CARTERTON NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9676, 15 December 1909, Page 6

CARTERTON NEWS.

Prom Our Resident Reporter. Tuesday. Dr. E. W. Smyth has secured the commodious premises in High street belonging to Mr J. Grengor, which he purposes using as a private hospital for maternity and surgical cases. The fact that a private hospital is about to be established will be welcome news to residents of the district. A pleasant shower of rain fell here last evening, and was fully welcomed by the majority. A few, who were haymaking, wished, no doubt, that it had kept off a little longer. This morning broke fine, and the: atmosphere is a good deal cooler. The anniversary of the local Methodist Sunday School was concluded in the Methodist Church, last evening, the attendance being very satisfactory. During the evening the Rev. C. E. Porter, of, Masterton, gave an interesting address, and the report and balance-sheet were read disclosing a satisfactory state of progress. The orchestra were strongly represented, and rendered a very enjoyable programme. Yesterday afternoon, Messrs Shaw and Cole brought in from the Long- | .bush district sixteen young deer, ' vvhich had been caught for the AcI ulimatisation Society. The fawns are about three weeks old, and had to be j fed on milk. Young deer are reportedto be very plentiful this season. The installation of officers of Ttoara Lodge, U.A.0.D., took place here last evening, the proceedings being followed with a social. Following were the officers installed: —A.D., Bro. P: Ashton; V.A., Bro. J. Gayfer; 1.G., Bro. N. McKenzie; 0.G.. Bro. G. Hart;'A.D.B.'s, Bros. C Whyte and R. Smith; V.A.B.'s, Bros. W. Abbott and R. Canton; Secretary, Bro. H. H.. Hart; Treasurer, Bro. E. Martin. Bro. J. M. Nicholls, D.P., assisted by Bro. C. Reid, P.D.P., were the installing officers. At the Methodist Sunday School anniversary, last evening, Mr Seth Hart exhibited a ticket of church membership grunted to him sixty years ago. There are no entries from the Wai ■

x arapa for the Wanganui Band Contest. Mr T. Harland, of Pohangina.'and formerly ot Gladstone, was next to the successful applicant for the position of foreman for the Hawera County Council. The annual meeting of the South Wairarapa Poultry Society will take place early next month. It was intended to have held the meeting this month but owing to the members being busily engaged in shearing or haymaking it has been deemed advisable to postpone it till January. The lads attending the Hikurangi Native College left for their respective homes tn-day. On Sunday a party of five from Carterton (Messrs E. B. and S. Hall, H. Farbrother, L. Kemble and O. Reid) made a successful ascent of Mount Holdsworth, leaving here on Saturday night. They obtained a beautiful view of the surrounding

scenery. At auction on .Saturday the four acres near the public school at the southern end of the town with two cottages thereon were sold to Mr H. Salmon for £3OO. An acre fronting the Main East Coast road at Gladstone was sold to Mr J. Hood, at the figure of £l3. Mr T. Reid, of Greymoutn, yesterday commenced the duties of Postmaster here. A rather serious accident befel Mrs Fairbrother, senr., yesterday morning. By some means she slipped and in the fall dislocated her hip. As the lady is 77 years of age, it makes the injury all the more trying and unfortunate. In a letter to Mr James Moncrieff, of this town, Mr J. A. Ruddick, Commissioner of the Dairy Department of Canada, says:—"The New Zealand milk suppliers have certainly had a good time of it lately, and have had the big end of the stick. The prices paid for milk seem to be exceptionally good. The season which is just closing here (October 16th) has been a very good one also. The make of cheese will be considerably in excess of last year. Our butter exports have fallen off to almost nothing, on account of the great increase in home consumption. With a population increasing ,at the rate of a quarter of ! a million a year, or i nearly, and the increased purchasing power of ;the people generally through the unparalleled prosperity of the you can easily understand that [the increased consumption of milk and butter is very large. It is possible that the Canadian exports will never again be as large as they have been. With the great West filling so fast with wheatgrowers, and tne towns growing at a very rapid rate, we may sooner or later be in the same position as the United States. Ido not look, however, for any very rapid decline in cheese exports, because farmers in Ontario and Quebec are now giving their attention to improving their dairy herds, and this will have the effect of gradually increasing the supply of milk."