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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9080, 2 May 1908, Page 5

Several Auckland orchards have returned £IOO per acre during the pant season, there having been a phenomenal crop and high prices. To-morrow afternoon at five o'clock the usual aong service will be held in the Y.M.C.A. rooms, with the strangers' tea to follow at half-past five. Petty thieving I*3 rife in Carterton. A local livery stable keeper had two new horse rugs stolen a fjw nights ago, and the matter has been placed in the hands of the police. Steps are beng taken to form a branch locally of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Auimals. Mr W. Davidson, ranger has been appointed local inspector and is enrolling persons willing to act on the Society. The Men's Meeting will be held at Knox Church at 3 o'clock to-mor-row. The subject for the meeting will be "Does it matter what a man believes so long as he is sincere." Selections will be given by a male choir. A telegram received in Masterton .yesterday states that the Worksop Dredge has had a trial run, the machinery working satisfactorily. Regular weekly returns may be looked for as soon as the claim has been opened up, which will probably take a couple of weeks. The United Friendly Society's 'Council announce a Hospital Sunday demonstation on Sunday, 24th May. It has been arranged that the total net proceeds shall be handed to the Hospital Trustees on behalf of that institution.' Future announcements will give fuller particulars of the arrangements which are in the hands of a capable committee. The application for a teachers residency at Hastwell has been referred by the Wellington Education Board to the Education Department. Mr A. W. Hogg remarked at the meeting on Thursday that he had seen very nice rooms attached to the schools in Hawkes Bay, but the chairman (Mr Lee) advised the Board not to adopt that system, as it had been found to have many faults. Knox Church Youn* Men's Class will meet at 10 o'clock to-morrow, whan a paper will be read by Mr M. Gordon. Communion service will be held at 11 o'clock, and at the evening service the Rev. A. T. ThompS)n will preach, taking for his subject "Wrestling till down." Outside services will be held as follow: —2.30 p.m., Kaitana, Mr A. G. Crawford; 7.30 p.m., Dreyerton, Mr A. G. Crawford; 3 p.m., Miki Miki, Mr D. B. Thompson. The fact that the drought conditions have passed, and fodder is now plentiful, would seem to justify a reduction in the price of milk. A prominent Auckland milk vendor, speaking to a "Herald" representative, however, stated that there would not be any reduction for some months to come, as the local vendors had entered into a contract with the farmers for the supply of milk until next spring, and under the conditions they could not sell the milk at less than 4d per quart. TvVo contracts had been entered into, the fir3t one being fixed from September la3t tillto Mnrch, and the second from March to the end of August. The milk would be reduced in price in Auckland at the end of August. In conclusion, he remarked that even if the drought had not made its appearance the price of milk would have been raised just the same. At the meeting of the Wellington Education Board on Thursday, a difficulty at Masterton over the accommodation for a secondary class was referred to by the chairman, (Mr R. Lee), who said it had not been settled yet, though had the Board the power of dealing with it, an answer would have been given long ago. The position was very harassing to the Board. Mr Hogg said they had one of the best schools in the education district at Masterton. There were three secondary classes, but only provision for two. In order to accommodate the third class it was necassary to take the cookery class-room. He moved: "That the Minister for Education be rifornnd that the erection of an additional class-room at Masterton for accommodation of a third secondary class is an urgent necessity and that until this work ia done, the cookery clsses be suspended." The Chief Inspector informed the Board that t'ie suspension of cookery classes would mean a loss of £SO to £6O in capitation, and it was decided to adopt tha resolution without the reference to suspension.