THE COUNTRY.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16148, 28 February 1918, Page 3

THE COUNTRY.

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i NEWS AND NOTES. ; JOTTINGS FOR FARMERS. ; An unusually large shipment of meat, : winch probably constitutes a record for : llio district, will leave the South Otago i Freezing; Works iu a day or two. Altogether, about 14,000 freight carcases of new season's mutton and lamb and 800 j crates of rabbits will leave the works. i _ The Bluff cool stores will next week • be relieved by the shipment of no fewer j than 19,000 crates or cheese. The | Dunedin stores will send out some i 10,000 boxes of butter shortly, and ! 4-000 boxes of batter *.;:!! be taken from i tho Lvttelton stores. j ' AMIIERLEY. I A meeting of the Empire Service: | was held on Monday. the I i Rev. A\ .F. Ivno'.vles presiding. 'i v. o i j returned soldiers present said the gifi': ; ! sent were much liked in the trench.-*. ■ i Mr G. I). Greenwood was appointed to ! ; represent the League on the Canter-j bury Patriotic Committee. RAXGIOHA. .Mr G. Neuble, who recently met | with a serious accident, met with a ! further loss yesterday throng'; a valuable horse falling into a dicch on liis property ;ind being drowned. Mr j. Fleming, et Baleniii:. while j endeavouring to turn h:s eav J;: Victoria street yesterday, iuut i.l.e misfortune to hack into "the ditch. Mrs Fleming, who w;<s also in tin- i;( c. luul her hand rather severely cut. but otiierwi.se \M'y little damage v. as dor.". . j The Rod Cross Juvoniio Concert Party | I from Christchurch, in charge of -Mi- F. Caverhill, visited Pangiora iast evening and .gave a concert in the Institute I Hall in aid of the funds of the local I Ited Cross Soeeity. There was a good a tendance, and tho various items were much appreciated. During tho evening Miss Phyllis Ho ggan sang the "Belgian Appeal Song," resulting in a response of £2 lis. At the conclusion of the entertainment a very hearty vote of thanks was passed to the performers. SPRIXGSTOX. Mr A\. Mounce lelt by thr> express ior Dunedin yesterday, to attend the Methodist Conference.ELLESMERE. Ihe Misses I', and G. P.iordnn u- li r\

of J removjnnj to Christchureh, wore the to j guests of tlio old pupils of the Soutlii- bridge District High School, on the •). I eve of their. departure, at a social funcli | tion which was- most successful in i every way. I/i presenting the guests 1-! onch willi a suit-case, 31 iss G. M. j Glanville made reference to the active j interest the .Misses Riordan had als j ways taken in social and other gatlierI !'^ S ' )I , omo^< ' t ' ' J - v I ' )c old pupils since I trie outbreak or the war. and especially ~l° , deep interest IVliss C». lliordan s I had taken in the > welfare of South- . i ''J' 1 "" 0 sobers at the front. Mr G. ' ' 1 suitably acknowledged the __ f , guts on behalf of the recipients I f j Sergeant F. Quigley, wlio, at til > request of a large number of grain _ growers in the Kllcsmere district, wa i granted leave from camp to enable hin to assist in the haulage of grain witl his traction plant, nas been pusliin' iorward with tins work with all pos , sible speed, and during the last wee) 01- so a very large quantity of graii has been carted to the railways. Wit] tlie present limited number of capabli teamsters available it would bo ver undesirable to have teams carting graii instead of helping to prepare the "lam lor next season's crops; while tractioi plants could be used for haulage. • Supplies of cornsacks sufficient ft nil requirements reached the district some days ago, their safe, arrival in heving the anxiety felt by manv far mers, who had been waiting for' so:n< time. For some unaccountable reason trou seem to liave become verv scarce at r,h< Kakain mouth during the last month hast week-end a local angler landed ; fish scaling about ljlb, and a Christ church visitor also caught a small one nut other fishermen's patience and per [j severance went unrewarded. The fish mg at the Rakaia mouth has seldon been as good as it was during -hi of Member and Decern tier )S . anci the present scarcity is all the e- remarkable in view of that fact n- , are ,)e y inn ing to make theii appearance at the cutting "where th< ?o river enters the sea, and" at the Lake - S TrT^° Ut et A \ Mageldo land be ** GO-pounder the other day. Ie id HOR X BY-] SLIXGTOX. ir .Jt g 'V' dp " party nud Jilnc - V hole ], 111 • th( : Hornby school and grounds, tc laise funds lor a memorial roll of lion- •» our, for ex-ptipiis of tne school, proved h a r| °r o '?- - s "C'fcss, the gross amount rais- • ed being in the vicinity of £'IL>O. Or I arrival of the Highland Pipe Band thosi -|. present joined in singing the Xatmna 0 el ?!', f. chairman of the ie o ® l Committee, stating the ob[(j ject of the function, called on Mi d staples - ,strict iremlwr of the Christichurch Irainway Hoard, and Mr Leslie. v j chairman of tnc- Tapsirna Countv Connd i u'-;'' !an ;rT s ' aild then , asked Mi i Geo., \\itty, M.7., to formally open the 1. lively thing went with ;i a I s "' n-■ fr ? n . ' sta r fc i<; finish, the various | stalls and sideshows doing a livelv l,iisi. _ | ness Mrs John Rountree was in chargc 0 i V lo ri ' aIK - goods stall, Mrs Spicei 1 1 (ued Gross) the produce stall, Mis' b ! • , oj' cc l th« -sweets stall, Mrs Ross the ~! re!reshments stall, the ladv teachers thi I "hraii tub," Mr Ranee' the sheep--11 B»ossing competitions, Mr Stan- . j ley Brassington the shooting gallerv , j Messrs Clarke and Taylor the soft , dnnks and .Messrs McDonald, - h-pcne, BroanJioad, Callaway, and Hil- . lnry. junr ran the various"other sidc- [ I The school and grounds were . | beautiiiilly decked with flags, and illu- : j mmatod oy electricity (kindly installed ' 1 r r . p.* Hardakre). The Tramway j and JJighland Pipe Bands played selections during the afternoon and evening, j add in g greatly to the enjoyment of 1 those nrcsent. | A ivAlxOA. j A special meeting of the Akaioa District High School Committee was 1 held on Tuesday evening, it wau decided that the annual I school picnic should lie held on j March 1 th. The Cygnet was engaged for an excursion as far as the lighthouse I before landing the party at Wainui. Further arrangements were left in the I hands of tho chairman. The inspector's ! report on the secondary department of I the school was considered, and the com- [ mittee placed on record its appreciation of tho satisfactory nature of the report. At a meeting of tho committee of the Akaroa Boh ling Club, a Jetter was read irohi the Rangiora Ciub, extending an invitation for the Akaroa players to return last Raster's visit. .After some discussion, it was unanimously decided to send two rinks on Kaster Monday. Tho arrangements for conveyance weie left in tho hands of the chairman and the secretary, A. H. "VVostenra. It was stated that so far not much; progress had been made with the club's tournament but that now tho grass-seeding harvest was practically over, it was hoped some headuviy would be made. Tho directors of the Takamatua Cheeso Factory met on Monday night. Very satisfactory reports we're received from tho manager as to the output. The daily tally now was, roughly, 8001b; recently i; Jiad reached i-ton of cheese a day. So far 45 tons of clieose had been made, and it -was confidently anticipated that the -would exceed 30 tons before ciosingnlown time came.

RAKAIA. At the Magistrate's Court .yesterday, before Messrs T. Blackley and A. J. Magson, J.P.'s, Patrick Cronin was convicted of using threatening language on February 15th, and fined £2 and costs. • * On Tuesday a very fierce nor'-wester blew all day. The dust nuisance was not very much in evidence pn account of the amount of vegetation prevailing aiul the heavy rainfalls of the past month. The hot, drying wind: was very welcome to those farmers who still had grain to dry, but it wrought havoc in the orchards, especially among apples and pears, and many trees were stripped. ASHBURTON. The Bth (South Canterbury) Rcgi- [ men till Band, the members, of which , were interviewed by Mr H. Sweney, of ; Christchurch, on Monday, has decided j ito co-operato in the movement to erect j a memorial in Christchurch to bands- ' men who have served in the war. j At the quarterly meeting of tho Ash- | burton and district Sunday School I Workers' Association, Mrs Blair, of I>unedin, gave an instructive address upon the many problems of the Sunday I school. At the close a discussion was held which proved very beneficial to the teachers. Tho Rangitata Road Board met at Lismoro on Monday, Mr A. McKenzie presiding. Tho clerk was instructed to renew an appliction for 20 feet of piping for a race at Mr W. B. Morris's, and to have it laid as soon as labour was available; also to ask tho Ashburton I County Council to niako two fords on Tarbotton's road, between Mr Parish's i and Ruddenklau's corner. The clerk I reported that pipes had been.laid near Mrs Irving's on the Hinds-Rangitata road; also that £450 in rates was still outstanding. At the conclusion of the stock sale at Tinwa!d on, Tuesday afternoon, Mr C. Reid, on behalf of a number of farmers, stockmen, and auctioneers, presented Mr I>. Brown, who for .many years has been caretaker at the Ashburton saleyards, and who is leaving for Christchurch, with a for a very substantial amount as a token of their appreciation of the courteous and obliging way in which he had discharged his duties at the Ashburton yards. "