The Waipa Post. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1914. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waipa Post, Volume VII, Issue 325, 23 June 1914, Page 4

The Waipa Post. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1914. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An -application for a prohibition order against a native was granted by Mr E. Rawson, S.M., on Friday last. The military ball is announced to take place at Pirongia on Wednesday, July 15, instead' of July Bth, as stated in our last issue.

Captain Hope-Johnstone was sworn in as a justice of the peace before Mr E. Rawson, S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court, Te Awamutu, on Friday last. Out of 32 applicants Mr G. S. Gould (engineer to the Kawhia County Council) was on Thursday appointed as engineer to the Ohinemuri County Council. As announced by advertisement in anothei column a grand drawing-room concert will take place in the Kihikihi Town Hall on Monday, July 6th. The proceeds of the concert will be in aid of the Church of England, Kihikihi. Further particulars will be announced later.

At a recent meeting of those interested in the promotion of a bulb show in connection with St. John’s Anglican Church, it was resolved that the function take place on September l6th. Detail arrangements were considered at length, and everything augurs well for the complete success of the show. The schedule is to be issued at an early date.

A meeting of very considerable importance to the whole district is convened by Mr A. Walter to take, place at Te Awamutu on Saturday next. At this meeting a proposal to form a drainage board over an area extending from the boundary of the Upper Mangipiko drainage district, along the watershed of the Mangapiko to Pirongia is to be submitted and it is hoped that the meeting will be a thoroughly representative one.

| In view of a question put to him at his Te Awamutu meeting on Thursday last as to whether the Right Hon. Mr Massey had any financial interest in the Union Steamship Company, Mr Mr J. A. Young M.P., communicated with the hon. gentleman, and yesterday was advised as follows : “ Neither Mr Massey nor any member of his family at present holds or at any time has held any shares in the Union Steamship Company.” When asked this question Mr Young was unable to make a definite reply, although now, as a result of this communication, he is in a position to do so. In an article the Wairarapa Age says : —The facility with which natives can obtain credit from tradesmen has been a matter for public comment in recent years. The native has been treated with greater consideration in this respect than many a European. It would be well for tradespeople to understand that the Native Land Board does, not intend granting permission to a native to alienate his property, unless it can be shown that from the proceeds of the sale, he will ; have sufficient to maintain himself and his family. The native lands are protected as against the Official Assignee, and cannot be seized by order of the court. These facts should be known to tradesmen, so that if they give credit they do so at their own risk. If the credit of the natives were restricted, they would be compelled, in many cases, to work their land or secure outside employment. It would be a good thing for the trading community if the rents derived by individual natives were published from time to time in the Government Gazette or the Mercantile Gazette. People would then know just where they stood with the aboriginal.

Mr Guy Taylor who some four weeks ago was unfortunate enough to receive a serious knock in a hockey match at Te Awamutu, is progressing favourably, and left this morning for Rotorua. The high-pressure water supply from Pirongia has been put through the pipes over Messrs Batson and Prescotts’ contract section, the work being tested as the water was turned on over each section between the valves.

Notice is given in our advertising columns to-day that the humorous and entertaining farce, “ Dearest Mamma,” is to be performed at the local Town Hall on Friday, July 17th. Full details of the programme will be given at a later date, and the entertainment may be looked forward to. The proceeds are to be devoted to the local Catholic bazaar funds.

On Friday evening next an orchestral concert is to take place at. the local Town Hall as advertised. A very good programme has been arranged, details of which will be notified in our next issue. As the proceeds of this concert are to be devoted to that worthy institution, the Te Awamutu public library, the promoters will doubtless have the moral and financial support of every citizen.

The gentleman appointed by the provisional directors of the new theatre company has written to the promoters as follows : —“As requested by you I have been through the list of names submitted for competition as being most suitable for the new theatre. The names on the whole are most weird, but the one I have no hesitation in deciding in favour of is “The Theatre_ Royal.” This name was submitted by Mr. W. C. Matthews, Te Awamutu.