PAHIATUA NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9999, 21 March 1910, Page 6

PAHIATUA NEWS.

(Own Correspondent). Saturday. A special meeting of the Borough Council is to be held on Wednesday, 23rd inst., to amend the district electors' list. The monthly meeting of the District Hii?h School Committee will be held on Monday evening. A cricket match was played this afternoon on the Recreation Reserve between teams representing the town and country. The wicket was in good order, and soma first-class cricKet was observed, especially the battng of Collins and Fpeer on the town side. The following is the result: COUNTRY. Crawford, played on, b Speer 3 Hewitt, b Speer 4 Welsh, b Swainson 1 Wallace, lbw, b Swainson 2 Coom, lbw, b Speer 0

Druce, c Speer, b Welsh 10 Williams, c Bacon, b H. Welsh 8 Turner, not out 4 Bolton, b Howard 0 Crawford, c and b Howard 1 Nickolls, b Welch 2 Byes 3 Leg byes 2 Total 40 TOWIN. G. fl. Griffith, b Wallis 9 Speer, c and b Wallis 21 Swainson, b Weh:u 9 Welch, lbw 11 Collins, c and b Williams 30 Ulrich, b Wallis 0 Eccleton, c Bolton, b Williams 10 Abraham, c Hewitt, b Welch 8 Howard, not out 0 Griffith, b Welch 0 Bacon, not out 0 Innings closed. 98

PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS

TOTALLY DESTROYED BY FIRE.

(By Telegraph—Special to Age). Sunday. The Pahiatua Public School Builc*

ings were totally destroyed by fire last night. About 9 p.m. th 3 alarm was given, and about one hour afterwards the destruction was complete. The brigade was on the spot promptly, but it was absolutely helpless, the water supply not being laid on to the school. A bucket brigade did good work, and succeeded in saving the infant department, which is across the grounds from the main building. A high wind was, blowing at the time, and helped the fire in its work of destruction. The origin of the fire is ? mystery. The janitor awept the school buildings and locked up at ten on Saturday morning. There have been no fires in the school since the winter.

COMMERCIAL. TheJSfew Zealand Loan and Mer-' cantile Agency Co., Ltd.. report on their monthly sale held at Pongaroa yesterday:- We had a full yarding of sheep and cattle, more entries coming forward than advertised, both in sheep and cattle. The sale had a good brisk tone from start to finish, and resulted in a clearance under the hammer, with the exception of one pen of sheep, and the same of weaner calves. Prices on the whole were slightly in favour of vendors, compared with late sales and runs as follows:—Sheep: Two-tooth ewes, 10s 3d; two-tooth wethers, 10s lOd; lambs, culls, 2s to 4s 3d; other lamb, 6s to 6s 7d; cull ewes, 2s 6d; a.m. ewes, 14s Id to 8s lOd; iams, 2s 6d to 21s. Cattle: Dairy heifers in calf. 50s to 70s; three-year stears, 955; two-year steers 773 6d; fat cows, 47s to 78s 6d; store cows, 63s 6d; 20-month steers, 62s to 58s 6d; weaners, calves, 18s to 30s. Messrs Dalgety and Co.. Ltd., report on their Pongaroa sales, under date 18th March, as follows: —Stock were got yarded to numbers advertised, but we effected a clearance. No cattle were forwarded. Sheep sold as followa:—Mixed age ewes from 5s 5d to 8s; lambs, mixed sexes, 3s 6d to 6s sd, according to quality; wethers, 9s to lis.