WAIPAWA NOTES.

Bush Advocate, Volume I, Issue 69, 13 October 1888, Page 3

WAIPAWA NOTES.

(from a correspondent.) News i? an almost unknown commodity here ; business is quiet, and l6ca£malbtei_ mostly personalaffairs. The subject creating most interest to all secfiohsbf the cammunity is; the " Exhibition." Much hasten and written; aneht it, the rights and wrongs have found expression, evennn^priht, and the conclusion of the matter Will be the opening of the"* buiiding . on the sth of Dec. neact. * I have iead. and listened to a quantity, of opinions and statemßhtiJi^and I : have gathered^ the following facts from reliable sOurce^^The^aipaiva Industrial and /Art. Exhibition will be .held in - specially erected buildings on the grounds adjoining Kenilworth and Ruataniwha. roads, . and the prospectus of. the same is very exhaustive in details of the various classes of exhibits solicited. I believe th§se/pi?ospe.otus pamphlets are to Wobtained from the Hon. Secretary, 3__r B. B. Johnson, . Waipawa. ' Several offers of assistance have been made, also offers of roundabout, Punch and Judy (delight of pur youthful days* when it was with keen delight we saw Punoh Jiang the hangman), and fire works, string band, and minstrels. Stalls for the sale of confectionery and fruit, one each, will be located in the ; main 'building ., and outside ; these are to be. purchased, and ptiber sta,ll,s:of yarious, kinds will be let by tender.- An application has been received for space: and motive power, and a stand for glass cases 7 feet high. Wall space has been applied for fbr a number of works of art from Invercargill, and this week the secretary was instructed tp;take.a glass case tip. the line to hold some ? 300 coins and their descriptions. It is contemplated to li^lit the main building with electricity, and an .electrician- is to be consulted in the matter. The buildingß have been commenced, and are in active progress, 1 making an imposihg feature. : of - the town; ' The opening ceremonies are to be on a grand /sp«de. ; /ohildren Of.the pubUc .schools will furnish the vocal riiUKio, consisting . of. the "Old hundredth," / Hpwaid Ansley's emandation . of . / the . " National itothem," and ; the colonial anthem, . '^Gpd dejEend Sew.; Zealand,", so fMtberoming dear to the* colonial' tdfsSL Objects. , Practice . for these anthems will "... shortly commence ; . «|ftcuiars waft be sOnt to each sohool cOtiinitteO in Hawke's Bay, , asking the masters and teachers tp arrange for their cOrOperatipn, and arrangements he-ve been made to carry the children of these schools at specially, reduced rates. Copies of the anthems* wiH £c forwarded to all schools in the province, so that all children may assist. Mr G. W. Williamson Wili as- conductor, and so that business Will be "quite ready for the Exhibition. On the second day of -^he Exhibition Mr John Harding will plant an oak in commemoration; of the event, and the children, will sing <f My Native Land*/ A consciousness that I am exceeding allotted space compels me Jo draw to a close, when I have yet. something to say in favour of my -theme. Perhaps, though, I have said sufficient to induce some of your readers to look over the prospectus once more,, and favourably. I see Norsewood will be represented' in the cabinet-work line, and I heard of a probable exhibit by a lady in Napier, who is an r ,expert afc exhibition work, and several ladies in Waipawa purpose sending, specimens of their handy work, „ p ..-" -*.".. One of the travelling public, with a van containing jewellery, whips, note-paper, and a host of niiscelaiteous articles, set up business here last Wednesday, and did a fair share ; "times are rather quiet. Indeed things are, so tame that people have money only for shows an<| £aces; No hard times seem to affect 4hese institutions. A spiall exodus has taken place during the past few weeks, Egypt having fewer charms than the ever-fleeting, much pursued Caanan. .Some of your Danevirke cricketers will learn with satisfaction that their zeal in commencing the cricket , season wakened our cricket club up to /active practice; and so the example has been productive of good^results. Afc St. Peter's Church on Sunday

a next , Mi* &. ' W. Williamson, Lay c Reader, will deliver an address 09 \r f Temperance." Members of tho p 1.0. G.T. will attend in regalia. - Some of. -your townsfolk . may - haVe l_in,dly. ( remembrance of the , unfortunate victims of the fire in j Waipawa, on 'the 29th April t)f this *» year. Two headstones have heen r erected to their memory, John Finfc linson's by the amalgamated Bands, f and F. D. Odium's by his mates and ■ a few friends. Both are handsome ) stones, and servo as a splendid } token of good feeling.