WAITARA.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9840, 28 October 1893, Page 2

WAITARA.

' (JR9M OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] T OoTonsß 27. — The b.s. Kaneiri, afur being 3 weather bound about eight days, arrived «t li the Waitara en Tuesday evening with a , large general cargo, which" took them I nearly all night 'to discharge. She pro* - ceeded to Wellington early the following morning. ■ • ■ ',' < . It will be remembered that some months ago a report was- -circulated that t c i Gowannnrn had ;• been wrecked j and -after I careful search on this coast had boen jnnrie nothing very definite could 'be ascertained 1 relatinz to her; but I noticed that the p. a. Kaneiri had on board some of the ,-deck * fittings with the word " Gowanbnrn ' \ cawed .and painted thereon, which, I under- '' stand, had been picked up some months ". ago by the native^ at and were fc be.itg taken on to Wellington by. the 1 Captain of the s.s Kaneiri. ' ,^' J Fliear that our AngHcaD.CLnrdr^fiibndo ;; intend holding R Jrazoar on NoVenVb^f 3-.or '• 4, the proceeds to be devoted 'to building a new Sunday school and lecture hall. i-I notice tbat.jyour, Stratford ogent ia „ rather <fjubli«int at having beaten Ingle wood * in the quantity pf<rain laet month. , I don't | know how Waitara compares with Stratford in that respect, but a friend of mino received a letter to-day v . from that . locality wißliing that tho Wfitara.pople 3 wculd put in a plug and stop. t|io rain from going up there ia such large quantities My friend's correspondent must think Waitara a very important > place (or rather tho people) to be able to regulate the weather. Go a- head ! . I notice your contemporary tho Ifecord ' states that the measles epidemic is still rife in Waitara, winch is quite contrary to fact 5 I have made enquiries, aud there ia only > one case in the whole district . So, nincli for the reliability of the ftecord. It also j goetfftn to Bay there has been more sickccsß , ia Wnitaia last winter than for's&ne nineteen years And no ,, wonder, since. tho | population has largely increased. W^^aV* I nenrly t n times as many as wer6"l»e"re^ : that t me. ,i : i . The entertainment, by ''Our Boys " wn"s hold ou Thursday evening, when a crowded house greeted tho performeis ut tho rise of the curtain, and tho play was Bucccsafplly performed. It was given in aid of the . funds of tho Clifton sports ground. Tho fcllowjng is tho cast of char..ctow:— Sir ( Gcoffry « hampneys (baronot), Mr"'F. Bluck; Talbot Champneys (the baronet'a son), Mr Becbeeisenger; Clarisst Cliainpneys (baronefs uisler), Mrs Bluclf Pejrinn Middlewick (a retired butlermun), Mr A. | W>ogle; Charles Middlewick (his son), MVjA ''Heaopton ; Violet Meiro?e .(ibe 1 beirees), Mibs C. Cameron;' Mary Mulrose (her cousin), . Miss E. Tato; Keinpblor (^ir Geoff-y'B servant), Mr H. Gollnp; Publics (Mtddlewick'ssorvantmaD), Mr U.XioHop; Belinda ( sorvunt ia London lodging liontc) Miss Powell. Tho scenery was as follows: —Act 1, Drawing-room at Pork in Middlewick's ; Act 2, Drawing-rocin ut Sir Geoffry's; Act 3, Third floor in London lodging house. Soven months are sup* p^sed to elap-o between the second and third Boono. Mr Rogers introduced the coster songs between tho acts. ■'