WAIROA.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 238, 13 January 1875, Page 2

WAIROA.

(from our own correspondent.) January sth, 1875. Christmas holidays have came and passed, and Wairoa settles itself down to its daily’ and usual state of torpidity. We have been indulging in some minor dissipations. On Boxing Day the Foresters celebrated the anniversary of the foundation of the Lord Clyde Court by a dinner in the Court House, at which there was a large and influential attendance ; on the 28th there was a miserable apology for athletic sports at Tc Kapu, at which some 60 deluded individuals were present, there was also a dance in the evening but everyone had such a determinedly gloomy appearance that one could not help wondering where the corpse was. OnNew Year’s Day there was a cricket match in the Wairoa between the Armed Constabulary, and the District United Club as they call themselves, although why United ? .Benighted would surely be more appropriate, the A.C. making in the Ist innings, 110 against their opponents 45 ; the weather turning out unfavorable, prevented the finish of what some are pleased to call a drawn match. The winning team gave a dance in the same evening in the Court Aousc. Next day (Saturday), the Clyde athletic and aquatic sports took place; there was one very well contested whale boat race, and a fair pair-oared race; the sculling match was a decided gift to the winner who walked away from the other competitors in a most masterly manner. In the athletic business there was not much competition, the Wairoa folk in their usual somnolent manner left every event in the hands of the Constabulary who took, easily, everything they went in for. Some gentlemen from Napier attended and wished greatly to show the folk in Wairoa the mysteries of “ the wheel of fortune;’’ the police, however, warned them much to their disgust that such would not be allowed ; they appeared astonished at there being a policeman at all in the place, in fact they hinted that if they had known such was the case they would not have attempted such a voyage of discovery. Mr. Smyth is the lessee of the punt, for the ensuing twelve months, and already a change for the better is apparent as regards punctuality. A 5 mile race (from Wairoa to Kapu,) came off on Monday the 4th inst., between Mr. Monahan’s “ Rob, ” and Mr. O’Kane’s “Joey,” won easily by the latter, who, however, only carried a feather weight, this is the only horsey incident I have to chronicle.