WAIROA NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18687, 22 April 1935, Page 12

WAIROA NEWS

(Herald Correspondent.) A number of tho young men and women of Wairoa are attending Easter Bible class camps at Greemneadows and Morere. Now that tho waters have receded, the area west and east of the southern end of the Wairoa bridge presents quite a pitiable sight as far up as the basketball courts and to the east as far as Csler's. To the west, once a beautiful green, and to tho east a mass of flowers, the laud is now all silt covered. It is a problem to know what to do with it. To remove all tho silt will be expensive, and some authorities think it would be wisest to level oft' the silt and re-sow and replant, but in any case it must be some time before the beauty of the areas is restored. Another of Wairoa's idle sections —at the junction, of Napier road, Paul, Lahore and Lucknow streets, has at last been occupied. Mr. A. E. Jones has opened a service station. A distribution of blankets to the local unemployed who apply is now being made at the Wairoa Borough Council chambers on behalf of the local relief committee.

At the latest meeting of the Wairoa Borough Council the engineer, Mr. W. 1 nnes, reported that during the past month, on tho low pressure system, 2401 units were registered at the intake, the estimated quantity of water pumped being 2,516,500 gallons, equal to nearly 136 gallons per connection per day and 34 gallons per head of the population. On the high pressure system the quantity of water pumped from the settling tanks was 2,676,000 gallons, equal to 146 gallons per connection and 36 gallons per head of the population per day. The same officer reported on the electrical consumption for the month as follows: The units purchased were 162,650, an increase of 9850 units. The street lighting consumed 2359 units, a decrease ot 155 units. The h.p. pumping took 3984 units, a decrease of 1011 units. The increase in tho number of units purchased from the Power Board was nearly per cent, over last year. Owing to the bad weather conditions of late, coupled with the general disorganisation of transport, there has been little play on the golf course, though members have had a good deal of practice. The programme is at present more or less open till after Easter, when regular play is to commence. On Good' Friday and Easter Sunday the usual services were held to mark the important events of tho Tragedy of Calvary and tho Resurrection. There were fair attendances at all services.

Mr. Taylor, a visitor from the Wairarapa, a schoolmate of Mr. F. Harrison, who is on a tour of the North Island and slaying with Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, was a visitor to the Wairoa Collie Club trials.—Mrs. R. C. Grainger and her small son, who have been on holiday in Hastings, • staying with her sister, .Mrs. J. R. Thorp, returned home on Friday.—Mr. B. Lemuel. Mohaka, has temporarily left the district to fulfil an engagement with an orchestra in. Wellington. Everywhere one travels, in the direction of" Mohaka and along the coast and up I he Wairoa rivers, great quantities of driftwood are being piled up. It is stated that over 300 cords have been secured on the Wairoa beach. The Ruakituri district, so well known tor its Hue stamp of horses, had a day out at the sports on Easter Saturday. Tuahiue, and Tuaknnn. sister and brother, winning tlii"e first prizes, two seconds and two thirds. Mr D. Evans lias another horse coining on, to be called Tamatea, which should be heard of in the future. The Bruce family and K.

Tc Poki also contributed largely to the northern sweep of the prizes. At the Collie Club's smoke concert on Thursday night there was a large attendance, and an enjoyable time was spent with toasts, songs and story. Mr. 11. Taylor, the president, was in the chair, and the music was provided by Messrs F. Haughton and K. Smith.

During the recent rainstorm, which was very heavy in the Ruakituri Valley. Mr. O." Evans had his private power plant wrecked, presumably by the, crashing of a boulder on to the pipe line. The plant was put in by the late Mr X. G. Glassford when he was managing the station tor the East Coast Trust, ft will not be an expensive matter to repair-this handly little plant, which was used for house-lighting and running the station machinery.

On May 6, the King's Jubilee Day, a local fifteen is to meet Napier-Hast-ings in the first representative Rugby match of the 1935 season.

Beyond some quiet work in connection with the Mayoralty, things are very quiet in the local body election matters. It is reported that Labor is to put up several candidates for the Borough Council. The nominations seni in so far are: —Mayor.—-.Mr. H. L. Harker. Borough Council.—Messrs 11. M. Christensen. W. J. Clark, and M. J. Gemmell, all sitting members. Power Board. -Messrs C. V. Chamberlain. J. R. Gillespie. 11. L. Harker and M. J. Geini.uell : the first three are sitting members. Hospital P.oard.—Veil. Archdeacon Butterfield.

Mr. J. Knin, sole teacher at Korokoro School, Waikaremoana road, is seriouslv ill in the n airoa Hospital.—Mr and'Mrs. J. Page. Auckland, the latter a sister of Mi R. Tapper, sen., are visiting Mr and .Mrs Tapper, sen. Mr Page is a brother of the recently appointed judge of the Arbitration Court.