WAIROA NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19336, 28 May 1937, Page 8

WAIROA NEWS

(Herald Correspondent.) The Wairoa (County Council lias sold its light tractor and planer to the Main Highways Board for 11385, and it is understood it will be used in the district still, probably under the Public Works Department’s five-year plan. Mr. P. Everett, orchard instructor. Gisborne, lias been paying an official visit to this district, lie is arranging classes for apple-packing, to be carried out about July. In view of the probability that all apples in future will be standardised this action is timely, hi oilier districts young people earn good wages at this work. Anyone who desires to learn should communicate with Mr, Everett in Gisborne. Auckland seems to be out to claim credit for anything that even Wairoa may raise for the King George V memorial fund for inclusion in the returns of Ihe big city’s figures. The Auckland press claims Wiiikaremoaua lake as “near Auckland,” and its Mayor claims that our county, the 39th parallel, is the boundary. The bulk of the Wairoa territory property belongs to Hawke’s Bay. The early settlers have cause to remember that in tho 'seventies Auckland viewed Wairoa with the official eyes tightly shut.

The revenue of the Wairoa County for the past month totalled £14,030, the chief items being:—Kates, £435; 'drivers’ licenses, £l7; heavy traffic fees, £72; No, 5 refunds, £869; dog tax, £SO; deposits, £35; refund motor spirit taxation, £94. The credit balance after the meeting and the payment of accounts was £6389.

Among the Wairoa borough improvements now being carried out—and long overdue—is that of repairing the, concrete kerbing and channelling constructed less than 25 years ago. Its condition for a long time has been a reproach. The borough staff has completed the section between the Motor Company’s premises and the Arcadia corner in a very workmanlike manner. The engineer, Mr. A. C. Twyford, is having some trouble owing to the 1931 earthquake having altered some of the levels. The general effect of the improvement is that the property owners have had a good clean-up of the fence lines, and new fences are replacing the tumbledown erections of the past. The footway has had two or three sprayings to kill twitch-grass prior to the laying of bitumen. A little of such work every now and again would soon greatly improve the appearance of the town, coupled as jt will be by the tree planting scheme scheduled for the winter. A member of the Wairoa A. and P. Society has asked the Herald’s representative to again point out that much of the bunting and tri-colour fabrics used in Coronation week is likely to become destroyed or lost, and suggests it would be a nice action to offer it to the, Wairoa and Nuhaka A. and P. societies for the decoration of their produce sheds. The Wairoa County Council has fallen in with this idea.

Travellers who have been making complaints of late in respect to the unsatisfactory state, of the main highways, especially those leading into Wairoa, slffiuld not lose sight of the fact that highway matters are still in a state of flux as between county and .State control and supervision. In addition to other arrangements the, Wairoa County Council has authorised the Highways Board to accept on tiie council’s behalf the quotation of Messrs. Gough, Gough and Hamer, Limited, for tho supply of a caterpillar Diesel grader at £1606 7s 6d, less 21, per cent, all charges p:yd, delivered at Wairoa. Tho council has now ordered another similar machine, and all the highways should soon be in very good order.