PAHIATUA NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9669, 17 December 1909, Page 6

PAHIATUA NEWS.

(From Oar Resident Reporter). j Thursday, | The Pahiatua District High School broke up this afternoon for the midsummer vacition. It is understood that Miss Marten, of the teaching staff of the Pahiatua School, has been appointed sole teacher of a school in the South Wairarapa. During her stay in this district, Miss Marten has made herself very popular with the children, and they will be exceedingly sorry to lose her. In some other centres it has been noticed that the water supply pressure has been down very low. In Pahiatua the Borough Overseer informs me that the lowest pressure so far this summer was 55, this being 10 points lower than the lowest record last year. This morning the pressure gauge'registered 69, notwithstanding that there are several leakages in the water pipe service between the town and the reservoir. The Borough workmen are now rectifying the leakages, and the water plugs in the Borough are also to be fitted with new washers. It will thus be seen that Pahiatua has an abundant water supply. The well-known firm of Thos. Horton, Ltd., of the Pahiatua and Hawkea' Bay Nurseries, have at present in Hastings 'a splendid show of roses, which, with other cut blooms and pot plants, 'are being exhibited daily in a large shop, in Hastings. There are 150 varieties of roses exhibited, including some of the very latest blooms from Mr Dixon, the famous Irish grower, of Newtonai'ds, Ireland. Some very beautiful specimens of Japanese Iris are also exhibited. At the firm's nursery, near Hastings, which consists of 37 acres uf fertile soil, about 30 acres are under cultivation, and* the remaindei in rye grass for seed purposes. Thirty men are employed at the present time, and in the height of the suason over fifty are engaged, besides six travellers.

There was a large attendance at the school concert in the Olympic Theatre last evening. The school children rendered several splendid items, including action sours, recitatiorfs and drill, arid a word of praise is due to the teachers, Misses F. Stormont and Marten, and Mr WhiteScott, who took considerable pains

in training the children. Several glees and part songs were sung by the glee party —Mesdamea Burgess and Osbourn-Lilly, Misses Burgess (2), and Messrs W. Ecclaton, G. A. Burgess, F. G. Milne and T. Manifold. Miss M. Malcolm received an encore for her violin solo, and Mr W. Eccleton, who was in good voice, also had to respond to an encore for his singing of "The Skipper." Mr D. Crease, who met with a gig accident here yesterday, as reported in this morning's issue, died about midnight last night in the Pahiatua Hospital, never having regained consciousness. The deceased was about thirty years of age, and sincere sympathy is felt for his wife and family. The condition of Mr Alex. Reese, who is at present in the Pahiatua Hospital, is causing his friends considerable anxiety. The office bearers of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church decided last February to give prizes tojjthe children attending the morning church services up ti'l December 12th, and who had not missed mora than five Sundays Four children —Cissie East, Linda Sedcole, Arthur Baxter and George Purvis—attended every Sunday morning—in all 45 Sundays. Others not missing more than five Sundays were: —Jane Boyd, Kathleen Boyd, Rina Smith, Nora Sayers, Annie Crearer, May Crearer, Sylvia Falloon, Elsie Falloon, Adeline Thurlow. Willie Sedcole, Jack Baxter, Reg. Bacon, Rugby Hawkins, Willie Hawkins, Maurice Baxter, Ernest Godfrey, Harry Godfrey and Willie Boyd. The prizes were distributed at the anniversary social of the Sunday School on Tuesday evening.