WAIROA NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18263, 5 December 1933, Page 10

WAIROA NEWS

(Herald Correspondent.) Wairoa listeners-in heard the broadcast of the landing of the “Faith in Australia” at New Plymouth, the impression gained being that the landing was perfect, but the crowd was nothing like so great as that which greeted Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. Another old settler of this district passed away on Saturday in the person of Miss Emily Elwin, of Apatu street, at the age of 65 years. The deceased was the eldest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. Jeken Elwin, and came to reside in tins district with her par ents 60 years ago. Mr. Elwin was a member of a very old English yeoman family, and was the first school teacher at Petnne. lie married into the wellknown Villiers family at Napier, and about six years after the birth of the deceased her father came to Wairoa and for many years farmed a small area of land at Turiroa, adjoining the property of Mr. J. Powdrell. lhe family can well claim to be pioneers ot Wairoa, even though they lived a retiring unobtrusive life. Since the death of their parents the deceased and her two sisters in the district were devoted to each other, one being attached to the household of Mr. and Mrs. G. Sinclair, Marumaru, for 34 years. For the last few years the deceased had been in illhealth, and bore her trials with true Christian heroism. The deceased leavos three sisters, Mrs. G, F. Stevens, ot Clevedon, Auckland district, the Misses Clara and Laura Elwin, Wairoa, and one brother, Mr. Charles Elwin, of Hastings. The funeral took place on Monday afternoon at the Wairoa cemetery, the Ven. Archdeacon Butterfield officiating at St. Paul’s Church and at the graveside. There was a good following of tiie older settlers, the chief mourners being the sisters and brother of the deceased. The pall-bearers were Messrs. H. Elwin and G. 0. Elwin, Napier, and Messrs. George Sinclair, C. W. Beckett, T. L. Powdrell and N. Hill. Mrs. C. Beckett, daughter of the late Mr. If. Elwin, and niece of the deceased, Avas also present. A large number ol beautiful floral emblems testified to the great respect in which the deceased was held in this community. Although dairy farmers are still wait ing for a repetition of the wool boom in respect to their industry, the payout for Wairoa continues to stand at a fair figure. The total for disbursement on November 20 was £5576, on the basis of 9d per lb. for finest butterfat. Mr. D. W. Coleman, M.P., for the Gisborne electorate, met a section of the unemployed workers in this district on Sunday morning in reference to the dispute with the Public Works Department. Mr. C. Grayndler, organiser of the New Zealand Workers’ Union, was also present. The heavy rainstorm last week end put a complete stopper on all outdoor sports, but on Monday there was beautiful weather again. Owing to the very bad weather, there was not a large attendance at the friendly societies' reunion. Bro. L. Mcllroy presided, and a lengthy toast list was gone through, interspersed with musical Items by Bros. A. Archibald, R. McIntyre and It. Bank!. Bro. C. Wood played the accompaniments, and a hot supper •brought an enjoyable evening to a close.

The report of the committee set up to further the campaign for the completion of the Napier-Wairoa section of the railway to Gisborne, released on Monday, is not only most comprehensive in its nature, but it discloses what a vast amount of work it has entailed. Whatever happens, the general opinion is that the committee is deserving of the warmest thanks of tho people for their very fine efforts on their behalf.