WAIPAWA.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6931, 9 August 1884, Page 4

WAIPAWA.

(from our own corbespondent.) August 8, 1884. At the tast meeting of the Abbotsford Lodge of Oddfellows it was resolved to hold the usual Oddfellows' anniversary, the programme to comprise the customary procession and Bports, and an Oddfellows' ball in the evening. It was also resolved to proceed with the erection of a new lodge-room. As news is rather scarce, I may clironiclo the fact that a "drunk" has been fined 10s and costs. Mr A. Dillon took part in the fining process, and looked imposingly legal. None of your " Justice Shallow " style about him. A " Leap Year Ball " was given by a committee of ladies at Waipukurau on "Wednesday. The alFair went of? successfully, numbers of innocent males being " brought down." Somebody started a rumor up here tc the effect that the small-pox patient, Andrew Mouatt, was a Waipawa marl who waa supposed to be working his way out from England, whither he had gone on a trip. For some titne the rumoi was believed, and Waipawa, that possesßes the best specimens of all in nature that is wonderful or notorious, was credited with the honor of being vaguelj connected with the small-pox scare. The arrival of the newspapers containing the Preß3 message which gave Mouatt's antecSdeats, put an unfeeling Btop to out gratulations. Captain Preece attended the Courthouse on Wednesday, in hia capacity oi Resident Magistrate, and polished off o number of civil caseß. The following is a list :— Palmer and Cripps v. Whereo, judgment debt of £27 5s 2d; case adjourned to allow of a compromise being effected. — Eathbone v. Russell, claim £18. Mr Guy for plaintiff ; judgment foi amount, with costs and counsel's fee. — Annand v. Ropiha, olaim £4 2s 6d, judgment for plaintiff, with costs. — Stephens v. Miller and Potts, claim of £31 13s, judgment for plaintiff for £14 2s Bd. A number of other cases were either aettled amicably or adjourned. The County Council met yesterday. Only six councillors were present, and the business done was nnimpor^nt. On Sunday last, to the surprise and disgußt of many residents here, a person was pleased to employ himself in enlarging his house. On Wednesday night, as a Porangahau native was furiously riding across the Waipawa river he was thrown from hia horse in the centre of a shallow but rapid stream, the result being a ducking and some abrasions. A party of well-known Waipawa sportsmen, respectively named Tupman, Snodgrass, and Winkle, recently started before daylight in a pair-horse buggy for the Makaretu. They mistook their way slightly when attempting to navigate the Waipawa river, and one of the horseß got into deep water and difficulties. A member of the party pluckily entered the water, succeeded in rescuing the horse from his dangerous position, and the sporting party went on its way rejoicing. N.B. — I have a lurking notion that I have got the names of the party wrong, but there is so much political (save the mark .') excitement here that my memory is a little disturbed. I think nothing will put me right till I open a shop, to be run on strict political principles warranted to suit all parties. Mr Williamson, the new schoolmaster, will take charge of the district school about the middle of next month. Sedgewick is a part of Waipawa not often heard of, bat it illustrates a small grievance just now, and I mention the grievance and Sedgewick together. There is a road running through to the railway station, but the road is fenced across. The grievance is the lack of a gate in that fence, and the fact is mentioned in hopes that the authorities will see to the matter. I am told there is some likelihood of a private billiard-room being opened here, but I cannot state if the rumor has any foundation in fact. The pupil teachers' examination lately held at Napier resulted very creditably for Waipawa, and great praise is therefore due to Mr Fraser, to whose efforts as master the good results are due. One of the teachew from Waipawa school, Miss Arrow, received special mention from the . examiner.