WAIROA NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18589, 27 December 1934, Page 16

WAIROA NEWS

(Herald Correspondent.) Tin- weather continues very hot and the, gardens and other crops—maize excepted —are suffering severely. People are just beginning to realise that there is a drought on. There was not an average attendance on the bowling green on Saturday owing to the near approach of the festive season. The results of the games played were: —T. Browne, Bromley, Christensen, and Coleman 19 v. Winter, Haskell, Ebbitt, and Reeves 12 • Osier, 'Crarer, and J. S. Wilson 25 v. G. Stewart, Halpin and Noble 17; Saunders, Stewart, and Rutherford 20 v. Hill, Eraser and .MacDonald 10. Singles .-—Reeves beat Lowe; Roberts beat P. Wilson; Corbett beat Eraser; Clank beat McKay; R. Stuart beat A. Christensen ; H. Christensen beat Ebbett.

There was a huge gathering last Friday night of members of the Wairoa Rowing Cl'ub on the occasion of a social evening tendered to Mr. J. S. Gilligan, club captain, on the even of his marriage. Mr. U. Glengarry, the president, occupied (lie chair, and proposed the chief toast of the evening. In doing so, lie paid a high tribute to the loyal and strenuous services rendered to the club over a long period and wished him many years of wedded bliss. To keep in memory the time ho spent in the club the chairman presented Mr. Gilligan with a handsome chiming clock. Other speakers followed and the guest of honor made a suitable reply. On Monday afternoon lie was met by the manager and staff of the Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Co-op. to make a further presentation and to wish the bride and hrulegronin-to-be health,

wealth and prosperity in tlm years that lie before them.

Saturday night gave a good index of what Christmas Eve might he like. The streets were occupied till a late hour by shoppers, and trade showed a great improvement on last year. This was tohe expected as a result of the reopening of the chief industrial concern, the Wairo:t freezing works. Very good order prevailed all through the evening. Interest in the selection of the Carnival Queen continues to grow, and the position in the voting for the respective candidates is now to be shown by flags on Andresen’s buildings. There arc three candidates: Band, Miss Judy Baker, flag blue and silver; Rowing Club, Miss Shirley Sven sen, green and white ; hockey, Miss Mako Carroll, green.

Til the Hopper Shield cricket competition played last week-end, Rovers defeated tho Dairy Factory on the first innings. Scores: Dairy Factory, first innings, 112 (Marslin 27), second innings 78 for six wickets (Oldham not out 28); Rovers, first innings, 201. for four wickets, declared (M. Hutchinson 112). The prize-giving in connection with the Mahia Native School took place at tho same time as the calf-judging. Messrs. G. E. Ormond and W. T. Bartlett, the judges, expressed pleasure at the care taken by the pupils in calfrearing and in the home gardens. The prizes in tho latter were as follow Taamaku Tangiora, 1; Tiwi Te Ngaio, 2 ; John Tangiora, 3. Calf competition : Peter Ataria, 1; Bonny Hapi, 2; Lily Te Nahu, 3. The standard prizes were: Pauline Tangiora, Form II; Him Wilson, Form I; Mary Greening, Std. Tl: Moana Biti. Std. Ill; Gwen Ormond, Std. II; Lewis Tangiora, Primer IV; Georgina Wairau, Primer III; Lily Te Nahu, Primer II; Bunny Ormond, Printer I. Mrs. G. E. Ormond distributed the prizes. Opportunity was taken by a few of The settlers interested in the Wairoa freezing works to meet the Hon. C. E.

Macmillan, Minister of Agriculture, when he passed through Wairoa on the day of tho Duke’s visit. Mr. J. S. Jessep welcomed the Minister, and said it had been a pleasure to meet him in Wellington, with Mr. A. G. Nolan, and as a result of that visit the first shipment of meat from the rebuilt Wairoa freezing works had left that day. The reconstruction of the worms already had been a great benefit to the district. Mr. A. G. Nolan endorsed the remarks of Mr. Jessep, and thanked the Minister for granting the license to Messrs. Swifts, Limited. This had not only helped the farmers and the businesspeople, but bad put new life into the work of the County Council. He concluded by assuring the Minister that he would never regret having granted Messrs. Swifts, Limited, the license to operate in the Wairoa district. Dir. R. .Tapper, juu., pointed out the benefit that must accrue to the returned soldier-farmers through being able to get a market for all classes of stock, including pigs, thus enabling them the better to meet their obligations to the Crown. Mr. Chamberlain, Power Board chairman, stressed the assistance the works would ho to the board’s finances. Mr. Macmillan, replying, said he was pleased to have been able in some way to benefit the farmers through granting the license to Messrs. Jjwifts, Limited, and he was satisfied thatTtbe rehabilitation of the Wairoa works whs. essential to the district’s progress. A precedent has been established, it Was true, in granting a license to an overseas company, and it was very pleasing to him to receive tho thanks of the district for doing this. Dr. and Mrs. Jardino are spending the Christinas holidays at Opoutama.—The Rev. Father Kingan, of St. Patrick’s College, is staying with tho Rev. Father Devoy, Wairoa.—Mr. J. Corbishly, formerly of the Wairoa courthouse staff, and now of Westport, is visiting Wairoa. —Mr. F. Knight, Wellington, is spending the Christmas holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Knight.— Mr. Tom Haughton, second son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Haughton, is in Stratford Hospital suffering from pneumonia. —Mrs. R. Fitzgerald, Ngatapa, who has been on an extended holiday in the South Island, and latterly a guest of Mrs. J. Law, has returned home. —Mr. A. Williamson, Wellington, is spending the Christmas holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Williamson, of tho Wairoa Hotel. Mr. A. E. Perry had the misfortune on Sunday to suffer a had gash in a foot by treading on a broken bottle. - Mrs. M. A. Brunton, Rongotea, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. G. N. Richardson, Te Reinga. The following have passed the professional accountancy- examination; F. H. Jones, B. C. Magill, J. D. Quayle. and E. G. Williams.