Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 21 February 1949, Page 2

Local & General

Feisonal Mr.?vL. -Housiaux, :of Rangiuru Road, has ■ been visiting Auckland on holiday. ... MeSsrs. -S. Harvey, M." LarseH, • T. V. Cahill arrd- O. Ni.sson-, who havebeen On a short visit to Taranaki, returned to Otaki on -Friday. Mr. W. T. Dodds, of Tasman Bfeach, who has been in Wellington Hospital, returned to nis h'o'me on Friaay and is' reported to be'improving reasonably well. •' Mr. and Mrs. S. Stewart, of Wellington, accompamed by Ivlrs. G. Maxe, who are holidaying in Waikanae, were renewing friendohips whiie visiting Otaki at the weekend.

Cycling Performances Des. Smitn, the iocal cycylist, was sucsessxul in securing seooriU piace in tiie junior miie at tne provincial hardtrack cycling qualifying events at Nelson on Saturday. P. Blonifield, formerly of Otaki, was third in the ten miie event at' Wanganui. Functions Well Attended A Paddy's market . on Friday afternoon, held in the Anglican Hall in aid of. the Farmers' Queen, attracted a large attendarice an'd an excellent result is reported;Competitions were wan by Miss N. Verrant, Mrs. M. MCGilligan and Mrs. Jarman, and Miss Ba'hey. The Textiles Queen Committee neld a shop day on Friday and good business was experienced, On Saturday a garden -party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. 'Taylor drew a satisfactory attendance and during the afternoon the • Otaki Band pleased with several fine selections. Scene Of Activity Following heavy rain early on Sunday, the sun snone brightly in the latter part of the morning and continued to shine for the 'rest of the day, with the result that the Otaki Domain presented a busy scene in the afternoon. Loca. marching teams were in evidence, with the Otaki Band assisting them in their preparation for forthcoming important engagements. Cricketers were also present, indulging in a friendly game, while^' to the delight of young and old alike, feveral trials were staged in corihection with the forthcoming greyhound races, to be held on the domain on Saturday next.