WAIPAWA.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4361, 21 July 1885, Page 3

WAIPAWA.

|]?EOM OUE OWN COKRESPONDISNT.J July 21. The Abbotsford Lodge of Oddfellows

have decided to celebrate their anniversary by holding a procession, sports, dance, and supper, and the following were appointed A. the committee-—Messrs Abrahams, Arrow, iiyrcs, Brinson, Brown, C'ollctt, B. ii. Johnson, Lowe, and Young. It is very satisfactory to find that an export trade is growing up in the timber trade. Messrs Bryson, of Hampden, are about to ship a quantity to Australia, and we believe arrangements will probably bo concluded whereby the vessels which bring coals from Newcastle to Napier will take return freights of sawn timber from the mills in and around Makatoku, belonging to Messrs Gundrie, Towers, Firth, and a S?o congregation of St. John's Presbyterian Church, Waipawa, have decided against changing the hymn book at present in use for anew one entitled "Church Praise " by a small majority. There is" a talk of another mcotmg to be held at Kaikora in the interests of the proposed new county, in order to get the real promoters of the movement to the front and explain the cause of '' dissatisfaction' which Mr Dillon and the late mooting admitted did exist, but which he declined to explain. Whether the meeting will come off or not is doubtful, but certainly the real promoters will not bo among the speakers. Why should they i , I learn that the petition is still being carried round for signature, and shortly I expect to see it advertised in accordance with the Act, and not merely a portion of it. The grand Masonic ball comes off tomorrow night, when I hope to meet a large number of your Napier friends, who have ' intimated their intention to be present. Mr Watt, of Napier, is the caterer chosen for the occasion. The parents of the children attending the district schools arc much exercised at their having another week's holiday, in conseciuouco of the improvements in progress, and ' especially the school being painted throughout No one. however, seems more troubled than the head-master, who contemplates the approaching examination, for which he A considers there is no time to spare in regard to preparatory studies.