ARAPOHUE.

Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 211, 18 August 1893, Page 2

ARAPOHUE.

[from ottr own correspondent] Contrary to the expectation of the promoters the benefit concert came off on Friday The weather being so threatening and tin roads so bad it had been decided topostpom the affair for a fortnight, hut a fairly largi audience turning up it boesnm ngv-viry t, provide some entertainment; and I believi those present were well pleased with who was given. Most of those on the program:!-,i contributed extra items. Had the cormor been longer am:. - <i bavo beep raised. Hove tickets and pro been raised: on, gc: ... ■ -esiy aor warding £l. After the concert an enjoy able dance was iml dgr-d m. but heavy rai> having fallen..dn?'i!i( fh< night r<-aa were in a tenil 1 : must have hud v y t • A. quiet v’bddiny' contracting pa - • Waikiekie and Mi Lika 1 hara. I need hard 1 ' : literally puttir Our paddodrs vand spongy - y ! 1 of red worm '.'in n li and though it enu: '■ ground to oecoiu very unpleasant, it will ultimately prov to he beneficial to the grass. It is fortunate that nature hcuvect i:p tli land into the sharp ndges we have hews n _ it is only on the higher groun . that si can get a dry fooling. Tin* lam , is tast being taken up and will s >on b copied right back to the Mdngonui rivet The settlers are also gone: : y J °) ; : yr -cr their holdings . Mr Robert Hog to contract to Mr F. Bradley s boy; : acre's at 22s per acre; 6ir_H. t having 150 down, § some GO acres felled. . Work and business generally. ' : dull, and several of our young m . - eu moving to the west coa Taranaki where work is said to be ui ..... who knowhow to go about it. good point about it is Side y p-. f - , t ., ... get paid for wb<.- •' you do, vc!:;- : case here, at least as tegards hie,': ,- which have boon a source of mu-.-i labour and vexation to many . entered upon them I.ere and on the Yvairo: generally,

| NOTES BY ‘ ARATAPU OBSERVER.' Tiiat was a pretty good lesson to our local tradesman, taught by his wife. Those who have valuable goods for sale should exercise some care over them, and not make stealing easy by leaving them at the mercy of any passer by. No doubt he was in a great way when he -learned, the watch was missing, and informed the policeman, causing him to search people's houses. I suppose he apologised to those upon whom suspicion fell for the annoyance he caused them, Another curious- case happened about the 'SftTuc- time, of which you, Mr Editor, are, I think, aware. A certain party lost their test rooster from the poultry yari, and came to the conclusion that it had either been stolen or had strayed. Search was made amongst the neighbours’ birds for two days, but without avail, and complaint was about to be made to the police when the missing bird was found under a tin in the vara, only just alive. The bird by upturning the tin had evidently imprisoned himself. ‘What a man sows, that shall he also reap,’ though Scriptural, is not literally true. The late Engineer at Aratapu was good at gardening- and turned his wilderness into a fruitful cultivation; he sowed beans :-vl potatoes but he did not reap them A, -. A, : mail a few doors higher up in the - mad had his garden turned tip and put - ,-dev but he will not reap for he had to shift at short notice. The bachelors of Bride Street had the parson to dinner tho other Sunday and fowl and plum pudding was the hill of fare I am told. The first was pretty' tough and the latter a bit sticky. The young cook spoilt the pudding while his mates were at church waiting to secure the reverend guest. I wonder whether the bachelors always say' grace before meals. Every Sunday evening the office behind the big store is lighted up as people are coming out of church, and curiosity is being ex-, cited. So many dodges are attempted from time to time that employees are afraid that this may be the thin edge of the wedge for a we°k of seven day’s work and no rest. I would suggest that dark blinds be procured so that the feelings of church goers may not be outraged by' the light in the office window. When the Company desire to shut down their mill or suspend work for a day, or shorten hands for a time, employees do not receive much consideration. They are simply told ‘ You can knock off now ,’ or ‘We won’t want you tomorrow ,’ and this although employees are only paid fortnightly. But when an employee desires to leave it is quite a different matter, and one was lately' told that even a fortnight’s notice was not sufficient as it was stock-taking time, and ou no consideration would his notice he accepted. He left, however, and I am told he had the best of them.