WAIROA NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15639, 5 October 1921, Page 8

WAIROA NEWS.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) 1 At Ihe meeting of the Poultry Club i on Thursday night, Mr. A. D. Blair gave notice to move at the next annual meeting (1922), “That the name .of the .society he changed from the Wairoa Poultry, Pigeon, Canary, Cat and Dog Society, to the Wairoa Poultry and Cage . Bird Society. As a. matter, of fact, dogs wen* early cut out of tlie schedules, »uid cats followed later. Anyhow, he must have been a wag who placed canaiics, cats, and dogs in such dangerous proximity. The local dairy factory is, making good progress this season, though it is still earlv. There are 49 suppliers, against 24 at this time last year, and there will shortly be a great accession. A new Topliss churn has been installed to make 9001bs. of butter at one time. To make room' for it, the ice plant was put out, which is regrettable, as it was very useful in tlie bot summer weather. The first shipment of butter for .England left here on Thursday—26 boxes. .Herd testing is now in progress, there being a promise of 350 cows. Pita Poipoi, who was the subject of a recent press message, being fined for practising tohungaism, exercised a. great 1 hold over the minds of Ihe Mahia natives, many of whom wept copiously over his troubles. Pita had constructed ! a, basket about a chain long, suspended ‘at. either end, with seven handles on each side. One side was called ‘Tloko-witu-a-tu,"' and the other “Hoko-witu-a-whemia,” It was from the seaside that the gold, so much needed by all, was to lepme, dyut it didn't. Hence those tears.

“The best lamb season for many years,” was the statement made to mo bv a farmer the other day. Not that the percentage was extraordinarily high, but that the mortality was remarkably low.- The same-might be said of the hoggets: practically every one was wintered. and these two may make up somewhat for the low prices.

The local stock sales continue to reflect the slump in sheep and cattle. The last sale was quite lifeless.

At the meeting to arrange for Hospital Day, it'was decided to make a house-to-house collection on October 15.

Like the lady of uncertain ago who thanked Providence for “that blessed word, Mesopotamia,” Wairoa public speakers have got. bold of two phrases which they,, manage to introduce into almost every speech—one is “the potentialities of Wairoa,” and the other is “financial stringency.” Not much is heard of the former just now, and even the Maoris have got- hold of the latter, both phrases in their turn evoking laughter.

The funds for the erection of a. soldiers’ memorial for Frasertown are slowly mounting up, and in aid thereof preparations are going ahead for a plain and fanev dress ball on October 14.

The bowling greens will not be sufficiently advanced to permit of the ope/iing on the 6th and Btli prox. respectively, as, originally intended. Thursday, October 13, is tho official opening day.

The county chairman, GY. Gibson, who lias been attending the New Zealand Counties Conference, has returned. Wairoa had several important remits to be dealt with.

Mr.. G. Bright, manager of the canning department of the Wairoa- Farmers’ Co-operative Meat Co., is leaving for Geelong, where he lias secured a position in t.he same line.

Opinion throughout the district is fairly crystallising in favor of the Wai-roa-Nuhaka-Morerc ro’ad being selected as the main road northwards in connection with the Hon. J. G. Coates’. Main Iloads Bill, to be introduced during the coming session. The fact that practically the whole of the route through this country has been metalled will be a strong factor in its ultimate inclusion. '

| llis Honor Judge Brown has arrived, ' and opened a sitting of the Native ; Land Board on Wednesday. The list of ' applications gazetted contains 397 items, including applications by the Native Department for partition of part of the Herchcrclau block, and by the Public Works Department to assess compensation for lands taken if or the Wairoa. railway station and the Wairoa-Fraser-town section of the East Coast Main Trunk railway. , The settlers are complaining of the ' bad state of the roads (in some parts only) both metalled and uumetalled. The fact is, that the settlers' aro in some eases themselves to blame. They do too much of their heavy road work in winter, forgetting that eight or nine inches of metal on a clay bottom will not stand, but must be broken through—then the boggy parts begin to appear. Ohe settler up the Ruakituri Valley has had three eight-horse waggons going all the winter, lienee t.iie bad spots. In the Nuhaka-Waikokopu district much of the cutting up was done by the Public Works Department. The County authorities have heavy traffic by-laws, but did not enforce them this winter, not desiring to hamper the Public Works Department, or cause them to slacken off, (goodness knows it has been hard enough to get a start made!) and, of course, having winked at the damage done in one case, the Council had to do so in other areas. The best roadman, old Sol, will soon be at work, and the roads should then bp in a fit state for fairly rapid travelling. There lias been some hitch in the progress of the Moliaka bridge reconstruction owing to the difficulty of getting the timber sawn, or floated, which has been promised for the work. The price of eggs (retail) has fallen to Is 6d per dozen, but poultry raisers complain that the< price of fowl wheat bus not dropped correspondingly. One of the local butchers lias lowered the retail price of meat by Id. We must be thankful even for small mercies theso days. A considerable amount of ploughing is going on in tho various areas of the county—more, I think, tha'n any previouts year—getting ready for the putting in of rape and turnips, wherewith to fatten up lambs for freezing. At the present tirne lamb is the only lino in the meat trade that shows a profit. Mr. J. T. Robson, the newly-appoint-ed headmaster of the Wairoa District High School, arrived on Sunday, accompanied by Mrs. Robson and family. The last Sunday in October will be f.he “Golden Sunday” in St. Andrew’s, when a special appeal is made to the , congregation to give directly to tho J church funds. For some years past the j church lias set ils face against the ■ holding of bazaars, and instituted direct giving instead. Though the banks are hoarding up all gold, this day of the church is still called the “Golden Sunday.” A. AND P. SOCIETY’S CONCERT..?What is predicted will become 'an .annual affair, namely a concert in aid of the A. and P. Society’s funds, was held in Everybody’s Theatre on Friday night. The first part of tho entertainment was in charge of a large party of Maori men and girls, tho scene representing the village marae with the runanga liouso in the rear, while the members'-pf the tribe squatted on the grqund engaging in various ways, work and talk. { Mr. Tliero is no inferior or low-grade tea used in Nelson Moate's Blends. They purchase direct through their own office in Ceylon, and their importations nlo carefully selected.—4. Grimsby recently sent. 600,000 cases of herrings to Germany, the first shipment since (lie war j A WONDERFUL SOAP. I Dip an ordinary piece of soap in water and rub it through your hands several times. If it lathers quickly, it is good soap; if it gives a, poor lather and requires to be rubbed again and again, it is not real soap, but only a chemical substitute. Try the experiment with Taniwha Soap. You will find that it lathers instantly. Big, foamy suds bubble up as soon us you rub it in water. The dirt is loosened arid clothes become beautifully white and clean with so little effort. For your own sake give Taniwha Soap a trial. Your grocer sells ity and it cost no more tbau UDy other.—3. i

Beta Pakuku. u To Ulii dairy farmer. I presided, ;uid said lie was glad the' Maoris had been asked to help, and did ' so gladly. In tiieso times of financial stringency all should asisst such a thing as tho A. and P. Society, all pulling the same rope for local institutions. He hoped their elForts would he successful, and that any defects would be passed over. The following programme was then put through : Overture, Mr. ' Wilson’s orchestra; opening song, “E Pari Ra,’ Miss Nicholson and tribe; haka, Maori warriors; song, “Hawaiian Dreams,” Mr S. Kingston and tribe; poi dance, Maori girls; song, “Spring Awakening,” Miss Bainbridge; song, “My Wife’s Gone,” Mr. M. Tumiicliffe; duet, “A Paradise for Two,” Miss Bainbridge and Air. O. Oniierod. Nearly every number was encored, the singing of the Maoris being remarkably good, as also the haka, in which the chief was a grandson of Maehe Kaimoana, one of Wairoa’s didtime chiefs. Most, of the Tvlapt’i party had very sweet voices, blending nicely, and it is no wonder they were encored. The -singing of Miss Marian Bainbridge was a feature in itself. With, a good stage presence, perfect- .self-possession, and clear .enunciation, this singer had many encores. Aliss Olga Nicholson was very good in the Maori song, “E Pari Ra,” and “Homo, Sweet Home,” in Maori. Air. 0. B. Omerocl proved a capable tenor. The second part opened with an overture played by Miss Lemuel, and comprised: Song, “The Smoking Room,” Mr. 0. B. Ormerod; song, “The Boat Song.” AlTss Bainbridge ; song “Mississippi Cabaret,” Air. L. Shaw; song, “What God Aladc Alothers For,” Miss F. Chase; song, “When You Come Home,” Air. J. Dickin (violin obligato); duet, “Rackety Coo,’ Miss Bainbridge and Mr 0. B. Ormerod ; song, “Hoki Hoki Tonu Alai,” Air. S. Hingston and company; comic song, Mr. Tiinnicliffe; song, “Homo, Sweet Home, ’ in Alaori, JVliss Nicholson. Every singer was encored, Aliss Nicholson no less than five times in succession.

WAIROA POULTRY SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the Wairoa Poultry Society was held on Thursday night. The chairman said the last show was a very good one financially, as well as from an exhibition point of view, and another on the same lines wotild enable, theip to get their own cages instead of hiring. They were already one-third of the way to securing them. The statement of accounts showed ; Receipts £146 Is Bd, including a balance of £lO 9s fid from last year, leaving a credit at date of £4O 19s 7d. Tim item of revenue, “unclaimed prize money,” caused some discussion, Air. Stewart- contending that these sums, however small, should be sent out. The chairman said that if he happened to again fill the position of treasurer, it would be done. Tho report and balance-sheet were adopted. It was decided to continue the policy of holding winter socials ju. uid of the funds.'