PAHIATUA NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3125, 27 February 1909, Page 6

PAHIATUA NEWS.

' t (From Our Resident Reporter). Friday. WOODVILLE NOTES. The committee of the Bush Districts Show were exceedingly fortwnat3 in securing the services of a farmer of considerable experience as secretary of the Association. Mr Escott has proved himself a real live man in this respect, and he was congratulated on all siJcs on the excellent work done by him in connection with the show. Mr Escott was ably assisted in his arduous duties by Mr Fred Hutchings.

The racecourse where the Show is held annually is considered to be one of the finest courses in New Zealand. Situated in a good locality, about five minutes' walk from the centre of Woodville. it is easy of access. The trail arrangements are sjch as to suit people travelling to and from the Wairarapa, Ffflmerston North and Dannevirke and people are enabled to reach home on the night of any

race meeting. Every con vein snce possible for the general is on the ground, including the bi'h pressure water supply, which is laid on all over the £rounJ, and taps aie to be seen at every spot where water is likely to be required. The caretaker, Mr White, who lives pn the course, farms tha Clubs land, and at present has a mob of lambs on a fine crop of rape. The, cours° is situated about five chains from the road, arid the intervening space is niecly laid out in shrubs and ornamental trees, and a circular drive has been made to the stands, which enables vehicles to go in and out without passing each This entrance, which was only completed last year, will, when the trees* 1 have grown up, make one of. the prettiest entrances to be found to any ground in New Zealand.

The Lower Gorge bridge is nearing completion, and when finished will be a great boon to settlers travelling between Woodv'lle and Palmeraton North. The Gorge Roacl at present is not fit for vehicular traffic, owing to several small slips, but I understand this road is to be repaired. There is on view at Messrs Read and Ely's window some fine snields aid cups which have been won by the WoodvilJa sportsmen, among«t them being the 'Weekly Press" Challenge

Shield, won by the Woodville School cadets, th* Hawke's Bay School Shield, presented by Mr Ross, M.P., and won by the same school, and the Sub-Union Challenge Shield, won by the Woodville Senior Football Club, alio silver cup 3 wo- by the Junior Football Club and the School Cadets. MAKURI NOTES. tvD Mr Symes, an old and esteemed s-jttlar of Makuri, and father of Mrs G. Allen, died this morning. The deceased was 64 years of age, and was one of the original Jackson Bay (South Island) settlers brought out under the scheme of the late Hon. James Mac Andrew. ~ The object of the settlement was to combine fish--ing and agricultural industries. However, the land turned out to be so poor that the settlement was a failure ; and Mr Symes subsequently settled down at Makuri with his daughter Mrs Allen. The settlers of the district will extend their deepest sympathy to Mrs Allen in her bereavement. The body is being taken to Wellington for burial. A contractor's team of thx'ee horses and dray went over the Makuri Gorge this morning, hut luckily the driver escaped by jumping out before the dray went over. The dray was damaged, and the horses escaped with little injury. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., held a sale at Onslow Park, yesterday, of the stock of Mr Robert Smith, the well-known breeder of Lincolns ind Shorthorns. There was a good attendance of buyers from outside districts, and a most satisfactory sale was effected. Prices ranged as follows: —Stud Lincoln ewes, % to ' Ign; flock Lincoln ewes, 12s 6d Co 14s; ewe lambs, lis 6d; Lincoln ram lambs, 15s; wethers, 10s to lis; rams sold from 1 to sgns according to quality and condition. Shorthorn breeding cows up to £5, unbroken light draughts 20gns. All the sheep offered were sold under the hammer. GENERAL, A trial was held this evening of a flexible ladder constructed and pa

tented by Messrs H. Wyatt and Tom Gore, Pahiatua linesmen, and proved an undoubted success. This appliance will mean much to the Telegraph Department. It consists of a chain and iron clips to fix on iron poles, doing away with the carrying of long wooden ladders which have always been inconvenient for transit. This new ladder can be rolled up into a small bundle and easily carried on a bicycle or under the arm. The ladder should prove a boon not only to linesmen in New Zealand but in other parts where iron telegraph poles are i used. Prominent Pahiatua men are . enthusiastic over the invention. j | a special meeting af the Fire J ! Brigade was held last evening when the Auckland trip was fully discussed, and final arrangements in connection therewith made, i In addition ta the usual sale at the i Mart, to-morrow, Messrs Mitchell and Griffith will "sell without reserve ! a crate of crockery, consisting of ! plates, cups and saucers, vegetable dishes, soup dishes, cheese covers, and also the furniture of a fourroomed house, removed to the Mart j for convenience of sale. } An old resident oft his district, Mr 'Thomas, died at the Hospital, yes i terday, at the age of 79. The de- . ceased was a native of Yorkshire, .England, and had been in the Do- , minion for about 35 years. Previous Ito coming to this locality he was a ■ resident of the South Island for 'about 20 years. The funeral will I take place to morrow. ■ Mr Peter McKenzie has finished I the Government inspection of machinery in the North Wairarapa, and returned to Wellington by to-day's express.