WAIROA NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17472, 22 January 1931, Page 12

WAIROA NEWS

(Herald Correspondent.) A number of Wairoa households and business people were greatly inconvenienced bv the fact that power was suddenly cut off early on Tuesday morning. It lias since transpired that the cause was the snapping of a wire at one of the insulators near Whakamarino lake starling a small scrub tire. An unrehearsed performance took place on the Wairoa bridge on Tuesday which afforded some free amusement for passers-by. A side-show man, who evidently knew bow to do the trick, climbed to the top of one of the curve* arches of the Wairoa bridge and jumped off into the river, looping the loo]) several times as he did so. making a neat entry. A visitor to the races, in a spirit of bravado, essayed the trick also, but made a bad job of it, landing with a great thud on his back and so tearing his clothing that new habiliments became a necessity. He scrambled out a wiser man, declaring that he would not attempt it again for a fortune. The total height was between 30 and 40ft., nothing, of course, to a good diver. At the Show there was, for exhibition only, a child's doll the bonnet for which was made of Angora wool bred, grown. spun and made up in Wairoa by Mr. Saville, of Frasertown road, the old spinning wheel of days gone by being employed for spinning the wool. Mr. Saville keeps a dozen of these pretty creatures,* cutting an average of lib. ot wool per head, the. value of winch ranges from 5s to 30s per lb. He gets three litters a year, of six or seven. Mr. Saville also showed some Chilichiilas, besides a mother and its family for the [iurpo.se of interesting the young people. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fivers, Gisborne, were'visitors to u.-e Wairoa, Show on Wednesday.—Passengers by Duco service during the past few days were as follow: Mr. Neill, Napier, to Lake House; Mr. and Mrs. Lowe, Gisborne, and Miss Lowe, to Rotorua. via the new scenic, route; Mr. and Mrs. Alunro, Tuai. to Rotorua; Miss Cray and Miss Road. Wellington, to Rotorua; -Miss Scott, Gisborne, to Lake House; Mr. Brown, Gisborne, to Rotorua; Mrs. Knight, Lake House, to Rotorua; Misses Hill and Fiffe, Lake House to Rotorua ; Mr. Macdonald, Gisborne to Lake House.

—Mr. W. A. Bowman, Napier, was a visitor at the Wairoa Show.—Air. H. M. Campbell, ALP. for Hawke's Bay, and family, attended the Wairoa A. and P. Society's Show.—Miss AlcPhcrson and Mrs. Nyrnand, Dannevirke, are stayi: g with Air. and Airs. A. G. Smith, Queen street.—Air. R. Tapper, jun., is visiting Wellington.—lnspector Cummings was on a departmental visit to Wairoa during the week. The funeral of the victims of Hie Frasertown tragedy took place on Wednesday, tho Ven. Archdeacon Butterfield officiating at the graveside in the presence of the relatives and a number of Frasertown settlers.

On Tuesday night a good deal of petty thieving was indulged in. The residence of AL'. V. E. Winter was entered and the sum of £2 10s was stolen. Air. J. B. fleywood's house was entered and the sum of £1 stolen. T'ie total number of ears parked at the Wairoa Show was slightly over 300, quite as good -a showing as last year. In the parade, which was led by the Municipal Band, there were 16 draught horses and 50 hacks and harness horses.

The dogs were, not judged in time for winners to take part. The management of the Show yesterday was exceedingly Rood J all the officials, from the president, Mr. Tom Davey, down ' to Hie secretary, Mr. A. If. Unwin, and I Ids statf, quite excelled themselves, and i Hie events were all got oil' by 5 p.m. The Municipal Band in full strength rem I dered a very acceptable programme, ' which was received with approbation by the public. The "state" totalled £lO7 | Is lOd, while last year it was £l5O.