MANAIA ANGLICAN FAIR

Taranaki Daily News, 1 December 1932, Page 8

MANAIA ANGLICAN FAIR

WINNERS OF COMPETITIONS. GOOD MUSICAL PROGRAMME. : Very satisfactory financial results came from the. Christmas fair conducted by the. Manaia Anglican Church (St. Cuthberts) in the town hall - on Tuesday. There was a good attendance both afternoon and evening, and the stalls reported good business. Mrs. O. W. Solomon was. secretary of the bazaar, and with her .the following Were assisting in charge of the stalls: Produce and cakes,;Mesdames V. H. Hobday, A. Gamlin, L. A. Walters and C. R. Davies; sewing, Mesdames C. W. Solomon, E. A. Mitchell, J. A. Hansen, W. T. Wells and D. Price: toys, Mrs., and Miss Cassidy and Miss D. Lowe; sweets, Mrs. C. W. Abbott, Misses 2. Harrison, H. Wilson and B. Hobday; tea-rooms, Mesdames T. Dee, N. Davies, 1 F. White, B. Sutherland, Misses L. Hill, N. Bennett, V. Reardon, N. Hornby; hoop-la, Misses M. Hansen and M. Bullock; dip, Mrs. A. Symes; paper hats, Misses M. and B. White.’ . ■ ■ ■-

se In the evening an interesting prop- gramme, arranged by Mr.-C. W. Abbott, was given, the performers being Master nt Keith Davis, Master Ray Abbott, Misses id Hazel ' Hobday and Ngaere Payne, ■ Mrs. be C. W. Abbott, Misses M. Hansen, E. ry Davis, H. Wilson, B. Young, Messrs. Bert Johnson, K. Davis, A. Davis and D. tv. Haytor, Master Bill Davies, Master Keith 5r * Davis and Miss Phyllis Spooner.it. A comedy farce, “Ici on Parle Franiy cais,” was given by, the following cast: Mr. C. W. Abbott. (Mr. Spriggins), Mrs. to C. W. Abbott (Mrs. Spriggins), Mr. D. 2 . Hayton (Victor), Miss E. Davis (Anna Maria), Mr. B. Johnston (Major Rattan), >x Miss M. Hansen (Mrs. Major Rattan), 3S Miss B. Young (Angelina). Id Competitions.resulted: Three-tier cake, Mrs. L; C. Harrison I,’ Mr. J. A. Schinkel (n 2. Mr. E. Cooke 3; hoop-la cake, Mrs. J. id T. Clague; vanishing tea, Mrs. J. E. Crompton; hearth rug,. Mrs. Hardwick; re dinner, Miss A. Norton; chocolates, Mr. J, Hansen; paper 'hats, Nos. 62,-1 and d : " ,T . ~ ‘ BOWLING IN SOUTH TARANAKI. PARK EASILY ■ DEFEATS HAWERA. ■ e Wins for every team were-secured by Park bowlers in a banner match against , e Hawera on; the Hawera green in ideal j weather yesterday. The margin in Park’s favour was 104 points to - 57.

Hawera colts (Payne, Hall, Fraser, Hostick) defeated Park (Trigger, T. Walsh, Wieper, Cox) by 39 points to 17. OKAIAWA NEWS. . GIFT EVENING TO MISS MURDOCH.

A large party of friends,. both younj and old, of Mr. aind Mrs. C. Murdoch visited the latter’s residence on Monday J night, the occasion being a surprise gif: ! evening for their daughter, Miss Thelmt ' Murdoch, who is shortly to be married ' Cards and dancing prevailed until a late hour. Mr. Dave Johnston, on’ behalf oi those present, asked Miss Murdoch tc accept a varied assortment of gifts and ’ wished her every happiness. In replying, Miss Murdoch thanked all for their kindness, and said how. glad she was to see all her friends once again, after being’ absent from Okaiawa so long.'•A beautiful bouquet, the work of Mrs. O. Crawford, was presented to Miss Murdoch by. little Valerie ( . Hodge. . Musical honours were given, and supper was served. A pleasant evening .was brought to a close by the singing of Auld Lang Syne.' ■•' '■ ‘ ■ : Arrangements are being made for the Okaiawa School’s Junior Red Cross bazaar. Mrs. Lees is visiting New Plymouth. •Mrs. Wilson is the guest of Miss G. Lees. •' ’ /- . . GENERAL ITEMS. ) Details are now available of the record made by Mr. A. J. Dempsey’s pedigree cow Omagh Opal. Mr. Dempsey is a member , of the Kaponga Jersey . Cattle Club. With a record of 623.23 lb. of fat in 365: days as a junior tv/o-year-old, this cow brought herself into prominence in. being third in her class in the group, testing for New Zealand. Like the first two cows, eligible for the gold medal, Omagh Opal did, not calve on or before the specified date, namely,.November 18. However, on November 23 the. cow; gave birth to twin heifers, and Mr. Dempsey feels he has been well rewarded, although he regrets losing the gold medal by such a small margin. , The successes in. rifle shooting of R. V. Nowell, son of Mr. -V. 'W. Nowell, Lakeside, ■ Hawera, who is attending Scots College, Wellington, include the Lady Godley Challenge Cup, which is awarded to the best shot in the cadet company together with the Defence! Department’s gold medal; red badge with gold .crossed rifles and gold ' star for champion, shot- of the cadet, battalion of the Wellington. Regiment; khaki■ crossed rifles and star for champion shot of the college; N.Z. marksman’s badge; also the red .rifle and star ■ signifying Empire marksman, for high scoring in the Imperial Challenge Shield competition in which Nowell scored 94 out of 100. Officers of the Loyal Union Lodge, Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, elected at Hawera ori 1 Tuesday . night were: 1.P.N.G., Bro. L. Lewis; N.G., Bro. C. Miles; V.G.,„8r0. C. J. McFadyen; E.S., Bro. J. Vinten. . • z - - <

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0 Details' are:— P. H. Walsh, Carter, Butler, - Hotter (s) 33 — 4 Marter, Fossey, E. J. Squire, J. Y. Hall (s) -r 12 U Rayner,, Brentford, MacKenzie, -Chadwick (s) ...... 22 - Buckrell, C. Lovell, Williams, Canning (s) — 16 X Williamson, Parkinson, A. Barnett, Smith (s) ' 23 — e J. Tait, H. G. Gibson, Gooddup, Townsley (s) — 14 e Sheehan, Martin, Murdoch, , ■ •' .V .. 26 — r Barltrap, Baker, Kendall, Met Cormick (s) J.......... — 15 r Totals 104 57