WAVERLEY.

Patea Mail, Volume XXXIX, 20 July 1914, Page 3

WAVERLEY.

By Our Resident ttejwesentative,

POLITICAL REFORM LEAGUE.

A well attended and enthusiastic meeting of supporters of the Eeform Party was held in Waverley on Friday, Mr T. Lisle representing the Expcutive of the League being present. After Mr Lisle had addressed tho meeting the following officers of the branch of the Lnagiia wm eleoted : -President—Mr A- Howie ; Vice-Presidents—Messrs Q. Dickie, S. Napier, W. H. Catkin, and W. G Be) ton. Mr H. Dickie was eleoted Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, and a strong committee was fo*med to further the interests of the League in the near j future, j

WHENUAKURA-WAITOTARA ROAD BOARD. A meeting of the Whenuaknra. Waitolara Eoad Board was held in the Town Board's meeting room on Friday afternoon, Mr D DoDonald presiding. Messrs W. Wilson, B, Symes and G. Alexander were also present. The minutps of the previous meeting, were read and confirmed. Accounts amounting to £l4 7s Id were passed for payment, The Clerk reported the balances to be as follows;—No 2 ward, cr £132 5s lid; No 4 ward, or £l4l 9a 8d ; No 1 wnrd, dr £7l9slod: No 3 ward dr £B2 18s lOd; No 5 ward, dr £76 17s 4d ; Third? dr £4 4e. v A letter was received from the Bailway Department asking for particulars of what repairs ware required at the railway crossing. It was decided 'that the Clerk explain to the Department what the Board wanted. The meeting thpn adjourned.

NOTES. There was quite a heavy fall of snows on the back country inland of Waverley on Friday last. There is to be a special sitting of the Magistrates Court at Waverley on the 29th of July. Messrs J. E. Palmer and W. J. Davis were on Thursday sworn in as Justices of the Peace by Mr W. Kerr, S.M. Particulars of Me'ssrß Dalgety and Co's Wavealey Sale on Friday next are advertised in this issue. Mr W. H. Watkins, of Kobi, has disposed of part of bis property there, to Mr J. Blennerhassett of Karahaka, at a satisfactory figure. •A farm of 104 aores with new house, oovr shed, etc., three miles from the Waverley Post Office, is advertised for lease in this issue. The enohre party that was to have been held at the Mouldahaki Hall, on Tuesday 14th, and whioh had been postponed owing to bad weather will' take plaoe to-morrow night, A meeting of the Mourn ah aki Horticultural Sooiety will be held on July 29, to oonsider the question of holding the next show at Waverley in place of in the Ngutuwera Hall. Mr E P Symes had the misfortune to cut his hand very b»dly last Friday afternoon, the wound requiring some eight stitches. The trim which usually arrives in Waverley at 1.49 was delayed for nearly an hour on Saturday through the tablet being over carried by the goods train. There is on view in Messrs Muir and Son's window a very pretty cup presented by Mrs A. G. Harvey for the ladies' championship of the Waverley Golf Club. On Friday morning the 11.30 train run into a cow juet as it was entering the station yard. The train waa pulled up very quickly. The only damage done was to the cow which was considerably knocked about. About eight o'clock on Friday -evening the fire bell rang out and brought a good number of people out of doors A. glare in the sky showed the direction of the fire and the report was soon current that it was a well known Settler's homestead but this was soon proved to be untrue and shortly after it was learned that a truck of furniture belonging to Mr Birchall which had just been loaded at the racecourse sidiog had taken fire. The driver of the goods train going north noticed the fire and sounded the «.iarui by continuous whistling of fcae engine, when they reached the statiou an attempt was made to get some of the goods off but there was not any water available and nothing could be done, almo&t everything being destroyed. The truck in which it was loaded was also badly damaged. We understand that the insurance for transit had not been taken out and Mr Birchall will therefore be a very heavy loser by the fire.