WAIROA NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19378, 16 July 1937, Page 2

WAIROA NEWS

(Herald Correspondent.)

The rainfall for the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. on 'Thursday totalled .75in., recorded by Mr. C. O. Mackay, Te Putaputa, Ohinepaka Valley. The five-year plan on which the Wairoa County engineer lias been engaged for some time on behalf of the Government, and which may be adopted by the council in August, in all probability will mean an expenditure of about £150,000.

During the past month 11 vessels worked Waikokopu. The port was unworkable for nine days. The exports were: 30 tons of manure, 2115 carcases of mutton, 17,074 carcases of lamb, 1369 packets of sundries, 140 bales of wool, and 28 packages of furniture. The Koau also took away 3750 carcases of lamb for the s.s. Remuera. The imports were 115 tons of cement. 50 tons of superphosphate, 47 tons of general goods, 157 tons of coal. 28 tons of machinery, 250 tons of southern produce, and 31,502 super feet of timber.

The Wairoa oilot's report for the past month stated that two vessel.' arrived and two departed. The bai was workable on six days, with an average denth of sft. at high water. There were 22 days of strong southerly winds during the month, with rough seas, which accounted for the few arrivals and departures. He had two men on No. 5 scheme for three davs planting out spartina grass. They planted out 1150 roots, which were growing well. The total of the accounts passed at this week's meeting of the Wairoa Harbour Board was £3lB. The returns tabled were:—Wharfages.—Wairoa. £ls H 930. £39); Port Charges, £0 (£18); harbour, improvement rale, £3 (£8). Waikokopu. Harbour improvement rate. £8 (£10); port charges, £7B (£l9). Public Works Department wharf improvement an-, count.--Wharfages, £Ol (£37); wharf charges, £lB (£1(0. Mr. R. 11. Robinson, who formerly, carried on a very successful drapery business in Napier in the early days, died recently at his home in Omahu road. Remuera, Auckland, aged 03 years. Ills wile pre-deceased him a few months ago. The deceased was a man of fine character and greatly loved by all who knew him. In the early days he was a frequent visitor to Wairoa, assisting the pastor and the Presbyterian Church in their concerts. Mr. R. A. Peez, secretary of the Wairoa Hospital Board, left recently to attend a meeting in Palmerston North of the executive officers of the Hospital Boards' Association in the southern half of the North Island. —Mr. A. M. Harvey-Smith, of the Public Works Department, Napier, arrived yesterday on transfer to the clerical department of the Wairoa branch.

I At the Wairoa County Council's I meeting on Wednesday the health inspector, Mr. 'R. W. Pomare, reported that during the past month there had been no cases of infectious disease in the county. A total of 53 inspections had been made and 10 i requisitions served.