EASTER ATTRACTIONS

Taranaki Daily News, 31 March 1934, Page 5

EASTER ATTRACTIONS

RACING, CRICKET, FOOTBALL • ■ .*• f . * BEACH GALA DAYS AND DANCES.; BACE MEETING AT WAITOITOI. ' H yesterday’s weather is any augury of tlie weather to be expected for the remainder of Easter, the many attractions arranged-should benefit materially. = Chi&f among them are sports and. gala«, but for those who wish only for a.quidj holiday Taranaki's numerous scenicattractions should cater admirably.. . , ' J Easter this year will sound the. death knell of summer sport and the ringing in of winter games. The final Hawke Cup challenge cricket match; of |he season will begin at Pukekura Park this morning. Taranaki has, since winning;;4he cup at Nelson at Christmas • time, stayed off several challenges, and has strong team for to-day’s match. - ' - The Hawera Trotting Club’s meeting will be held to-day and on Monday. Good fields are the rule, and the meeting promises much. For those who like the “gallops” in a free and easy atmosphere of a holiday crowd, with novelty events and enticements, the Waitoitoi beach races to-day should be welcome. The meeting has been revived after - two closed seasons.

At its links at Waiwakaiho the New Plymouth Golf Club to-day is holding its annual Easter tournament and Taranaki championship. The qualifying rounds will be played to-day and match play will be on Monday and Tuesday, " with the final on Tuesday afternoon. There are 102 entries, including some notable players from other provinces. The Fitzroy club will hold a tournament com- _ mencing at the Fitzroy links to-day. Rugby football will have its official opening in various parts of the province. The well-established seven-a-side tournament at Kaponga will be held to-day, while at Tariki a junior ten-a-side tournament will be held on Monday. At Western Park, New Plymouth, Old Boys , will play Wanganui Old Boys, a side which includes the splendid All Black winger Bullock-Douglas, reckoned to be the best three-quarter in New Zealand to-day. The New Plymouth team has several Taranaki representatives. ■? For bowlers there will be a tournament at Hawera at Easter, while the New Plymouth clubs have arranged several competitions. There is also a one-day •- bowling tournament at Urenui on Easter Monday. Two sports meetings have been arranged at different ends of the province on Easter Monday. At Pukearuhe splendid nominations have been received in axemen’s and novelty events. Aotuhia forms a distinct contrast, the- setting-13 miles inland from Whangamomona being in the heart of the bush. ' ■ Riflemen are catered for by the Taranaki rifle championship meeting at , Waiwakaiho, which opened yesterday. Fishermen will have the opportunity of whipping their favourite streams, as the season is rapidly drawing to a close. Tin hare racing, a novelty ■ to, North Taranaki, will be inaugurated at Pukekura Park to-night. '

A hockey tournament has been arranged at Waitara on Monday. ... Gala days will be held in several parte’ . of the province. At Kawaroa Park on Monday there will be an endless array of amusements for young and old, with a’ ? flag five hundred tournament in the evening. Tataraimaka will also hold agala on Monday, with a large carnival dance in the evening. Dances all over the province will herald the season. They will range from one of the social events of the year, the New Plymouth High School old boys’ ball at. the school on Monday to carnival dances at New Ply*- • mouth and throughout Taranaki