VALEDICTORY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18589, 27 December 1934, Page 16

VALEDICTORY

1 PARTY AT HOROERA (Horald Correspondent.) Hie- Tokararangi Football Club gave a dance at Horoera to bid farewell to Mr. and -Mrs. E. 11. Nepia on the eve of their departure for their new home at Maroto, Hawke’s Bay. There was, for Horoera, a record attendance; almost half of the number of dancers came . from Te Araroa, amongst them being Messrs. A. 0. Martin, F. S. Jackson and J. Barbara. Almost every member of the club was present, even those who lived at a distance attending. Vocal items were given by members of the club, and one concerted item by the whole team. Mr. Ehoka Potac, as M.C. and secretary of the club, spared no effort to make the evening the success it was. Mr. It. T. Kohere, president of the club, welcomed the visitors. He briefly touched on the up and down career of the club and its demise. It was owing to the guest of the evening that the club was revived. Tokararangi was not the strongest of the clubs under the Matakaoa sub-union, but it had earned a name for clean play and sporting spirit. Mr. and Mrs. Nepia, during their two-year sojourn at Horoera, exercised a very good influence over the young people of the district. The speaker, in making a presentation on behalf of the Tokararangi club to Mr. Nepia, remarked that although the gift might bo of small value intrinsically, still it could hold all their best wishes and even their hearts, and it would remind the receiver of his numerous friends at Horoera. On behalf of Airs. H. Dewes, he also handed to Mr. Nepia a dainty gift. On behalf of the East Cape Women’s Institute, Mr. Kohere presented Mrs. Nepia with a bowl. Mrs. H. Dewes also made a personal gift to Mrs. Nepia. Mr. Martin, on behalf of the Matakaoa sub-union, handed to Mr. K. Kohere, club captain, the Mullooly Cup won during the season by the Tokararangi club. He congratulated the club, the youngest in the sub-union, on winning the trophy and also for the club’s conduct on the field. Mr. Jackson followed in a similar' strain, and referred to Mr. Nepia’s influence for good amongst the young people. Mr. Mulligan also spoke. Mr. Nepia, in responding, thanked the donors for the gifts to his wife and himself, which they would value. In regard to football, he said that Tokararangi in his opinion played the cleanest football on the Coast. The Matakaoa sub-union teams played on the whole good football. It was owing to the teaching of Mr. F. S. Jackson that such a desirable result had been brought about. Under the guidance of Mr. Jackson the referees in the sub-union were 1 doing good work. j