CARTERTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 February 1939, Page 7

CARTERTON

CLAY BIHD SHOOTING. GUN CLUB COMPETITIONS. (“Times-Age” Special.) There was an attendance of 20 shooters at a competition held by the Carterton Gun Club on Saturday afternoon. The weather conditions were not good, a very strong wind making the “clays” difficult to hit. The first event was for a trophy valued at £3 3s, donated by the club and. trophies presented by Mr A. E. Izzard and the club for second place. Mr F. Taplin, off 18 yards, shot well, breaking 19 out of 21 birds and winning the first prize. The second trophies were won by L. Smith (14 yards) and R. Fuge (11 yards), with 18 breaks each. The following with 17 breaks each also shot well Jim McKenzie (21 yards), F. E. Allen and R. Williams (12 yards) and W. Moroney (11 yards). Two sweepstakes of 9 birds each were held afterwards, Jack McKenzie, F. Taplin, L. Smith and R. Williams all shot the possible in the first match and divided the stakes. The second event was won by R. Williams. Messrs E. H. Hawker and Son have donated a cup for competition and this is given for the best aggregate out of four competitions. CRICKET MATCH. CARTERTON v. MARTINBOROUGH. The members of the Carterton team maintained their unbeaten record on Saturday when they defeated Martinborough on Carrington Park, Carterton, by 7 wickets and 60 runs in. a one innings game. Winning the toss the home side took first strike and compiled 162 for the loss of 4 wickets and declared. The visitors were disposed of for 102 runs. The following are the scores: —

Carterton: Byers, run out, 34; Ewing, b Power, 20; Fitzgerald, c Murphy, b George. 37; Fisher, b Power, 17; Ward, not out, 42; Thompson, not out, 10; extras, 2; total for 4 wickets declared, 162. Bowling: Power, 2 for 70; George, 1 for 31; Johns, 0 for 26; Hancock, 0 for 13; Munn, 0 for 12; Hamilton, 0 for 8.

Martinborough; Power, c Loader, b Berry, 23; Todd c Byers, b Ewing. 1; Hancock, lbw b Ewing, 1; Murphy, b Ewing, 28; Hamilton, b Ewing, 0; Johns, lbw b Berry, 10; Cowperthwaite, b Steffert, 11; George, b Steffert, .11; Flynn, c Ewing b Byers, 1: Munn, not out 1; Grant, b Steffert, 0; extras, 15; total, 102. Bowling: Ewing. 4 for 44; Berry, 2 for 31; Byers, 1 for I”; .Steffert, 3 for 2. BOWLING. CARTERTON v. EKETAHUNA. Four rinks of Carterton bowlers played a similar number at Eketahuna during the weekend. The visitors were hospitably entertained by the Eketahuna Club and the ladies provided afternoon tea which was greatly appreciated. The Carterteon bowlers were welcomed by Mr W. Simpson! Mayor of. Eketahuna, and president of the club. At the conclusion of the day’s play, Mr J. L. Harris, vice-president of the Carterton Club, thanked the Eketahuna bowlers and the ladies for the very pleasant outing arid hoped it would not be long before a visit was made by the Eketahuna players to Carterton. Carterton’s aggregate score was 173 and Eketahuna 156. The games won were: Carterton five, home side three. The following were games played with the scores, Carterton players mentioned first in each instance: —

’ Morning: Potter, Moran, Nicoison, C. Whyte (s) beat J. Taylor, A; H. Herbert. Fraser, Simpson (s), 33/16; Kilmisler, Kruse, W. Steven, Harris (s) lost to T. Hooper, E. Norton, R. Payne, Ammendsen (s), 12/25; Spooner, Foster. A. Thompson. DeLaccy (s) lost to J. Pickering, F. Hooper, Richardson. Hornblow (s). 11/21; Hipkins, Chatwin. W. Hart. Beale (s) lost to J. Tooby, Humphries, W. Green, W. Hooper (s), 17/20.

Afternoon: rieLacey (s) beat Stone, Green. Rogers, Fredrickson (s), 24/23; Whyte (s) beat Hornblow (s), 23/21; Beale (s) beat Ammendsen (s), 24/16; Harris (s' beat Norton, M. Herbert, Edge, Maudsley (s), 33/14.

Friendly Games. The following were the scores in a friendly games played at Carterton:— Dudson, Kruse, Spooner, Kilmister (s) beat Moran. Gaze. Meyrick, W. Hart (s), 19/17; Hipkins. Foster, Aplin, C. Whyte (s) beat Hill, Chatwin, Robertson, W. Whyte (s), 25/9. Pastures Fresh and Green. Visitors to Eketahuna at the weekend from Carterton were agreeably surprised at the freshness of the country after leaving Mount Bruce. The country in the Bush District is remarkably green and fresh, in fact in some places along the main highway grass has only just been cut for hay. While the pastures in the Eketahuna and other districts to the north are fresh and green, the Wairarapa countryside is parched for want of rain. The comparison is very noticeable, PAHIATUA SHOW. SUCCESSFUL DALEFIELD EXHIBITORS. Messrs Martin Parker and Les. Gallon, of Dalefield, were successful exhibitors at the Pahiatua Agricultural Show held on Saturday. Both exhibitors were showing Holstein cattle, and the competition was good. Mr Parker’s successes were champion cow, reserve champion bull, seven first prizes, three seconds and one third. Mr Gallon received awards asunder: Champion bull, reserve champion cow and two first prizes. The stock is now at Masterton in readiness for the show which is being held at Solway on Wednesday and Thursday. Gorse Fire at Woodside. Grave fears were felt for the safety of the Matarawa bridge on Saturday morning. During the past few days gorse fires have been burning on the plains near .Woodside. On Saturday morning the wind fanned the flames and the fire spread with startling rapidity through the grass and gorse until it reached the vicinity of the wooden bridge across the Waiohine River, where fortunately it ran itself out. but not until it had burnt large areas of grass and gorse.