COAST NEWS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12609, 19 July 1935, Page 7

COAST NEWS

ftOBTHERN:: COAST- ITEMS •• PERSONAL S; ' ./■ y “y (Special to ilie Times.) ,r 4 J. H. Kirkliam, Taoroa, visitor to Te Pu.ia on Monday. * * • * \fr E Allan, Gisborne, 5s a visit„,o®k's Bar. vfr-and'- Mrs. Metcalfe (Te Aravoa) "i Mrs R. Kemp (Ruatoria), spent .t <re 1-uia. VW Hotel- B ; Messrs D. Kirkliam. and .B. .Bid--, u-ere Coast visitors to- Gisborne, f o ; a few days. ' ' , . . . jf r V. G- H. Rickards (R-angit-u- - visitor to Te Pip a; 'on | ,- .... . Guests at tbe Kawakawa, Hotel (To’ \raroa) tor the.rweek-encl included : p r ; Inrin, Dr.' Holder,' Sister North’, I[r' and'Mrs Bloomfield, Messrs, H. jlcLatriue, Cass, P.- Roberts, P. W. Ward, S. Parker, and D. Cor- ’ ni>i« , RUATORIA DANCE yet and -stormy weather -prevailed „n Monday evening, when, a dance *as hold at the Gaiety Theatre, lluatoria. This dance had been hurriedly organised to enable the . residents of R natoria and district to liear the Christchurch International Cabaret Band whilst the>y wer§ visiting Tokomaru. Bay. Cohslrderiiig tliff abort notice the attendancQ, , was' irood. but not until 10 p.iri. when the weather cleared up., AH‘ enjoyed, the dance music immensely and spent a very happyC time. RAI N PALL A'lL AVAIRORO STATION Tbe rainfall recorded at AValribro-,, Tikite’ki, for the first - mx : months'of 1535 was 56.53 inches. -For the same! pcriM last year, 34.77 inqliels were reicrilcd. Juue lia-s been the wettest inwit up to date witlii. a. fall' , of 12.QS inches, ramiifhllihre -on .12 days the maximum being--3.12 inclibs on the oth. W BRIDGE OVER- POROPORO The bridge ; over the Poroporo river is under !; construction and tins will be a great benefit to the Tesid--entk- of Rangitnkiu. and East Cape, ivho arc marooned for some months during the: whiter due to flooded rivers. It will be two months before the bridge is completed. Five' piles !iavo oo- far been driven. GAIETY THEATRE j “Where is This Lady?” a . very fine musical production, will be rhown at Ruatoria Gaiety Theatre hi Saturday. 'tyx- GOLF 1 Several enthusiasts, of Whakaabgi|ngi and Te Araroa districts foreiathered during the -.week-end lor 4 Ipund of golf on the finks at. “Kaloa, 1 ’ the property of Mr. S. Rudland. Imono tho’o present were: Ales|ames ’Colebrook, W. TV Metcalfe, l Rudland, B. Fa.irlie,' and R. tobb. , Mibscs J. and' M*. Rudland, y. afntl B. 'Metcalfe, C., E., and, 11. HaU'well and Boxall, Messrs R. tobb, G. M. Colebrook, A. Stevenon, and N. Branson. The ladies pro•ided a dainty afternoon tea. Every-; indy expressed approval of-; the lionise and are. looking forward to [pending more enjoyable afternoons [if a 'similar nature?

ECLIPSE OF MOON The many peple who- witnessed the. elipse of the moon on Tuesday evenng from the balcony of the Port Awanui Hotel were treated to a wonderful sight’. The .even:ng was; perfect, with a cloudless shy and no ndnd. After the period of,total ‘e.cpipse had passed, : the- spctacle, . with its wonderful coloring, was reflected hi the sea and' thus the observers had a double view of the . eclipse. Tiki:tiki, residents describe the' eclipse as a most- wonderful sights ‘and according to Maori tradition there is likely to bo a spell of fine weather. HOKOMATJ MEMORIAL CLP. MATAKAOA BEAT WAIAPU. (Special to the Times.) RTJATOUIA, July IS. Suh-TJnion lost their «ecmd tybpliy this year to Matakaoa in strong challenge for the Houkamau lemorial Cu.p on Saturday. There was scarcely any difference otween the teams and the score of 2 points to G flatters Matakaoa. !* Waiapu were without the services f most of their star players, Geo. epia being absent with the Maori ill Blacks in Australia, and Fraser, ho cradle three-quarter, was suffering roru a slight touch of influenza, Ijhilst Geo. Perris was unavoidably Absent, John Green was on the injur]i&t and Bindy Pahuru was away fi a holiday. 5 Summed up, the position was that jPaiapu were playing without the sorfices of their best players, and judg,.n on the day, Matakaoa wore fortuntc in winning the cup. The Waiapu team played well till leir condition gave out, and this icfc is apparent, seeing that Matanoa scored their 12 points during le last twenty minutes of tho game, j ieso points being made up with a inverted try, a penalty and' a field )al by O. P- Goldsmith. Waiapu’s lints were made up by a try 'Ey Wi atahiki and a penalty kicked by the ■ hua-j>u captain, George Pepere.

Harry Atkins at half" Pjay eti tho best gamo seen for the last :J^p : seasons, both his variation of m, to- vr -te f orw ard for Waiapu was .\yi_ Matalnki, whose dashing - Iplav oth in the tight and lo,ose was a treat;to.wa,toh!■mSiP' never, saw the ball . mcli apd consequently was not seen to advantage. The Waiap it. five-eighths wero weak and. th.is department needs strengthe?ir}SC"ir Waiapu are to keep the rest or the trophies now in their keeping! . ' ~ . ,'4' or ; Matakaoa, Howell was the Walfqrd, -on the wing, showed flashes of.;hi<s former brilliance. The pack, though much heavier than Waiapu,., could not do much. Though more than their fair share or -the hall;, everything broke down between the second five-eighths and the three-quarters:— r Wanoa, the -Matakaoa five-eight-li, j promises to be a coming star., J°o Campbell, the' ex-Coast fiveeighth, wa.s not seen to advantage. . - The .referee, Mr Pene Whaipooti, controlled: the game capably. PEPERE MEMORIAL GOLD CUP, l . Ruatoria lifted the Pepere Memorial Gold Cup off Tokoma-ru Bay at Tokomiiru Bay on Saturday in a good tussle by 6- points to 5. Charlie Cliesley, the man who was responsible in helping Tokomaru lift -tlie trophy from Wtfiapu a few weeks liack, was mainly instrumental in assisting Ruatoria to capture it off Tokomaru Bay. Ruatoria can be counted on as being very fortunate in .having Cheslcy,: the ex-Hawke’s. Bay and Canterbury rep., with them at a time when their four -star players are away in Australia with the Maori All Blacks. Tokomaru Bay were unfortunate in .PUT' .respect,, in _ that, a- penalty, kick tAarded, t-liem in a lnukly position : iV-as niissed! by Steve N'eivtoh. ;-iTC a junior rop. -inafoh-iit Ruatoria [Mittakaba wbre. defeated bv 19 points ;to 7. , ‘