CENTRAL H.B.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 35, 25 January 1932, Page 10

CENTRAL H.B.

WAIPUKURAU NEWS AND NOTES. A large number of Maoris left on Saturday for Katana, where a big meeting is being held. Mr. and Mrs. E. 11. Leigh are at present spending a holiday at their seaside place of residence, Pourerere. Miss N. Lindsay is among the many holiday-makers enjoying a few weeks at the Pourerere beach. Mrs. H. Speedy and Miss Jean Speedy (Waipukurau) were visitors to NewPlymouth last week. Mr. A. C. Bowe, headmaster of the Waipukurau District High School, who has been on holiday at Porangahau beach, has returned to Waipukurau. Mr. V. Purcell, of the staff of the Union Bank of Australasia, Waipukurau, left on I'riday for Wellington on transfer. Miss M. Hill, who has been on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. M. O’Connell, left on Friday evening for her home in Palmerston North. In addition to the list of local scholars published in Saturday’s issue as successful in the university examinations, an ex-pupil of the Waipukurau High School in the person of Mary W. Bice, who has been attending the Marsden School, Karori, Wellington. Another former local scholar who gained a pass was Molly Nicholson (Wellington). Miss G. 0 ’Connell, of Palmerston N ; th, is at present on a holiday visit i, aer parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. O’Connell, of Waipukurau. Mr. Syd. Stowe, who was a competitor on Friday at the Masterton sports meeting, was successful in winning cite one mile handicap. Mr. Stowe is a member of the Waipukurau Amateur Athletic Club.

There was a very large attendance at the funeral of the late Mrs. B. A. Fraser which took place in Takapau on Saturday afternoon, including representatives of many public and semipublic bodies, among the number being the Waipawa Hospital Board and Central Hawke’s Bay Power Board. The service at the Anglican, also that at the graveside, was conducted by the Bev. H. Blathwayt. Many beautiful wreaths were in evidence. Mrs. E. C. Hulme, who is to produce the Waipukurau Amateur Operatic Society’s next piece, “A Kuna way Girl,” returned to Levin on Saturday morning after attending a rehearsal on Friday evening. There was an attendance of over fifty, including a number of new members, and, under Mrs. Hulme’s stimulating supervision, the piece was run through with smoothness and zest. The producer stated that she was very pleased indeed with the potentialities of the company and expressed confidence in the success of the venture. Mrs. Hulme will return to Waipukurau this week, remaining till after the presentation. It may not be generally known that already a contribution towards the community gardening schemes of unemployed relief exists in Waipukurau, several local sympathisers with the objective having planted about half-an-acre of the District High School ground in potatoes and pumpkins. These crops are in a flourishing state of progress toward maturity. The seeds involved in this effort were donated by publicspirited citizens. It would appear that some folk are making a systematic business of robbing orchards in the country districts around Waipukurau. Several residents have reported that their trees have been stripped of plums and peaches and in one instance black currants and loganberries were taken.