Chopping.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 255, 20 April 1906, Page 2

Chopping.

There is no more pnriular pport indulged in in thia district (han woodchopping, and many private matches hive teen d-cided reueoily. Id our advertising columns Mr Slater chai tenges to chop Mr L. G- Kearns. F r Rome weeks past the question of holding an Axemen's Carnival at Ka•whit has been -freely discussed, amis Mr E. Fa 1 wasser took the matter ufl with his usual and emvasse® the town, the result being that ova® £l6 was promised. A meeting held on Wednesday last tofarriinge details (Mr Falwasser in the chair) when it was decided to bold a carnival at Maketu on Friday, June 1 Officials were appointed and a liberal pro gramme drafted, which appears in our advertising columns.

Owing to the length of the programme nt the recent Kinohaku Oar nival, it will be remembered (bat the L >cil Championship (ter a g >ld medal) was left to be decided at a future date. Easter Monday was decided on, and on that day a nice little afternoon's spout wag arranged and decided on suitable grounds near Mr J. Bhaw's, about eight miles* from Kinohaku. Baautiful weather prevailed, come qnently thaja. wag a very large attend, auoe. Refreshments were provided by Mr and Mrs J. Shaw, the ladies and the committee. A very pleasant day terminated with a dance. The events resulted as follows : KINOHAKU CHAMPIONSHIP. Rerebau ... ... 1 L. Armitage .. ... 2 F. Stbkes ... ... 8 Time, Bmin. 83secs. private matches. 8. H. Carr v. W. M. Nowton.— Won by the former. 0. Tynan v. W. Wright, 14i0., block.—Tynan won in Imin. 25sec. E. Anderson v. H. Wade, 15in. block (underhand). —Anderson won. ' Time, Imin. 25secs. J. Armitage v. G. Horne 12in. and i 15in. blocks.—The former won both • events. other events. Sweepstake, 12in. block.—L. Armitage 1, Wilson 2, J. P. Wright 3. ‘ Time, BOsecs. Tug of-War, Married v. Single.— 1 The latter won after 15 minutes strain on the r<>pe. Handicap Chop, 18in. block.—E. Anderson 1, L. Armitage 2, H. Shaw 8. Ladies’ Race.—Miss Wade 1, Miss Carr 2, Mrs Carr 8. Several races for children also took place.