WAIPAWA.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3051, 6 April 1881, Page 2

WAIPAWA.

(from our own correspondent.) April 5, 1881. The Waipawa Library seems to be getting into trouble again. A few days bince an attempt was made to hold the annual general meeting, but, as on the previous year, the attempt proved abortive, and the meeting stood adjourned in consequence. It certainly looks bad for a town like Waipawa that a quorum of subscribers to in institution of such importance as the Library cannot be raked together for the purpose of electing office-bearers. There may, [ admit, be some grounds for the existing difficulties which surrounded the affair ; and those hi_tß which one constantly hears about there being " a wheel within a wheel" may be all very well in their way; but I, for one, fail to see any reason why secondary matters of this description y' should be allowed to retard the progress of that which is for the public good, and I hope, therefore, that at the adjourned meeting to-morrow evening all animus will be lost eight of and harmony restored among those gentlemen who at tbe last meeting were inclined to be somewhat belligerent. It is certainly a bad time for a quarrel, now that there is a prospect of the new building going up, and it would show more wisdom on the part of the public if they would take these tbings dispassionately into consideration instead of straining themselves x at gnats, and fighting against individuals who after all only require to be allowed enough rope to hang themselves.

The noble army of auctioneers continues to swell its numbers in Waipawa.

We hare now a third, in the person of Mr B. B. Johnson, a gentleman long and favorably known in the district, and one who is likely to succeed, if indeed such a thing as success is possible in the present depressed state of trade. The district school children are to enjoy their annual feast on Friday, and every arrangement is being made to give them a " big day." Refreshments and outdoor sports will be iudulged in during the forenoon, and in the evening a free concert will be held at the Oddfellows Hall. I observe that the gift auction craize is once more gaining ground in Waipawa. We are threatened with two of these auctions at an early date, one in connection with the Church of England, and the o'her under the patronage of the local Methodist Church. (Auythiog for a change).