WAIPAWA

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1685, 15 June 1904, Page 29

WAIPAWA

(From Our Own Correspondent.) The new valuations for Waipawa rating district have been received from the Valuation Department, and there i® much adverse opinion because the increase has been on an extraordinarily high scale; in some instances valuation® have risen 100 per cent. Land recently purchased at JS3O an acre has increased, to ,£80; another case £175 lias risen to £305. One property that was raised £4-000 three years ago has been again raised and is now £BOOO, and the most t&~ markable instances quoted have been raised 300 and 400 per cent. The first match in the second round of the Shield football competition was played on the Empire Grounds cn Wednesday afternoon between the Ormondville and Waipawa Chios. The game resulted aa follows:—Waipawa, 12 points (D. O’Reilly two tries, W. Etecleton one try, Jno. Moloney one try); Ormondville, 3 points (one try). Mr G. Lomas, the referee, ordered an Ormondville man from the field for rough play. The play was somewhat uneven at times rough, and the Waipawa team lacked combination.

A very sad little tragedy is reported from the Argyle. new settlement, which resulted in the death of Ivy Neville Green, daughter of Mr W. Green, of Hampden. Briefly the case is this: The child was staying with her aunt, Mr® Pedersen, of Argyle. About 5 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon Mrs Pedersen left her alone in the house while she went to get the cows for milking. Shortly after leaving the house she hoax'd a scream, and on looking round, saw flame® issuing from the house. Mrs galloped her horse back, and to her ha> ror, saw her niece standing by the wire fence enveloped in flames. A neighbour, who had also seen the flames, arrived about the same time. The child’s clothing was absolutely burnt away, excepting the collar bands. A messenger went for medical assistance and neighbours assisted to put out the fire and to wrap the sufferer in oil cloths. Dr Reed, who arrived as quickly as possible, did all that was possible, but the child died from shock shortly after midnight. As a lighted candle was found under the bed, it is surmised that the child was seeking her toys, which were often put there iu a box, and had ignited her clothing. The medical evidence at the inquest disclosed a dreadful state of burns. The flesh had been burned away from parts of the body, only the soles of the feet escaping injury. From the appearance of the sufferer, the doctor had no hope of recovery. A verdict of accidental death was returned by the coroner's jury, and also that no blame was attachable to anyone. June 11th.