PAHIATUA NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3086, 7 January 1909, Page 6

PAHIATUA NEWS.

[(From Our Resident Reporter).

Wednesday. PAHIATAU FIRE BRIGADE. A meeting of the Pahiatua Fire Brigade was held at the brigade station last evening, Captain McAlister presiding. It was decided to pick a team to represent Pahiatua at the forthcoming Fire Brigades' Demonstration at Auckland on March 10th, 11th and 12th, about a fortnight before the Demonstration takes place. BHreman White proposed, and Fireman Moore seconded, that the Brigade purchase four pairs of couplings with swivel lugs for the purpose ot practising for the Auckland Demonstration. Lieuts. Wallis and Foreman were granted a month's leave of absence. After the ordinary business had been transacted, Captain McAlister, in a neat speech, presented Lieut. Wallis with an additional two years' service bar, stating that the Lieut, had already a medal and two service bars in his possession, and he had now been an active member of the Brigadejor eleven years. Lieut. Wallis briefly responded. I wa3 shown about nf v C h r:'stmas cards and greetings from Brigades all over the Dominion, showing the fellow-sympathy and good feeline that existed between the firemen in the various centres. One was also received from the Masterton Fire Police, and the Brigade decided to purchase an album to keep these mementos in. Mr Robert Smith has just returned from the Athletic Conference at Dunedin, and states that it has been decided to send Frank Ford, the champion hammer thrower of Ne'.v Zealand, to compete at the sports in England. Ford threw the 161b hammer (4ft handle) one hundred and twenty-one feet two inches at the Dunedin Sports. The Mangatainoka river has been in high flood lately, and has been over the Bridge Road at Konim three times since Sunday last. The rain has ceased, but heavy winds are blowing, doing damage to fruit crops, and oats.

Lodge Pahiatua, No. 25 U.A.0.D., will meet in the Foresters' Hall on Thursday evening at 8 p.m.

Messrs Dimock and Co. will receive pigs at the Mangamaire railway station on Monday,' January 11th, ani the Woodville factory on Wednesday, January 20th.

'Mr W. Tosswill reports the rainfall for Pahiatua from January Ist to 9 a.m. this morning (Jan. 6th) to be 4J inches. About 11 o'clock this morning the sun shone through the clouds and the wet spall seems to have broken.