OPOTIKI NOTES

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 684, 8 June 1929, Page 5

OPOTIKI NOTES

The following officers were elected art \ the annual meeting of the Opotiki | Municipal Band held on Wednesday ! evening: Patron, Mr. G. S. Moody; j president. Mr. T. Hitchens, conductor, ; Mr. W. Stevens: bandmaster, Mr. J. l Smith; treasurer, Mr. H. Jackson; I secretary, Mr. if. Matthews: commit- j tee, Messrs. W. W. Parkinson. H. Mat- | thews, J. Smith, E. Wrigley and H. Jackson. The band has been placed on an i entirely new footing and during the j next 12 months residents should have j much better service than in the past. ; | An endeavour will he made to j ; strengthen the band by training young ‘ j players. i

A special meeting of the Opotikf Rugby Union was held on Thursday; night. The chairman, Mr. Burton, reported that the sole selector, Mr. McIntosh, had reconsidered his decision to resign and would carry on. The Bay Un' .1 secretary advised that Messrs. White and O’Sullivan had been readmitted to the Rugby code by the New Zealand Union. Mr. W. Wilkinson stated that there was every likelihood that the Bay of Plenty v. Waikato match would be played at Opotiki. The president of the Bay Union had asked that information be placed, before the union in connection with, the visit by the Waikato team. In the event of the match not boin? played at Opotiki the game will to Rotorua.