WAIROA NEWS
(Herald Correspondent.) Mrs. W. Clow hasf returned home after an extended stay, at the Otaki Sanatorium, much improved in health. Mr. W. Clark and his son Stanley have returned to Wairoa after a health trip to Samoa.—Mr. T. J. llaughton, of this Wairoa District, High School is attending the teachers' examinations in Napier.—The Rev. N. P. Larson has left to attend the Methodist Church synod in Napier.—Messrs. A. H. Dcighton, T. Browne, 11. Waldron and V. Brown are on a holiday tour of the North Island. On Saturday night the juvenile fraternity duly celebrated the gunpowder plot by bonfires. There was much letting off of fireworks. One of the High School pupils, a son of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Pryde, met with an unusual accident. He was carrying a bottle of chlorate of potassium, and, stumbling, the bottle fell and exploded. Master Pryde was severely burned from thigh to knee. * He was taken to hospital, where he is making good progress. Last Sunday in St. Andrew's Church being what is known as, "Clolden Sunday," a day of special effort, on behalf of the church funds, there were large congregations both morning and evening. The choir rendered a number of special sacred numbers, and it is understood the financial result was very satisfactory. The clocks and watches of most people in Wairoa have been put on an hour, and the first two days under the provisions of the Summer Time Act have been passed. Already the people are falling in with the new system. The" congregation at St. Andrew's Church on Sunday night was somewhat startled by eight or 10 explosions of rockets or basket bombs close to the building. No doubt juveniles were responsible, and it shows bad taste on the part of those who do not go to church to disturb those who do. The secretary of the local dairy factory company stated on Saturday that it is proposed, at a meeting to be held shortly, to promulgate a change in the constitution of the Wairoa Dairy Factory in the direction of making it a co-operative concern. It is ' held that tins will both popularise and stabilise the company «nd result in a .further increase in the output. Saturday's play on the bowling green at North Clyde resulted as follows : H Wade, Coker, Theo. Brown and Harris (21) beat Ratcliffe, Sheehan, H Wade, Coker," Theo. Brown and Harris (21) beat Ratcliffe, Sheehan, Rutherford and Macdonald (11); Patterson, Noble, Martin and C. Wade (27) defeated Stanton, T. Browne, Wilson and Fletcher (8); Prebble, Redmond and Boyd (22) defeated Osier, Craig; and Taylor (18). On the show ground on Saturday Waihua club again suffered a defeat, this time by the Tuai B team. Waihua in the first innings made 84 (Gibson 47). Tuai put up 324 (T.mnicliffe 116,, White 107) In the second innings waihua made 41 (Gibson 19). The Lake men won by an innings and 119 runs. On the same ground City and P.W.D. met, the latter scoring 55 (Vallance 22). City made 218 for six wickets (C. Heslop, 124 not out). _____________
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16491, 8 November 1927, Page 12
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