PAHIATUA NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9626, 19 October 1909, Page 6

PAHIATUA NEWS.

(From Oar Resident Reporter) Monday. Inspector Tennant paid hia annual -visit to the Mangaramarama School last week. Shearing has commenced in this district. A cold snap was experienced here on Saturday, and Sunday, but the weather has again cleared up, and good spring weather is being experienced to-day. Mr and Mrs J. G. Swainson returned to Pahiatua to-day. Mr R. Boyena, who baa been assistant at the Woodville gasworks for some considerable time, has resigned his position, and at the monthly meeting of the Woedville Borough Council last week, a resolution was passed expressing satisafction with the way in which Mr Boyens had always carried out his duties*. Mx Boyens, who is a son of Mr W. H. Boyens, of this town, was for some time employed at the Ipcal gasworks previous to going to Woodville, The expenditure at the Woodville Gasworks last month was £Bl', and the total revenue £9P, while the coalyard showed a profit of £s. There is talk of a. School Concert being held at Mangaramarama shortly. It is now two years since tbe last school concert was held. The fortnightly meeting of Loyal Mangatainoka Lodge, 1.0.0. F., was held in the Pabiatua Hall last week. There was a good attendance of members, and.Bro. W. Tayor, N.G., presided. On the, recommendation of a committee set up, it was decided • to bring the accounts of all members, wna entered previous to 1903, into line with the accounts opened since that date. It was also decided to

alter the Lodge night from Wednesday evening to Monday evening, - on account of meetings now being i , held alternately at Pahiatua and l Mangatainoka. General business was j also transacted. The next Lodge | meetiag on the altered evening will be held at Mangatainoka on Mon- . day, 25th inst. Reciepts for the evening totalled £lO 12s Bd, Docking operations are now almost completed in this district, and some very high percentages of lambs are reported, some being as high as 140 per cent, in small flocks. One large sheepowner states that although he haa not a high percentage, the lambs are very large, and are very forward in condition, and his flock generally is in excellent condition. There was a good attendance at St. Paul's Preabyterian Church, both for the morning and evening services, yesterday, the occasion being 41 young People's Day." In thef* morning a solo was sung by Mr W. H, Hawkins and a duet was nicely • rendered by Misses Nora Sayers and Cissie Tulloch., Rev. Chambers Mill preached a sermon to the young folk, taking his text ,from John V 111.—12, "I am the light of the -world." In the evening a special hymn service was held. Rev. Mill gave a short address on the hymn "Art thou weary." The Misses Sayers (2). Little and Richardson rendered "Glory for me." A duet was sung by Mrs Sayers and Miss S. Little, and solos by Mr Sayers and Rev. Mill. A lantern service is to be held in the Sunday Schoolroom on Tuesday evening, when a collection will be taken up in aid of the Youth Fund. Should the Weather prov* favourable the Cricket Club intend to open the season with a match West v. East on Wednesday week. This afternoon Messrs J. Osburn-Lilly, Rev. Spear, S. Dobbie and D. Wilton, '■ inspected the Recreation Ground in company with the Works Committee of the Borough Council. The - pitch is in good order, and the Works Committee decided to instruct the caretaker to cut the grass inside thf» bicycle track, sp that the ground would be in good order for the opening match. DAIRY NOTES. At the Konini (Ballance No. 2) butter factory 2.600 gallons of milk are being delivered daily. Fifty-five boxes of butter are being manufactured daily. Cream is brought from the Hamua, Hukanui, and Scarborough Creameries to this factory. The average test at the factory is about 3.6. The above figures are for to-day, but the milk delivered is increasing dailyjconsiderably. The pas-

teuriser recently installed is now being worked. The largest supplier, Mr T. Quirk, is now taking over 2,800 lbs of milk daily. CLEARING SALE.

Messrs Dalgety and Co , Ltd., re port as follows:-We held a clearing sale on account of Messrs Gadsby Bros., on their property at Hamua, where we had a most successful sale lof dairy stock, pias and sundries. There was a very representative crowd of buyers, who were all keen 1 on getting some of the stock, hence we report a good sale. Dairy cows realised from £7 17s 6d to £lO for good, young cows, £5 7s 6cl to £7 10s for medium sorts, backward condition from £4 123 6d to £5 ss, and a few cows that only had three teat* from £2 5s to £3 7s 6d. We are pleased to quote that the average for the 38 cows' (in profit) I offered was £5 16s, which shows that good dairy stock is still in demand. Pigs were in good demand, and sold as under:—Sow in pig, £5 7s 6d; empty sows, £2 5s to £4. Sundries brought good value.