WAIROA NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19138, 6 October 1936, Page 11

WAIROA NEWS

BAND OF HOPE CONCERT (Herald Correspondent.) The annual Band of Hope concert, held, ju St. Andrew’s Hal), was well attended. Captain Kcnrse, oi’ the Salvation Army, presided. Following the singing ot the hymn, “Yield hot to Temptation,’’ the children repeated the pledge, after which a good programme of songs and recitations followed. The following gave items : Recitations, Colin Browne, Patricia Valla nee, David and Helen Mclntyre, Cecily and Valerie Doig, Frank' -Nugent, Cynthia Rose, Irene Matson, Will Galbraith, Ngaire Hocking, Alex Douglas and Alex Archibald; songs, Nancy Milne, Jean Archibald, Joan MeLachlan, Bessie Dnlglcish, and Noleen Browne; pianoforte solos, Marjorie Aldridge, Dolly Long, If. Pu,vmint or, J. Marshall, D. Johansen, M. Minir-li and K. Rose; nurse’s song. Winsome Crolcer, Cynthia Rose and Beatrice McPhnil; temperance! items, Nancy and Margaret MeLrlieh. “.Notable Men and Women’’ was well acted by three boys and two girls. During the' interval the Rev. N. H. Finch thanked Mrs. .1. Macdonald for the way she had trained the children, and gave some very good advice to the temperance organisers. The dialogue, “A Husband’s Economies,” was well received. Some catchy choruses were sung by the children under the leadership of Lieutenant: Stahbri.dge, and the collection and Benediction closed the meeting.

The death occurred at Te Rcinga on Thursday of Winnie, the five months’ old daughter of Mr. and -Mrs. James Kennedy. Following the. arrival of material for the. To lteinga-Ruakituri bridge, work lias been resumed oil that, structure, and the girders arc being assembled. The full team of workmen of the Peacock Construction Company from Patea is expected this week. Consequent on recent improvements on tho Tiniroto-Gisborne highway, there is a noticeable increase in the popularity of this route with motorists to and from Wairoa.

Mrs. Andrew Paterson, neo Miss Georgian;!, Carter, daughter of the late Mr. Edwin Carter, Wairoa, and Mrs. Carter, Auckland, accompanied by her daughter, Reka, is paying a visit to Wairoa, after over 30 years’ absence. Mrs. Paterson arrived from Auckland via Gisborne, and goes on to Napier from here as soon as she has made, contact with the friends of lver young days, now pioneer settlers. Mrs. Paterson is staying at the Clyde. Hotel. The older settlers will remember'that her father built the 'first, two-storey dwelling in Wairoa on Kopu road, now demolished, and also the largest store in Marine parade, the location of which it is now hard to trace.

St. Andrew’s Church bazaar, promoted by the Ladies’ Guild, to be. held this week, promises to be very successful. The- Bov. Bernard Teague, of the Wairoa Methodist Church, has a very find display of tulips in the church grounds, and all >vho have seen, them are loud in praise of their variety and arrangement.

So far there has been no trace of. the missing man, Mr. Robert Templeton, who disappeared from Mr. 11. deLauitouv’s farm. Dragging the river has been a. difficult task owing to the many deep holes, and the snags. Nil's. H. Bi'oeklehurst, Lahore street, and her two children are visiting Gisborne, staying with the former’s mother, Nlrs. Douglas Blair.—Mr. J. S. Wilson has been elected president of the Wairoa Bowling Club, vice Mr. F. A. Lowe, resigned.—Mr. R. Sunday, Fiji, is a visitor to Wairoa.—Mr. and Mrs. W. Branson, and Miss Branson, Napier, are visiting Morcre.- —Mr. and Mi's. Ackl.'tiid. and Miss Ackland, Wellington, are on a holiday visit to Mover© hot springs.