WAIROA NOTES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17056, 10 June 1926, Page 3

WAIROA NOTES.

Air. J. S. Wilson, one of Wairoa 'a most oritKhsiastie hbckeyif.es', lirts been (•uncled a, vice-piesident, .of the Hawke's Bay Ladies' Hockey Centre. Air. and Airs. F. Hair have'returned to Wharorafa after spending their honeymoon in the South, The .Rev. .Mr. Murray, formerly home missioner at I'rasertowji, who has been very ill for sonic lime at Napier, is iiii a. visit to Wairoa and is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. Sinclair, Atarunnirii.

.Mr. P. 11. Summerlield. chairman of tlie Harbor Board, returned on Tuesday after a North Island tour.' Air. T. SomervHle, of Duuediu.' who has been on. a holiday visit to his brother, Br. Somervillo, returned south on We'dhesd.'rf.

Mr. V. 10. Winter has been elected. chairman of the Hospital Board for the current term.

Leave of absence was granted at .the Harbor Board meeting to Air. H. O. Gibson. Air. Cordon OriuOnd has a fracture of a leg, and is out of football for the season.

There died in Wellington recently Mrs. iK. O. Beigtifon, widow of the

late Captain S. Heighten, formerly 1i.M.l at Wairoa, and later at the Chathams.

Air. J. Helean, of Auckland, is on a visit to his parents, Air. and Mrs. J. Helean, of this town. Air., A. G. Nolan lias been re-elected the Wairoa representative on (he Hawke's Bay District- Highways Council, also delegate to the. Count tcs : Conference next month. Constable W. Tori', whose health has much improved of late, has now retired from the police service on superannuation.

At the half-yearly meeting of the local Druids Lodge the newly-elected officers were installed by Bro. O. 11. Law so n (Turaiiganui).

II; is denied by Mr, Drewiit, engineer to th 6 Power Boant, Dial he has imported any unskilled labor .for pi.de erection purposes; as stated at Ihe last meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. Miss" Garrett; An exchange teacher from England, arrived at the Wairoa District High School oil Tuesday afteruO'on. Cm being, introduced 'by the elmiriiiari, Dr. Hallwright, Miss Garrett was presented with a. bouomot by.a little native girl. An assembly of the school .then took place, when short addresses of welcome were given by Dr. Il.allWrighL iittd by the headmaster. Air. ,T. T. Bobson. The remainder of the afternoon was devoted to games, while the lady members of the stall e.itertained Miss Garrett at afternoon tea. .„