DISTRICT-NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2006, 13 March 1914, Page 10

DISTRICT-NEWS.

JOTTINGS PBOM PBQVrNCiAL] CENTRES. ■ ■■•! <Prem Our .lucpiat Correejoftdentsj j MOHAKA. ■ Exwaordiuary ivoaAer has prftvajfed boro eineo C.hrisfcinies. There lias only been about live hours of rain, the hefti; during tbo ■cloys . bctag intense, wbilo at night,cold snaps and slight ffgstfi are exporteacccl. Large droves of shec-p pass . almost daily en route for the freezing works,, ■ the North Britis{i:?jUg.UsJ)OTy buyers in this tffeWb& ! ■' Sfttwjftistßfiid^ : ittg the dry season, -step; and stock* in geiiG-ral IpDk..\vell. ■;,.•,:„■, :>. ; j> s »;i.-.S-j As indicating-lio\v' : £lr.y:- : (;fe.'scj'sbiii fes been, it may be nieutioncd that settlors.! aro calling ivat«i' to .their hbjjSesteaids I —-sofiie- for a distanco of two of three j wiles. Dipping is now iii full s.wiaig, but tbi> difflcuitj' of obtaining labour, oven when good wages are oit'erad, is severely : felt by farmers and others here. I'te general cry is: "Gdt out Ejore bay&." An enjoyaWo."at hoaie" was given by ■ Mrs. -llydof at imr b'eaU'tiful residsnee, Kakariki Station, last n-eelc, to celobrato.tlae birthdays of two of Imr sons —JJjtrcy and Ossian. Mr, and Mi'i.. ; Eyder also enmo hi far many •■ good' wishes. Mrs. Ryder received, toguests in a costume of bioivii • velvet, with tre-ara lnco coat, b-kclv liat, witti ecriso ■ roses. Miss 'Ryder were whrto liailetono muslin, whiteJPatiama hat with, band of Wnek'jrbuon, velvet, J and tod rosds; Miss Veda Byder, white aiuslift, white hat with.' SaSo blue re]* vet and pink roses. Mv. Stetville Uyder Itas feitijjnetl to Kakariki Station, after enjoying a'.holiday spent in Aacblaiid and. iho north. Settlers here regretted very rrt.ticfo that tlie Hon. Mr. Pistier #id not have time- to give an address. He would have received a splendid hearing. .

PEATHBBSTON.

The annual picnic of siipjjlier.s io tlie Co-operative Dairy Company and their friends wiH 1» h<?!4 at Taßhefinikaa Bacecouree on Wedfiftsdaj? nest. ■ ' BttSclstsin the South Wairarapa a-je likely to bo fairly busy for sftffle tme to conie. A h-otf Cathelje, CHittfch in Featlierstou is to bo pit in hand shortly, mid oiio or two residences aro to be erected, in tlie townshi;>. Ctmtractore report that there is a SiiEculty in ob*. tainiiig carpenters. The ehairtftiin ■of tlie Featborston Tftwn , Board (Mr. J. \\ 7 . Csstd) flwd CoinBiissioHcr James Crawford will represent, the banr&'at tlie praposed confere»ce ef eortabi !ocal-,botlic,s .to, clksuss the question •«{■ i.ti-|jwg tlift'G<t»cnwn6ijt' to take flvor. the. aplcccp •of thfis Itiiuutaka Koad. , '.; ■' •. : ' : r

CARTERTUN.

Tim Carterton Methodist Clnircli choir heljl an enJoyabk' picnic on the, Taniieri-BiK-au Baeecourse on Thttl'sday afteiv lIOOUA twfl-tooth Hoßuw>y rain, donated fa* the Wiijraj'apa.and East Coast A. airi P. Society for. , tiiio ■ tertilicoimitig ■ gift auction, lias foefctt-sold privately, realiisiug £12 10. j\t a riveting of Lftyal Heart ef Oak : Xodjre. 1.0.0. F., M.TJ.. .on ■■\fediiesd«y evening, Bros, L. H. Swart, C, J. Do liacey> and J. JVushsw wore ajjiifthitcd ' delegates to confer .with delegates of the . ottwr lodges in -regard to the ftety ttgrtcUients with the , lodge surgeons. The Wellington lwblie schools' tepw.SMitatiro cricket teiun will be cnteTtain' <>ij ftfc hlnfchcon in the Carterton ijTiro Eripade Hall on Saturday, the occasion of tti-o ntHiual fixture with the WaiKirapa- isi'jiooh. Sir, Vi'ttßef fßueliajiaii, M.P., a menibor of .the Kdiieiition BonrdMr, F. Feist, Mayor of Cartci'toa, and Mr. ■>'. (i- Mflere, chairman., ,»f ■' tho Scliool Comwittee, liava accepted invitations to the dinner. ■■

A conference 'ijelcgate from loeal hftdies awl' aisprpsftntaiivos jfrmn tijc WairariijKi Automobile! Assooifttion will to held in Fcatlwr&ten shortly for the purjHise of taking steps to urgo tlm-Ciofei-inneut to take ever tho Itimuta'ka Boad. .. !

On the Mask-rton Bowlios.fJrcwi on Wedn-esdny evening, llessrs. W, Fisher ,'tnd W. Whyte, of the C:irtertfln-.Cliib. defeated Jtossrs, O. Pragntit ans3 Stsinlfls, hoMers of the Grady Medala, hy 22 to- 9. A Cartorton team m\\ gn up shoriij , awl endfiavour to bring back tho championship modals.