TAHORA NOTES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 35, 24 January 1912, Page 5

TAHORA NOTES.

(From Our Qwn Correspondent.)

Mr. W. A. McCiitchan’s wool clip for this season amounted to over a hundred bales. This is his largest el p, and a record for tho district. All the wool sheds at Tahora are as full as they can hold with wool. In some cases the wool is piled up as high as the ceiling. The reason for the congestion is that the Whangamamomona Saddle has been almost impassable, and there is only one carrier to shift the wool for the district.

A movement is on foot to raise funds for the building of a hall at Tahora. It is confidently expected that the hall will be an accomplished fact by next winter, when it is intended to start a debating society, a farmers’ chib, and so on. A committee has been set up to arrange for a banquet to Mr. Hine, M.P., tho banquet to be held at Kohuratahi. A young man by the name of Robert Jones, from Ha worn, who was spending his vacation at Tahora, and doing a little pig-hunting, met with rather a painful accident. He was advancing quickly to despatch a monster boar, which was “bailed up” by the dogs, when he lost his footing and fell, with the result that the rifle (which was cocked) went off, and the bullet lodged in Mr. Jones’ left hand. Had the bullet gone right through the hand it would not have been so bad. As it was, a painful operation was necessary in order to get the bullet out. When the accident happened the sufferer was conveyed to Te Wera us quickly as possible, and was soon in the bands of a good surgeon. This again emphasises the need for a doctor in these parts.