WAIROA NOTES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16869, 26 October 1925, Page 10

WAIROA NOTES.

During the rest of this pionjh a house-to-house collection is id be tiiade in ,aid of the B&'rnardo Homes, which have been doing such a fine work among the poor of England. The lady collectors in the borough are Mesdames G. Simpson, T. If. StewartJ. F. Haughton, A. G. Nolan, J. M. Alexander,-Misses Edwin, Stark, -Lamberts and I. Wilson; Miss E. Beckett (Fras'ertown). Mr A. C. Si. Paul is the local treasurer. ,

The, new procedure of the. Meat Co. in respect jt’o the method of . voting by the .shareholders is to bo .confirmed on the 30th inst.

Some good banter passed between Mr Coleman, the tabor candidate, and Mr E. Lane, of Te Kiivi, at the former’s meeting in Square. Mr Coleman had been crediting the Govcrif-. ment frith, having actually reduced tng duty on babies’ feeding bottles, when Mr Lbrie made an interjection., “I never £»id ; you wanted one,” said Mr Coleman. "What you want,” retorted Mr Lane, “is a little of Lane's .emulsion” (laughter) “or Coleman’s mustard,” .retorted 1 the candidate. The scor.es at. the last shoot of the Niihaka Rifle Club’s last, .day were : W. Sleeth (8) 200ydg. 30, 300yds. 22, total 60; J, B. Moriteith (12), 27—19—58; F. L. Joblin (5cr.).2220 —28—57 • H. Daley (4), 31—22—57; C. McKenzie (scr,), 2927 —56; J. Austin, sen. (scr.),; 29-~25r--54; .T. Austin, jim., (3), 28—21—52; G, 1). Tod (6), 26-20-52; C. Tidsw.ell (7), 23-18-48: D. Hughes (8), 20—19—47,; D. A. Mayo .(18), 12—15—45; J. Arthur (7), 28—8 -43. _ The golf season is to be closed on October 31st, when a mixed foursome is, to he played. Prizes won during the season are to he presented during the afternoon tea interval. , Through the , breaking of the fork of 1 1 irs bieyt'.le, if .young lad, Hurry , Corn - forth, sustained! so.Vol'e bruises and- outs, also his .little sister, who was riding on the handle-bar with him.

Though there was a good yarding of sheep at North Clyde, and A ./good .alien daneb of the public, the bidding was rather slack, Illy efros brought 20s 6d, hpggets 5s to 245, owes and! lambs 28s 3d, flit owes 27s lOd, dry civ.es ,20s 6d. During the month of January in each year the statutory half-holiday nvjiy be altered by the respective local authorities. The local retailers 'have now passed a resolution Jo change over from Tliurs day to Saturday. Work has already been commenced at the Waikokopu bluff, where a tunnel is being driven to obtain material for forming the approach to the spot where tlje s.s. Talmie is to he Reached. .'l’hifi hill already provides a gtent . deal of shelter for the port, and its destruction may not, in the end, prove so very beneficial. ,

The difficulty of securing totara. .posts, even of medium duality, inis led to .the importation of .silver pine posts from the South Island. The- Pnkura, besides, bringing-100,000ft. of timber also brings 10.000 of the .posts. . . ,

For Labor Day there is to be an interclub rifle match at Nuhaka, and at Wairon. the boating season is to .bo opened, whilst the bowlers are likely to hfiye a busy time if nil the Gisborne visitors come as anticipated.;