THE KING’S BIRTHDAY.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 2 June 1926, Page 4

THE KING’S BIRTHDAY.

HOLIDAY ATTRACTIONS. T!ha frosty weather inddieaites good weather for the King is Klnitbuiay tomorrow, wihi.cn, ais- usual, will be observed, -as -a wnoiie bemday. The tsiporas programme m Hawera is not iso extensive as jn iirequentf.y the case, nevertheless, that provided is var ied, and .representative in character. The Ilairamativi Football -Association. (Soccer) has arranged a double fixture with the islenior rand junior Wanganui repreisentaiDive reaim®, The minor game will ccjimnence on the ShowgroancCs. at 12.45p.m. and will be followed Iby tlie senior fixture lat 2.30 p.m. Lutyt year the junior team on tour heat Wanganui by three goals to- one. The senior contest, took plaice .in Hawera, and, following a, close: game, the visitors heat the local men by the narrow margin of three goals tp two. The indications are 'that t& first-class contest will; ibe witnessed to-morrow. The Hawera. Pipe Band will leave the Pbtslf Office at 2 o'clock- anld' will march to the .Showgrounds, where iselections will! be given. The matches wall be- followed by a .simeke concert at the Forester’s Hall dn the; evening. On King Edward Bark the Hawera Ladies’ Hockey Association will conduct. its annual tournament. ; Play will commence at 10 la-.fni. No less’ than fifteen teams have entered and the total of 49 matches to be played should attract ia, (large number of .supporters of the. -game. In the sphere of Rhrgby, the chief attraction will be the Wanganui v. Taranaki representative game at the river city. No doubt many followers of ’ the- code will make tlie journey in! expectation of such ai contest as that which eventuated last year. It will be remembered that the game ended in a' diraw, after a thrilling finish, Wanganui having four unconverted tries to its credit and) Taranaki three unconverted tries a.nd a penalty goal. The struggle -is ischeduled to take place on Spriggeusi Bark. In addition to. the outside represeantiative fixture there will be two iseven-anside tournaments within the province—one-iat Batea and thei other at New Plymouth. Batea, Football .Cilnb has organised a junior tournament, to be field on the Piatea Domain and commencing, lat 111 am. The contest is open to teams between the northern boundary of the Hawera district and Wiaverley. The winners will hold vthe Mom.se Cup and will be presented with gold medals. The Taranaki Rugby Union has arranged, a junior seven-ta-Hide tournament at New 1 Plymouth for the Dewar Shield, to: -be commenced on tlie Bukelcura. and Western Barks' in the morning at 11 o’clock and to be resumed on itlie. Bukekurai Bark alone in the afternoon.