WAIPAWA.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10894, 20 April 1898, Page 4

WAIPAWA.

8 (fSOM OTJB OWN COBKESPONDEHT.) 5 April 19, 1898. The details of the reoent effort to olea i Walpawa pailoh from debt are a« fol i lowa:— At St. Peter's, Walpawa, £59 6 i lOd ; Te Ante, £44 4i 5d ; Kalkora, £ ; 8i ; Patangata, £3 6s 2d ; total £116 6 [ sd, This total differs from what I nen i yea befoie, as I had Included a sum c I £20 ralied separately aa interest gnarai teed. The Eaitet offertory la Included 1 ! the amounts stated, and the total em I relied In the pariah daring the year wl r amonnt nearly to £500. There appears t ; be tome haziness lo the pnblfo mind abon . this matter, therefore it may ba well t t explain that the parish debt was oilgk : ally £450 on the vicarage and £200 on SI I Jamei' Chnrob, Ealkora, In all £65( > This was rednoed grsdna'ly to £280. M : Gardiner determined on another eflfai i this year, with the remit that the Us bllliles on the whole patiab are reduoe • to £165. > At the Aweismenb Coart on Satnrda; i afternoon the following farther olijeotion were heard and dealt with;— Norl Raatanlwha: H England, objeotlon t | area allowed. W. Rathbone and JLIbsI I Rathbone (Uampden), acreage exoesstve t rednosd and vain 9 made proportionate I Holdern Brcs. and James Howard, n 1 appearanoe, value sustained, Ealgh Bros.! only ooouplers, allowed, W. Kith bone, Abbotsford tan, value sustalaed Mrs Herriok. Foreat Gate, rednoed to oil value. J Pettlt, objaoted to 63 ; with i drawn and seotloa transferred to J. P Beaohen, J. Pdttlt, objected to area, 96! nores rednoed to 940 Sydney JobnstoD Ornawbaro, reduoed from 42 000 to 36,001 aoreß. F. C Ritjahns, J. Wood, S M'Greevy, M. Sobley, and G. Tate, die nob eppear and valuation sustained k eech oonfl, W, Rathbone (Hadley town' ship) objeoted that area and valne wai exoessive, reduced by 16 cores, nrea ol eeoblona to b» re-odjaated, capital value rednced to £6 per nore, and area to be reduoed to the number of af otlona shown In deed. Walpawa town distrlot: W. Rathbone, values exoenelve. All bustalced except part book 45, "bnllook piddook," whloh was reduced from £50 to £40 pbr aore. Dt. Ross objeoted that he was not ownei of seotlons 102 and 23, whioh was allowed and transferred. Tbe Waipiwa Dramatic Clnb met last night, when there wai a good attendance, Mr W. H. Bennett presided. The balanoeisheet of the laat performance was reed and adopted. The aeoretary reported the receipt of a stock of plays, raikenp bnx, &0., from London, and a vote of tbanks wbb pasted 1 1 Mr Brad•haw for seleotlng and for.Tr, ''ng them, It wae resolved to stags " Caeta " In June, for the benefio of a looal Institution, The oharaobers were a'lotted as follows:— George D'Alroy, Mr W. B. Bennett; Captain Hawtree, Dr. Reed : Sim Gerrldge, Mr Standley ; Eooles, Mr Wblttlngton t Dlzon, Mr Parry • Esther, Miss J, Sebley ; Polly, Mr E Sebley : Msrshioness, Mies Bogle. Messrs King, Llddell, and Goigrove were eleoted members of the olnb. Mr J. Mogrldge was appointed prompter. The secretary was authorised to get band parts and mnsio .fortheorabestra. The first rehearsal of " Caste " to take plaoe on Monday next.