CARTERTON.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1982, 12 February 1914, Page 3

CARTERTON.

The? Carterton Swimming Club, at a' meeting on Tuesday evening, decided to held a monster carnival early nest month. ';■ The pigeon race flown by th.t,lC3rterton Homing Pigeon Club os from Wellington resulted in Nicholls's bird clocking in •.srso,.-(thd time taken being Ihr. smin._ W.f/;jN.H. Hughes was second, Ihr. SQmifi,,' tad Mr. C. Bannin's bird third, lhr.' 35iriin. .Already several followers of hockey in the Wairarapa have expressed their willingness to subscribe towards the. guarantee required to assure a visit of the English ladies' hockey team to the "Wairarapa next season. ' Mr. C. de L. Bayliss, Field Instructor of the Department of" Agriculture, accompanied by Mr. S. C, lvcns And Messrs. C. Morgan, J. Hoddef, 11a C. Ueid, members of the Wairarapa P. and A. Society, oh Tuesday visited the various experimental plots in the district for the purpose of. inspection. The three sets of bagpipes imported direct from Mr. Peter Henderson, Glasgow, for the Carterton Territorial Company, have, arrived' and are pronounced to be very fine instruments. The : drones' are covered with Royal Stuart [ tartan, and are made of African black- ' wood l and' finished with ivory*throughput. . The company hare two side drummers, .with drums, and six pipers-in practice, in preparation for the forthcoming camp at Takapau. Khaki kilt uniforms are being made- for the use of the pipers. The money for the purchase of the pipes was donated by several enthusiastic supporters of the corps. In the Magistrate's Court, before Mr. L. G. Iteid, S.M., L. A, Wadham. was charged under the Defence Act with failing to return certain equipment, the property of the Defence Department, to the value of> £1 Ss, 6d, This case was adjourned from last Thursday in ©rder .to subpoena a witness who was supposed to havo received the equipment from Wadham. The witness had no knowledge of ever receiving the gear. The magistrate held the ease proven against the accused,- and ordered, him to pay the value'of tho lost equipment, £1 iss. Cd., and cost of hearing £1 6s. Gd A reasonable time vcas given 'to pay the amount. .'..,'.. ~; '.' Another party of Carterton residents intend making, the ascent of Mount Houldsworth by way of the Maungaterero Valley towards the end of the month.