HAWKE'S BAY JOTTINGS

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 127, 1 July 1929, Page 6

HAWKE'S BAY JOTTINGS

Mid-Winter Conditions. Cold, sliowery weather prevailed at Waipukurau over the week-end_ On Saturday afternoon the weather was very bad indeed, and Winter sports were played under had conditions. Mountains Snow-clad. The Ruahine mountains, at the rear of the plains. present a beautiful sight at present, having now received their Winter coating. As a result tbe weather in Central jpawke's is decidedly Wintrified, especially when the wind blows from the mountains. Finger Lost. Wliilst scrubcutting in the Hatuma district, near Waipukurau, Mr M. Barry had the misfortune to cut a finger on liis left liand. The injured man was conveyed to the District Hospital, Waipukurau, where it was found necessary to amputate the finger. Convent Social. A most successful social in connec* tion with St. Josepli's Convent School, Wairoa, wag held in Osler's Hall. A euchre tournament formed parfc of the proceedings, the prizes being won by Mrs F. Foley and Mrs J. Eimicane, senr. and Messrs W. Winiata and B. Reid. Mrs V. Fraser -was hostess for the occasion. Waipawa Weather. The month of June finished up in Waipawa with boisterous weather conditions. Saturday was a dreactful day, heavy showers of sleet falling tlii'ougliout. YTesterday the conditious improved somewliat, though the atmosphere was verv chdly. The Waipawa river was running high on Saturday, but was almost back to. normal last night. Cooking Dem°nstrations. In pursuance of its policy of educating its consumers in the great advantage of electrical cooking the Central Hawke's Bay Power Board has arranged for three demonstrations to be giveu in its area during the present week. To-morrow the first of the series will be held at the Waipawa Theatre at 2.30 p.m., whilst Otane will be visited on Thursday and Takapau on Friday afternoon. Storm at Taupo. The thunderstorai which bVoke over Rangitaiki on Thursday smashed nine telegraph poles, sending the pieees Nin all directions, _ and even scattering neighbouring timber. It fused the lightning guards in the Taupo Post Office. and as men attempted to replace them, blew them out. No serious damage was done, hut for some liours the Napier and southern line was unworkable. The staff soon had things to right. Valedictory. Mr J. M. Swain, health inspector of Wairoa, who leaves shortly,_ with Mrs and kliss Zita Swain, for Taihape, was accorded a farewell by the town residents at Osler's Hali. A 500 card tournament was held, the prizes being won b> Mesdames F. Badley and H. A Deigliton and Messrs R. Bauld and P. Watson. Dancing was also indulged in to music dispensed hy Mr Perry's Orchestra. In presenting Mr Swain with a ' set of military liair brushes, Mr O. R. Sainsbuiy eulogised the worlc of Mr, Swain in the district, and expressed the regret of all tliat he was leaving. Mr Sainsbury also presented klrs and Miss Swain eacli with a handsome manicure set as tokens oi esteem from the residents. Mr Swain suitably responded. Waipukurau Theatre. The story of "Sunrise," the Fox special which will he screened at the Waipukurau Theatre on Wednesday nest, deals with the modern prohlem of husband-stealing and is a highly entertaining study of what a man goes through when he gets into tlie liands of a love thief. Because of the manner in which the director, F,. W. Murnau, brings the story to a close, he has been bombarded with letters, lialf of them full of praise and the other half full of critieism. Mr Murnau attributes these divergent views to the fact that the problem itself has yet no proper solution, and asserts that all he attempts to do with "Sunrise" is to make the question clear and not answer it. Janet Gaynor and George O'Brien are the stars of the picture. The supporting feature will be Johnny Hines in "White Pants Wiljie." Reserves at YVoods'. 'Phone 294S. UsuaJ prices, In the Oltfen Days. In looking at an old file of the Telegraph for 1873, it is interesting to note tliat Messrs Cobb and Co's line ot coaches was run by the late Mr Andrew Peters. The passengers had to get across the ferry at the Spit, as there was _ no bridge and catch the coach leaving ' the Ferry Hotel at six in the morning. How would that suit our luxurious motor travellers? Then they had a two days' interesting jourliey up the Esk Valley to Te Pohue and over the ranges to Tarawera, stop there the night and nest day go on to Taupo via Waitahanui. If the traveller was going on to Tauranga he had a further two days' trip to tliat port. Tho faro to Taupo was £2 10s and to Tauranga £1 10s. The same firm also ran to Waipukurau once a day, the faro boing 12s. When Mr Peters retired many yetirs ago, ho settled at Rosebank, Meanee, and died there. The Taupo road was tlien not free oi potholcs as it practio'ally is to-day, and if tho coaoh get to Taupo without being bogged in tho Esk river bed it was lucky, Tho winter, travclling by that ooaclq, was. on ono occasion, three days in getjing to Te Pohue.