NGAIRE NOTES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 7, 2 September 1912, Page 5

NGAIRE NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Cnhbage matches are all over now, ami caru& are put away in die reecsse* of cue cupooard, wuere they will iiavt to remain unt 1 the leisure nours or another winter again come round. Wo played our concluding match iiisu weo.v vvneii wo met die, Egnionc Uub in Stratford. As evidenced by tne scores, sixty-two games to sixty, tins mntea was an exceedingly interesting one, and the members or biie Agaaiv team must consider themselves lucky in escaping defeat. The win securer! for us another free supper, making the third in succession we have enjoyed at our opponents’ expense, and in consequence we must be excused .t wo feel a bribe elated with ourselves. Tne Mgaere team, in the opinion of members of the Club, was the tougaesy proposition they had met, and 1 think the feeling was reciprocal. The supper provided by Mr. Bay ton was up to ins usual standard of excellence. Another of our highly esteemed members of the bachelor fraternity has succumbed to the allurements of matrimony. On Thursday last Mr. A. Wickham, of the hrm of Wickham Bros., was married to Miss Jones, of Kaimata. I am sure “Bar” has the good wishes of all for his future happinessTmd prosperity. The smoke concert in the back room of the Ngaero Hall on Wednesday night, tendered by the young fellows as a farewell to Mr. Robertson, prior to his departure for Patea, and incidentally to Mr. Alf. Osborne, of football renown, who has accepted the management of the Eltham Cheese Factory, was a convivial affair, and voted by the many who attended a pleasant and popular little function. All were in good spirits, and, conversely, before the evening was over, good spirits were in all. Cards were indulged in during the beginning of the evening, after which, before proceeding to honour the various toasts which were arranged, a tasty little supper was partaken of. During the evening both the guests were made a presentation, as a token of the esteem in which they are held, and to serve as a reminder to them of friends they are leaving behind. The toasts, most of which were accompanied by musical honours, wore all enthusiastically responded to, especially those of Messrs. Robertson and Osborne. It can well be imagined .that the speeches, being all impromptu ones, were the feature of the evening. The proceedings terminated with the, singing of “Anld Lang 'Syne,” in which all lustily joined. The elements and the inclinations of dancers were in disagreement last Evening. On account of the weather the committee had no option but to postpone the dance, and it will accordingly he held next Tuesday, September 3rd.