Provincial PARAGRAPHS 121t

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 155, 19 July 1937, Page 11

Provincial PARAGRAPHS 121t

Our Own Oorrespondents.)

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O.HB. Queen Carnival. Porangahau, with 5600 .votes, still occnpies first place an the order of voting in the Central Hawke 's Bay Bugby Sub-Union' s queen carnival. Takapau, with 4800, and Waipukurau, 4800, are seeond and tkird respectively. The voting in the other centres is as follows: Otane-Omakere-Te Aute, 3970; Ongaonga- Waipa wa, >8294; TikokinoWaipawa, 600. The total amount colleeted to date us £288 11/-. Wintry Conditions. Wintry conditions prevailed throughout Gentral Hawke 's Bay on Saturaay. j Gontinuai rain made conditions un- . pleasant, and all football and golf fiv- 1 tures were cancellfld. Chess Results. An enjoyable evenmg was apent by botlh winners and losers at the Wai- ! pukurau Chess Olub on Friday night. | In the championsliip matehes, Neild ! beat Wilson, G. O. Stapleton beat ] iieckin, Powler beat Little, and Huiit- j iey Walker beat Wilson. Club games i fesuited as folloW; Little beat Neild, j Wilson beat Neild, Broadbelt beat Huntley Walker, Neild beat Broadbelt. • Fowler beat Broadbelt, Barker beat G. '■ H. Stapleton, G. .H. Stapleton beat , Barker, Broadbelt beat Reckin, Hunt- j iey Walker beat Wilson. "500" Evening. The weekly "500" card party was held iu the supper-room of the Clive Publie Hail, when there was the usua.1 large attendance. Tlie results were : Ladies, Mrs B. Tuki 1, Mrs A. Dockary 2, consolation Mrs Geo Merritt; Gentiemen, Mf E. Hayne 1, Mr Skinner 2, consolation Mr Mclntyre A savoury supper was served at the close of play by the ladies' committee. Clive Library. The monthly iueetiug of the Clive Publie Library Committee was held last sveek, Mr J. Heilyer presiding over Mrs Prauk Merritt, Misses B. Merritt. M. McGrath, M. Heilyer, and Mr Frank Merritt. It was decided to enter into an exdhange of books with Otane and Ormondville libraries, Foi'ty hew books TVere put on the shelves last Week. Books may now be got from tbe library at a charge of 3d, per book. Loyal Abbotsford Loiige. The fortnightly meeting of the Loyal Abbotsford Lodge, Manehester Unity Oddfellows, the N. G. Bro, N. MacPherson, presiding over a fair attendance of members. Two candidates were initiated into the lodge, and one was proposed for membership. , It was decided that' tbo social committee should meet and consider the m&tter of social activities for the remaindef of the winter months. P.G. Bro. H. J* Milter, of Wellington, Was appointed to represent the lodge at the jubilee gathering of the Lodge Officers' Fidelity Guafantee Fund, to be held in Wellington on July 28.