WAIROA NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17440, 11 December 1930, Page 12

WAIROA NEWS

(.Ilfnil'! (’ovrospomlent.) Tim |hi\- sheet presented at the. last meet inn nf the Wairoa Borough Coiinr'il totalled £1447 10s 7d. lntensi on loans aeiomitod for £351 IBs. l-'i'iim rciiittrks made al the last meet iinr nf i lie Waimn Borough Council it would seem that every second man at least must ho an mutineer, so many alternative udiemes having I icon suggested to make the water supply safe, fT. ,|, Hess, at the meeting, refused to drawn into anv rival comparisons, adding. amid laughter, that he was the oniv man. in the town who was not, tin engineer. Trior to the commencement of hus ness at the Waiioa. County Council meeting yesterday. the < h:iirrnan. Cr. A 0. Nolan. referred to the recent lamentmi death of Mrs. Mary Maektiy. Cr. Nolan said the deceased a sister ol Crs. .1. and \Y. Tail—was one of the

earl. pioneers, and one who took great interest in the affairs of the county. Her death following so 'dose'.y on that if Mr. Mackav. was a distinct hiss In tln> county. lie moved a vole of condolence w'ilh the family, which was i an ied in silence, all standing.

,\ i the Wairoa County Council meet iny; Ihe h inters for metalling the llereheretau road were held unopened until it was seen if the Public Works Depart ■ ment would agree lo the suggestion of the seli'ers thai the metal be a! joe; i p.i.rtly lo a had hill, The

11 sideittal engineer having agreed to this, the rend- ■■ ~i Mr. G. Moyd for the dciliverv of 3CO cub. yards was accepted. Foil r tenders were received for carting material and erecting

Pianga bridge, and thai of Mr. A. K. Kdlington was accepted, For the delivery

of 275 cards of metal on Waunana load the tender of Mr. S. F. Anderson s garage was accepted.

At the Wairoa County Council meeting leave was granted to t r. A. T. Carroll, who is expected back next week from Napier, where be is undergoing medical treatment..- The chairman of the Wairoa Hospital Board, Mr. T. Uavey, at the close of the last meeting, congratulated the secretary, Mr. 1!. A. Peez, on bis recent marriage, and presented him with an antique brass fruit bowl. Mr. Pee/, made a suitable reply to the chairman's good wishes.- -Mr. F. (.an Uollett, Auckland, was in Wairoa. on I'ttcsday, and has since returned via the new ..scenic road to Kotorua.—Mr. ■!. 0. .Scott, president of the local U.S.A., has been appointed It. represent the association on the unemployment committee. The clergy will be represented by the liev. T. A. Speer and the Hev. J. .D. Grocott, while Mr. C. Goodson will represent the Freezing Workers' Union. — Mr. J. C. Hall, of the stall' of the Wairoa High School, who is leaving for Makauri, is to be banded a letter of appreciation by the school committee.

The new road from Waikaremoana. is not only to be used as a tourist route, but is proving useful in trade as well. A Waiioa man is now bringing into town totara posts. Al the lasi meeting of the Wairoa County Council the Public Works Depart ment wrote advising payment of Government grants and main highways maintenance subsidies to September 30. 1930, as follows: Mohaka township bridge, £lO3 Is; Ngamotu road, £B6; Tahaenui River road, £25 6s 6(1 ; Waihua Valley road, £25; Napier-Gisborne main highway 'maintenance, £2050 7s 7<l; Wairoa-Gishorno main highway maintenance, M 64 12s 4d: Waikaremoana road main highway maintenance, £722 0s 2d; Rnakituri Valley main load maintenance, £237 8s; Tahaenui bridge construction, £351 ; lotal, £4064 15s 7d. At the Waiioa Racing Club's commitLee. meeting tho lender of Mr. K. J. Nash was accepted for the publican's booth. Arrangements were also finalised for pulling the course into the best possible order. The liav.ko's Hay Motor Co., which has recently combined with (be Railway Department in the rail-road transport business, has now purchased the trucks and the carrying business of the Zenith Transport Co. The company has also taken over Jbe bkdip.se Transport Co.'s business, and to cope with the increased work more trucks' have been added to tho company's already large fleet of ears and lorries.. >

In response to an appeal made by the Hospital Board to the press to enlist the sympathy of the public for those wdio at Christmas time may bo in hospital and those who are waiting on them, it is desired to point out the way. Gifts of poultry and general Christmas cheer will lie very acceptable. There has been no slackness before, and there will be no falling away this year.

As was expected, the latest popular fad, in the shape of miniature golf, has readied Wairoa.