CARNIVAL At TE KARAKA.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14050, 21 July 1916, Page 5

CARNIVAL At TE KARAKA.

A" sale of gifts hold' yesterday at Te Karaka- for the naval., .dependents' fund posSedoff' very successfully, and it is hoped tb/rklise the siim, of -'£3oo. There was : a lhost •' generous l'esp* phse ; to the appeal for gifts, and all the stalls did good • y . -The thg-dl- wad: Resulted, as. follows: — The Grmorid school defeated the Te Karaka school boys m a ten-minuto pull. The winners were then challegned by a. team representing /the .girls ■••/.of the Karaka school, for a five-minute pull. , The challenge iyas . accepted, <and was 'won by the* girlsj after a most exciting contest. In', lightweights the Te Karaka ( pakeha team , defeated Ormond, aiid Te Ivaraka Maori team beat tho pakelias The only contest m, the , heavyweights was between an Ormond .team arid a Te iKaraka 'Maoi ; i"Seaim, # the former, vanning by a'-sjnall margin. , Ilia „ double-handed sawing contest Ava's won by Whitehohse arid; Swainson. Time 22. sea. Castles and Olson, who were conceding 8 seconds start, came secqhd/ their time, being; 16sec. During, the/ evening ah entertainment was given b,y the school children;; arid selections were rendered by th*e Te Karaka Brass Band. Miss Breha Leiyis received' -a. -wrell'deserired encore Jor her sorisv accompanied by violin bbllgatb. The full returns fiom the: tarious stallhold^s are not yetj^avAilabld; -