OPUNAKE

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 12 February 1921, Page 12

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(From Our Own Correspondent). | SEASIDE SOCIETY. % -j At a meeting of the members of Seaside Improvement Society matters- in I connection with the forthcoming Queen " Carnival were discussed.. The secretary . reported that four candidates had so far volunteered to enter, the contest | It was resolved that they be designated "the following titles: Town Candidate, Mrs Lyttle; Country, Miss L. Callacrhan; Seaside Society, Miss M. Pease; j Te Kiri Miss M. Warner. i The secretary reported" that the gross tak;ngs at the recent "fete totalled £176, and accounts for expenses repre- j sented awiroximately £70. The result was considered most satisfactory, and I euJogistijb references were - made to the i valuable work done by the secretary | Mr T. S. Hickey. . A hearty vote of thanks "was accorded the ladies who as=Vted to make the function so 6ucces»It was decided to ask the lown Board to remit s'the charge made for the hire of the Hall when in use for the j Society's concert. I The secretary was instructed to con- ! re*/ to the Pink Serenaders, of BaI wei-a, the Society's best thanks for their generosity in coming through to , put on their high-class concert on fete i n\ght. j .. 7 The beach has been freely patron-.sert during the last two months' by visitors from the surrounding towns and district. The object of the forthcoming carnival is to raise funds for providing further facilities and comforts for outside visitors, and such a cause should t find ready support from the patrons of the beach.

SCHOOL PICNIC; The public school picnic held at the biv last week was ; n every way successful from the children*" noint of view. A ivil'ino.' comm;;t fee m .ladies disoenspil eatables and the men arranged various^ nr"ne-tition<; 3wH events, wbich were frec\v entered into, by the children.. HYDRO isLECTRIC. Owing to the—heavy incroa^es in the cost of materials and labour during the ; po^t twelve months, Mr Toogoodj consulting engineer to the Town Board, reports that the proposed hydro electric schome is. now estimated to cost £12,P00 } as against £7000 in August^ 1919. He suggests that.the scheme should be enlarged so as to provide power and lighting for a radius of six miles, and that a power board be formed to take no the proposal. The Town Board have decided to take steps to have a Power Bpard established, *and in the mep.n----+-"ivm to expend tT^e money raised, viz., £7000, in erection of weir tunnel, etc. The cement for the work is already on hand, and an early start .is expected. A supervisor has been appointed for the erection of the we'V, • and tenders„ are to be called at an eariy date for "the tunnelling. HORTICULTURAL SHOW. The Horticultural Society are leaving no stone unturned to make the forthi coming autumn show ecliose its predecessors. Toivnpeople have generously responded to a canvass made by the Soc:etv for special prizes, with tne re- ■ suit that th 9 prizes now offered are in I themselves an . inducement for exhibi- . tors to do their best. PERSONAL. Mr V. O'lßrien, of the literary staff of the N.Z. Times, has been spend""" a short holiday with his parents, Mr and Mrs A. O'Brien. Mr R. A. Cajlander, postmaster of Rp»?atea, is paying a visit to relatives ! in this district.