PAHIATUA NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9674, 23 December 1909, Page 6

PAHIATUA NEWS.

(From Oar Resident Reporter). Wednesday. Some time ago, a cricket match Was arranged between the Kilbirnie and the local Cricket Club to be played on Christmas and Boxing Day on the local ground. However, owing to the laxity shown in cricket matters here the local Club found out last ■week that they would not be able to place a team in the field. Instead of disappointing the city boys of a irip, forjjwhicb they had made all arrangements, the secretary of the local Club conferred with Mr R. W. Williams, of the Mangatainoka Club, with the result that the following team will play Kilbirnie on Christmas Day on the Mangatainoka Domain:--Messrs Grace, Chatwin, Crawford, H. Pearcey, Williams. Clapham, Hawke, Hawkins, T. Walsh, E. Hobbs and Harvey. Owing to the inconvenient railway timetable for this district on Christmas Day, the Kilbirnie boys have to travel as far as Woodville ■via Longburn and at five in the morning a drag wll meet them and convey them to their destination. The members of the Mangatainoka team who have come to the rescue at short notice are worthy of a word of praise. As the Bush distiict semis 'o b boycotted in the mater of early trains on Christmas morning, Messrs Girdwood and Taylor, of the Commercial and Ranfurly Stables, have decided to run a drag to Woodville, leaving here about 1 a.m.. so as passengers from Pahiatua will be enabled to connect with the early morning trains. At the Mart this afternoon, the inside and outside booths at the forthcoming meeting of the Pahiatua Racing Club was knocked down ta Mr Donald McLeod, of Napier, for the sum of £67. The race Iwoks were passed in. The Mart sale usually held on Saturday afternoon will be held this week on Friday, commencing at 1 p.m., when fruit, vegetables and poultry of all descriptions will be offered. A special line of gees 3 and ducks ready for Christmas dinner lias been entered, and a large assortment of useful Christmas presents will also be offered. DAIRY NOTES.

The glorious spell of fine weather 'has had a tendency to diminish slightly the daily supply at the various factories in this district, but the tests have started to rise. A dry spell is really necessary te mature cropß, fruit and the grass, and it Will also help to harden the grass for fattening sheep and catlle, the great trouble in the Bush district generally being that the pasture is too soft and stock naturally take longer to fatten off. , At the Mangatainoka cheese fac-tory-the daily supply of milk is Snow 2,700 gallons, the largest amount during thi3 season, in any one day, being 2,760 gallons. So far.this season all' first grade cheese has been manufactured, the highest grade being 90j|, and it is pleasing to note that the dairy farmer is now taking more pains in regard to the care of his milk and delivering a good article to the factory. The manager of this factoy informed me that only two cans of milk have been refused this season. The highest test U 4.6, while the average runs between 3.6 and 3.7, and the highest supplier is delivering 1,6001bs of milk daily, his cheque for November's supply being over £69. To-day a record shipment of 225 cases of cheese, about 17 tons, was railed away, and nealy 1£ ton is made daily. There are 61 suppliers delivering milk. Many people of this district are unaware that in the Nireaha district there is a large rich fertile valley, which at the present time is looking exceedingly well. Quite a large area Is under crop. Almost every farmer has a young orchard coming on, and several up-to-date houses are to be seen, while several are in the course of construction. The Nireaha cheese factory has given a hepling hand to Many, and of the 35 suppliers de livcring milk, some are taking over 2,0001bs daily. Only about 8d and 9d per lb of butter fat is generally paid out, thef balance, which for the past two years has run to Is and Is being received in August in the shape of a bonus. It is stated that some of the bonus cheques amount to nearly

£IOO, which is quite a large sum to start a new season with. Thft highest daily supply to the Konini (Ballance No. 2) butter factory reached over 3,800 gallons. The Hamua and Hukanui creameries belonging to the same company still receive about 2,700 gallons each daily, and at the former creamery the suppliers are all fairly large ones, averaging about l.OOOlbs each, Smith Bros, being .the largest with something like a ton daily.