PAHIATUA NEWS.

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

PAHIATUA NEWS.

(From Our Resident Reporter). Monday. The funeral oi the late Mrs Elliott senr., mother of Mr J. Elliott, settler of Marima, took place at the Ballance Cemetery on Sunday last. The funeral was largely attended [by residents of Nikau, Mangamahoe, and Pahiatua. The many floral tributes sent in show the respect in which the deceased lady was held. The pallbearers were Messrs J . MacTavish, G. Thompson, S. Baggerley, and E. Hale, the services being conducted by the Rev. Mr Isaacson, of St. Peters', Pahiatua. The deceased lady leaves a family of five sons and six daughters.

One case of infectious disease is reported in the County, the first for some time.

The Boy Scouts have engaged the spacious top room of Marley's buildings for indoor practice. At the County Council meeting on Saturday last, the County Engineer, Mr R. J. Dillon, gave his first report on the roads and bridges under his charge in the County. Mr Dillon recommended that several bridges be painted and several of the roads be straightened, especially the Pahia-tua-Kaitawa Road near the Kaitawa end, the grade being steep, and several sharp bends were liable to make the road risky. The Mayor (Mr D. Crewe) has asked all the employers who do not have their holiday on Wednesdays, to give their employees every facility to be present at the inaugural show of the A. and, P. Association on Wednesday next. For tne Horticultural and Industrial portion of the show, which opens in the Drill Hall to-morrow (Tuesday,) great preparations are being made to-day and several exhibits have already arrived at the Hall. The weather here during the past dew days has been very hot, and the glass, when taken out in the sun yesterday went up to 120 while in the shade it was over 90. A Masterton team of tennis players will journey to Pahiatua on Saturday next, to play matches with the local club, for the 'Uountry Cup.' Six members of the Pahiatua Club will compete, four men and twoladies. Miss B. Stone has been appointed assistant teacher at the Pahiatua District High School. At the meeting of the Pahiatua Racing Club, at which Mr E. B. Hare presided, the secretary submitted a statement of the recent meeting held in January last, showing a loss of £124 5s od. The previous vear a profit of over £4OO was made, and owing to the very bad weather experienced this year, mem her generally expected the loss would be much more than the above, and expressed themselves well satisfied with the result. Mr A. Best, of Konini. goes to Hawera to-morrow, to ride Wairiki

in the Ladies' Purse and the Farmers Plate. General regret was expressed in town, yesterday afternoon, when it became known that the nine-year-old boy of Mr H. H. Miller, of Ngaturi, had been drowned in the river near Mr Miller's homestead. This unfortunate lad, George, with another small boy was on the bank of the river, while others were some distance away bathing, when he slipped down a papa bank, and was drowned before assistance arrived The funeral will take place to-morow. The banks doing business in Pahiatua will close on Wednesday next for the Pahiatua Show. I understand the school children will also have a holiday.

At the conclusion of the match at the opening ceremony of the Kaitawa Rifle Club's range on Saturday between the President's and the Captain's team, a match was fired between Mr W. W. McCardle, an experienced shooter, and Mr Hughes, a premising young shot, and resulted in a win for the former, his srore being 32 to Mr Hughes' 29. Messrs Husband and Finch, land agents, report the saie of Mr Doubleday's property at Woodville at a satisfactory figure. In sympathy with the rise in the price of bacon pi's, a full yarding at the Matt on Saturday last sold at an advance on former rates, stores bringing from 22s to 28s 6d. slips|lls and weaners 6s. Close on three hundred cases of fruit were disposed of, peaches, A grade, realising 5s per case, Brigade 4s, C grade 3s; plums, l|d to 2|d per lb.

The cricket match between the Town and Country members of the Tennis Club, played on Saturday last,' on the Mamatainoka pitch, resulted ma win for the latter by 45 runs. Both teams played good cricket, and O. H. Druce, for the winners, with 93 not out to his credit, gave the opposing side some leather hunting, his score including 5 sixes, one 5 and 4 fours. A return match is to be played at an early date.