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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20173, 27 February 1931, Page 7

laohlan on the club's green on Wednesday evening. This- bringsj, tne ; club'B competitions one :stage to odmpletion, as R. H. - Taylor ha 4 Already won the A grade singles, or club championship, Pierce's rmk, consisting of A. Hope, B. Maclacblan J, Gourley, and G. Pierce, has won the Brown Cup for rinks; hud In tlie Cooper Shield pairs competition (section »), 0. Collins and A. O. are the winners. The only competition yet to be decided is the section one of these pairs, in which several gaines have to be played, at the'conclusiort, of which the" section winners will play Temuka swimmers acquitted them* selves creditably at the 'carnival of t West-End (Timanri Club, held on Wednesday evening. The big event of the evening—the .138 1-8 yards -inter-olub relav race—was won by Teinuka A Reid, O. Reid, J. Cook, and »-• Jamieson) i and in this race U-team* competed, the Temuka quertet. having one minute, on tho Ashburton team, which was scratch. D. muka crack, won the event the last lap bv a clear five J. Cook was second to T. Morrison in the finnl of the men's 50 yards handicap, and Miss L. Shiels was in the final of the schoolgirls' 33 1-3 yn™* handicap. Miss B. th'rd , place in the women's diving comper tition. - - _■ _ - n GERALDINE.

Shortly after eleven o'clock on .Tuesftay night,' the sudden death occurred j of Mr Frederick Allison, of Belfield. , Mr Allison, who was 66 years of age, had been out during the evening with. Ins wife, and on returning home complained of, heart pains, lhe Coroner hav decided that no inquest will be n££6SS£LrV Nearly £2OO will be paid in Wages 10' the unemployed engaged on the relief works in the Getaldme County at the end of this week, as compared with £B6 9s last week. Good progress is being : made - with tlie widening of Tri-pp street, and in addition to the Geraldine workers, * unemployed from ■ Timaru are engaged on this work,, ; . The following are the unemployed registrations in Geraldine at' present Four-day men, 20; three-day men,- ,22,» and two-day mob,-29; making a total of 71. Including the Timaru quota,; work will be found for 101 unemployed.In the county, the unemployed are being utilised to clean shingle and gravel reserves of noxious weeks. The fortnightly meeting of the Victoria Lodge No. 18 was held on Monoay "evening, Bro. L. Mitchell presiding over a 1 fair attendance. The Grana Lodee wrote thanking the' branch, for ir« donation of £5 5s toward the re-' lief of sufferers the - earthquake. Eight brethren were reported on the sicik list, and four were declared Off.

Sick- pay- *i £24 were .passed for, pteiyinent. ". > >■' A decision, hold "> among mejaberr as to^w^thertM eussion a Geraldine Golr-Gftub evening.' 1% WW decided I'Uiß.t ,tha, ts- - should March, 16th, «ad th*fc a tlaee-ftfthß majority would 1 be r^ n *f®9;» .""y a change! The -president. (Mi?., 'Ttili. - ' Itei&lie) #sHsAtyS of twenty-two The professional (Mr,G. JR. Forrarfi). reported, as follows presedt course'first,- 1 Soinei?f tael holes, are quite interesting, although; t>» thq short side,. but 'the approachesj\to utlie greens as" they ' aire 1 ; ?;W« quits impossible to play tainty: .This, of course,' come,, arSdt levelled up to the gentleman who round. It-would need^fe^£®Jia. < W' at least 20 yards from thflj Vould ■ not ifwtfc a aria l |«anOi bade, for' tH&e Wast noting more ,an« noying to phi?! a well-hit, run «iid "then to see it, : come. tia<sk»' % an£h oft, the bourse the greens are too, small'jfor, pitching,: In regard :,to the otheP; ground, there were great amount of ground ■ available; and a good nine holes of ajjprojpmately 3000 yards; eouldifce ground has dep&iwi<»fifl>> holes can 'be made' having boiiw fea»~ ture. "With regard "to the very little will tobe dt&etltere As there is no the long grass, dies" down or has been «ut, It will be fit to play o» straight away,' and by what I ,savL Jies, wiiU •be very fair. The ground is very similar to the Pheasant. Pofnt links, Suitable, places fotvgreena can. got 1 as the ground is fiat and' so cutting out would have to be done. All that would be requircd is a light top-dress* ftigy and seed - This could t»don'e ; very ensily at about 30b' per green. * Theground agajn- is in : favour ■and no tees would have:,to <be' built 1 up. so that fhe costj would Jbe very Jitfcle." «> 1 ,- " ' " „ ' 1 \ T *