AUROA.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 1 February 1929, Page 5

AUROA.

(From Our -Own, Correspondent). BOWLING. Two links from the Hawera Park Club visited Auroa. on Wednesday afternoon ,to play a friendly match with the local club. * After a keenly-con-tested game of 25 beads .the Auroa rinks were successful by a narrow margin of four points. The details, of the play are as foU'tnv (Auroa being mentioned first): — Davies, Bighaimi, Bradford, Ivdloatrick 25 v. Curtis, HurreJl, Butler, Thurston 19. B.cheno, Duff, Corey, Johnston 18 v. Murdoch, Adams, Goodwin, Mason 20. jjast Saturday the Auroa Club played the. final fixture for the Western Division Shield competition against Kaponga Club on the Auroa green. After a very keen game the Auroa. Olub proved victorious by 21 points. Thisi win leave® the Auroa CV'ub the champions of the Western Division and winners of the Fox Shield. This is the second successive year the local club has gained! the premiership, and they hope to make a good showing at the divisional play-off at Hawera. The derails of the Kaponga match are as follows (Auroa mentioned first): — Johnstone. 38 .v. Hawkins 15. Kilpatrio 19 v. Tyack 21. fotals: Auroa 57, Kaponfa 36. One rink from Auroa competed) at the recent tournament at New Plymouth, but managed to win only two games, although they enjoyed several other closely-contested games. OBITUARY. Auroa lost one of her earliest settlers with the death of the 'late Mr Benjamin Ogle, of Skeet Road. A long cortege of motor vehicles followed his remains to. the Hawera cemetery last Tuesday, the Rev. H. E. Orchard officiating at the graveside. The deceased was one of the best farmers of the district, being always in harness, and was in the position to reap the reward of his labours when, he .was cut down in his prime. Much sympathy is felt for Mrs Ogle and family in their bereavement, •particularly so as Mrs Ogle is iseriousl'y ill at present. GENERAL. Tbe local Sunday . School picnic is. being held at Otakeho beach to-day, and the Sunday School' re-opens on Sunda-v next. ■ The - local pubic ■sohoo,’! resumes on Monday, February 4.