WAIPAWA.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4926, 30 May 1887, Page 3

WAIPAWA.

I OWN COERKSrONDKNT. | This day. A young boy named Maurice O'Connor was arrested at Wallingford a few days ago and lodged iv the lock-up here, pending tho receipt of tho warrant issued at Masterton, and on Saturday he was forwarded to Napier to undergo a sentence of It days' imprisonment. I believe a summons was issued against him in the first place for shooting out of season at Ma>tor ton. As he foolishly ran away instead of appenring tho sentence named was passed aud the warrant issued. It seems a pity to send a lud of 10 to herd with criminals on such a charge. The postponed fancy dress ball in aid of the fire engine fund is "to be held on Friday next, and the bazaar in the week followiuir. Great preparations are in progress for both events, .'tnd it is whispered that somo of tho dresses for the first event will be far in advance of anything seen in Waipawa on any previous occasion. To-day is tho last on which claims or objections i" respect of tho county rulis of Waipawa and Pataugata, and the Waipawa Town Board may be sent in. It is said that the last-named is not nearly right, but -', .. whether anyone will take any steps in tho matter or not lam not aware. Since the S**- Town Board declines to interfere private individuals scarcely feel that it is a duty devolving on them. But there is a lot of talk about it. Mr Rathbonc has ploughed up and intends to plant with trees the whole of the hill-side on the road to the Btation, where the celebrated slip used to be. This will greatly improve the appearance of that side of the town. It is a fact that the last flood carried away several piles and left a huge gap in the breakwater near Avism's, intended to turn tho Waipawa into tho Tuki Tuki again without going round by Homewood, Te Ante swamps, aud Patangata. My informant says the works were continued across the river, and a large quantity of debris was detained against them, which in time held up the water much higher above than below the breakwater, and the weight of water at last forced a passage. Oddly enough tho washed-out piles lodged on the property of Mr Dillon, the chairman of tho River Board.