DISTRICT NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 87, 8 May 1909, Page 5

DISTRICT NEWS

WAREA. (Prom our own correspondent.) The annual meeting of the Uarea branch of the N.Z.P.I'. was held in the hall on Monday evening. There was a fair attendance, and Mr. J. Burgess presided. The balance-sheet showed a credit balance. The total receipts amounted to .til Is Bd, and the expenditure £8 14s Od. The balance-sheet was adopted. The following committee was elected fori the ensiling year:—Messrs. .lame. Burgess, T. E. Larking, A. Clothier, W. H. Keasberry, J. Lawn, \V. llcvell, *'. Salway, J. Millar, and C. W. Revell. President, Mr. James Burgess (re-elect-ed);' secretary, Mr. C. W. llcvell' (reelected); vice-presidents, Messrs. McLachliin and C. P. Jones; auditor, Mr. H. Corbett (re-elected). It was decided to hold the annual social on the 24tii of June. Mr. James Burgess was elected delegate to the provincial conference,, to he held at Stratford on the l'Jth ol May. The meeting of this branch will be held monthly on .Mondays. 'Some discussion took place hi regard to constructing a railway line along the coast. Now that the harbor is going ahead, large boats will lie coming to tile.port, and a railway lino ought to pay. Anyhow, it would pay the settlers, as 'it now eo»ts 20s per ton to have our goods delivered here. It was thought that if tile settlers along the coast asked the Government to put a railway from the coast, anil guaranteed to pay any losses through the working >.i it (iiy means of a special rate) the Government would \erv likelv consider the matter.

The milk supply at the local factory is decreasing, ami I think that at the end of this week th- factory will start running every other day for the winter months.

Mr. W. McLachlan, win' was one ut the gentlemen in Mr. Alexander's motorear that was injured ia New Plymouth last week by running into a cart, received a nasty cut on the side of the face, which he did not think was worth seeing to at the time, but on the Saturday morning after the aecideiilt Mr. Mcl.achlan had to go into town foi medical treatment, the wound turning out worse than he thought if was going to. It will lie several days before e is able to return home. Hares are fairly plemiful hi some parts of the district, out other game is almost a thing of the past. It would he well if the Acclimatisation Society had a few closed seasons, so as to give the •Mine a chance to increase. The wet weather has put a stop to all the road contracts in the district this week. Messrs. Rothery and Clarke, who should have iiuished their metal contract on the Newell road this week, will be delaved a little longer, and so will Torteous and Fisher with the Ruukere road formation. , The turnip blight has made its appearance in a crop o r two of turnips in this district. It is bad for the {aimers to lose their turnips so early m the year, and having nothing for the winter.