WAIROA NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18247, 16 November 1933, Page 12

WAIROA NEWS

(Herald Correspondent.) During the past month shipping Ims been very quiet at Waikokopu. The imports were: Wire 12-£ tons; southern produce, 196 tons; general goods, 4L Ions; fertiliser, 73 tons. Wairoa Harbor Board returns are as follows: —Wharfages: Wairoa, £lB (1932, £38); Waikokopu, £23 (£2i) ; total, £42 (£59). Port charges.—Wairoa, £ll (£18); Waikokopu, £10; total, £27 (£36). Harbor improvement rate. j Wairoa, £5 (£9); Waikokopu, £6 (£5) ; total, £ll (£l4). Arrivals and departures. —Wairoa, 9 (16); Waikokopu, 10 (12). i News was received yesterday of tlm

death at “Hereiaunga,” Hull County, of Mrs. J. 11. .Brown, widow of the late Air. John Hunter Brown, a prominent tanner and public man in this district for many years, when he farmed a large area of laud at Whakaki and I uhara. The, deceased (nee Miss Elsie Marion Hunter) was married in Napier, and re sided in this district till the death of her husband in the 1918 influenza epidemic. bunco then she has lived at "Heretaunga,” and leaves one daughter, Mrs. Blakeley, a young son, Adam, having died in Napier after ail operation. The late. Mrs. Brown was of a kindly but retiring disposition, and the, older settlers deeply regret her passing. The funeral will take place on Friday, the cortege leaving St. Paul’s Church for the Wairoa cemetery at 11 a.m. District Nurse 1. Banks, who tins been on holiday, has returned to duty.—Mr. W. Taylor, Harbor Board secretary, is to take his holiday in Dunedin.—Mr. and Mrs, A. G. Allen, North Clyde, have returned from a holiday in Napier. At Waimaka pa, Waikaremoana, there passed away on Wednesday the widow of the late Maori chief Matamua Whakamoe, aged 50 years. The de.ceased leaves a family of six, and a tangi is

in progress. Aliss Isabel Kain, youngest daughter of Mr. Kain and the late Mrs. Kain, of Wairoa and formerly of Gisborne, is engaged to be married to Mr. James Nelson Moore, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Moore, Te Hua, Gisborne. At the Harbor Board meeting a letter was read from Messrs. Richardson and Company, Napier. The subject matter was the endeavor of the chairman to get through rates for produce to Wairoa so as to improve the shipping trade and lessen the wear and tear on tluj roads. Incidentally certain private business was mentioned. The chairman, Mr. H. L Barker, strongly protested against the tone of the letter, Mr. Joblin moved, and Mr. Brewster seconded a motion that the board did not appreciate the attitude of Messrs. Richardson and Company, nor the tone of their letter, as both the chairman and board members had done all in their power to foster the Wairoa-Napier sea trade for many years. The motion was carried unanimously. 1 The Wairoa Hospital Board’s expenditure for Cfctober totalled £733, the chief item being £482 for maintenance of staff and patients. The receipts for October were £724. ;

i passed. The chairman said he hoped they would soon be able to go mio the question of reclaiming some of the waste foreshore flats at the Heads. Mr. Christensen reported on the work of repairing the town breastwork, which was all completed except the tilling. The work on the landing stage at North Clyde was started, and it might be necessary to ask the Borough Council for some of the old bridge timber for decking. The report was adopted, further action being left to Messrs. Christensen and Corkill.