WAIROA.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3743, 14 July 1883, Page 2

WAIROA.

[FROM OUR OAVN CORRESPONDENT. J July 9, 1883

The weather, which has been exceptionally good for the last fcAV months, broke on Saturday Avith a stormy "sou'-easter." Mr Lascclles' first sale here Avas not what might be called a success in any way. The farming implements from tho Awamati estate were not in demand, and the chief items on the sale list did not elicit a bid, The cattle brought fairly satisfactory prices. Sydney Tuiwhanga's mission to this part of the country has not been "a big success." He will get plenty of moral support from the natives, but, from what I hear, they have not sufficient faith in his chance pf success to lay much money on the CA-ent. Mr T. McAnanaina, a small farmer in the Ohinopa'ka Valley, is at present a patient in tlie Napier Hospital. His complaint is a very serious one, and it Avill demand all the care and attention of tho hospital staff to bring tlie jiatient back to health again. Mr McAnanama is, hoAvcvcr, iv good hands Avhcn he has Dr Menzies for his medical

ach'iser, and it is to be hoped he will soon be about again.

I notice that the promoters of the Clyde-* Frasertown telephone havo received a rebuff from the Government, our sapient legislators haA-ing refused to countenance any such iniquitous proposal. It will be ro ; membered that one gentleman offered to contribute the interest on the cost of construction,- and it docs seem very sharp prac-

tico on tho part of tho Government not to execute the Avork Avhen such a liberal subsidy is offered. . For " Avays that are dark and tricks that ' are A'ain " commend me to tho GoA-ernment. On looking OA-er tho Estimates for the ensuing year I perceive that the postmaster at Mohaka gets a salary of £172; at this office tho receipts amount to about sixty pounds pet annum! At Wairoa the postmaster gets the munificent sum of £163 !_for doing six times as much v)ork, tho receipts of the Wairoa post office being over £400 per annum ! At AVaipawa the official gets nearly £210, and yet even that offico does not pay as well as AA r airoa. Verily the Go--4 vernment would appear to be acting on the Scriptural lines, "To him that hath shall be given, &c." Tho AVairoa Harbor Board Endowment Bill makes provision for an endoAvment of the AVairoa Harbor Board by vesting in the Board 10,000 acres in the Ruakiturc block; the Pilot reserve, AVairoa heads, oa. 2r. 20p. ; section 69, Frasertown, lr. lOp.; and about 00 unsold quarter-acre sections in the Clyde township—in all about 10,029 a. lr. 30p. It is not a bad endoAvment to seek after, but 1 have not much hope for the Bill from, the Government. Tho tender mercies of the House of Representatives and " The AVords "do not lie in our direction. The Bill will pass, I suppose, but Avith the inside taken out of it—the endowment clauses. The next meeting of tho Clyde Mutual Improvement Society will be held on July 19th, when au essay has been promised by Mr T. Lambert on the subject of "Alcohol in Health and Disease." At thcconclusion the annual meeting of the subscribers to the Mechanic's Institute will be held for the purpose of passing the usual accounts, and electing the trustees for the next year. I am very sorry to report that the Government buildings in this town—to wit, the court house, post office, and jail—are still iv a very bad Avay. In the case of tho court house the building is iioav seveninches out of the horizontal, and the porch is falling doAvn. The Minister in charge of tho Post and Telegraph Department has relieved his conscience by erecting some private boxes, and fixing up a rail for people to tie their horses to—otherwise nothing has been done, and Avhat has been done is only tinkering. The AVairoa, post office is still the same old "kerosene tin," designed by C.E.X.Y.Z., etc., in the year of I. The jail is in a still Avor.se condition, so bad that I shall not trust my pen to describe it; its situation and general peculiarities are beyond description. I hadaome thoughts of seriously replying to " Irish Colonial's " criticism of a par in ono of my late letters from here to your journal. His letter is a rambling string of charges. He puts me down (by implication) as an Englishman, and a believer in Lady Florenco Dixie's assassination yarn; then he jumps to thcconclusion that lam one of those avlio admire the Duke of Rutland, and somebody else, for mopping up half the country to the exclusion of the majority. I deny all these assertions of your correspondent, except tho one statement—that an unhealthy feeling of disregard for the life and property of " the oppressors of Ireland" prevails throughout " that country, and it is to my mind a weighty evidence of the amount of Avrong Avhich the land laAVS have inflicted on Erin. "The potato is cooked." * July 12, 1883. The Clyde Sunday School held tlie usual treat in Mayo's Hall on AVednesday, 11th. Tea was served at 5 p.m., the tables being almost too liberally supplied Avith edibles. After tho tables Avere cleared addresses were delivered by the Revs. Riddle, Goodyear, Lambert, and Mr R. Penty, the several speakers addressing words of advice and encouragement to the children and teachers, and urging parents to send their children with greater regularity, and more fully prepared. The church choirs (combined) rendered some sacred pieces very nicely during the o veiling, Miss Light and Mr Light playiug the accompaniments for the ■ the several pieces. The proceeds amounted to over £10.