WAIPAWA.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8457, 3 September 1889, Page 3

WAIPAWA.

(FKOM OUK OWN CORRESPONDENT.) September 2 1889. Yesterday saw the largest funeral procession that bas ever assembled in Waipawa followed the remains of* poor young Johnson to his last home. Out of respect to.Mr B. B. Johnson, many settlers from outside settlements were preseut, and the Oddfellows from various Lodges and the local Lodge (of which the deceased was a member) mustered strongly. Eighty members preceded the coffin, and there were eight bearers told off from the Abbotsford Lodge. The procession was over a quarter of a mile long. The Oddfellows, on arrival at the cemetery, snrronnded the grave, and the solemn service of the United Methodist Free Church was impressively conducted by the Rev. J. Benoing. The ritnal of the Oddfellows was read by Lecture-master Hornsby. It was ft.tonehing* spectacle when poor Mr Johnson was about to witness the last iview bf the body of his first-born, and all ib/arts went ont in sympathy j especially 'as beside -the; open grave was one, only awly;>l«t*d,. JwtW, #wt sU'ttf now iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiwiiiiiiii ii iiii ii iiiii

sleep side by side, safe from the storms nf life and the weary struggle for existenwi . . , , Tho. school committee met to-day and transacted some routine business, and the meeting adjourned till 7.30 to-morrow (Tuesday) evening, when it is intended to iuterview Mr H. Hill, and obtain from him, if possible, the information as to the proper steps to take to have the Waipawa school created a district high school. The parents and friends of the school children met today to witness tho drill and exercises of the youngsters, and alse to inspect their work in the ordinary run of their studies. The whole affair passed off with eclat, and everyone was delighted. The teachers here, besides bringing the youngsters out well in their ordinary studies, can give them a training in other things which go to make the Waipawa school the best in Hawke's Bay. At the close of tbe capital entertainment provided by the children Mr Hornsby, chairman of ihe committee, proposed a vote of thanks to the teaching staff, and also granted the school a week's holidny.