OPUNAKE.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 July 1918, Page 8

OPUNAKE.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) On Wednesday evening the Boy Scouts presented Scoutmaster Rev. T. H. Walke with a fountain pen, 011 the eve of hii departure fyora here to Shannon. Tlso scout b.-.vs' mothers entertained the lav. Mr. and M"S. Walke and the scouts to supp;\ and a very pleasant evening wi.s spent by aLI flv; o|i:muke football team de; siveiv defeated Kuponga on Saturday by 13 point* to nil. Hn* is the first tunc Kuponga has been defeated this sea;jn. On Tuesday and Wednesday th-: Oli'siolics organised a "Paddy's .Market'-' in aid of the funds of the church. The function was very successful, arid jt is autie'toated close on £21)0 v.-ill l.e netted. The Town Hall was laid out like a big market-place, the l»-ge taibles being usei' to display the various articles, which included everything werable and c-atable. The attendance oi the public each aftornoon and evening was good. The market eluded with, a dance, which also was tv.ll atr.eic.lni J. Humphries' orchestra provided the ltnsie Vhe following ve:e in charge of the tariou* stalls:— l Opun.i.ci stall. Mrs. Morin, lliekey, and Miss ]Jo Castro ; Oaonui siali, Mctdamcs J. F-a ver, jn'n , and* 0. Cro~s; Pihama stall. Mesdaine n l>ead sr,.l Krsbinson; iv'reshnient rooin. Mrs. W. J. S. Dii'iby, assisted by Mi'?- 1 I<r.-s and Misses !h Castro-(-/ and Ma .-re''nobis (0): so'v drinks stall. Mcr.iy , n;i Arnold |!i..'vjy. Dicing the ii Tilth something I'ki-. £:VJO has been re : se.l i,v local chii'Y 1 ! orjjanisatiiius Dr. j-hnrjie i- still absent. from I'-ie district owing to illness- In the meantime we have to kiip as v. ill as we can. The military authorities take, in a few weeks' time, our only dentist, ~sn that when we get severe toothache we will have to put up with all the ailments that the human llesh is heir to. The expense of motoriuz -10 miles to see a dentist is more than workers can afford in times like these