GREYTOWN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 September 1941, Page 7

GREYTOWN

PATRIOTIC, COMMITTEE PARCELS FOR SOLDIERS. (“Times-Age” Special.) The Mayor (Mr A. W. Horton) presided over a large attendance of the Citizens’ Patriotic Committee which was held in the Council Chambers on Friday evening. It was decided to pack 28 parcels immediately. The local soldiers’ gift parcels will be packed on September 2S and will contain shortbread, cigarettes, tobacco, chocolate, cream, fruit salad, cigarette papers, P.K. and hankerchiefs. The chairman expressed thanks to the sub-committees that had helped to swell the funds. The secretary of the Zone B patriotic committee, Mr G. T. O Hara Smith, notified the receipt of £125 for the Rehabilitation Committee. GOLF LADIES’ CHAMPIONSHIPS. In the first round of the ladies’ golf championships the results were: Seniors: Miss Nix beat Mrs S. Thompson; Mrs McPhee beat Mrs Maddison; Mrs Gold beat Mrs Jury; Mrs Mead beat Mrs Pope. Intermediate: Miss J. Feast beat Miss B. Gregor; Mrs T R. Ingley beat Miss T. Collier; Mrs C. Ingley beat Mrs G. Ingley; Miss P. Tully beat Miss M. Collier. Juniors: Miss Bouzaid beat Miss Quinn; Mrs Nicholson beat Miss Askew.

Personal Items.

Mrs W. Grigg, of Kuratawhiti Street, is at present on a holiday visit to Wellington. „ .. Mrs R. Pickard has left for Hastings where her mother is seriously ill. Mr and Mrs H. J. Nightingale have returned from a holiday spent at Eastbourne. . Mr Mark Maxton celebrated his 88tn birthday last week and there was a large gathering of friends at his residence to mark the occasion. Mr W. H. Day proposed the health of Mr Maxton, and wished him many more years of good health. In reply Mr Maxton expressed his delight at so many of his relations being present.

Home Guard Notes.

The motor cycle unit of. the South Wairarapa Home Guard accompanied the Battalion Commander and his staff on ah official visit to the Western Lake at the weekend.

The headquarters company has completed its musketry tests and will commence range practices early in October. The Martinborough, Featherston, Dyerville and Kahautara units report that their rifle ranges are ready for inspection. The traffic control unit is at present taking a course of St. John Ambulance training.

Hockey Notes. The senior men travelled to Upper Hutt on Saturday and were beaten by the local eleven by 5 goals to 3. The Greytown team hopes to play a return match against Upper Hutt next Saturday or at an early date. Saturday saw the last of the competitive games for the hockey season, when Kia Kaha travelled to Masterton to meet their old rivals. The . local team was obliged to draw on its junior players to fill its ranks. For all that they and all the rest gave a splendid account of themselves, even though beaten by the largest score recorded against them for the season. The game was very fast. Territorially, Grey town more than held their own. Excelsior s goals came from those fast breakaways which form the chief characteristic of their scpring movements, the local backs not possessing quite sufficient speed to hold them back.