MURIWAI NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19374, 12 July 1937, Page 6

MURIWAI NEWS

(Humid Correspondent.) With the improvement in the weather welcomed by all the muddy conditions which prevailed are fast clearing up. The pools of water, in some cases of considerable extent, which have covered the grazing areas on the fiats, are also rapidly disappearing. As the spring lambs will be appearing shortly—on one particular farm there are upwards of 30—this is a consideration to the farmers. The construction of the railway line behind the Muriwai Hotel and the re-alignment of the road at this point are proceeding rapidly. This new route of the main highway will eliminate the particularly bad corner at the pa where there have been many near-accidents. There are several lads in the Muriwai district who cycle to Gisborne to attend the secondary schools, covering some .30 miles daily. In the normal school year these boys would cover about GOOD miles, and many a private motorist is proud of his covering that distance in his ear in the full 12 months. This year, of course, has been a very broken one, and now the boys are to enjoy a month’s vacation, more particularly as this will provide a respite when some of the worst weather of the year may be expected. A well-attended Roman Catholic church service was held in the Muriwai School on Sunday morning. While for some years these services have not been held regularly, it is hoped in the future to conduct them in the school once a fortnight. The Maori members of file Muriwai Women’s Institute are being freely congratulated on their splendid and varied collection of Maori work exhibited at the recent Poverty Bay Federation of Women’s Institutes’ exhibition of work. Considerable effort was put into this exhibit and the contributors are gratified at the special award.

Mi'S. Scott has left for Auckland. - Miss P. Warner is staying in Muriwai for some time. Misses Virginia, Juliet, and Patricia Williams are at their homos for the school vacation. — Mrs. H. Lunn is undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Gisborne.- Mr. and Mrs. W. Dooley have returned after a vacation in Auckland and Hawke’s Bay.—Miss Peggy Dooley is visiting Hawke’s Bay and Wellington. - Mrs. It. C. Parker, Hangaroa, it; visiting her sister. Miss, M. Faulkner.