WAIROA NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19140, 8 October 1936, Page 9

WAIROA NEWS

(Herald Correspondent.) In connection with the visit to Wairoa of Mrs. Andrew Paterson, Auckland, the Herald's representative recalls that her father took unique measures to secure the safety of his wife and himself on the occasion of tho murderous raid by Te. Kooti on Mohaka on April 10, 1869. It was not known for several clays whether or not Te Kooti would be advancing on Wairoa by way of Waihua and the beach. Accordingly, tho whole of Wairoa's scanty population slept in the redoubt on the site of the present County Council Chambers. The late Mr. Ldwin Carter, the then big merchant of Wairoa, transported bags of sugar, flour and maize to the stockade to fortify it instead of waiting to fill sand bags. However, Te Kooti did not come.

The Wairoa local body meetings take place next week, beginning- on Monday with the Power Beard at 10.30 a.m., the finance committee, the chairman and Messrs. E. 11. Glendinning, T. Davey and J. P.- Gillespie, meeting at 9.30 a.m. The Harbour Board meets at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, and the Hospital Board at 1 p.m. the same day. The County Council meets at 10 a.m. next Wednesday, the finance committee, the chairman and Crs. W. .1. Hill and S. A. Dickie, mecting at 9.20 a.m.

The engagement is announced of Ewon Dolhel. elder sou oif Mrs. Dolbe! and the laic Mr. Charles. Dolbol, Napier,'to Lois ' PJiznboth Mareti, elder daughter of Mrs. A. F. Mnio.it and the late Mr. .1. Woodruff nickson, Wairoa.

Mr. .1. 0. Mowbray, Tasmania, who is on !i lour of the scenic resorts of the North Island, is at the Moreiv hot, springs.—Mr. C. M. Woods, and Mrs. Woods, who have been on a visit to Nairn ka and Wiiiroo, have returned to Palmers!on North.