WAIROA NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19136, 3 October 1936, Page 8

WAIROA NEWS

(Herald Correspondent.)

The following are the vital statistics for the W’airoa district for September : Europeans. — Births, 10 (1935, 9); deaths, 2 13). Maoris.—Births. 5 (3) ; deaths, ! (7). Marriage certificates issued, 2 (3): marriages performed by registrar, 1 (2). There was a large attendance at the euchre party and dance held in Osier’s hall on’ Wednesday night. All the ar range,ments were good and thb supper, supplied by the young women of the A.LG., left nothing to be desired. Tin euchre contest resulted:—Ladies. —Mrs. A. Christenson, 1 : Mrs. F. Foley, 2. Gentlemen.—Mr. .!. Bretherton, 1: Mr. P. Lambert, 2. The one-step competi tion was won by Mr. 11. Bretherton, with Miss L. Gallagher, Air. J. Me Lachlan with .Miss CL Farrow coming second. Aggregate tickets were hamlet to the following.—Mesdames 11. Besant E. Tunnell. E. L. Campbell, and T Hutchinson; Miss 11. Callahan-; MessrsE. Whitehead, 1L ClillV-Wooclson, A E. Ilium, T. B. Lyons, J\ Ala It on, G. Brown, and R. Buckingham. Ihe travelling prize, fell to Air. A. Christensen and specials to Messrs. K. A . Bain and ’J’. Byrne, whilst an estimating eompe lit ion was won by Airs. N. Crarcr. Air T. Aldridge was AI.G. Three short blasts on the fire syren yesterday morning startled a few people, who took it to he something serious, but if was soon ascertained that it war merely for drill purposes for the brigade. The marriage of Air. Jack Gemmel! and .Miss Isabel Osier is to take place at. Si, Andrew's Presbyterian Church at 6.39 p.m. on October 21. Air. K. Hall, Wairoa, has left foi Wellington to join the police force. —Air. and Airs. J. Gibbs, North Clyde, haw left for Wellington to attend the wed ding of their daughter, Dorothy.-—Air E. L. Thomson, manager of the Wairo: branch of Messrs. Williams and Kettle Limited, for some ycafs, retires in March next, and his successor will L Mr. Hugh A'lcWillia.m, who has resigned from the Unworn branch o! Messrs. Newton King, Limited, aftei Gx. years’ service.

Mr. .1- Cl Hewnrth, C'laki. is visiting the district, and intends to stay at Wairoa, Mo re re:, and Tuai.—-Mr. N Ashworth, Dunedin, is undergoing healtl treatment at More re hot, springs.—Air It. Finch, second son of the Rev. N 11. Finch, Wairoa, lias gained bis A pilot’s license with the Canterbury Aon Club. —Air. D. Johnson, Kopu road, suffered an injury when working at a circular saw. A strip of wood hit tin Moor and rebounded from there into the saw, and then struck Air. Johnston’: face, piercing the mouth In the Wairoa Magistrate’s Cour‘ on Wednesday, Dougins Baird, .Tame Finuenne, D. Horner, X. J. Smith and J. Mc-Muilan, none of whom appeared were fined £1 each and costs 10s foi having been found on the premises o! the Wair.oa Hotel on August- 2S dur injg- prohibited hours. Mr. Sainsbun appeared for the accused.