WAVERLEY.

Patea Mail, 23 December 1880, Page 3

WAVERLEY.

BRANCH OFFICE OF THE MAIL, Wednesday Evening. Entertainment. —On Monday evening Mr and Mrs Hart performed in Waverley. The attendance was small. Whatever may bo the cause a good company seldom appears here, and those who enjoy a good night’s amusement may have been so often dissappointod that, when something really good is offered, sufficient support may not be forthcoming. The Hoad Board Election took place yesterday, and resulted, as many had anticipated, in the defeat of Mr A. Howie. It may be amusing in a village community lo ask a man to stand for office, to even go the length of signing a requisition, and then support the other candidate, but it is hardly fair. Yesterday showed that such was done, and the defeated candidate can enly be blamed for not knowing how quickly some men change sides on public questions, small and great. Your Waitotara correspondent and the successful candidate must have run very well together in their endeavour to convince the public that my remarks were one-sided, but they will know about the roads when the bets arc decided. It seems strange that a man should have so little confidence in what he has written as to bet about the length of the different roads and their comparative convenience to settlors. Stock Sale. —Mr F. H. Jackson Golds his monthly sale on Thursday. Up to the present there arc few entries. This can bo accounted for Ivy the abundance of grass and the fact that everyone is unwilling to lose a clay if there is a chance of securing the hay crop, as the weather has been very uncertain. Firinu. —The Government prizes were fired for by the Volunteers on Saturday morning. The weather was stormy, a strong wind blowing from the south. The scores were exceedingly low, Yol. Trecwick with a score of 39 being highest, It required a steady band and keen eye to make even 39 at ranges of 400, 500, and GOO yards, in such weather. Inspection Parade. —At 2.30 on Saturday the 'Volunteers and the Cavalry “ fell in ” for inspection parade, but were not put through field exercise. An extra parade was held at the Kohi School-house on Monday evening, to enable a few of the Volunteer Corps lo “ put in ” all their inspection parados. Pup.lic Examination. —.Regarding the distribution of prizes on Thursday last, 1 omitted to mention that two handsome prizes were given by Messrs Kobn Bros, for the two best writers (boy and girl) in the school. Mr Lawlor, manager of the Wanganui branch of the Clothing Factory, gave a nice prize for the best in New Zealand geography. Mrs James Peat also gave her usual prize for sewing, and Mrs. Allsworlh gave another. These were special prizes in addition to those given by the Committee and Schoolmaster. By inadvertence the name of Mr A. Aiken, chairman of the Wairoa Highway Board, was inserted instead of Mr A. Howie, candidate for No. 5 Ward. The advantages pointed out by your'Waitotara correspondent arc very questionable, as there is now no Post Office at Waitotara, and it is well known that the Railway Station and Post Office at Waitotara, are a mile and a half from the village, while the trade of the place, like its position, is very much circumscribed. There was no intention to injure the trade of Waitotara, but to point out to voters here what seemed a plain line of duty.