DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 November 1921, Page 2

DISTRICT NEWS.

WAI-TOI-TOI—URENUI. ’ (From Our Own 'Correspondent.) As there seems to be some doubt amongst' the mounted troopers in this district as to k whether there will be a parade on the 18th ’ inst. I . have been requested by SergeantMajor Bell to state that it. will be held as usual on thjjt date, after there will be no further drill until February 3, 1922. It is hoped that there f will be a full muster on Friday, as Captain Hayhurst has some important proposals to place before the squadrdn. This break in the operations will be most welcome to farmers, as with the approaching hay-making season all the available labor is required on the farms. The parades up to the present have been most satisfactorily attended, and tie best of good feeling prevails between the officers and trainees, whilst excellent progress, has been made as regards drill. Another new building is being erected in Wai-toi-toi, Messrs. Wyllie Bros, having undertaken the erection of Mr. Buckley’s residence on the farm recently purchased, by him from Mr. Zimmerman. Every year sees more dwelling houses being built in this locality, and as the dairying industry prospers the settlement is becoming more thickly populated.. Should the 'price for our produce keep up .sufficiently to enable us to pay our way and Mr. Coates take oyer tire maintenance, of the. main highway, and also the proposed electric power scheme eventuate, we should have little to complain of; In fact, when we compare our lot with the starving millions in Europe, there is much to be thankful for. It stated that the condition of Mr. D. O’Donnell, of Urenul, who Iras been in the New Plymouth l Hospital for the past two or three weeks, is much the same. Meantime his business premises in the township are closed. Mr. C. H. Barnitt, of Urutl, who had such a bad smash-up through" a log rolling on his leg,, is now tome again, and though able to get about on crutches, it will still be some time before he will be able to do much in the 1 shape of work. 1 I have to acknowledge with thanks the. re- ’ ceipt of some excellent snapshots of the parade on the recreation ground, Urenui, be- ■ fore Colonel Melville, of the senior cadets, 1 mounted troopers, and Frontiersmen, from Frontiersman T. M. Winikee, who was present 1 on that occasion, and took charge of tte Ati Awa troop during the evolutions. In accordance with the request of the Primo Minister, through the chairman of the Clifton County Council, that all should cease work and two minutes’ silence be observed at 11 o’clock on Friday last, to commemorate the armistice of the recent great war, all the machinery was stopped in the Wai-toi-toi factory, and the staff remained silent for the requested period at that hour. A very successful exhibition of magic lantern slides was given in the Minii schoolroom on Friday evening last, there being a fair attedance of residents. Mr. A. H. Gould read the descriptive matter, the subjects being “Alone in London,’ and scenes in Egypt; whilst Mr. L. Spurr acted as operator. Mrs. E. Mouat presided at the organ’ and several hymns were sung during the evening. : The Urenui first eleven in the A Grade • cricket competition bad a bye last Saturday, i the next, engagement being at Inglewood on the 19th inst. Though the B Grade team suf- ' feted a rather disastrous defeat at the hands • of the harbor works men, on the recreation ground last week, still it must be remembered this was their initial effort in cup cricket, and no doubt, with a little more confidence and experience they will make a better stowing. They meet the Boys’ High School 3 team ' on the Urenui ground next Saturday, and the ’ contest should prove much closer than their . last venture.

There have at times been complaints in different portions of Taranaki that there is sometimes a discrepancy between the weight of a can of cream at the milking Jftied and when it is weighed at the factory, and often suppliers hare been under the impression that they have not been credited with the correct amount. A statement made by Mr. W. Dempster, of the dairy division of the Agricultural Department, when addressing a meeting of tte Waotu and Putaruru suppliers to the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company,, may be somewhat interesting in this respect. He stated in. answer to an inquiry on the subject, that especially when cows were being fed on clover. after rain in the spring, the cream was apt to contain a good deal of gas. which would make a difference in the weight of a can of cream when it left the farm and when it weacted the factory. One case of a strinkage from 112 lbs to less than lOOlbs from this cause had come under his notice. Mr. Dempster also said that the higher the butterfat test of cream, the lighter would the cream be. If this is so, the scales may often be blamed wrongly.

As Inflamed udders amongst cows are very prevalent this season in many dairy herds m this district, the following simple recipe by an English authority may prove worthy of a trial: The milk should be drawn off three or four times a day, and the udders bathed with warm water. After this the following embrocation should be rubbed in: Camphorated oil, 40z.: extract of belladona, loz.; glycerine, loz. Rub down tte belladona with the glycerine, and then add the oil. If the udder becomes cold and purple, take a sharp knife and cut two or three silts well into It, and then apply some ordinary white oils to tlje Incisions. A dose of Epsom salts at the commencement of the attack is useful and keeps the patient warm.