COUNTRY NEWS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 62, 6 December 1919, Page 14

COUNTRY NEWS

NOTES FROM VARIOUS CENTRES

(From Our Special Correspondents WAIRARAPA The Carterton Volunteer Eire Brigado held their fortnightly meeting on Wednesday evening, Captain E. Jackson presiding". A member of tho Grcytown brigado was admitted to membership t by clearance. It was decided to nominato Captain Jackson for vice-president of tho District Firo Brigades' Association, and a committee consisting of the captain, secretary, and foreman was appointed to deal with tho proposed amendments to competition rules to be considered at the conferenco at Masterton at Easter. Tho weather being experienced in tho Wairarapa at the present time i 6 of a very changeable nature, and will havo a serious effect upon young stock. A tennis court is being laid down at Cross Creek for the benefit of the railway employees there. The Department is providing tho necessary material, and tho employees aro carrying out tho work in their own time.

Mr. W. M. Jury, of Ponatahi, has donated two gold medals, and Sir Walter Buchanan i'l, towards the school sports gathering to be held at Carterton on December 11.

Lieutenant A. M. Vile, formerly of the staff of the Wairarapa "Age," who left New Zealand as a private in the Seventh Reinforcements and returned to the Dominion, after lengthy service overseas, in July of tliis year, has relinquished his profession for health reasons, and is now engaged in farming operations in the Forty Mile Bush, having acquired a farm in that locality.

A man who has been working near Tiuiii has come into a fortune representing about ,£28,000. Tllo legacy comes from a relative in South Africa, and on braces shares in well-known diamond mines. The lucky one is a returned soldier, and is at present under medical treatment in Maslortoii.

At tho reception' to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Coradine, , Mr. \V. U. Jackson slated thftt sh-ouUI (he fish pondei silo lie' selected for the erection of a high school, Sir Walter Buchanan had offered to give two acres of h's property in that localitv for an entrance to tho school grounds.

' A motor-car in a very damaged condition was brought to Masterton on Wednesday from Knbumingi. It was owned by Mr. Allen Cameron, of Casllcclifi, and while negotiating a l.vid bend had run off tho road am! crashed into a fence, carrying with it. two straining pests. One wheel was wrenched off, both tho front mudguards and springs were broken and twisted, tho engine hood and wind-screen were badly damaged, while tho force of 111* impact had bent tho l.vick axle. Mr. Cameron n«vipH nninbired.

A special meeting nf the business people of tho Wnirarnpn is to be held early in January to discuss the question of a universal Saturday half-holiday. The following resolution dealing with the matter has been adopted unanimously by n representative meeting of tho Masterton Employers' Association, copies to bo sent to tile Trime Minister and to tho successful candidate for the Wairarapn feat: "That this representative meeting of business people strongly urge upon the Government the adv'saibility of adopting lngis. lalion to provide for n< Dominion compulsory Saturday half-holiday."

A meeting of tie romniitttoe nf the Masterton branch nf tho 'fiopnlriatinu Department was held ibis week. wh<m the total of loans granted (,CW fis. M.) was a record for any one week. The iotal was made up as follow*:—Vive loans for business purring, .('1700: four loan? for furniture, vC2BI fis. fid.; and two loans for the purchase nf tools. J'fiO. The wafes of three workers wrr n to the amount of £i per week, and two trn''ne°s were approved for tuition at the YV'airar.iTifl Training Farm.

The Jfiilertnn Vmnloyprs' Association has decided to grant tV forthcoming Christmas Saturdav and > r «w Year Saturday as holidays. whi"h will giw nil concerned a, three day?' full hnlvliy in each week. The master butchers have arranged among th»ms<>b-c<! to remain open en the New Tear Saturday.

TToup vln ivl with an pppident and died Kulwnnent'v, was buried in tho Maori Cemetery at the Rlnek Bridge, Aliikouka. Greytown, vpster<tiy. He was the, «on of a noted chief of years pone by, noted for his loyalty to the British race.

The following are tho tpsuHs of the running event.* held bv fl'o Atis'erton Amateur Athletic Club, on the Park oval on Thursday evening: 22flvds., W. Candv, 9vds, 1: It. Peters. 21vd.fi.. 2: S. Praenell, l/ivds. and J. Vestv (dead heat). 3. 2-kec. There were nine starters in this race, which would have been better had it been run in boats. 440vds'„ T<\ Ti-ilTiiW.H', KM*.. 1; AY. Candy, nvds.. 2: E. M'Kwen. 28vtis.. 3. Time. 55scc. There were eiVht starters in this race.

Tho death occurred at Glonside, MnsWtoii. on Thursday cveniti'r, of JTr. John Strang, n nrominent ami respected vttW of the Wnimrmv), 'n which district ho had resided all his life. Born pt Tumirnpurn sixty-six years aro, the deceased had always been noted n« a hard-working and industrious settler, and one who had nlnved .". vcrv iivnnrtnnt nart in the pioneering work of the filarlstnno district. Ho was a well-known brooder of Shorthorn cattle, and we." regarded as one of tho bpst judges of tliat breed of beast in Now Zealand. He had rendered invaluable services as a member both of the Ma°terton A. and P. Association and tlio Wairnrana P. and A. Soeiefv. During his life he was connected with various local bodies, and was always esteemed as a man whose opinion was woyth while. Death was duo to heart seizure which first came on on TVodneednv. On medical attention being procured the attack was alleviated, but. a Telnpse occurred later, which ended fatally. The deceased is "'rvived by a widow, two sons, and Firee daughters. One son, • Captain Strang, wn9 killed in action at the war-

KANAWATU The bicycle thief is. verv much in evidence at Palmerslnn North just now. Scarcely a day passes without tihe theft «f a machine being rmorted. On Wednesday no fewer than three bjcvcles were removed from offices in Tinusliiikei Street:.

Mr. C. I. Day. who has been stationmaster at Palinerston_ North for many yeai's, has received notice of his transfer to Wanpamii. His place will be tnken by Mr. Dobbio, wiio 1 has been in charge at Dunodin for a number of years.

DANNEYIRKE Tiho lveatlior is extremely cold, and it is more liko the middle of winter than the Ijpginniniv'of .summer. < Snow is Ivim* on the .Tnnj»es, and the winds have been keen and very cold, and the npiyly-sliorn sheep are suffering eo"«idorab!v. Feed is anything hut plentiful, and the unseasonable weather prevailing lately is not likely fo improve matters.

A movement is on fool- to endeavour to ,?et the business houses to close down nt Christmas time from Thursday until Monday.

The, Dannevirlcp Tliffb School ha« been very successful since its foundation in ]!)00. The pupils of this inslilnition hnvc gained altogether two Quern's scholarpliim- (which ■irp -ioi>- ■■ fn ri,7 nf i'bp past), 21 Board of Education junior scholarships, and 2!) senior scholarships and 8 junior national se.liolaivdu'ps. Kixtv-six have passed malriculnliou. etc., 111!) have passed th" Junior Civil Service examination (•!(! with cedit); 0!i have passed the senior free place examination; seven have kept "terms" at Victoria College; 11 have passed the partial C examination, and i have passed tlio partial 11 examination; 11 have, irof (ilirongh the whole examinalio-i for (liyil Service ppnior; :l have pained senior national scholarships: 2 L'.avc leiimd New '/'ealam! University entrance scholarships; .1 hnve pained "c.vpdit" in f'p junior umvcr-'ily scholarship cxnininalions. This mukei a total mimhrr of successes gained bv I.|ip -ciiobirs of -loi.

A motor-oar and cycle had a cnlliiiop fn TTi K |i Street, with' Hip, refill Ilia! llr. ". How, of Dip Tisl mi'l '[•(•Ipiranb Department, win knocko-l cSi Ms cvce. mul sustained iiitnrli.'s about (he bead and face.

A match for I' l-1 I'd-'o hm) \v-- pi-v-" in fhp local bow"'!'; <— i-mi. 'I'll" <•'••■'' len<fer«. skipped bv ''n'-'-i - . •"•mot] X) p.|r:iinst the holder-' !l. IV losing train he'll),' sKippcd In- Rlewarl. Teachers who are a^'itfin<: (bo summer ecliool at lVii";tiui wore accorded

an official welcome by members of the local bodies. ' Mr. W. J. liowe, of the staff of the Bank of New Zealand, who lias been appointed accountant at the Huntorville blanch, was made the recipient of a. presentation- of a set of stainless knives on leaving. Ho has been with the local branch of the bank for several yearn.

The new Soldiers' Club at Woodville will bo officially opened on Monday night. Two- teams of Palmerston North bowlers, skipped by Scifert and Jolly, visited Woodville, and were beaten by tbo local men, skipped by Nicholas and James.