Waipawa Meeting

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 182, 19 August 1937, Page 10

Waipawa Meeting

At the monthly meeting' of the "Waipawa Institute Miss D. Jull presided over a large attendance of inembefs. A hearty welcome was extended to M^s Newton, who had recently come' from Waitara to rcside in the district. Miss Jull also extended a hearty welcouie to Miss Jerome Spencer, and presented her with a posy of violets. Miss Spencer thanked the members for the warrn welcome extended to her, and also expressed her pleasure at being asked to attend oti this oecasion and plant the treo of remembrance for tho lato Mrs. Bibby. As the financihl statemeht presented by the secretary disclosed a substantial. balance, it was deeided to forward the siim of £4 to the Dominion' headquar- j ters, and £1 to the Hawke's Bay Fed- ] eration towards management expenses. I Tho secretary reported that a donation j of £1 had been received from Mrs. I McHardy. j A letter from the English lihk at Seaview was received enelosmg a sum to be spent on iiowers for the grave oi the late Mrs. Bibby, who had been the English correspondent. As this meeting was the official recognition by the Instituto of Arbor Day, Mesdames Strang, D. H. Edwards and Fnrniihger renderud a vocal trio, "Trees, " the score having been lent by Mr. Adeane, being a complimentary copy which had been forwarded to him J t'ronx Australia. The composer was a j tormer Napier resident, Mr. Oscar Eas- i bach. The ascompauimeiib was played j by Mrs, F. W. Edwards. A very interesting address was glveh by Miss Spencer on trees, in which she stressed tho xioceasity for some steps boing taken to preserve our 11ativo bush. Mauy New Zealand birds were peculiar only to this- country, she said, and unless the busn was kept we wero iu .danger of losing our birds. The retention of the bush was also nec'oasary if we were to have a proper rainfall, on which depended tho fertility of our land. Miss Spencer also mentionech a number of instances of moderii progress which she had remarked during ner eXteilsiVe traVels. A hearty vote of thanks to Miss Spencer for her intere&ting address .was carried with acelamation. The hostesses for the day wero Mesdames Harris, Vcnner^ Collins, Fox, H. Collott, E. Pellow. A very interesting and iiistructivo demonstration fu smocking was given by Mrs. A. Logan. The competitions for the .day resulted as follow: — Scones, Miss Frobath 1, Mrs. J. Little 2, Miss Bibby 3. Shortbread, Mrs. Little 1, Miss Frobath 2, Mrs. Jackson 3. Miss Frobath was first in the best bloom competitioa. Before concluding, Miss Jull, on behalf oi the federation, thanked the members of tho iustituto for the aasistanco they had given on the occasitm of the drama fostivai held recently at Waipawa.