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Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 213, 1 September 1893, Page 5

The Legislative Council passed the Women’? Franchise Clause of the Electo>al Bill on Wednesday evening by a majority of two votes.

Next Wednesday evening the children of the Aratapu Sunday School will be provided with a tea after which there will be an interesting Anniversary meeting presided over by Mr Maurice Harding. The Minister of Public Works has promised Mr Houston, M.H.R., in reply to a question, that he will get the Railway Commissioners to send timber tracks from Helensville for the Kaihu Valley Railway, The Anglicans and Wesleyans of Mangawhare and Dargaville are working very harmoniously together. The one choir

serves both churches and the services are held alternately. The Anglican church is in need of a new organ, and Mr F. Mat-

thews has taken the matter up with so much success that he has already collected £25 towards the purchase of a new instrument .

The game of “Drop It” has taken a hold in this district and many have been sold by J. Stallworthy, Aratapu, who has however a further supply. Advt. The sixth Spring Show of the Bay of Islands Pastoral and Industrial Association is to be held on the Waimate Show ground on Thursday, November 9th. The schedule and list of prizes, which is a very full one, may be seen at the Wairoa Bell, office, or on application to Mr John Press, of Waimate, who is the Secretary of the Association.

Our telegrams have failed us this week through some cause unknown to us, This is all the more unaccountable as we learn from another source that the Auckland Savings Bank is in trouble and that th re is a rush on that instituti .n. Some interested parties in this district are leaving for the Bank by tomorrow’s steamer. The revenue of the Kaihu Valley Railway for the four-weekly period ended July 22nd was £ll4 19/, and the expenditure £l2B 10/1. The revenue was made up as follows, —Passengers £54 15/1*; Parceß and luggage £4 5/2 ; Goods £55 18/5 ; Miscellaneous 4d. The returns include 1,192 passengers, 134 parcels, 9 dogs, 6 calves, 137 tons merchandise, 4 tons timber and 6 tons firewood.

Rev, Joseph Blight preaches at Aratapu on Sunday morning and evening. The services are to be special ones in commemoration of the Aratapn Sunday School Anniversary, The scholars have specially prepared some new hymns for these services and hope to meet a large congregation at each occasion. The afternoon service will probably be taken by Mr Matthews, bnt as that gentleman has only bad brief notice it is not yet known whether he will De able to attend.

Dargaville is not to be alone in the possession of shell paths, for Aratapu has made a start in the same direction. The shell paths in Dargaville are maintained by public funds, but in Aratapu Mr Vousden is the public benefactor. The road from Mr Vousden’s store to the wharf is about the most frequented portion of our main street, and during the wet weather has been very muddy and disagreeable. With thanks to the above-named gentleman the public now walk thereon in comfort. The following notices of motions have been given by the Chairman of tne Hobson County Council, and will come up for discussion at next meeting of the Council ; (1) That all rates unpaid within fourteen days from date of meeting be sued for forthwith. (2) That this Council desires the Government to increase the 10 per cent, charged on the purchase of Native lands to 20 per cent, and that the additional 10 per cent, be handed to the local bodies of the district where such land is situated, pro-

vided Rating of Native lands not passed this session.

About sixteen persons attended the week night service held at Aratapu on Tuesday evening. Rev. Joseph Blight presided, and after a few words of exhortation and prayer, and the singing of some hymns, the meeting proceeded to discuss the advisability of forming a branch of the Christian Endeavour Society. With the information to hand the meeting was unable to say whether the working of such a Society could be properly managed in this district. It was however decided to form a Society of Christian workers ou some such lines, and a Committee was appointed to consider the matter, and report on the best basis for such.

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