WAIRARAPA NOTES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 245, 10 July 1920, Page 8

WAIRARAPA NOTES

' the next meeting of the Wairarapa JMeetnc Power Board,, the engineer Mr H. F. Toogood, will submit his final report upon the investigation work which ha 3 been proceeding for. the past two months at the Wwohine. I tt tho early part of this period progress wag hampered by the weather, but of late the conditions have been more favourable Owing to the shortage of feed 'progpectivo buyers of dairy stock have not been toVkeen in following their intentions. This.has been very noticeablo nt ,clearing sales- held in the Carterton district of late, but as feed is now beginning to look brighter, life is begin, ning to revive. This.was noticeable at a clearing sale nt Greytown on Tuesday where, a herd averaged from i!2O to .£25! while those showing.tho Jersey strain realised .£3O each. ' " *■»"<»« The returned soldiers of the Carterton disfnct have decided to hold a "Diggers' ball" at the end of the present month', to which the Soldiers' Entertainment Committee, of Carterton,.will be invited Good progress is being mado by Mr' A. W.. Buxton, contractor, for preparing the Memorial • Square in Carterton the work having to be completed in December next. The total amount of subscription promised towards the object, to date is ,£3315 ds. -id., of which .£2615 13s «). has been paid in. Tho total amount aimed at is MWO, and tho promoters anticipate that there wilt be no difficulty in raising this amount as the scheme progresses. The' first "Ingleside" hsld under the an-spices of the South Wairarana Caledonian Society was a pronounced success from the beginning. Tho King's Theatre, O/lrtorton, was very well filled w ith (lancero. who comprised manv visitors from all parts of the district. "The Ma=lerton Pipe Band was in attendance, and rendered tho music for tho reels, etc., ■ and p!ayed in tho Haggis with customary honours. Dancln? was kept up until an early hour yesterday morning. Joseph Reginald Branagan was sentenced in the Mnsterton Mnirictr.ite'fl Cnurt yesterday to three months' hard labour for stealing a aiitcaw. valued at .£l6 95.( from.Cecil Thomns Polgla.«e \c.c,nS?d, h.'(<d,.previously appeared at HaTOJa^.on,,fl-. charge.cf =realing,a hat. .The, recently-formed Progress'Leaguo in Carterton is already receiving encouraging support by way of membership. Representatives from tho league will attend a conference at Greytown on" Friday, when matters affecting the welfare of the Wairarapa -as a whole will do discussed, • ■ ' . j *