MASTERTON NOTES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2488, 15 June 1915, Page 8

MASTERTON NOTES

.. 1 6 1 Mr. William Perry ,has given notico c to move at the next meeting of the Mas- ! terton A. and P. Association that «. resolution passed at the May meeting, deciding upon one draw only at the annual ram fairs, be rescinded. No fewer than nineteen active members of the Wairarapa Amateur Ath- f letic Club have enlisted for militaiy ser- 5 vice abroad. The Masterton A. and P. Association r has forwarded to the Agricultural Con- ( ference a new list of show judges available from this district. A medal handicap was played by the Masterton Golf Club on Saturday last. The best cards handed in were: C. Perry and G. A. Sellar in the "A" class, and by F. W. Pointon in tho "B" class. Mr. T. B. Michell has been elected j chairman of the Masterton Trust Lands Trust for the ensuing year. The Wairarapa Presbyte.y has. de- j cided that the induction of the Rev. j M'Kenzie to the charge of the Pongaroa : district shall take place at the middle • of next month. An old man named Frank Madden, who left the Sohvay Old Men's Home ; on Saturday, was found lying on the 1 Toad yesterday morning in an exhausted ■ condition from exposure. He was readmitted to the home, but died shortly afterwards. The Dargavillo correspondent of the "Now Zealand Herald" writes:—At the request of Mr. T. W. Kirk, Director of Orchards and Gardens, specimens of diseased kumaras were recently forwarded to the Department of Agriculture. Mr. Kirk now reports that the State Biologist says the kumaras are affected with a fungus apparently very similar to the one which causes dry rot i» potatoes, and that so far as can be discovered thero have hitherto been no references to such fungus affecting kumaras, so that the disease is apparently new. The Biologist states that as the disease will be easily carried, great care will have to be exercised in planting only healthy sets. At the Department's request a further supply of diseased kumaras has been forwarded in order that tho fungus may bo fruited and its exact relationship determined. In almost all cases whore the disease has been found tho largest kumaras have been affected, and in order to mitigate their losses as much as possiblo the Maoris have been disposing of their I crops for Bs. por sack. What are you doing with your winter milk? We are prepared to buy yours at highest nmrkofc rate, and will take all you can produce till August. As wo h.ive large demands, we can buy large quantities, and we want yours. Rail your milk and cream to St. John'ls Station, or write us. Wanganui Fresh Food Co.—Advt.