TEMUKA.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18891, 5 January 1927, Page 4

TEMUKA.

PERSONAL. The Kev. H. R. Fell and Mrs Fell and family motored through to Hampden on Tuesday on a three weeks' holiday. The Kev. W. H. Norton, of Centre Bush, Southland, is staying at the Manse and will conduct the Presbyterian Church services during the Bev. Mr Fell's absence. Mr and Mrs MacTaggart and family motored' from Dunedin and spent tile holidays with Mr and Mrs G. Hammond, Miiford Lagoon. Mr and >lrs Lambert (Pleasant Point) are the guests of Mrs G. Hammond.' Miiford Lagoon. Among the campers at the Miltord Lagoon for the holidays were: Mr and Mrs Peters (Dunedin), Mr and Mrs J." Jackson and family. Mr and Mrs Woodham and family, Mr and Mrs J B. Davis and family, Mr and Mrs Lllis Mills and family (Timaru), Mr and Mrs S. Clinch and family, Mr and Mrs K. McLeod (Hae Tc Moana), Mr and Mrs F A. Raymond and family (Tiruaru),' Mr J. Craig, Mr A. Mills, Mr and Mrs B. Hope and family, Mr and Mrs M. Weaver and family (Geraldine), Mr and Mrs Goodman and family. Mr 11 Blyth and Mr McLaughlan have returned to. Dunedin after spending the holidays with Mrs AY. Blyth, Temuka. „. • Mr Kci": Blyth has returned to TeI muka after spending the Christinas and j New Year holidays with Mr laylor (Christ church). Mr Dou"las Anderson, who has been awav from Temuka for the past five . years, 'including a ' visit to_ Australia, arrived from Dunedin on Christmas Lve 0D a visit to his parents. Mr and Mis J 11. Anderson, Winchester. j i Miiford Lagoon. \ iTln" of men was again working all da"v yesterday, putting in protective works" on the Miiford Lagoon road and their efforts have been successful temporarily, but not before the major portion of the road has been scoured out, leaving only just sufficient room to get past. Rainfall. The rainfall recorded at Temuka during .102". amounted to 24.81 inches. WAIMATE. Beautiful weather was experienced for the New Year holidays in Y\■annate, and the usual celebrations were held ui connexion with the ushering in of tl» New Year. There was a large crowd in the town on New Year's Lve but orderliness prevailed throughout. theic being an entire absence of The business places report that fairly good business was done on New Year. Eve and prior to the chiming of the hour of twelve o'clock tb. M«r Ba»d played in front of the Post Office. Jn New Year's Day and the followtng d*j» the town presented-a deserted appealance, a general exodus being made bv the peoplo to the various seaside ana picnic resorts. The sports meetings at Timaru and Oamaru on the Ist and 3rd attracted many visitors from wai"Vyoung man named Albert Al'lfrey, aged'about 22 years, who was riding a motor-cycle on which another youth named Hoare was pillion riding, met with rather a serious accident yesterday, when the machine -kidded threw the riders to the ground. A-t----frev received severe cuts to his taco, and had a shoulder dislocated, and was removed to the Waimate Hospital, where he is progressing favourably. Hoar© escaped with a bruised arm. The small fruit industry is at present engaging a large amount sf labour, strawberry-picking still progressing strongly. Raspberry-growers aro finding a difficulty in seeurin e sufficient labour, and there seems to be competition among the various growers tor securing what labour is available. Many growers are offering lid potpound to pickers, while some are going as high as 2d to some pickers. School children are making quite little fortunes during the holidays. Some gins and boys immediately upon eavmg •school after the • break-up, went poking peas, and in a very short tnu-j several cheques of £lO were earned at this work, one girl making as much as. £l2. On the opening of the fruit-pwis-ing season, the same little cirl went strawberry picking, at which she .s making another good cheque, and when the raspberries become ripe sno intends to engage in the work of picking tnis berrv. At the expiration of the vork she should have * large cheque foi npr. work during the school holidays; .s m former years it has been quite common for good fruit-pickers to make a* much as 25s per day. Whooping cough is prevalent in waimate at the present time, and tiiere are not many homes in the district r-i which the distressing sound is not heard! Fortunately the weather is warm, and the little sufferers have ' climatic conditions in their favour for an earlier release from their ailment 1 than would be the case if the attaok • occurred during the winter. Fifteen.boys of the St. Paul's Scout 1 Troop, in charge of Scoutmaster L. J. • Collins, left Waimate on bicycles for t tVshburton, where they intend to spend ■ several davs in camp. The boys were i »n high spirits and intended to camp half-way, reaching Ashburton the following eve/iing. On the return jour- : ney. it is intended to make t shor'; etay at Geraldine. The tents, baggage, ■• and food supplies left later in a well- • loaded motor-car and trailer, thus res duciirg to a minimum the pack carried s on each cycle. Given a continuance > of the present fine weather, the boys , are assured of an enjoyable time in f camp, even if the journey is a trifle I strenuous.