OPUNAKE.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 23 July 1928, Page 2

OPUNAKE.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

SUCCESSFUL CARNIVAL ENDS. The queen carnival in aid of the funds of the Catholic Churches at Oipunake and Piingareku, was brought to a .successful conclusion on Saturday evening. During the last week there had been a bazaar in the local town hall and a tug-o’-war tournament had been run in conjunction with it. Oil Saturday evening there was a large crowd at the (bazaar and the. various stallholders did brisk business. There were numerous side-show attractions and these also did a good ti ade. * The voting contest concluded at 11 p.m. and the members of the various committees were busy all the evening in endeavouring to dispose of the numerous -articles on their stalls. Numerous competitions were run in conjunction with the carnival. Pihama committee had charge of the supper-room and they were kept busy in supplying the needs of the- numerous customers, who patronised this section of the bazaar. During the evening Brookeiss orchestra rendered a delightful programme of music. The. following are -some- ol the . results of the numerous competitions which were run on behalf of the various Pihama.—Carved tray, Gernhoefer (lElltham): travelling rug, J. A. Lusk; mens trousseau, N. Reardon; tiay doth, J. Magee; nut bowl, Mrs J. Lusk; carved tray, A. S. Julian; eiderdown B. Oorkill; cushion, Convent (Opunake); Kimono, J. Young; tray cloth, M. Conaglen; piano stool Mis Quiekenden; men’s toilet outfit, K. Waller. , . . a a Opunake. —Leather cushion, fe. A. Humphries; fire screen, H. McCann, ladies’ trousseau, M. C. Hurley; dinner half’ to, ooal father MeDasn"lan: raffia tray, D. Kirk (Strat ford”; hall curtains, H. Field; cup and saucer -A;. Yoim^. Olaonui. —Silk nightdress,- .Mrs M Cook; child’s frock, D. Fleming, fue screen, G. Clouston; hallcurtams J ; C. Barrett; supper doth, M . 1 lemm«, 1-amn shade, J, Martin; plate, N. U - He; tea set, D. O. Sullivan; copper kettle, G. Bell. r , Mnx Pun< r arehu. —Carved tray, J. C. Max well (New Plymouth) ; electric reading lamp, J- Fleming.VOTING CONTEST.

The following-is the result of the final count of the queen carnival : Pungarehu (Miss L. Doyle), 42,223, equal To £527 15s 9d. Oaonui (Miss- M. Taylor), 30,531, equal to £447 17s 9d. Raliotu (Miss A. Anms), 26,532, equal to £320 Bs. TT . or , -7 . Opunake (Miss J- Hickey), 20,107, eq r?L?» 2 (Mi« S M. Julian), 13,200; ’total amounted to £1770 10s- 6d. Father J. Kennedy thanked all for their help and interest in the carnival and also to the non-Cathdlic community to whom the success of the carnival uas la reel v due. He ■ also said that the committees had worked very-hard. and on behalf of them he thanked alll tlmse who had helped m ,any way. He then called fur cheers for the queen elect her committee, other candidates and their committees. 1? l nt ,. Mr Annis on behalf of the It an or u eandidaS. congratulated Pungarehu on their win. also Father Kennedw. on whom most of the responsibility for the ImccWul running of the carnival! was P Mr TS. Hickey, on behalf of the Opunake, candidate, also congratulated Pungarehu and thanked the general mihlTc fisr their suppoiu. Mr R. B. Fleming, on behalf ot Pmigareiiii. thanked all for their eon-o-atu,latinos and also- congratulated Oaonui, who were runners-up. . Nil- T. H. Hickey congratulated Ms C. O Edmonds, who had acted as treasurer and secretary for the eairnwal. Mr Edmonds, in replying, also added his congratulations to the, Pungarehu candidate. ■ TUG-O’-WAR,

The final of the light-weight section of the tug-o’-war tournament wa,s puled off on Saturday evening, when Mata defeated In-nlio* «tfi>9T a- veiry <2,o*od p'ull b v ball f an inch,. Tlhe follow mg is the result of the special contest for a, £lO prize: Fourth round.—Awa,tuna defeated Rahotu bv one inch. Avawbata a bye. Fifth round —Awaituna defeated Airaw'bata bv half an inch. , , In the final, Mata, who had two livas, defeated Awatuna easily by eight inches. . , , „ In a consolation prize contest, Ivalioi.u defeated Holm in’s team by throe inches. Kalrni defeated Opunake by one inch. „ , , „ . . In the final, Rahotu defeated Tvaihiui by half an inch. 'An •exhibition null between heavyweight teams from Ravybitiroa and Opunake proved verv exciting. Rawhitiroa, won bv two inches. . Mr W. Gun son. in presenting the prizes, congratulated the teams on the •«r>o”tsnrmn-]ike manner in which they conducted th-nmelves during the contest and called for cheers for all the tea,rms a.nd for the Mata, team , who had won both liglrt-weiecht contests. The contain of the Mata, team returned thanks and called for cheers for thr? officials. , , TV!,,. T S .Hickey .on hehiant et the rrenci'al committee, thanked the officials of the tournament, and also the teams who had competed.