The following letter has been received from a reputable gentleman in Balfour, giving further particulars:
"Dear Sir, The Balfour Football Club first fifteen has received a unique challenge for a match which will be played at Balfour on Saturday, August 8. Fifteen Sopers from the Mataura Valley (that is, from Mataura Island to Garston) have challenged the Balfour first fifteen. I may mention that the Sopers are bringing seven emergencies (all Sopers), This makes a total of 22 Sopers, which must be very close to a New Zealand record as far as namesakes are concerned. The great majority of them are First Grade players in their own districts." — by ‘Full Back’
474 at Otago Girls’
The Lady Principal of the Otago Girls’ High School (Miss M.H.M. King) reported that the roll number was as follows: Senior free place 154, junior free place 314, fees 6 — total 474. In 1924 the total was 474, in 1923 457, and in 1922 447. The average attendance for July was 440. On August 1 the Gore High School hockey and netball teams visited the school. The matches resulted: Netball, won by OGHS; hockey, a draw.
Rimu v Douglas fir
Whether Oregon or red pine was the better suited for the making of doors was one of the bones of contention in a case heard in the Magistrate’s Court at Balclutha yesterday. Mr E.J. Anderson was the champion of red pine, which, he said, was the more durable timber, while Mr H.R. Grigor was there to say that Oregon could give red pine a few points and then leave it standing. Red pine, he said, warped when exposed to the elements. Mr Anderson produced a sample of each class of wood and laid them on the table for reference. In the course of time they were shown to a witness, who was asked if he could identify them, which he did. It was then that Mr Grigor, leaning nonchalantly back in his chair, cast a roving eye on the piece of Oregon and then on the pine, where his gaze remained focussed. Leaning forward, he picked up the piece of native timber, examined it carefully on a level with his eye, and then gleefully pointed out to the opposing counsel that it was badly warped, the surface sloping upwards for a-quarter of an inch towards one corner — and that in a piece of wood that hardly measured six square inches.
Car v taxi
A collision between two motor cars at the corner of Stuart and lower High streets at about 8.40 last night will prove costly for at least one of the drivers. A car which was travelling down Stuart street came into collision with the rear left-hand wheel of a taxi. The private car received considerably the worst of the deal, for the radiator and one of the front lamps were badly broken, but a bent mudguard was the only damage received by the taxi. — ODT, 20.8.1925
Compiled by Peter Dowden
