OKAIAWA.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 30 July 1928, Page 5

OKAIAWA.

(From Our Own Correspondent). CONCERT. On Tuesday ©vemuiing a concert is to be given in the hall by members of the Hawera Scottish Society, when a goad programme will be if his event was originally fixed for Wednesday, but owing to unforseen circumstancesl arising" an al keratin. had to be made. Half the proceeds are to be devoted to thie funds of the Okaiawa Fire Brigade. FARMERS’ UNION SOCIAL. . Tlie animal social and prize-giving function in connection with the Okaiawa 'branoh of the Farmers’ Union has been fixed for Wednesday, August 8. The ‘ mode of procedure will he a short concert programme, presentation of prizes in. connection with the branch, and the Bays’' and Girls’ Clubs’ competitions, supper and dance. The Sutton Cup will also lie presented to Mr H. Betts, with a handsome gold medal for having grown the champion crop in South Taranaki last season. THE. BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP. Local owners of wireless sets were popular persons on Friday afternoon, when there were many ILsteners-in when the results of the. Tnimey-Heeney eon- \ test were being broadcasted. The result, though disappointing, did not occasion a great deal of surprise, it being generally thought that the champion would: be too clever for the challenger. The excitement extended to the schoolboys, but here, for some unaccountable reason, the result was received with the, utmost satisfaction. PERSONAL.

On Friday evening Mr Ra.y Murdoch had the misfortune to break a bloodvessel, and had to receive medical attention. This news caused consternation among the numerous supporters of the Okaiawa Rugby senior team, for it is quite on the cards that Ray, who has bean claying briliiantly in the position of full-back, will be unable to fill that important position against Stratford on Saturday next.