KAIWAKA.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 26 March 1913, Page 3

KAIWAKA.

0 v Ooriys^A^il;:)^;^''^,..,, opening of the-Railway.Station, ; eventuated in •due-course^ and it - willbs some,tiine Ibetor6:we°~see • io^ large a gathering^gin . ; our^.jsually/rgtiiet settlements-should"" estimate "l^tlie" number afrolose; oh) 2000, :Alt Tocal arrangements were-carried-put-very creditablyjSn^^everyiiraise' is dve1 to Afcr ft" (Jfark, who financedj-tlre'; "#jple business, #tiEuj^tingX^hatV 'all javaik - afeleiiresidents should help him to carry out details. Very good.accounts, cof. ftfnctioH Jiave^already appeared in daily papers. Our weather prophetsare Bt^scaniuii'g: the 'horizon for . indication il^i^i^b-;;*Sfe:':s^* K¥^ snower^about a week- ago!, :and; taiiks. were replenishedtaaome -.extent,, /but the Greeks:are as dry as before,-grass %c game, iaittd^buslrfires- are raging worse tnan^evei, owj&g'jtb'the^.high wind blolwingT ~.,. ;; ..,,..,„.. The Kaiwaka. Annual.Sports, came. dS. tS6- day • under ideal weather :con • ditidhs. VJ"Fields were-good, and-each event w.as° keenly "■'>'Ch6^p-'r ing events'jdrew; the;,most^.attehtlon— the Cdrhmittee'' having '.to^grovidji .2*5 blocks for-'the-two events, .which. ©very year is-becoming-harder to -proqure, hut thftrbtihleincfeed irComspensated.^oj^by v'^.^ ; ect9'* tbrscto isW V chopping' matcli. 7 J The following are-'-winners eWifs-^IOO yds,. D.■; ißlair-^l, -H. Haeusler' 2' , 220' hurdles, -A/°Don»ld~ son^,,^., Diagicivich- 2 ; High' Jump,. E. Campbell ~l*'^ ;Dragiciyich2 f 440 yds hdcp,.A. .Donaldson i, J. Bragicivich;,2 ;^High Jump, horses, j S Eyre 1, L. Balderton.; 2,• .Best gent * rider,-.neyer won a prize, E, Campbell and E.Br-ownl'tie > Mile handicap, A. Donaldson „ 1,, L.,R?' rre*,2-; Best style jumping horse, S-, Eyre 1, L Cullen 2!>•• Standing: Chop,, 15inch blocks, F, Williams 1, H. L Wilson ty 'Ev Richardson 3 ; Victoria Ci oss competition,^." Eyte l, ;-.-.-R. Leslie ■2 ; S^glejLapryVßace; I. Hpgan 1, M. :fosUei#^Gir&Raj^ I. Hogan. ,%p .Steppimg ; , the chain, E. -Caropbellr-lv^A^.Stewart:^ : Maiden ohbp,l3inch blocks, J. Richardson 1, 'E^Br6wh2; 100 yds, Boys Race, F. Willians 1, I. Finlayson '2 ;- Gent Kider, R: Leslie 1, S,'Eyre 2 ; Vf '• The Concert went in good - style,. the principal performers- being Miss 'Abrams/IMT A; Campbell, Misses P. and F. Stewart and Mr Geo Wilson. The weather having cooled off, a ▼eiy citjovable dance came off afterwards.