WAIROA NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17232, 11 April 1930, Page 12

WAIROA NEWS

i Herald Coirohpuuuuiu.j A # number Hi' people went out to TaniU'litii limestone ipuury on \\eduosday to witness the tiring oi a big snoi in llie operation ot securing Stone loi tite breakwater wor.;. Jne sliol was a lailuie, and the work ot clearing I IK; tunnel and putting in further i.narges will be somewhat intensified. Very tine stone is being secured tor the work, ana Mr. I'eaeocKe is making greater progress than is apparent to tne onlookeis, the water being very deep at the head ot the staging, .three more bays ot plies have to ne driven, and then the contractu! will be on the last section, but tlieic is still a large quantity of stone to be deposited. i'or March the Wairoa Hospital Hoard revenue was £1426 5s 2d. Ihe duel items were patients' fees, 4)507 16s oil ; local body levies, £585 las od ; subsidy, £309 4s lCd. The expenditure totalled £lOlO 12s 2d, the chief item being hospital maintenance, £646 Cs Od. Ihe capital expenditure was very low, only £io 17s 6d, and the amount to credit at March 51 was 131860 18s lOd. During .March the Wairoa bar was Workable on 21 days, but at present, owing to the recent heavy seas on the coast, it is ill a very bad state, and hot likely to be easily navigable for some time. There were 12 arrivals and departures in March, but there have been none so far this month. The Wairoa Harbor Hoard's punt at Waikokopu, which was being used b\ the Public Works Department for pile driving purposes, broke away from its moorings during a recent gate. An inspection made later showed that the punt was not worth salvaging. During March the port of Waikokopu was fairly busy, 11 vessels having worked there. The exports were 1(2 returned empty oil drums, 6 casks of casings, i2 acid jars, 5921 freight carcases ot mutton, 5037 carcases of lamb, 100 casks o! tallow, and 111 bales of wool. The imports were 386 drums of fuel oil, sou cases of explosives, 241 tons of cement, 265 tons of chaff, 25 tons of superpnosphate, 157 tons of coal, 6CCO super feet of timber, 800 posts, and 322 tons oi general cargo. The port was only tin workable for three days. The new shelter provided at Waikokopu for the. waterside workers i-> proving very satisfactory. It is situated in a sheltered spot, and is well patronised. The, annual picnic, postponed from Boxing Day, is now to be held on Raster Monday. A well constructed residence of six rooms on the Mahia Peninsula, owned by Mr. W. Ormond, was burned recently, nothing being saved but a ii.imuphone. This is the second residence the Ormond family has lost there within a short period. There were no insurances, it is stated. Further donations to the funds of the Fire Brigade have been made by the following: Messrs. V. E. Winter and Jones Shoe Co., £1 Is each; Sweetman and Francis, £1; W. J. Clnrk, t'rebble Bros., A. Cruiekshank, and "Anonymous," lCs 6d each; A. T. Carroll, S. RiilTol, and Low See, 5s each. At the monthly meeting of the W.C.T.U. n good deal of business was transacted, Mrs. J. Macdonald reporting I bat there were now over 100 children on the cradle roll. The next meeting is to be held at the residence of Mrs. Stacey, when the hostess will give a demonstration of ratlin work in aid of the orphanage fund. Several Wairoa district hoys have distinguished themselves. One, Mr. John Macdonald, is an Australian senator. Another, Mr. Falconer, was the operator) with a device of bis own construction, who brought H.M.A.S. Sydney to pronounce the doom of the raiding cruiser Kmden. Mr. John Stannage was pilot on the air liner Canberra on ~er famous search for lost airmen. N.<w another. Mr. John Alison, an ex-Morere school boy, has the honor of being the first" to build an aeroplane to fly any distance in New Zealand, lie Mew 60 miles at Whakalane not long ago. At the annual meeting of the Wairoa Basket ball Association the balance sheet showed a small credit balance. The election of officers resulted: President. Mr TL K. Stanton; vice-presidents, Mosdames J. Osier. J. F. Tbanghton. A. K. Beckett, J. Law and J. Andresen. Messrs. J. T. Robson. A. W. Bird. W. Smith and Rev. J. D. Grocott: secretary ami treasurer. Mrs. A. I). Lynch. An enjoyable social was held on Tuesday night at "Inverleith." the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. Sinclair, of Mammary. A pleasant time was spent with music, games, comnetitions, and community sincriiui. The following contributed vocal items: Mesdames A. S West, and Stanton. Misses P. and L. lees, and Mr. F. Shaw. Supper brought to a close a very pleasant evening, ihe Rev, A. Stevenson thanking the host and hostess for the enjoyable time spent by all. ' * ' A new port- butchery business an nffs'viot of a (iishoi'ne firm—is about to be started in Wairoa. Se-cra! similai enternrises have failed, chiefly owing to the small supplies of nork available. This is renrrettable, and no fault lies wilb the promoters but with the owners of the fanns around Wairoa. There is plenly of land about Wairoa -some of it comiri" under the designation of "waste land," which would grow splendid mannobis, turnips, corn, and pumpkins for pig-feeding, but ibis work does not appear In appeal to owners. There doesappear to be some ins! ileal ion lor the charm so often made that the workers on the land to day do not toil as did the pioneers. Possib'v the hard limes may turn their attr.nlion to pi" raising.