DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 221, 12 January 1911, Page 7

DISTRICT NEWS.

TAIIIKI. | (From Our Own Correspondent.) 1 The holidays being past, settlers ure

now very busy getting in hay. The ■ crops are exceptionally heavy this year, (but the changeable weather we luive been experiencing has considerably hampered saving, but ,so far what has been harvested has been got in in first class order. During the Christmas week the luglewood Cricket Club paid us a visit, anil a very enjoyable and interesting game resulted. Unfortunately the local team had no score book, so i have to rely on the retentive memory of a youthfui enthusiast for details of the scores. Mr. 11. Judd captained the Tariki team, and, winning the toss, sent .Messrs. P. Judd and C. Therkleson to face the attack of the Ingle wood bowlers. Tariki, in the first innings, scored 45, Mr. C. Judd contributing in (not out) by very attractive batting, and had the grass in the outfield been less luxuriant, his score, which was made principally by cuts and off-drives along the ground, would have been much bigger. With the exception of C. Therkleson, who kept his wicket up well, scoring five, and was unluckily run out, none of the other batsmen were aide to withstand the onslaught of the' Inglewood bowlers. The bowling analy-l sis was: Gudgeon, five for "20; Mcßae, four for eight; Thomas, one for 12. Inglewood, in their first innings, were dismissed for 30 Thomas 10, Quickfall 8, Matthews 4. For Tariki, F. Judd proved equally as proficient with the ball as with the bat, taking five wickets for 10. 11. Judd also bowled well. The local team's fielding was good, considering the rough state of the ground, several of their opponents being run out. In their second innings Tariki did better, scoring CI—F. Judd 31, C. Therkleson 0, W. Rudkin 5, Linklater 4. Inglewood made 51 for five wickets in the second innings—Matthews 21, Gudgeon 10, Thomas 1(5. Tariki thus won by nine runs. This was really a very creditable performance for the 'local willow winders, as although Inglewood were without one of their best men and found the wicket much slower than they were accustomed to, the Tarfki team were for the most part without any previous practice this season.

Ploughing, harrowing, etc., though pleasant pastimes enough, can hardly be classed as good practice for cricket, which no doubt accounted for several local batsmen, though displaying plenty of vigor, being a bit late on the ball. The game was played on Mr. C. Young's paddock, luncheon and afternoon tea being served under the pleasant shade of the trees in Messrs. Judd Bros.' homestead. Mr. W. Matthews, who captained the Inglewood team, at the conclusion of afternoon tea, on behalf of the visiting eleven, thanked the Tariki ladies for the way they had treated them. Though defeated, Inglewood hail had a real gold ■ time, and had enjoyed themselves immensely. he hoped that when harvest was over Tariki would visit Inglewood for a return match, and concluded by calling for three cheers for the Tariki team and the ladies. Mr. 11. Judd, on behalf of the Tariki eleven, briefly responded, and the visitors drove off amid the cheers and farewells of our men.

Among the ladies who were conspicuous in looking after the temporal wants of the cricketers at luncheon and afternoon tea I noticed Mesdames J. Knowles, W. Judd, H. Judd, C. Therkleson, Stephenson and Miss Karaliis.

URUTL: (From Our Own Correspondent)

There are evidences on every hand of the development and general progress of this district. Along the main road quite a number of new houses have been erected. The last section has been taken up, and the settler, with his family, is expected to be here in a short time. Uruti road and Mangahia road manifest the same signs of growth, The factory in no previous part of its history turned out so much butter as it does now, and the indications are such as to foretell a still larger increase next year, livery day the store and factory wear a healthy and robust appearance".

Messrs. Jupp and Mallet, the storekeepers, are now catering for a. large and growing trade.

A new blacksmith shop and general re pairing business is fast Hearing tion.

Miss Bicheno, the schoolmistress, is just now availing herself of the. holidays to recuperate from the breakdown which she suffered a little while ago. There is a library of good books in the schoolroom, which might be taken advantage of a little more enthusiastically by the settlers, especially the younger portion. The school up the Uruti road, built by Mr. Clias. Musker, is now opening out splendidly with 12 to ](> pupils, and if the present rate of progress be an accurate gauge, it is destined soon to be on an equality with the larger school. Nurse O'Callaghau, successor to Nurse Bilton, has taken up her residence with the school mistress, this being most centrally situated. Her services have been already largely requisitioned, but, happily, not in cases of illness of a serious nature.

There are church services held in the Hall every alternate Sunday by the Methodist preacher (Rev. M. Ayrton), with an attendance that is very gratifying.

Mount Messenger (a suburb of Uruti) also conies in for a share of religious devotion from the missioner, which is immensely appreciated by the residents. In this suburban area there is living an enterprising settler. He has brought his inventive genius to bear in the construction of a wire cable, by which means the large cans of milk are gently lowered with perfect safety from a height of several hundred feet oil to a stage erected 011 terra firma. lie is also contemplating the development of a larger scheme.

A bazaar is being much discussed, and the Indies are taking the matter up earnestly, while tile men are sure to fall into line so as to achieve larger success. Uruti is marching along lines that make for pennant lit progress.

We wish it to lie widely known that no settler or land buyer need fear settling in our midst with his wife and family. Vicious habits, illicit trailing, Sabbath desecration, are conspicuous by their absence.

With this result, from a purely commercial point of view, that the price of land is on the ascending scale, and the nourishing slaLe of the dairying industry in this valley will mil] ue<t.ioiiably enhance its value in the approaching future.