PAHIATUA NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9656, 22 November 1909, Page 6

PAHIATUA NEWS.

{From Oar Resident Reported I Saturday. Constables Tanner and Belclcr, of this town, assisted in the raid on the old hotel premises in Eketahima on Thursday last. The many friends of Stewart, of Konini, will be very pleased to hear tl at she was the rider of Mr W. Howard Booth's Hikorangi, who won tha jumping competition on hoth days at the Waiiagnui Show. A spectator informs me that both horse and rider r<.'ceived*a great ovation after the dual victory. This i? certainly a feather in Miss Stewart's cap, as I understand there were large fields on both days Hopkins' Miramar Fireworks Company will arrive here tc-:]ay, to make preparations first thing on Monday morning for the display to be given in Mr Geo. Oxley'd paddock on Monday evening. The performance is quite a i.ovrl one for Pahiauta, and will doubtless b3 well patronised. The milk supply at the Ballance

Company's creamery at Hamua is about 2,60U gallons daily, which is a very large increase on the supply at the same period in former years. Last evening Brn. F. O. Milne was entertain <■' by m mb-ts nf tru local 1.0.0. F., M.U., Order, and as « mark of appreciation for his long standing seivices as secretary he was presented with a set of gold mounted pipes. Bro. Milne has held the position of secretary for several year, and has departure from this dstrict will be keenly felt by the brethren of the local Order. At the committee meeting of the Bush Districts A. and P. Association at Woodville the other evening, the se<retary ?c'<now)edged the receipt of two guineas from Mr W. H. Logan, to be awarded in prizes for the bes 1 ; five 2 tooth Romneycross bred by a farmer.] -

In connection with the Woodville Presbyterian Church, a bazaar will be held at Woodville on the 23rd and 24th insfc On Wednesday evening, a specia entertainment is to be given by Mr Eadie. Local farmer 3 have evidently got their required number of pigs for at the Ma-rt to-day the-entry was not so large as formerly on .Saturdays, and prices showed a slight decline. BALLANuE NOTES. The daily supply at the Tararua cheese factory is about 1,100 gallons of milk. A considerable quantity of root crops has been sown lately in the district, principally turnips. The early crops put in last winter are showing up well.