MATAKAOA NEWSLETTER

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22757, 1 October 1948, Page 7

MATAKAOA NEWSLETTER

| (Herald Correspondent.)

Summer Sports Preliminaries Activity in connection with summer sports is well under way throughout the district. Te Araroa Bowling Club is putting its green into playing order and the club’s an, nai meeting may be held at an early date. The Mokonui Tennis Club's annual meeting was held at Awatere last week-end. Two courts at the Te Araroa District High School are already in full use. Privatelyowmed courts are being overhauled. Play Reading Group The Te Araroa play-reading group met last week-end at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. S. Britton to undertake Philip Johnson's “Lover's Leap.” Reading parts were taken by Mcsdames G. A. Moore, N. P. Branson and S. B. Rudland and Messrs Britton and C. A. Hart. Other members present included Mesdames C. H. Clarke, J. Dark, D. Jackson, G. Lovegrove, P. J- Taylor, C. Hart and W. Britton, and Miss A. Bull. Some members are obliged to travel up to eight or nine miles to the meetings. Salvationists to Visit Te Puia The Araroa Salvation Army Band, comprising Maori instrumentalists and officers of the organisation stationed in Te Araroa, will go to Te Puia in the near future to play for the benefit of inmates of the hospital there. The growth of the band and the steady increase in its efficiency has been noticeable in recent years, and the results apparent at the Saturday evening parades are a commentary upon the work of the local officers. R.S.A. Meeting Returned servicemen at their meeting last week-end discussed arrangements for the annual R.S.A. ball, to be held on October 22. Mr. G. A. Moore presided at the meeting. Visiting Team Entertained Visiting Hikurangi hockey players were the guests of the Kawakawa club committee at dinner following the Kuhupo Cup match. The cup was presented by the chairman of the Kawakawa club, Mr. S. Farr, the captain of the visiting team, M. Haua, and Mrs. Ngarimu receiving it. The Kawakawa club captain, Mrs. E. Stirling, congratulated the victorious team and the visiting team manager, Mr. J. Stone, thanked the local club members for the hospitality extended to the Hikurangi team. Summer Show The second Saturday in November w’ill be a big day for members of the Matakaoa Women’s Institute, under whose auspices the Te Araroa summer show is held annually. The proceeds of this year’s show will be applied to the provision of food parcels for Britain. Wind-Up Dance at Hicks Bay The Hicks Bay Rugby Football Club’s annual wind-up dance was well attended. Music was supplied by the Bing Boys’ orchestra, and Mr. Ross White was the M.C. Supper arrangements were in the hands of Mr. Wi White, who was assisted by ladies of the district. Sunday School Children’s Picnic Scholars of the Punaruku, Hicks Bay and Matakaoa Sunday Schools who have qualified for membership of the special class arranged by the organisers had an outing at Hicks Bay last Saturday. The special class programme makes provision for Bible study, sport and games and Scripture reading. The picnic was thoroughly enjoyed, Makorokoro Road Opened The no-exit road leading into the Wnakaangiangi Valley has been substantially extended by the formation of four or live miles of good road up to and beyond the Makorokoro station homestead. The new road has been pm in primarily to provide access to valuable stands of timber two or three mites beyond the homestead. It also provides long-awaited roading facilities for the occupiers of Makorokoro, Messrs C. and W. O'Regan, who hitherto have been obliged to ride three or four miles in order to reach the Whakaangiangi road terminus. Makorokoro station has been occupied since about 1909, formerly by Mr. and Mrs. W. O’Regan and more recently by their sons, the present settlers. About 38 years ago a fair weather road traversing the riverbed provided partial access and some 20 years later the present Whakaangiangi road brought access to within four miles of the station. Timber from the district will be milled at the Whakaangiangi sawmill. Obituary—George Ahuriri As the result of a long illness, George Ahuriri passed away last week. A large gathering of relatives and friends attended the tangi, which was held in Te Araroa. The interment took place at Hicks Bay. George Ahuriri will be remembered by many of his friends for his unfailing readiness to help in matters concerning the land and by officials of the Department of Maori Affairs for the assistance he always willingly extended when they visited Te Araroa. He was educated at Te Araroa and Hicks Bay Schools and later at Te Aute College. He was the son of Mr. Henry Ahuriri, a prominent Te Araroa resident, and Mrs. Hiria Akuhata Ahuriri. His wife predeceased him by six years. He is survived by two young sons, Pakura and Maki. Also surviving him are five sisters, Mesdames Hapi Houkamau, W. White and E. Edmonds all of Hicks Bay, and Mesdames M. Stirling and Davis, both of Te Araroa. Personal Notes

Mr. Philip Mickleson, Palmerston North, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Dick, Hicks Bay.—Messrs. Hatiwira Houkamau Brown and Kiki Brown, both of Wellington, have been staying on vacation with their father, Mr. George Brown, Te Araroa. —Miss A. Bull is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Taylor at “Taumatomanu.”