PAHIATUA NEWS.
(Own Correspondent,) Saturday. The Eketahuna Dramatic Society will stage tne "Ticket-of-Leave Man" at the Olympia Theatre on Thursday. , •. The 'Pahiatua Chamber of Commerce will bold their next meeting on Monday, when important business in connection with the railway limetable will be discussed. :' > The month of May was an exceptionally good one for the dairy farmei, and as far as ca» be ascertained mora milk was received .from a given number of cows than was ever obtained from the same number dunng the same month »n former years. The present month, however, has been agatnsVthe dairymen, and in conseWeWj\ the milk supply has been diminishing every day. A considerable number of cows are being dried off,' and the.'practicV. of milking once a day : is being resorted to. i'or the time of the. year the:, feed is good, and dairy herds in general are looking in good condition A noticeable < feature about the district is the plenj tiful supply of hay and root crops in readiness for the early calyers This matter has been somewhat neglected in the past, but the farmers are now realising that plenty of spring feed is one of toe ersentials ot successful dfiiryirg. Further particulars regarding tbe flficldefifc at Qulnlafi's sawmill ate to the effect that Arthur Nichol, who was benchmah and manager at the mill, was wording at one of the shafts whtn the bottom of a jersey he was wearing caught: in the shaft, revblving at about 575 revolutions a ! minuie.. The unfortunate man was carried round a niimber of times beI fore-'■'the.;': engine and. shaft were 'btopped, and when released it was found that his right arm above the elbow was badly broken. Dr. Jamieson was sent for and ordered Nichol's removal to the Pahiatua Hospital.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10073, 20 June 1910, Page 5
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294PAHIATUA NEWS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10073, 20 June 1910, Page 5
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