WAIPAWA.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3178, 5 September 1881, Page 2

WAIPAWA.

(FROM OtTB OWN CORRESPONDENT.) September 5, 188U A meeting of wardens in the Waipawa Highway District was held in the Rechabite Hail on Saturday evening, when a rate of 9d in the *£ waa struck on all rateable property in the district. It was, I understand, considered necessary by the wardens to increase the rate from 6d to 9d this year, in order to raise sufficient funds to complete the Waverley street cutting and pay off overdraft at bank. The cutting, I am happy to inform your readers, is in a fair way towards completion.

Mr H. Arrow, senr., aa announced, held his first series of lay services yesterday (Sunday) at the Oddfellow's Hall. About 25 persons put in an appearance, several of whom evidently attending from curiosity alone. The proceedings were opened by the lecturer reading a portion of the Church of England service and a passage from the Bible. This was followed by a short voluntary, played by Mr Arrow on his new American organ. In his sermon nothing out of the ordinary form of religious belief was advanced by Mr Arrow, the discourse, however, being attentively listened to by those present. The desired object of the promoter is to secure the attendance at Divine service of a number of persons who do not at present visit any place of worshiD at Waipawa on Sunday mornings (numbering, according to Mr Arrow's estimate, some 450 people), but I'm afraid he will not succeed in Lis undertaking.

A committee meeting of tbe Waipawa County Football Club was held at the Empire Hotel on Thursday evening last, to arrange preliminaries for the return match, Napier v. Waipawa County to be played at Waipawa on Saturday, 17th instant. It was resolved to entertain the visitors at lunch at 11 o'clock, after discussing which vehicles will be provided to convey players to the ground at Richmond Park, where the match is to be decided. The County team will be chosen from the following: —Messrs Bostock, H., Bostock, T., Bogle, Bremner, Crosse, Craig, Duncan, Bwan, Fraser, A., Goldsmith, Harwood, Newman, Ord, Potts, Rhodes, 8., Smith, R. 8., Williams, and Waddington. As several of the County, representatives have taken a good amount of practice lately, a wellcontested match may be expected.

Notwithstanding the oft-heard cry of " hard times," there must still be plenty of money in this district. Within the past month a number of new businesses have been started, and appear to reap a fair share of custom, and now the New Zealand Clothing Company announce that a branch establishment will be opened by them in October next. It is Btated that this is only the preliminary towards making Waipawa the firm's central depot in the North Island for the manufacturing of their goods, it being their intention to erect a woollen mill as soon as proper arrangement can be made. The members of the Masonic fraternity at Waipawa, I understand, contemplate, at an early period, the building of a hall suitable for their requirements. The site, it is expected, will be a hillside section near the Waverly-street excavations. If the project is carried out. and I have every reason to believe it will be, another fine edifice will be added to those recently erected in our thriving township. I would beg to remind those interested that the Licensing Bench sits to-morrow (Tuesday) ; and also that theR.M. Court will be held on Wednesday.