WAIROA NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18503, 15 September 1934, Page 16

WAIROA NEWS

(Herald Correspondent.)

During the past month the amount paid by the Wairoa hospital Board for outdoor relief was £iuo, making the lotal to August 31 £366. Adding the amounts paid to other boards, £443, the grand total paid for relief work is £6ll. Mr. VV. G’Dowd, a drover who was in charge, of a mob of cattle being driven via tVaikaremoana to a market in the Waikato, met with a painful accident near iiuatainma. Some of the cattle fell down a bank through the edge of the road giving way. Mr. O’Dowd went down to get them up when one beast suddenly rushed him, inflicting a gash above the knee, out no bones were broken. The injured •man was taken to I lie Rotorua Hospital. The receipts of the Hospital Board for August totalled £ll6l. The chief items were maintenance levies, £927, and patients’ payments, £l6B. The expenditure for file month was £1065, the principal items being hospital maintenance, £562; relief. £103: and payments to oilier boards, £245. Cattle from Wairoa and the East Coast continue to be driven via the Ureweru country for llarniitim, a mob of wellgrown Polled Angus passing through on Wednesday fiist in el large of Messrs. Thom and Saunders. A dunce promoted by I lie Tuai Golf Club proved a great success, there being a. large attendance. The music was provided by a Erasertown orchestra, and tlm dresses were outstanding. The building trade in the borough is a little brisker just now than it has been for some time. In addition lo the freezing works and the new theatre, now both well under way. a residence is just being finished in the Queen street area for Mr. and Mrs. D. 11. Withers, and a blacksmith’s shop is 'being erected m the same street, opposite the Salvation Army barracks, for Mr. T. Crawford. The county engineer reports a few small slips on the various district and by-roads, but nothing very serious. The ltuakiluri road is blocked by a slip, but the extent* of it is not yet known. Mr. M. J. Cemmell, manager of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, reports that as he was descending the Matahorua Gorge on the Napier side a landslide came down in front of him and lie had to hack up the hill and cross the viaduct, but the slip is not serious, nor is the one reported on the “Long Cutting.” Wairoa-Opouiti road. The Ruakituri slip is also small. Contrary to flic usual result of a cold snap, no frost was experienced, on the coast, at least, on Friday morning, a light shower in the night, having saved the situation. It does not appear that much damage lias Ireen done to (lie stone fruits, as a good deal was in the sheath or cluster stage. Yesterday all the hilltops to the west and north-west were covered with snow, which came much further down than usual. There was a large attendance at St. Andrew’s Church Hall on Thursday night on the occasion of a lantern lecture given by two returned lady missionaries from India. Miss Fountain, and Miss Daunefaerd. Dominion secretary, of the Zenana Bible and Medical Mission, founded 85 years ago. Mrs. T. W. Macdonald presided., and Die meeting was

opened by the singing of “Jesus Shad Reign,” Air. .Sproul leading the devotional part. Miss D. J. Dannefaerd opciated the lantern and Miss Fountain graphically described the condition of j the women and girl wives and widows of India, still largely steeped in superstition. She pointed out. that there weie 140,000,000 women shut up in the ! zenanas, 2,300,000 wives under the age I «if 10 years, 26.050.000 widows shamefully treated, and thousands of little I girls married to the gods, all needing help. This work could only be done by women speakers, teachers, and doctors. Miss Fountain described her experiences, ; the address being followed with interest. ! At the close the speaker thanked Mrs. ; Macdonald, Mr. Sproul and Mrs. E. Me- | Intyro, the local secretary, for the ari rangeinents. Mr. Mclntyre thanked the | speaker and Miss Dannefaerd -feyk the lecture, and in a warm address' com- | mended the work to the prayers of those i present, and then concluded the meeting ■ with prayer. The latest information regarding the 1 effects of the recent storm is that where 1 1 he lambing had been nearly completed the ios.-ws were inconsiderable, especially in areas sheltered by bills to the south, but in the uplands the losses were more severe. Taken all round, the total loss is not so heavy as expected. A very successful dance • and card party was held at Opouiti. Mrs. Tuck s orchestra provided the music, and the euchre prizes were won by Mrs. Single and Mrs. Glynan, whilst the Monte Carlo winners were Misses Neald and Mr. Twadale, the spot waltz falling to Mr. It. Davis and partner. There was a very good attendance at the latest social in connection @t. Peter’s Catholic Church. The Klick Klack orchestra provided the music, whilst Mrs. V. Fraser played several extras. The winners in the card games were:— Ladies: Mrs. F. Foley, 1; Mrs. T. Rees, 2. Gentlemen: Mr. D. Reid, 1; Mr. R. Wilson, 2. 'Special competitions were won by Mrs. Hutchinson and Mr. C. C. Povzer. The hostesses were Mesdames IL L. Harker and T. French. At the last, meeting of 'the Wairoa branch of the Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union t here was a good attendance It was decided, in response to a request, to send orders both to the R.S.A. and the New Zealand Institute for the Blind for goods, the president commending both institutions as worthy of support. Mrs. Groves gave a demonstration of pastry-making, and samples were afterwards sold. The shortbread entries were small, the judge, Mrs. Murray, placing the entrants thus: —Mrs. G. Tod. 1; Mrs. Downes, 2; Mrs. Aldridge, 3. A vote of thanks to Mrs. Downes and Mrs. Murray was passed. The branch decided to become a subscriber to the League of Nations. Mrs. Scott’s offer to act as a press correspondent was accepted. The president announced that the Maori members were giving an entertainment at the Septenu her meeting, at which also they will be the tea hostesses. The hostesses for the afternoon were Mesdames Barnett, J. Tod, and ,T. Wilson. Mrs. Thornton has arrived- at Marumaru on a visit to her sister. —Mr. A, O. A. Hyde. Hastings, was a visitor to Wairoa on Friday.—Mrs. R,. Mclntyre, Tnngitere, is visiting Wairoa.