HBH 1896 March 9 2 Waipawa news Our Waipawa correspondent writing on Saturday says:-Last evening a person came in from Blackburn and informed us that a fire was raging in the Whakarara district around by Mr J. HOWARD'S, also on Blackburn ridge, all the way between Mr Finlay MORRISON's and Mr BIBBY'S at Limesville. Inspector EMERSON arrived last night on his usual inspection tour and left again this morning The Hon W.C. SMITH is booked to leave by the Rimutaka next week for Home. He was here today and left a subscription of £5 to start a Bush Relief Fund. Will the Hawke's Bay and Napier people not help? Eight years ago we started a fund to help the Norsewood people, and it was taken up spiritedly at Napier. Will nobody lead again? The case of Makaretu is infinitely worse than the Norsewood calamity NELSON'S freezing works at Waipukurau close for the season next week. This will throw many people out of employment.