CARTERTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 January 1941, Page 7

CARTERTON

FIG TREE IN LOCAL GARDEN WELL LADEN WITH FRUIT. ("Times-Age" Special.) Your representative was yesterday given some well grown figs from a very healthy tree growing in Mr H. D. Wallis's garden in Kent Street. Carterton. At the moment the tree is heavily laden with fruit and in view of this, there should not be any difficulty in growing this class of fruit profitably in the warmer climates of New Zealand. SWIMMING CLUB GATHERING LAST NIGHT. The Carterton Amateur Swimming j Club held a very successful carnival j at the Carterton borough baths last evening. There was a large attend- j ance and good entries were received i in each event. In many of the races i the finishes were exciting and the ver-1 diet gained by small margins. The duties of starter, handicapper and timekeeper were in the capable hands of Mr L. J. Fairbrother. The following were the results: — i 25 yards junior girls' handicap: 8.l Matson 1, T. Bond 2. R. Williams 3.| Time. 15secs. 100 yards intermediate handicap: B. j Desmond 1, R. Quinn 2, G. Burt 3. I Time, 69secs. i 50 yards ladies' handicap: B. Mat-I son 1, L. Simmonds 2, V. Merewood 3.: Time, 34 4-ssecs. 50 yards senior men’s handicap: E.: Knutson 1, A. Pinfold 2, Q. Desmond 3. Time, Imin. 51secs. 25 yards breaststroke handicap: A. i Deller 1, A. Sorensen 2. Time. 16sccs. i 25 yards ladies' dash handicap: 8.1 Matson 1. L. Simmonds 2. A. Sorensen 1 3. Time. 16 2-ssecs. 25 yards men's dash handicap: A, i Pinfold 1. Q. Desmond 2, A. Deller ,3. > . 25 yards backstroke handicap; R. I Quinn 1. A. Pinfold 2, A. Deller 3.1 Time, 19secs. Junior dive: R. Quinn 1, A. McKen-| zie 2, B. Desmond 3. Ladies’ dive: Mrs A. Bond 1, M. I , Lawrence 2, A. Sorensen 3. Men's dive: Q. Desmond 1. R. Quinn 2, E. Knutson 3. 50 yards dual relay handicap: Burt and Moss 1. Desmond and Pinfold 2. Deller and Deller 3. 100 yards open relay handicap: A. and D. Deller, Moss and Archer, 1; Pinfold, Q. Desmond, Stubbs and! Knutson, 2; Patterson, B. Desmond. J Burt and Bond, 3. Heavy Wind. After the good rains experienced | during the past week, a very heavy ' westerly wind has been blowing since daybreak. The wind will assist to dry ! ( up the countryside again. s s I BOWLING c BOOTH CUP COMPETITION f 'l I! The second round in the Booth Cup a competition will be played next Saturday. Carterton will meet Masterton t Park at Masterton. I’ Two games in the colts' singles play- J cd last week resulted as under:—Boden beat Tomlin. 26 11: Colson beat g Bassett, 19/18. n Personal Items. i The Misses O’Sullivan, of Carterton. L are visiting Stratford. Mr W. S.' Steven. Carterton. left on ' c Saturday to join Mrs Steven and fam-, f ily at Parapnraumu beach for a week.-t The Comet. The comet was seen by many Car- ■ f terton residents at about 9.15 o’clock ‘ H last evening and for some hours after- 8 wards. r Women’s Division Shop Day. The Carterton branch of the Women’s I, Division of the Farmers' Union will J ( hold a shop day in Krahagen's Build-, v ings on Friday. January 31. The pro- > y reeds will be in aid of (he Rest Home,’,, Palmerston North.