Wairoa News.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 701, 22 December 1902, Page 3

Wairoa News.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Though our means of ingress and egress by land is all that could be dosirod, yet tho vagaries of our bar are such as to exhaust the patienco of the most_ longsuffering and to act as an incentive to profanity. Wo are now having hot summer weather, which gives rise to tho saying, “ too hot for any white man ! ” Our respected postmastor, Mr Bayeline. has beon laid asido from duty by an extromoly sovoro attacK of sciatica, and Mr Pirani, of Napier, is aoting as his locum tonons. Mr Baycliffe has just returned from a month's sojourn at tho Nuhaka Hot Snrings feeling very much benefit from his trip. Mr Graham, another of the staff, has also • gone on furlough, and his Dlaco is being filled by Mr Barrett,

fromWaipawa. . , L , Our school concert, in aid of the prize fund, attracted a largo audionoo to the Royal Albert Hall last week, and tho proceeds havo been spent in prizes, which will bo distributed at tho break up on Wednesday. . Matters matrimonial show signs ot activity, as we have had two marriages lately,"and “still there’s moro to follow !’’ Tin tiencdicts are jubilant, the bachelors doleril. Regret to havo to record that criminality

doomot in shame hide its faco, as our lookup has boeu taxed to its utmost to uccoumodate transgressors. By last stotnor our energetic officer iu chargo of | thJ-’olico Station—Constable Kennedy—tos down a batch to Napior, and there aroaow others waiting to cross the bar. If nero ho but a step from the ridiculous to ac sublime there must of necessity bo tbtsamo from the sublimo to the ridiculous- So under cover of this perverted mum I take shelter in recording tho good an .bad deeds as stated. he Wairoa and I-’rasertown School Cnket Clubs have had two matches, in 1 v>ftti.-s{ which -be mM(OW]] boys were ■ ... nctors. thaie Tuhara Sas-aaill is working day

and night, and turning out about 18 bales per day. The Nuhaka Dairy Factory is now in full swing, and producing a first-class article. .

If rumor is to bo relied upon, one or two of the largest estates contiguous to Wairoa are about to be taken over by the Government and cut up into small sections for close settlement. The rankest Conservative cannot but allow that such will tend to the advancement of the district. . , Tho recent favorable weather has played into tho hands of the haymakers, who, having “ made hay while the sun shone, are now busy preserving it in stacks for winter use. The crop as a whole has been a good one.