WAIROA.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11590, 17 July 1900, Page 4

WAIROA.

[from our own correspondent.] My 16, 1900, Our roada are veritable sloughß of despond, and our sea communication is very intermittent, bo we are often in a pitiable plight, not knowing the whereabouts of " Bobs," the Boxers, or even our own Premier. Thanks to the Telegraph Department for the scrappy news sent daily. The last steamer brought no less than eight papers (Hbhalds) for us to peruse. At the last meeting of the Debating Society Mr Neill contributed a paper on " Wit and Humor," for which he received a vote of thanks. The Eev. T. A. Cato occupied the chair. Our Patriotic Demonstration Committee are very muoh alive, and making preparations for the great peace day, which we hops is not far off, An appeal is being made to the settlers to uphold them in their efforts to make the peace celebrations worthy of the district, and to have erected as a memento of the close of the war a flagstaff and rotunda, which will not only be useful, but "a thing of beauty," on the river bank fronting the Marine-parade. Mr Jitmea Uaughley, the new assistant master, commenced duty last week, and Miss B. Sargieson, who was relieving, has left for Havelook, to which school she has been permanently appointed as mistress. Mr David Jones, son of our worthy pilot, was united in the bonds of wedlock to Miss Gray, of Gisborne. The marriage ceremony took place in St. Paul's, and was performed by the Eev. T. A. Cato. The bride web dressed in a sensible walking dress of grey material, and after the ceremony the marriage party were driven all round the township and as far into the country as they dared go. As the bridegroom is one of the crew of the Tangaroa, that vessel, which was at the wharf, flew every available piece of bunting in his honor. Bushfalling is in full swing, the contractors making the most of their time. It is a crying shame that so much valuable timber is being destroyed in this district while we are importing so muoh sawn material for building purposes. Is there no sawmiller on the outlcok for a payable business P The Government has appointed the 19th inst. as Arbor Day, but with the supineness characteristic of many of our local bodies, there is no indication that a solitary tree will be planted. Gisborne is olamoring for money to be, expended in ioads, railways, &c, while we of Wairoa, sitting with folded hands, say "Taihoa." We offered the services of an infantry and a mounted company of volunteers to the Government, but neither was ac-! cepted. The natives of Te Uhi are now 1 petitioning for a mounted native company with, I prediot, the same result. We »re truly a negleoted \ portion of the Waiapu electorate. We get votes for many things, but owing to the apathy of I hose who ought to administer them, the votes lapse and we are in the position of ".A a you were before." We say « Advance, Wajroa ! " but that's about as far as it gets,