CARTERTON NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9713, 8 February 1910, Page 6

CARTERTON NEWS.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) j Saturday. ; A local business man, when unpacking some mechanical toys, discovered the following words written upon a piece of cardboard, and placed inside the box, containing the • toy, which happened to be an imitation railway engine:—" ihe one that gets this toy remember me, a fine j young man of nineteen years, lives > at 124, Mound street, Day ten, Ohio, j —Charlie Hardesty." The Rev. W. Slade, ex-President of the Methodist Conterence, arrived here this afternoon, and is staying with the Rev. W. J. Elliott. The Rev. Slade is at present in eharge of the Methodist Central Mission at Dunedin. Notification has been received by the local Boy Scouts that they are to be represented at the inspection by Lord Kitchener of the cadet corps and scouts at Wellington. A number of them intend making the journey. j The Rev. R. Young, Vicar of St. Mark's, returned to Carterton last evening, after a very enjoyable holiday. The works committee of the local Borough Counci' have visited several sites in connection with the propped swimming baths, but th" repori jS not yet available for publication. The directors of "the Dalsjfield Dairy Company on Friday last presented Mr M. T. West, Manager, with the handsome silver cup given by Messrs to veil and Christmas for competition at the Hawera Show, and won by the exhibit ot the Dalefield Factory. At an early hour on Saturday morning Constable Carmody arrested a man giving the name of John Walker, for breaking and entering the dwelling house of Mr G. W. Deiler. The offender entered the house with his boots off, and wandered into a room occupied by the girls, and lighted a candle on the dressing table. His presence naturally alarmed them, and the rest of the household were aroused, one of Mr Deller's sous going for the police. Meantimejtbe offender left the house, and concealed himself in some shrubbery, where he was found and arrested. In the Magistrate's Court, this morning, he was charged tha? he did on the sth day of February break and enter the dweelling house of Mr G. W. Deller, with intent to commit a crime. Accused was remanded till February 12th, bail being fixed at accused in his own recognisance of £SO, and one other of a similar sum. Bail was not forthcoming. The footpaths in Carrington Park are being trimmed up.The takings at the Catholic Bazaar on Saturday amounted to £146, and it is expected that the gross takings for the four days will amount to £3OO. The winning numbers in the art union were: —First, No. 66; second, 1264; third, 854; fourth, 227; fifth, 1,806; sixth, 1,408; seventh, 948; eighth, 14; ninth, 1,216; tenth, 18: eleventh, 176; twelfth, 1,036; thirtheenth, 959; fourteenth, 1,270. Mrs Erskine, of this town, met with a painful accident, yesterday afternoon. She was with a party at the Kaipatangata Falls, wh«n she slipped on a stone and fell, cutting her face severely, necessitating two stitches being put in. A young fellow named Wilfrid Lorenzer, of Parkvale, met with a pai#ful accident a few days ago. He was cycling along when hj" °truck a stone and received some facial injuries, in addition to an injury to a thumb, which necessitated medical attention.