WAIROA NOTES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16921, 30 December 1925, Page 9

WAIROA NOTES.

The Rev. Mr Wetherspoon i.s to conduct the services in tit. Andrew's Church for the next, lew weeks while the Rev. W. It. Milne is on holiday. Mr Speuec, of Ruakituri, who has been- a patient in the Wairoa hospital for some time on account of an injury to his knee, is now getting about again. Lady Carroll spent the Christmas holidays with Mr and Mrs A. T. Carroll. Mr J. Maudesley, of I'akapau, has been re-visiting Wairoa during- the holiday season. As if the weather were not already hot enough and sufficiently sultry, the farmers in the back areas north and west of the town sent down on Monday a dense bank of smoke from grass and scrub (ires. If the present hot weather continues till February, the country should get a good clean up by the agency of fire. Over 200 Maoris, mostly residents of North (."lytic, have gone to the great Ratana meeting near YVanganui, and assuming that each of them spent about £ls it would make up a total of £3COO. a sum which if spent on Christmas goods would have made all the difference to the business life of the community. Do the pakehas always seek to eater for.and cultivate the Maori trade is a question that needs answering. 1 refer, of course, to cash trading. The Ratana cult is securing a .good hold on the Wairoa natives, as has Mormoni.sin. The Maori people of Whakaki . celebrated Christmas with a big hui. A large crowd, but not so large as was expected, assembled, and did full justice to the cookery of the Maori chefs, and the waiting by the Maori maidens, in the ancient methods, plus some pakeha dainties served up pakeha style. Among the accessories, so foreign lo the Maori pa of olden days, was an electric plant to illuminate the scene and facilitate the cooking. The total raised on behalf of the sports ground and meeting hall was ov<iZ £SOO, and as the target of the promoters is £IOOO it is hoped the May festival will see the balance made up. A wedding of considerable interest to the young people of Wairoa was celebrated last week, when the Rev. Father Hickson united in the boi*ds of matrimony Miss Clarice Kunimerfield. eldest daughter of Mr and .Mrs P, H. .Summerfield, and Mr W. ('rarer, youngest son of'.Mr and Mrs Stewart Crarer. of Clvdebank. The bride, who was attended bv her sister, Miss Phyllis Suinnierfield, wore a pale pink georgette dress, trimmed lo show an apron effect. The bridal veil was of pale pink, fastened with orange blossom sprays, and she wore a beautiful string of pearls and also carried a bounuet of pink carnations ind maiden-hair fern, Mr P. Crarer, inn., brother of the bridegroom, was best man. The reception took place at the residence of the bride's parents. Marine Parade West, when the vottner couple received the felicitations of their friends. The newly wedded nair left in the afternooon for the south, where the honeymoon is to be spent. The members of the combined Bible classes of St. Andrew's Church held their annual picnic on Mr G. Sinclair's "Tnverleith" estate at .Marumaru on Boxing Dav, The day being very hot, the vouncr folk kent mostly in the shade ov in the near-by river. All spent an enioyable time, rontributed to not a little bv tlie kindness of Mrs Sinclair. It is renorted thai the Xuhaka Mission hospital i.s to he < losed down at the end of January. This- -if the decision is not reversed— will be a decided loss to Nuhaka and district, ne-' must i-psult in a good deal more work bein<* thrown upon the Wairoa County hospital. . At the last shoot of the Nuhaka DpferK'e Pifle Cub the seres were: —H Pulev (41, 300-vds. 7,1. 50n V cK. ? r <. tot"' M>; J. Austin, sen. (sort, f>s—.34—^9: G. D. Tod (6\ ?R~2?— M: J. Is. M™teath fIRV. 18-23-53; W. Sleelh (D. 95—18-50: -I. Austin, inn. (4), 2-I—2l -49: C. Tidswell' '6). 24—19—40: D. Fn-rhes (10\ 15—23—47: C. Whit move M 4). 19—13—46- A. Kir'-- (6V 17-22 45: C MeKen/ie A Mavo (B\. 20—14—42; J. Cooper (16). 14-4-34.