WAIROA.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3844, 12 November 1883, Page 3

WAIROA.

[FROM OUR OAVN CORRESPONDENT.] November sth, 18S3. The Clyde Total Abstinence Society met on Thursday night, twenty-three members being in attendance. Advertising accounts wero brought up aud passed for payment, tho proprietor of the Guardian donating two-thirds of the amount. An address from tho President, Mr Riddle, advising tho young Avomon not to have anything to do Avith young men avlio drank of tho cup j which inebriates brought the meeting to a close The committee meets next Alonday week to make arrangements for celebrating the society's anniversary. Tho Frasertown School Committee has - distinguished itself once more ! Last year this sapient body gravely proposed the adoption of tho Inspector's report ou the school examination, aud the motion Avas carried. The local press rubbed up the committee, but the fillip appears to have >•■ had no good effect, for oulj*- a few days ago the seven aviso men avlio preside over educational matters at Frasertown again committed the blunder of adopting %vhat they Avcro not called upon to "adopt." The back woods of America might furnish a parallel to this, but for AVairoa to bo guilty of such a blunder in this tho nineteenth century. Oh, carry me to tho grave ! Tho notice of motion given in tho Council by Cr. Couper, to invito tenders for the posts of clerk and overseer to the local body, fell ignominiously through, none of those supposed to favor the motion turning up at the meeting. Cr. Coupor,_ considering discretion the better part ot valour, retired from tho field, and the Wairoa County Council has been spared the humiliation (that is, assuming the motion had been carried) of being perhaps the on y local body in New Zealand that could practically dismiss its officers by calling for tenders for their posts. Apropos of this subject a gentleman in your loca I; ty sent in an application for Mi* Gardiner's post of road overseer before then; avus the slightest ground for believing tho post would be vacant. "AVhat has happened to destroy our beautiful climate '('' This is a question that has obtruded itself on our notice during the last few days. On Saturday the Aveathcr again broke, arid on Sunday night a torriblo < gale swept over our district, accompanied by heavy rain—in fact avo seemed transported back again into midwinter. At times tho gale assumed tho aspect of a

cyclone, blowing with tremendous violence, and in a ewratory fashion. Strong buildin"- were" shaken severely, and fruit trees everywhere were much damaged. The river Avas pretty well flooded, and the fresh, with the heavy sea on tho river, carried away most of tho protective breastwork on Kopu road, a good deal of the posts, fascines, and all being carried clean aAvav. In the various orchards the young fruit, and branches and leaves of the trees, Jitter tbe around. I havo not heard how tho stock have fared, but of course shearing has been interrupted. The nomination of candidates for tho vacant si-.at for the Mohaka riding m the Wairoa County Council will take place on Saturday, 17th instant.