EKETAHUNA.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 29, 29 October 1907, Page 6

EKETAHUNA.

. At the. monthly,- meeting- of ■ the Ek'etahuna branch of the Zealand Farmers!. Union on, Saturday .the chairman-gave .notice to ,mo\;o,.tbo following resolution at the next "neeting:—"That\this! branch suggests, that upon 'the , Farm .Labourers' Union of .the Wellington. Province, making. a demand, the executive arrange,to meet representatives o£ the men in conference,; and/ in the event of no settlement being arrived at,, the Union bo registered to defend tho farmors' interest in tho Arbitration Court.". '. :' . , : ' Land'continues, to change, hands in this district.' The latest' to sell out are Messrs. A. Smith and C. ! Charles,.'both of the Rongokokako^'district.':. In both instances satisfactory 'prices'.;were', received. ■ - ; - '■; ' - A six-roomed ■house, owned by Mr. 6: H. Wall, and occupied by Mr: W. Pointou. at Rongomai, was tbtally destroyed ..by fire it an early liour on Saturday morning. The occupants only liiid'time ;to escape through the front-room windows,- and nothing was saved. No cause can bo assigned for th-j outbreak. TJio furniture was insured in tho National Office for.£l4o.- ! , . / . Mr. AV. i.Orr, who has been a resident of Taiie for a number of years,, jras tendered a farewell, social on'Friday,-evening. ''• ■'