PROVINCIAL PARAGRAPHS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 115, 1 June 1937, Page 3

PROVINCIAL PARAGRAPHS

Own Own Correspondents.)

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Induction of Vicar. There was a large congregation at the Anglican Church at Ormondville on Sunday night to witness the induction of Canon T. C. Cullwick. The impressdve and interesting ceremony was performed by Bishop H. W. Williams, who subsequently gave an appropriate address on the subject of the duties the vicar and his congregation liave towards each other. Obsequiea. Tke funeral of Mrs Maria Mildon, widow of the late Mr John William Mildon, took place at the Ormondville ceremony on Sunday. The Rev. Mr Waite conduct'ed the servdce, in which a large number of relatives and friends participated. The pall-bearers were Messrs Rush (2), Munro, Kettle, Burling, P. and J. Mildon, the two latter being grandsons of deceased. There were many very beautiful floral tributes. The late Mrs Mildon was a staunch Wesleyan, was very populax among her friende, and highly respected by all who knew her. She ga.ve her help, in Eer quiet way, to anyone or anything in needT of dt. She leaves a family of six sons and four daughters, who have the sympathy of all in the district. The sons are Messrs Arthur, James, Charles, Waiter, Ernest and Percy Mildon, and the daughters Mrs Munro. Mrs Kettle Burling, and Mtsses Elsie and May Mildon. Wairoa Taxis. There were eleven taxis registered in the Wairoa borough, and of late three have not been operating, but the council is prepared to consider three applications to again make up the number. A committeo has been set up to deal with the matter. Bang! Baugll To-day saw the opening of the shooting season in Wairoa, a month later than usual. Duck and swan are plentiful, but there is not a great deal'of water about. The Hons. W. E. Parry, R. Semple, and P. C. Webb, piloted by Mr J. S. Jeesep, are camping at ".Tbe Long Cuttdng." Colonel Whitney, of Auckland, is with the party. Police CourL At the Wairoa Police Court, before Messrs J. Corkill and O. Jonson, J.P.'s, John Taylor, of Nuhaka, was charged with having been found intoxicated in charge of a car, to which he pleaded guilty. Sergeant ClaTk, who prosecuted, stated that the case wau a bad one, and that the accused had driven his car into a ditch at Nuhaka He was fined £5, but dn view of the fact that the backblock settlers de* pended on him for their mails, and that it was his first ofEence, hie licence would cot be cancelled. John Kopuaroa, labourer, was charged before Messrs J. Corkill and J. W. B. Macdonald, £P. 's, with having, on April 2G, broket itilo the North Clyde butchery with intent to eommit a crime. He pleaded guilty, and was commatted to the Supreme Court for sentence.