R.S.A. NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3662, 28 December 1920, Page 5

R.S.A. NEWS

LAND FOR SOLDIERS. 0 LOCAL BLOCK FOR APPLI. CATION. The Secretary of the Taihape and District Returned (Soldiers ’ Associa. tion has been instructed to receive applications from discharged soldiers desirous of acquiring a section in the block of land at present occupied by Messrs McLennan Bros, at Raukuru, near Taihape. The area of the block is roughly 800 acres, and will be di_ vided into five' sections. The land is suitable for dairying, and the free, hold price will be in the vicinity of £25 per acre, average over all. The proposal is to settle five men on the block under Section 3 of the D.S.S. Act, and in the event of there being more than five applicants for the five sections the remainder will have to be eliminated by ballot. All those who intend to apply must notify the Secretary R.S.A., Taihape, )by letter or in person, not later than Isth Jan. uary, 1921. No applications will be received from any person who has not rqade an inspection of the block, and arrangements will be made for all prospective applicants to inspect the land on Sunday, January 16th, before the elimination ballot is held. All that is necessary in the mean, time is for all who are desirous of applying to notify the Secretary of the R.S.A. immediately. Some delay may occur before the land is ready for settlement, as the Land Purchase Board has yet to make ar. rangements regarding the freehold.

LAND FOR SETTLEMENT. The following areas of land are now open for selection by ballot, applications closing on the dates named below: January 11th, 1921.-—One section, 6873 acres, capital value £10,320, half yearly rent £129. Hawke’s Bay Land District, Puketapu Survey District. January 24th, 1921. —Fourteen sec. tions, four acres to 27 acres, Home, bush settlement. Hawke’s Bay Land District; capital value from £25 to £153.

CRICKET. I ■ ■■ ■■ 1.1 TAIHAPE ASSOCIATION. Position of th'ams at end of Second Round: THURSDAY COMPETITION. CIVIL SERVICE 6 points. TAIHAPE f*. ..5 points. TAIHAPE S, .... 0. SATURDAY COMPETITION. UTIKU .. 5 points. CIVIL SERVICE 3 points. TAIHAPE B. .. 2 points. BATTING AVERAGES!

aims average, Beechy (Utiku) 267 89 Cosarov* (C.S.) 152 25 Gdldsbury (Utiku) 50 ■ 25 McAuliffe (TT.N.) 72 24 Goddard (T.S.) 80 20 Bentley W. (C.S.) 163 18 Dr Sinclair (TJE.) 67 16 Pankhurst (C.S.) 90 15 Taylor (T.E.) 69 11 Hoadley (Utiku) 39 9 Richards (T.N.) 41 . 8 Dfcshwood (T)N.) 57 S BOWLING AVERAGES. runs wkt. avg. F. Read (T.N.) 41 9 4.5 W. Goddard (T.N.) 43 9 4.7 Cherry (T.N.) 65 11 5.9 Joblin (T.B.) 41 7 5^ GoJidsbury (U.) 87 ' 13 5.9 McAlister (U.) 35 6 5.8 Hoadley (U.) 106 17 6.2 Bennett (C.S.) 192 31 6.2 Bentley A. (C.S.) 309 45 6.8