PAHIATUA NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 976, 21 February 1910, Page 6

PAHIATUA NEWS.

(From Our Resident Reporter)

Saturday

The annual meeting of the Makuri Domain Board will be held in the Makuri Hall this evenng, when the annual report will be received and the election of one trustee will take

place. Additions are to be made shortly to the Paniatua District High School. Quite a number of the schools in the Bush district, held their annual picnics during the past week, and in addition to the picnics mentioned in this morning's issue, a well-attended picnic was held at Nireaha, on Thursday last, followed by a social in the Nireaha Hall in the evening, and the Newman School picnic was also held on the Domain, yesterday, being fol lowed by the usual enjoyable social in the evening.

The Forty-mile tfush Athletic Society, whose Bports this year are to be held at Hamua on St. Patrick's Day, have added a number of horse events to the programme. These events will, no doubt, be much appreciated by the many horsemen in this district.

This morning, the school cidets in charge of Captain White-Scott, left by the first train for Masterton to attend the battalion parade in the Showgrounds, in readiness for the camp at the Hutt Park next week. The lads acquitted themselves very creditably, and Captain White-Scott states that they behaved themselves excellently on the train.

After paying all expenses the Pahiatua-Akitio A. and P. Association will have a balance of between £7O and £9O. as well as some sixty pounds' worth of assets. The Society are to be congratulated on the success of their first venture. It is to be hoped that next year the Society will choose a date that will not clash with another A. and P. Show, as this year a Show was held at Levin on the same day. and the Dannevirke Show v?as held on the Friday following^

Quite a number of local people will be in Palmerston North next week, in connection with the WalshTurner court case, which, it is understood, will commence on Monday.

As showing the growth of the dairying industry in the Nireaha District, the amount to be paid out to-day totals, £1,032, more than the pay out on February 20th, 1905. The amount paid out on that date was £331, at the rate ot 8d per lb butter fat advance, the amount paid out this month being at the same rate. The suppliers of the factory, which is a co-operative concern, received a substantial bonus at the end of the season, some of them, it is stated, receiving, in past years, close up to £IOO. Messrs Dalgety and Company hold their monthly stock sale at Pongaroa on Friday next.

The cantata "Rolling Season" will be rendered r ext week, in aid of the funds of the Methodist Church