WAIROA NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18163, 10 August 1933, Page 12

WAIROA NEWS

(Herald Correspondent.) At n sitting of the Magistrate’s Court beforo Mr. J, C-orkill, J.P., Mark Webber and Margaret Creech were charged with being idle and disorderly persons, and remanded to appoar beforo Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M. Supporters of the. East Coast railway completion movement are reminded- of the important meeting to bo held iii the Borough Council chambers at 1.30 p.m. on Monday. The Power Board is to meet that morning at 11 o’clock, but the business will be brought to a conclusion in time.

At the band tournament the prizes were , allotted as follows: —Card game.—Ladies: Mrs. Christensen, 1; Miss Christenson, 2. Gentlemen: Mr. Christenson, 1; Mr. Forbes, 2. Mr. Forbes 1 returned his prize. The Wairoa County revenue for the past month totalled £3247. 17s sd, the chief items being as follows: —Rates, £174 6s 9d; heavy traffic fees, £42 15s 8d; No 5 refunds, £2863 ISs sd; drivers’ licenses, £l4; publicans’ licenses, £3O; sales of material, £ll 14s 6d; refund motor spirit taxation, £B4 10s.' • ,

,An item of £4OO, on a £2 for £1 basis, appears on the main highways estimates for tar-sealing in the Wairoa Borough. The exact locatiofi is not specified, but it will probably extend from the top of Paul street, leading to the bridge, and join up with Carroll street.

At /the Hospital} ' Board meeting, when the balance shoot was submitted for adoption, Mr. H. L. Harker stated that for the first time in his knowledge the local body audits in tho district had been brought up to date, and on his motion it was decided to forward to the Auditor-General a letter of congratulation, with an expression of liopo that this policy would continue.

• -The Herald’s representative was given an opportunity on Tuesday of inspecting the work of , renovation now proceeding at the Wairoa Hospital. Good progress is being made and when completed there will practically be a complete overhaul of the buildings inside and outside. The color scheme of black and white appears very restful to sick people, and the elimination of paper and scrim in the staff and administrative departments should make for a still greater improvement. In the kitchen there is to be seen quite an innovation in the shape of an all-steel chimney with a number of flues all resting on a reinforced brick foundation. The cost was £45, but the erection appears capablo of resisting sharp earthquake shocks. In connection With the damage done to the breakwater at Waikokopu on July 24, it was mentioned at the Harbor Board meeting that this was considerable. Nearly all the blocks put in recently at the end of the breakwater, and not protected, had gone. It was decided to get into touch with the resident engineer of the Public Works Department and ask what lie proposed to dta, the secretary stating that the loss of the blocks had a bad effect on the range. Per contra to this adverse report it was stated that the Union Steam Ship Company’s Poolta —1675 tons and 240 it. long, aOtt. longer than the wharl—was the largest vessel that had ever berthed there. No trouble hud been experienced in berthing, and the master was very pleased with the facilities. A long-standing dispute—chiefly among the native owners tliemselves —in connection with the proposed drainage ol the Ruataniwha-Waihirere flat, was brought to a finish at the County Council meeting on Wednesday, nearly the whole of tlie time in'the morning being taken up. A deputation comprising Messrs. Dickin, Hodges, Keefe, Mete and Down waited on the council to explain away the differences, objectors being only divided on the depth of the drains, rendering them liable to scour out to the size of a creek in wet weather. The engineer gave his opinion that the depths were not as stated except in certain areas to get a fall. The deputation stated that it was gratified at the assistance given by Mr. W. J. Hill, and totally'repudiated the idea that he had any personal interest in the work other than allowing some of the water to go through his land. The council decided that the work should go on under the Mb. 5 scheme.

A meeting of the Borough Council will be held next Tuesday at 7.30 p.m. Leave of absence was granted to Mr. A. T. Carroll at the meetings of the Harbor Board and Hospital Board on Tuesday, owing to indisposition.—Mr. A. C.. A. Hyde, Hastings, is visiting Wairoa.—Mr. K. McLeay, manager for Messrs. Richardson and Company, Napier, paid a visit to Wairoa on Tues day to confer with the' Harbor Board on shipping matters. —Mr. Hale, Govern ment auditor, who has been engaged in vVairoa for some time, left for Gisborne on Tuesday.—Mr. Thorne George, Napier, is staying at the Clyde Hotel.— Colonel Sir S. Allen, at one time Administrator of Samoa, arrived in Wairoa on Tuesday, accompanied by Messrs. Johnston and Travers, and left for Rotorua on Wednesday, via Waikareinoana. A very fine sample of the Atlantic salmon was recently caught at the mouth of the Waikokopu Creek. Tohungaism is reported to be again rife in this district, and several cases are being commented upon, Mi'S. Peebles presided over the last meeting of the Marumaru Women’s Institute at the home of Mrs. Powell. A piano fund is to be started, io'r use by school, institute and the Tennis Club. Mrs. Frehner was adjudged tho winner of the series of six competitions. Afternoon tea was served and the gathering closed with the singing of the National Anthem.

Mr. E. J. Insu]l, of the New Plymouth staff of the. Bank of Australasia, and who has been transferred, has left for Wairoa. He was farewelled by a number of friends, including members of the Old Boys’ Football Club and the New Plymouth Swimming Club. He has been a prominent Taranaki life-saver and was a member of the New Plymouth Old Boys’ team which competed with distinction at the Dominion surf championships held at Foxton early this year.