WAIROA NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18398, 16 May 1934, Page 14

WAIROA NEWS

(Herald Correspondent.) The assistant telegraph engineer dur. ing his recent visit inspected and tested for radio interference, but nothing of any importance was discovered. The Wairoa branch of the St. John Ambulance Association gave a musical evening at Osier’s Hall to afford an opportunity of presenting the certificates to the students who qualified at the recent examinations. The proceedings opened with an overture by the 2ZP orchestra, after which the Alayor, Mr. H. L. Harker, gave an address outlining the aims and objects of the association, eulogising the work and showing how the people could help. The present ambition of the association was to get uniforms for the members, and eventually an ambulance. The musical- programme was then continued, as follows: Bass solo, Mr. A. C. Halpin; cornet solo, Mr. J. Williamson ; soprano solo, Miss Billy Davys; recitation, Air. Gordon Johansen; instrumental trio, Alessrs. Alarbrook, A. E. Perry and A. Perry; orchestral number, 2ZP orchestra; community' singing; skipping dance, Miss Eileen Curtis; vocal duet, Miss Billy Davys and Air. Arnold Perry ; a pianoforte solo, Mr. Perry. Tho following students were presented with certificates:—Aliases M. Jofins'ton, F. Christensen, E. Stewart. E. Hall, L. Le Gros, Jean Smith, and Alessrs. J. A'stall and J. Crosby. In connection with a recent newspaper report as to the need for keeping down vegetation at the foot of power jpoles, it might be as well to endorse tins. Not sufficient attention is paid to this point in Wairoa, and the state of the poles in clean spots is much better than where weeds are allowed to luxuriate. Tho same thing is evident in the case of dwelling houses built on piles. The blocks that are kept strictly clean far outlive those surrounded by -growth. It should be a regular practice, states a settler, to keep all poles clean at their foot. At the time when the East Coast Rabbit Board was formed, and Wairoa came into the scheme, there was a strong division of opinion and much mislivings as to the possible eventual result. No farmers to-day, it would seem, have anything to reproach themselves with. It is clear that had the board not been set up and practical inspectors and rabbiters employed, the whole district to the north of Mohaka would now be overrun by “bunny.” This is the studied oninion of a Wairoa settler who was one | of those not altogether impressed by tho necessity for setting up the present Rabbit Board. To-day, there is an almost total absence of criticism of the board, its methods, or its officers.