3D CREDIT BALANCE

Taranaki Daily News, 12 April 1935, Page 8

3D CREDIT BALANCE

WHAKAMARA HOCKEY CLUB. ANNUAL MEETING HELD. The annual meeting of the Whakamara Hockey Club was held on Monday. Mr. T.' E. Christie presided over a good attendance and reported on a successful season, the team meeting with fair success. The balance-sheet showed a credit of '3d. The following officers were elected:— Patron, Mr. A. J. Davies sen.; president, Mr. L. E. Christie; vice-presidents, Messrs J. Dobson, A. Wrigley, J. Gulliver, H. R. Scott and S. P. Buckrell; secretary, Mr. Alex. Davies; club captain, Mr. H. le Fleming; vice-captain, Mr. Alex. Davies; social committee, Messrs. S. Wrigley, J. Maunder and C. Dobson. Donations were received from Mr. A. J. Davies, D. Smith and Mr. Lennon. A vote of thanks was accorded Mr. Davies for the use of his paddock, and to Mr. J. Christie, retiring secretary..

Flag 500 Evenings. A successful 500 party was held in the hall, in aid of the Women’s Division, visitors being present from Manutahi and Mokoia. Prizes were won by Miss T. Skevington and Messrs. J. Hawken, A. Herbert and C. Dobson. The hockey club held a 500 tournament on Friday and it was very successful financially.- The following. were the prizewinners: Mrs. ,J. Gulliver and Mrs. Arthur Davies, Messrs. C. Dobson and J. Wrigley. Consolation prizes were won by Messrs. H. le Fleming, A. and S. Wrigley and J. Dobson. Prizes for the most flags were won by Mrs. le Fleming and J. Wrigley. Mr. Jack Christie has left to take up a position at Wellington.

MR. L. COCKER TRANSFERRED. .TRIBUTES OF POULTRYMEN. To farewell Mr. L. Cocker, who has for some years been Government poultry instructor for Taranaki; and who has been transferred to Christchurch, poultrymen of South Taranaki and their wives assembled at the home of Mr. A. Hopkins at Hawera on Wednesday. The work of Mr. Cocker as instructor and the value of the information and help which he had given were referred to by Messrs. G. S. Bates (Poultry Board), E. M. Galvin (Hawera branch of the Federation of Poultry Producers), A. Hopkins (Minorca Club), and G. Gaylard (Taranaki Egg-Laying Competition Society); They thanked him for his help and interest and wished him success and prosperity in' the future. On behalf of the poultrymen of the district, Mr. G. Harding presented Mr. Cocker with a silver pencil, expressing the best wishes of South Taranaki people. It had given him great pleasure to work among the poultrymen of Taranaki, sajd Mr. Cocker in reply. He felt that he was leaving the province carrying with him the goodwill of those with whom he had been associated. His best reward was to know that they had an organisation, in which he urged them -all to work together for the good of the industry. He expressed thanks for all that had been done to make his time in Taranaki so pleasant, ahd for the gift that had been presented to him. During the evening there were games and dancing, music for which Was played by Miss D. Swadling and Messrs. D. Eustace, B. Hopkins and F. and C. Parkinson. Miss A. Whyte sang. FARM SCHOOL AT HAWERA. COMBINED SUPPORT SOUGHT. The holding of a farm school at Hawera on the lines of that held last winter is again contemplated. Last year’s effort was organised solely by the South Taranaki Herd Testing Association, but this year the association is seeking wider support and has asked for the assistance of the Farmers’. Union, the Egmont A. and P. Association,' the South Taranaki Winter Show Co. Ltd., the Hawera Borough' Council, and the Hawera Chamber of Commerce.

It is anticipated that the school will be self-supporting and that no financial aid would be required from these bodies, but it is felt that widespread interest in the organisation and conduct of the school will ensure an even greater measure of success than was experienced last year.