WAIROA NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17062, 21 September 1929, Page 16

WAIROA NEWS

(]lci'iilcl (’on-esiKimtciit.) Current from Waiknromoaiia went off suddenly shortly after 8 p.m. on Wednesday, but came on again in about tin hour. The stoppage was only local. At tin' Wniroa Police Court, before Mr. 11. !.. Marker, .1.1’.. a statutory lii'st offender for drunkenness was convicted and discharged. For it similar offence another was dealt with likewise. The monthly meeting of the Wairoa branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union and a committee meeting of the A. and P. Society dashed on Thursday. both as to hour and place of meeting. As many of the A. and P. members are also members of the union, the batter meeting was allowed to lapse. The union meeting was railed to discuss the Government's taxation proposals, but if is the president’s view that recent, modifications lake away most of the sting out of the Finance Minister's proposals. Sir Joseph Ward and Air. H. M. Campbell, M.l’., wrote acknowledging the union’s telegram of protest against the taxation proposals. The Finance Minister .-Cited that the representations would receive consideration. A circular from the Dominion executive stilted that a party of 80 British and South African farmers would be visiting New Zealand next year, arriving at Gisborne about March I o.r 2, and at Wairoa on March 2 or The party is to split up after arrival in New Zealand, but ii is mil yet known how many are coming to Wairoa. H is the present intention of the president, Mr. (i. |). Tod, to make some arrangements to entertain the touring farmers, and a visit to Wnikareiminnn is one of the items. Tins secretary of the Wairoa Power Board confirms the telegraphed report ihat the opening of the Waikarcmoaua ’hydro-electric station Inis been altered from December it to November 20. After a few days of delightful spring weather, a change took place on Friday. A thunderstorm came up in the afternoon, and litter the wind shifted suddenly to south-west, and [hero was it fail in the temperature. But for this Bud the rain is welcome, as the grass lias not yet a good start on the hill country, though there, is an appreciable growth on the coastal tint's. There was a good attendance at the last korero of the Savage. Club, and a varied programme of music, song, and story was presented. A feature of the evening was a lecturcttc given by .Mr. R. Trevor-Smith, resident, engineer of th(‘ Public Works Department, on geology, shedding much light on a subject not very well understood by the average layman. 'Misses Queenie Gemtneli and Irma Wilson, of Wairoa, have been selected to play for Hawke’s Bay in the ladies’ hockey representative match against Manawatu next week. Mr. E. Samleman, who was injured in an accident on the Napior-Waivoa road some time ago, is expected to visit Wairoa to recuperate tit an early date.—Mr. Henry Clark, who died at Napier on September 12. was a brother of Mr. 1). Clark and Mrs. J. Reid, of North Clyde. Two tunnels are being driven into the limestone at Tahnonui by Mr. Peacocko’s men preparatory to bringing down a further lot. of stone for the Waikokopu breakwater. The last shot brought down about 1(1,000 tons of rock, and similar results are expected of the second blast.