DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 44, 17 March 1909, Page 4

DISTRICT NEWS.

WAIIEA. ; ■ (From Our Own Correspondent). . The spell iof lioit, dry weather broke ,up ,on Friday, wheal .rain fill thro'ugh--oiit 'the day -and .night and ag'aiut ou .Saturday. The irahi did a lot of good .to the gra'ss, but did ,iK»t into the ground. Tlie tajiks »th'at were empty are lllow jlilled again, and the (suppliers have ieft uJl' Parting water from the factory. , The supjdicm o : f the local factory I have got something to keep the'iu out .of mischief 'while they are w'aiting ,to ,ge't their m'ilk off. ; The pump for lifting water .from the well int'j the tank .in the Factory 'for washing t'h" butter wem-t wrong on Thursday morning, and tlie bUJ}iplii'r.s have h'ad tw .pum'p t' ll ' .tank full every morning with a liand.pihnp. The "worn-out parts could not. .be procured in oScav Plymouth, and they .had to be g'ot from Auckland, and, oi course, the wrong'thing was forwarded, so it mians pumping away for a while .yet.

The milk -supply jit l'lie lo(.-al factory is rapidly decreasing, a lot of the suppliers sending only half of wh'at they did in the; middle ;of Hhe season. The itests are. on the rise.

A. ■cricket iiim.k-h place on ,Saturday in Air. Ay [ward's ]>iad-dokk between. Oka'to, airdAVarea. AY'arca won the; 10-'t* and and a J attl<M u'p (>7 runs. Th'eai iOldUo [went in, bu't soon ji-ame ■out, 'makisg; only 18 .rum. After 'tin* •match t!ie visitors were entertained at afternoon, tett in 'the Iral'l. Warea fvon t'lie uni.tch by 45) runs. Following arfc the scores.—\\"areii—ll. Pelh'am, 1> Tat't, i2; t\ Julian, <b Taft, 4; 13. Anderson, k* Andrei, l> Carey, ,10; 11. WaiUmrto-iii. .1) CoMett. o; C. ,11. King, Lb.w., b'Cu-r----bett. 12; T. ilarkiujr, Oj F. Corbe't't. .12; Julhin. bP. Corbctt, 0; C.'jCor,bet't. 1) l\ CV>rl>et-t. 0; J\ .Jenkins, not uii'l, 8; •). Keogh. ,1) Corbe.t't, 2; A. .11' all, l> Carey, (k; .extras, 12 toOal, <i7. Okato • J']. TaJt. i> Anderson. 0; A. •Mhore, 1.b.w., b Anderson. I); L Carey. '.!> .l-ciilvins. .1; F. (.'nrbett. ,b Andeiww.l., S; I'. Conbett. <! b Anderson. 1; K. Leedtttn, c and ib Jenkins, 0; L. Andrew's, 1) .Jenkins, ,1; l\ev. Ail denbrooke, -wit. nut, 6; J. Carey, e Kougli. I) AindersoiK 2; AV. AVilsuu, run out. 0; 11. LWbett. b Anderson, o—total 18.