HOKITIKA NOTES.

Grey River Argus, 3 November 1928, Page 2

HOKITIKA NOTES.

(Fmm Oijr Own Correspondent.) HOKITIKA November 2. Beautifn: eceniher is being export juctul for the la-t few days in Hoki iKa and t!i P change from cold, disgri enbl. eon iiticn : to summer warmth :S v -ry welcome t » eyeryb'itiy. At his mc( ling here last, evening, at? w.'uch l.abiairl <s comprised goudi v proportion of the audience I here were :»n’y a conple of que tions for Mr 1. E. Y. Seddon. The -candidate had a [uiel and uniaterrupti d hearing. He '’(marked at the outset that when IL < uey came to Wellington he was a OOpiiHir n’r and some 4000 pc0,..-; gathered o welcome him. They also ad other notables in K.ngsford Smith a.nd Vim t ,er c at. the same time. Ar the reception to Heen y, Mr (Jonte*, had asked him (Ilecmy) to i‘ ply, jnd Heeney said he was very gl.id t'i laback in New Zealand and then at down. Mr Coates told him ’o go; up again and say semething about Tunney. Heeney said he, like Tunuey, knew a lot about. Shakespeaie. A.sk. ed what it was, he said: ‘'He’s dead,” and sat dow n. (Laughter.) L» it the point was he (Mr Scdflun) did not want the rising generation of to-day :.u bi as ignoran of Shakespeare :-.s Jleemy admitted he was. Yesterday the pupils of the Tpi’lural il.gi School met Mis? M. Connor, aho is I aving to be ma.riod, and presented her with some crystal wan. ihe pros, ntation was made by the Director (Mj- J. Metson). Her c.las:iiso met her and presented her with wo cut-glass vasts. Mastc. Alan Motson making the presentation. Mi s. Connor suitably replied on both oeea ■mills. ih.se gif«> from the pupils de mon trate th e esteem in whic i Mis> Connor was held by all. The Hokit.ka Bowling Club opens die season to-morrow at 2-30 o’clock, wlun all players intending t 0 take pint should be on the greoa. The Club and visitors wall be the guests of the wife of the President at af.ornGon tea. The Hokitika Lawn Tennis Club also opens the siason to-morrow. A junior wouriiameiit will be. played at 9.30 a.m.. and a senior mixed doubles tournament ai l.ic at irnoon. The loHovving w-iH represent the llokii.ka Cric.net Club in a friendly maicn at the Mental Hospital grounds on Sunday, play commencing at 1.30 p.m.: C. .1. Ka-g, T. Daly, J. Turner. F. F. Ferguson, K. McDonald D. Diedrich. J. Keller, J. Dale. F. Stapleton, P. Gay, Aiex. King. K. Nightingale, A. i.'homai. It- Halliday, J. Cooper. tr. Diue, J. Couisoii, ut. G. C. Schroder, R. Bell and Me Alin n. The Hokiiika Goif Club’s mixed foursome handicap, in which 60 com;et( d, resulted in the following best ard : —Airs Morris and Cagney 102 8) 94. Ali>s Po-ts an<i Adamson 10.3 8) 95, Airs Cagjicy and Chesney 102

,4) 98 Miss R. Wild and Baker Ila (19) 99 t Mrs G’utpiiuy and Bost 114 (15; H>, Mrs Diedrichs and Morris 108 (8) 1.09. Following are the best cards reI urned for the fourth Bogey handicap. 1 Wilson 3 down Adamson 4 down. Tao Westland A. and P. As ociaion's annual met ting was only moderitely attended, but a fonvard moverue t was dccid d on. Officers wore c-olcclod as follows:—-President, Mr I. T. Parry; Vice-Pr. sident, Mr T. O’\uill; Com mi tee: Mosers Ik IFoulisori A J Dimmick. J. Monk. J. Niven, O’Nci’l .T, Fleming A. G. Pilkington, A. E. Benjamin F. C. Marshall, l>. Jellie, O. P. McGuigan, J. J. Me’nrosh and W. O’Reilly; Treasurer. Mr \V. D. M ’ckay; Auditor, Mr W. J. Moi- • . A vofi> of condolence to the rela?ves of tne late Mr J. M. Dimmick vn? passed, his work as a President • ing eulogised. Messrs O’Neill ane, \lonk \hi had at last meeting under •.nken to put. as far as possible the laims ol the Azsocia im beforp ?nom •er and oth r settlers, reported very av< nrr ldy. Finally the report ano hiaueia! staf/ment were formally pd- • pted. With a view t 0 carrying out lie expressions of ti.e meeting Messrs »V. O’Reilly and .1. Fleming were ap minteel to canva s h e Kokatah; disriet, Messrs J. Monk and T. O’Neil, o elo likewise in Koitcrangi; Messrs J. Jellie and O McGuigan were aj» jcfinteel for Arahurn, and Messr • a. Gimmick and W. Jamieson for Ilokinlca. As an earn.st of their confidence, and in order to help the present •itualion. soni'- ot t.ie numbers present it the meeting paid their annual sub” ■liption in advance A general dis ! ussion took place upon the present | ition. th,, trend of which was that I special effort should be made to pur ■ tm Association on a sound footing, ■■ ith a v.ew ta he holding of a show