the 'preparation of the permanent ones. .Members learned with much regret >of the\ impending departure of Mr G. Scott,* who during his residence in Waimate has always been an active and enthusiastic member. Mr ;Scott haß been ,a -member of the .committee for sdme years, and twio® hpld the position o£-club captain.. Before his departure for-'Gore, Scott was. met, by members of the committee and presented, ■ with a barometer to mark the -members' appreciation of his valuable services. Mr Ai Sawell has been appointed to Mr x Scott's place on the committee. WOODBURY. ' A meeting was held at Woodbury on Friday evening to form a committee in the interests .of .-the Reform Party. ' Ahout 60 residents were addressed by. M. Armstrong., organiser tor the Party, , who 4«w comparisons between the policies of the rival Part ie ® in'the House 6f Representatives. Keen interest was shown in questions and Party platforms dealing with land ana m ilTwas stated at - the meeting that -in' spite of repeated representations made bv. the. district member, Mr ■ ,D, Burnett, wheat-growers were still in 'the dark as to the Governments intentioris regarding pr^teofeion. ' A strong working was aPr pointed, and it was agreed to link P With the organisations now opeptmg in other >arts of the -Temuka . elector , at lt was' announced that Mr was definitely contesting the seat next election. J_