LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 195, 27 April 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

la the KakaW fch**a)aari±B *>®e t» be plentiful, and sportsmen are tfaW to b« making' very good baip. To assist anffarin-g- cMWrwa eif Belgium ,tho children attending thd Owhango Sunday School bare decided to fares® their aim Sal prfe«ft. . The monthly dance and erichr* party, held by Kaitieko people Is proving a great success; it is highly appreciated as a social function that pleasantly passes the ions winter evenings. Japan has modified her demands for rto.il way .qonoeßsiocs in China, in deference to British firma, who are dormant cancsssiloaei in the same localities. Among the new Justices at the Peace just announced are Messrs W. S. Currie, Ohura; N. Dempsey, Retarufce; A. McGoii, Kaitieko; J. C. Morgan, Otunah; J, Peniy, Jet!, Tbiariraa. Tha football asasc® opened in Wellington on Saturday w£th a side tourney in aid of the Injured Players Fund. The weather was ideal and a largo attendance wits treated to some good bits of play, A heavy shipment of cheese comprising in all 23,028 crates, woe taken to London by the lonic, wtoteh galled from Wellington on Thursday last. The value of th€ shipment exceeds £155,000. The butter shSpmant, the other hand, was onfall, totaffingMl? boxes only.

Mr. Blaekie, who has bean appointed engineer and works manager to the Otaihape Meat Freezing Company, ke# had a successful career i* hia profession, He comes to Talhape from being engineer of the Christchurch Farmer#' Meat Freezing Compan yJs Fairfield works at Aahburtoa.

The fishing season is about through. In the early days of the sasosoa some real good sport was available hereabout and more especially farther north in- the Ka-itieke district, where fine catches war® frequently made, but trout ar e now moving up stream for spawning. About 1000 acres of land near Owha_ ngo should soon be available for settlement. This block waa reserved for milling purposes, but it is now nearing being cut ou t- The land is said to b® very good and near the railway station. It would make ten splendid dpiry farms of 100 acres each.

Two Southland residents, whilst they sat at lunch at Milton, were startled by the crash of a bullet through tie door. The incident was reported to the police, who, on making inquiries, discovered that a visiting missionary from India had been demonstrating to a local young lady the! way to discharge a pistol.

.There seems to be some misunderstanding among sportsmen os to whether the present season Is a close one for pheasants. It is said that the Native shot the birds year in and year out while the Pakeha looks on. Whether this is so or not it ought to be made clear whether the birds are under protection so that' unjustifiable prosecutions do not result

Barton’s circus last night was fairly well aliened by satisfied patrons. The circus embodies some really good performances and interest was well maintained to the end. Miss Ashton, the trapeze Artist, was a, special favourite, and the performing 1 dogs . also earned enthusiastic applause. Altogether Bartons’ Circus again "proved a’commendable'show/ f) ' '• V \ " ; : * .A iu xv U A Jh J . v A- y-

- Th e Fire Brigade received a call to Mr G. Ebbett's residehes last night at 10 o’clock. On arrival the Brigade found that the wash-hous e was well alight, but Captain Cribb arid his men soon had a lead of hose out and quenched the flames. The Interior of the building was practically burnt out. The copper in the building was in use yesterday and it is.-presumed' that some lighted embers which had been left, fell on to the wooden floor and set the .building alight.

One of the most distressing fatal accidents ever recorded in Kimbolton, eighteen miles inland from Fellding, took place at midday yesterday, when Mr A. I. Pettigrew lost his life. Mr Pettigrew, who had bean a contractor for many years, was working in a pit on his own property. He had loaded 1 and sent it away by hla son. .When the lad returned he was horri■hed 'to find that during his absence a fall of gravel had taken place,burying 'his father. He got the body out as quickly as possible, but life was already; extinct. No one was present at the -time of the accident. Many rosideriti hasteried to the scene, but they conld Ik> no more than offer sympathy to the orphaned family. Mr Pettigrew was one of the oldest settlers in the Kimbolton district. He had been ccntTo'ctins for many years, and he had worked In ah kinds cf pits all over the .county!' It is *.; n ry strange and sad to think he should have lost his life working in a small pit on his own property, fri leaves a wife and laree family, none of tlm ’attor ha vine vet reached mature years The people rf Kimbolton are sU • •.earning with the bereavof! family. !r a" conventional way. The c’cat.h of Mr Pettigrew is .felt by .3.V 1 as peraensi which touches every ' one. - j