OPUNAKE NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 July 1929, Page 2

OPUNAKE NEWS.

GENERAL NEWS. (From Our Own Correspondent). On Wednesday afternoon the third grade footbail players staged a Country v. Town match .at Raliotu. The town players won by 13 points to 9 after a very even game. Mr. R.. Bowman was referee. Next week a probable and possible match will be played, and the selectors will pick a team to play the winners in the Stratford division. Jn reference to Mrs. E. Matthews’ letter in your correspondence column, in which exception was taken to my report on her application before the Town Board. Mrs. Matthews states it was not "keenness of trade” that caused her to write to the board. 1 accept her statenienty but the letter means that all local societies must get “on side” with the regulations. It cannot have much effect regarding outside purveyors of fruit or pies. Providing the itinerant hawkers of perishable goods comply with the health and traffic regulations, the Town Board cannot restrict them. Long before “Simon met a pieman” they had rights to travel to fairs and shows, and the fruit hawker and others give good service to the country dweller. Last football season there were no piemen selling at local matches. At the Native Shield match there was an excellent opportunity for the Opunake caterers to provide hot pies and coffee, and there is no reason why the local trade should not have had a pie and coffee stall on the football ground. About 75 per cent, of the spectators that attend Opunake senior matches are from outside districts. If an enterprising outside trader notices the opportunity and “gets in” the local traders must not complain. Sympathy is no doubt with the local tradesmen but when a nice hot pie is placed before an individual at the match, sympathy, like the pie, soon disappears.

PLUNKET QUEEN CARNIVAL.

The two nights’ bazaar to wind up the carnival in aid of the Plunket Society s funds was opened in the town hall on Tuesday evening. The stalls were decorated in the colours of the different candidates. The following ladies were in charge of the stalls for the Plunket candidate, Jocylin Stephenson, Mesdames Stephenson, T. S. Hickey, Sid Hickey, G. Hammond, F. Hammond, G. Baylis, R. Morris and Miss Lewis. Mrs. C. Clare had charge of the competitions and Masters Norman Hutton and Bob Campbell the fish pond. The ladies in charge of the sports candidate’s (Coleen Ferrick) stalls were: Hot pies and coffee, Mesdames T. N. Watt, Caigou, Ferrick, and- Davies; sweets stall, Mrs. Chas. Smith; competitions, Mesdames McCallum and R. S. Jenken. The home-made sweets were the work of Mrs. E. Jenkins, of the beach pavilion. The Pihama candidate, Patricia Conaglen, had Mesdames J. A. Stevenson, G. Corkill and J. D. Conaglen in charge of the produce stall; Mesdames W. Conaglen, S. Cook, A. Campbell, P. Riley and A. E. Poole in the tea rooms, and Messrs. Hart, Kelson and J. Smith looked after the competitions. During the evening Mrs. Jolly (Pihama) delighted the audience with her singing of << lhe Merry jMonth of Alay, for’which she was heartily encored. . A pretty item was a military ballet with Miss Peggy Burton as soloist Misses Winnie and Gladys Baylis, Jean Hughson and Jean McCallum as ballet dancers, and Gloria Humphries, Josephine and Nancy Wheatley, Nancj Watt, June Campbell, Nancy Wilton, Thelma and Mavis Coad, Noeleen Baylis and Joyce Bishop as the chorus. A Pierette dance by Joyce Bishop (pierrot), Mavis Coad (Columbine), Nancy Wilton (Harlequine), Coleen Ferrick (Waitress) was prettily executed. These two items reflected* great credit on Mrs. Davies, who trained the children. Mrs. T. N. Watt (violin) and Mr. W. D. Richards (piano) played the. accompaniments. The voting at the conclusion of the evening was Jocylin Stephenson (llun ket) Patricia Conaglen (Pihama) 4,120; Coleen Ferrick (Sports) 3,850.

THE BABY SHOW. The chief attraction on Wednesday afternoon was the baby show, for which there were twenty entries.. Mrs. Blackley, New Plymouth, acted as judge and declared the following babies as winners: Under three months, Baby Mouri; 3 to 6 months, Baby Poole and Baby Peat tied for first place; 6 to 9 months, Baby Mathie, 1, Baby Harvey 2; 9 to 15 months, Kevin Read 1, Colin Smith 2; 15 \months to 2 years, Norman Lee 1, Margaret Hickey 2. < . On Wednesday evening Mesdames Ferrick and Jolly contributed songs, Master Riley a humorous song, Master Bob Campbell a Scotch song, Miss Stevenson and Coleen Ferrick recited and two little maids sang “Please Give me a Penny,” which met with a generous response. VALEDICTORY. During the evening Mr. A. J. Brennan (chairman of the town board), on behalf of local sports clubs and the town board, of which Mr. C. Ferrick is a member, expressed the regret felt at the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Ferrick from Opunake. Mr. Brennan said that Mr. and Mrs. Ferrick had always been ready to help and had given of their best to everything for the good of the town, and asked Mr. Ferrick to accept on behalf of Mrs. Fer-. rick and himself, a well-filled wallet as a mark of esteem. In answer to calls of “Speech!” Mrs. Ferrick thanked everybody for their generosity and kindness, and said it had been a great pleasure to her to render what help she could whenever it was. needed. Mr.. Ferrick endorsed her remarks, and thanked everyone for their kindness. Everyone present joined in singing “For They Are Jolly Good Fellows.” THE QUEEN OF THE CARNIVAL.' At 9 o’clock the position of the candidates was: Pihama, 5,680; Plunket, 5,280; Sports, 4,650. The final count showed Pihama leading with 10.719 votes, Plunket second with 6,581 votes and Sports third with 6,141 votes. Mr. T. S. Hickey then announced that Patricia Conaglen (Pihama candidate) had been elected Queen of the carnival. Tho amount of money handed in by each committee was: Pihaina, £134 4s 9d; Plunket, £Bl 9s 6d; Sports, £77 Is. When' all the money is in the total amount will exceed £3OO.

Mr. Hickey congratulated Pihama on their win and on behalf of the Plunket executive expressed appreciation of the efforts of the committees. He thanked the Waiteika ladies for their donation of about £l4. Last, but not least, he thanked Mr. C. 0. Edmonds for undertaking the responsibility of general secretary, He then called for three cheers for Pihama, also three cheers for the lasers, These were heartily given.