WAIROA NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1019, 12 October 1903, Page 1

WAIROA NEWS.

[(From Our Own Correspondent.)

After a few weeks of seasonable weather we are again under the rule of Jupiter. Pluvius, and wondering when genial spring will seriously set in. The Tangaroa being on the slip for her usual overhaul, we get our six daily papers in a batch by the overland mails weekly. I wonder when the Postal Department, which is certainly the most sweating in the Civil Service of'the colony, will wake up to the fact that its functions are not only, to grind down hard-work-ing mail-contractors and post office “-slaveys,” but to be a service worthy. of the name to a people which are shut off,, by ilood and field from civilisation. A subsidised bi-weekly coach service from Napier and Gisborne would do much to rectify, matters., It is rumored that a party of some weight and monetary influence is about to erect freezing works at Waikokopu, costing between £20,000 and £30,000. It is also oil the tapis that several business places will soon be erected at that port. The Nuhaka dairy, factory is again open, and wilt soon be in full swing. Dairy .farmers will find that to have^their cows in proper condition for milking it will pay them to go in ior hay or root crops for winter feeding., The Wairoa dairy factory is all but completed, and will be opened at an early date. This business is already creating business among the tradesmen, as air,£) v A/TGay, *a»''.complfctctl to order two milk-carts for the conveyance of milk or cream from Tukara and Frasertown respectively. Our area for dairy-fanning is as yet rather circumscribed, and pressure must be brought to bear on Government to cut up the estates surrounding the factory, whose owners are so callous to the importance oi the industry as to assume the attitude of the songstress in “ Wait till the Clouds Roil By,” and then we may:“ chi)) in ” and help you. It is to he hoped that the decision of the Privy Council re Tuliara will be in favor of Mr Brown, as then he will cut up his land and small holdings which must of necessity give a fillip to an industry which he has done so much to inaugurate. A series of draught matches (three in number) have been played in tlvc Literary Institute by the Last Lnd against the West End, and as the number of games scored by each side is 24, it is probable that a match to decide the tournament will be held at an early date. Mr T. B. Bax is at present in training, as he intends during November to attempt to break the world’s record, by swinging the clubs 50 hours without once stopping. He is to be tendered a complimentary concert ere his departure for Napier, which is to he the scene of his performance. The skating season in the Royal Albert Hall (Poyzer’s) has just been closed.The School has just beer, examined by Mr Hill, and his report will soon he in the bands of the Committee.