WAIPAWA.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IX, Issue 117, 3 May 1919, Page 2

WAIPAWA.

(Own Correspondent.) The local bakers have reduced the price ot bread iruiu old to uci per ioat, um have ceased delivering irorn house to house as li'om Ma> ist. Mr. it. W. Toda lias disposed of Ins piuirmai:)- business to Mr. E. 11. Leigh, M.i’.a., of U aipukuruu, and the enuugu l.lives puce miiuediatelj . At tue annual meeting of the V»aipana County Fein aliens investment .sovietj on 1 uesoay evening, .Messrs. N. J-.eteiier, . Pehow, !iml A. E. J uii weie re-elected to the committee and Messrs. J. Dick and P. Bolt re-ap-pomted auditors. Another oaten ot soldiers belonging to tins district returned co Aaipau.i ou V» ednesUav , naiuel.v, Corporal Anstis Gvaipawa>, Driver Hamilton (iiuataiiiuna), Corporal Coles and Loos <Wnga Unga), and L'rivale horsnop i u akarara;. They stue given a luting reception at the station and tlie Municipal band plated them to tue Post Umce wnerc the men were welcoiueil by Mr. !•'. Holt. Lieutenant Chamberlain, of the

; .second native contingent., arrived at • Waipawa on Friday nigiit and was i given a hearty reception. Tne Wai- ; pawn Brass Band Society played the i trooper to the Post t.huce from the 1 train and escorted him to his home after speeches of welcome had been : ihiiiie at ttie Post Oiiice. I Tne rainfall recorded at Vl aipawa for : April amounted to lim small total 01 .j.j men : and tor ttie lour months ending April 30, 5.21 inches. 'Hie total for tne corresponding period of 1018 was 16.(>< meh. At a meeting of St. .Peter’s vestry held on Monday it was reported that a legacy of £2OO had been received from the estate of the lato Lizzie Rathbone. It was decided to apply £IUU of this sum towards the extinction of tne vicarage debt and £IUO towards additional accommodation at the Sunday School. Tne vestry were also advised that the gift of an American organ cosling about £lOO had been made by Mr. ». N. Rathbone. A hearty vote < f thanks was accorded the trustees tor tiie legacy and Mr. Rathbone for the gift of the organ. It was decided to send a letter of thanks to -Mr. John A. McLean, Havelock, tor the gift of a carved book rest lor use on ttie altar of St. Peter's Church. The meeting decided to invito subscriptions towards the cost of a brass tablet for the church in memory of those who laid down their lives in the war. The annual meeting was arranged for Thursday next. A very appropriate cartoon appears m a recent “>,vdney Bulletin.” Woodrow Wilson is depicted as the boss fireman, and addresses his fellow firemen thus:— Now brethren, before putting out this destructive fire, let us draw up a few plans for erecting an indestructible building.