COUNTRY NEWS
NOTES FROM VARIOUS CENTRES (From Our Soecial Correspondents.) walrarapa A meeting was called for Monday night by the Mayor of Ureylown to consider the (iiiestion of tho Victory Loan. Air. llonisby, M.l\. and Mr, Itutton (Mayor) botli addressed the meeting, and it is ihoped it will bo the means of a considerable sum being taken up. The honini Club h.as won the Bush senior b'ugby football championship, ami the Kongomui Club tho junior championship.
during the four weeks ended September 20, fifteen returned soldiers were found employment through the agency of tlm Masterlon branch of the Repatriation Department. During tho ennie period tho sum of Xl9lO was advanced m loans, the amount bcins made up as follows;— Six loans for businesses, ilfi-iai four furniture loans, ,£200; three loans for trade tools, JCGS. One sustenance grant was also made.
The committee of tho Wairarapa Amateur Athletic Club met on Tuesday evening. Special prizes of 10s. enoli for competition {\t the evening meetings were promised by the following Messrs. K. M'Cirane, J. Cairns, W. Hughes, J. Bradbury, Walter Harding. A. O'Donnell, T. Olliver, W. Harding, T. Walsh, i l '. Ford. A. M'Ewen, ]?. lulminster, and Mrs. T: Walsh. It was decided to hold tho first evening meeting on October 23, the following races to be contested:—lUU yards handicap, SSO yards handicap, and one mile bicycfo race.
Captain Martyn Roberts has arrived in Masterton to relieve at tilie local Defence .Office while Captains Banks and Hill aro attending tho staff corps refresher camp at Trentnam.
The following soldiers ex the Ayrshire and Hororata have returned to .MastertonPrivates C. Fait (and wife and child), and Mason, Riflemen A. M'Knnziu (and wife) and W. E. l'ringle (aiul wile). The Masterton Progressive League' has decided against disbanding, despito the setback it received recently when itsproposal to engage air organiser found no favour with the business people. The original'objects a Qf the league—to mould public opinion 'aud foster municipal project!;—will be ,reverted to, and a secreta.ry will bo employed at a salary of .£SO per annum'.
The following is the forty-third annual report of the Masterton Permanent Investment and Building Society:—The transactions of tlie society for tiie year ended August 31, 1919, show some expansion of business and a slight fallingofF in percentage of profit as compared with the previous year, the figures being as under:—Net profit: 1918-19, ,£2llO 14s. 4d.; 1917-18, .£2llO 18s. 2d. Percentage of profit on average share canital: 1918-19; G.G6 per cent.; 1917-18, G. 83 per cent. . Total loans. August 31: 1918-19, .£57,831; 1917-18. i' 52,202. No fewer than four directors died during the year. Thea> wero:—Messrs. A. It. Bunny, .Tames Maeara, .Tames Elliott, and J. C. Boddington. They have been replaced by Mes=«. D. M. Graham, Thomas Wasg, L. Hughes and W. E. Chamberlain. Messrs. W. B. Ciiennells and E. G. Eton retire from the directorate, but aro eligible for reelectioi..
Tho child Leslie Munn, who was killed by the fall of a to'.egraph pole at Tauhorenikau,. was on his way home from school. Tho child had stopped to see tho men hoist, one of tho telegraph poles. Just as .tho pole had been hoisted into a perpendicular position the chain that was gripping it broke, and the polo fell direct on to the lad and crushed him.
About 10.30 a.m. yesterday, C. Wyatt, an employee of Messrs. T. Wagg ami Co., garage proprietors, 'Masterton, was burned on the arm, and part of . his clothing was destroyed as the result of the ignition of a tin of benzine which ho was moving. As soon a* his clothing caught aligilit Wyatt dropped , tho tin, the contents'of which escaped. The flames spread up an adjoining wall, and destroyed a number of coats and caps hanging thereon. Fortunately no further damagj was done, r.s the outbreak was controlled by the fire brigade with tho aid of chemical extinguishers. Tho cortege which followed the funeral of tiie late Mr. Holmes Warren on Tuesday, afternoon was one of the longest yet seen in Masterton. Settlers and others from outlying districts as far away as Featherston and many local business .people and farmers were among thoso who demonstrated the popularity of the deceased .gentleman.
The Masterton Employers' Association lias recommended that a holiday be obnerved from 11 a.m. on people's day of the Carterton Show.
The new State school ait Pulcenui is the latest addition to the list of WairarnjNt schools that have been burned down within recent times. The fire occurred about 4 a.m. on Monday, and very soon demolished the building. Tho cause of the outbreak is a mysterv. as no one had been in the school 6ince the previous Priday. ■ DANNEVIRKE . Enrly on Saturday morning tho. nightwatchman discovered a fire at tho rear o5 Neilson and Son's motor garage. Owing to its early discovery, tho fire was subdued before much damage was done. Out of four applicants, iMr. A. W. Somidey. has been appointed secretary of the local Repatriation Committee. At the concaision of the services at tho Methodist Church' on Sundny morning, the Rev. Mr. Richards presented Miss (ioodman with a manicure set on account of her approaching departure for. Wellington, in recognition of the good work she had -done in' connection with tho Ladies' Guild. The Dannevirko Rugby Union lias an excellent record for the season. It won four out of the live representative matches which it had played, the other match resulting in a drawn game. Altogether it registered 55 points, while only 10 were scored against it. Owing to tho Bush Union being unable to raise a tram, the return match which was to have been played has been abandoned. Woodville, with 1G points, is leading in tho Rugby junior championship, OrmopdyiKe being runner-up with 14 points. Kil'itaki has 12 points and To Runga C. . MANAWATU ■ Mr. L. M. Samlston, the consulting engineer and road expert, who has recently returned from America, and wlio gave o talk to members of Parliament the other day, came to Palmerston on Saturday, and delivered an illustrated lecture hero on Saturday night. On Monday ho was taken round the town and suburbs. He expressed himself as greatly pleased with the general lay-out of tho town, and after inspecting the streets and roads, gave it as his opinion that for ordinary traffic there was no need to put down special concrete foundations, lie thought that the water-bound maciidam would be quite sufficient for tho. fcriiflic it would be required to deal with if the surface were tar-se.vVd. He appeared much impressed with the tarsealed roads which have lieen laid down I in the borough for som» time, and considered that they had ken constructed on right lines. The New Zealand Motor Oarage Pro-prir-lors' Association will bold its annual conference in Palninrston North on October SS. During the conference it has I been arranged to take the members for | trios to various parts of the country. A picnic party k!vt went up to the Tiritea Reserve on Mondnv in lnntor- | ears had a rather unpleasant experience. ; While they were enjoying themselves at ' the nicn : o eround a siin tin" l d<nvn, entirely blocking the Tond. It was not mitil n coupl" oT hours' work bnd been done with nicks end the n;nl" members of the onrtv flint t!-'. n evcursionihis were ennbleii to r°turn home. Mr. F. -T. Ryder, of Otaki, has consented lo Wop>e ebnivtiip of the Otaki brnncli.of Labour Pari*'. At a meetinf" of the T'':h Schcl . Board, Mr. ,T. A. Na.sh._M-P.. brought I iu) the fiueslio" of nn obi"clionable prae- ' lice, indulged in br nnpli'eiinh f«r ne«itio"s writinT personally to n>"in'>ers controlling bodies n"d sendin? testimonials. • "r. \nsh jminted "ill Ihnl- Hm practice, if allowed to continue. mi«ht nrr-inrli"" I'ie chances of a deservin" nn'dicnnt. , He had received eopimnp'otinrs in connection with position which |lm l.wnrd wac ndvertisiim. and hnd torn them un ' ivitlioiil •■eadinj them, anil would always do so. Tie inoved 'hnl: in future advertisements calling for applications the words "personal rorresnonjence directly . or indirectly will lead to disqualification
of applicants" should bo inserted. Several members endorsed whoi -Mr. Nash 'had said, a,nd (lie motion was carried.
At a meeting of the High Hclicol Board the rector reported the number of pupils on the nominal roll to be 355—211 boys and 141 girls. Tho number on tho recorded roll was 342 —201 boys and 13S girls. The Technical School director reported that -10 students 'bad joined during the month, bringing tne total to ,551, an increase of 30 on last yew's total, Fourteen returned soldier ' had joined the classes. It was decided that tho rectors of the High nad Technical Schools should confer and bring down, a report on the possibility -)f establishing day engineering classes in connection with the schools.
The civil case in which a good deal of evidence was taken at a previous sitting of (he Supreme Court here was tint in which William Moffntt (Mr. Baldwin nnti Mr. T'ibiliorbert) claimed from Alfred Thomas Box (Mr. Loujhnau) specific performance and .£!)2G damages in connection with an agreement. Defendant, it was alleged, failed to complete the purchase of a property. When the case was called on, counsel shfed Hint an agreement had been arrived at between tho parties. Defendant hn-l consented to pay the plaintiff .£l5O. botS side? to pay their own expenses. Judgment was entered accordingly.
The Rwrhy"Union senior club competition has been declared cloned, the result being a tie between Fnia. Western, United, and Pirates A. The union regretted having to close the competition r.t this singe, but owing to insufficient time the step had to he taken. It now remains for the Abraham C'up competition to be completed, the drawinss for Saturday being High School v. Western United, No. 1: Pirates A v. Fcildilig. No. 1; Kin Toa play Feilding in the final for tho .Rogers Clio
The question of the price of butter fat and the amount to be made out of bv-products is one which is constantly bcin? discussed by dairy farmers all over the Dominion, and is no exception to the rule. At I he'meeting of suppliers of the Rongoten. Dairy Company one of the suppliers gave some interesting information .as'to- the value of by-products under the home separating scheme. Ho stilted that ia spite of the adverse season his clear profits from calves and pigs had been between 'lid. and sd. per lb, of butter-fat, and he had received Is. Bd. per lb. for his butterfat from the factory. He considored M int ''is tola' return of from 2s. flkl. to 2s. Id. nor lb. was most satisfactory, more especially as. his cream was callcd for at the farm, ami he wns charged nothing for its colleclion. Fie had come to the conclusion that his returns would be hard to beat, and they wero evidence of what could be obtained under tho home *epn"ation scheme;
At the last meeting of the Patriotic Association, some strong comment, was marie as to the class of some of the property on which the Government is settling returnrd soldiers. A practical farmer who had iust returned from the. Auckland district said that it was a crying shame and a disgrace to see the life of somi; of the soldiers oa the Warkworth Settlement. -Many cows had died for the want of feed, and the only chance the settlers had was to gra:se their stock on tho roads. At- a meeting of tihe Patriotic Society the sum of .£SO was voted to the Salvation Army on account of the good worn done by them amongst Hie invalided soldiers at the Rotorua Sanatorium. ' 1 , 8-JlggS9
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