DISTRICT NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10131, 7 January 1911, Page 5

DISTRICT NEWS.

(From Oar Own, Correspondents.) , ■ , KOPUARANCA. ' Lamb-shearing is still unfinished.,The showery state of the weather has 'made the shearing season a lengthy one. Oat crops -are rather lighter than usual this year. This is accounted for by the dry spell in the early spring. It is with regret we hear of the removal of our school teacher to > the Parkvale School, where' he has been appointed headmaster. There is the promise of a record crop of apples in the local orchards , just now, and if the moth and birds (the orchardists' greatest enemies), only keep oft', a fair yield is expected. A wedding of some local interest .is to take place shortly. MAURICEVILLE WEST. Yesterday and to-day were the hottest days of the season, the heat about 2 p.m. being intense. | New Year pranks have not yet, died out. Nearly every gate along the West and South Roads were on New Year's Eve removed, only those I that had been spiked remaining on hinges. The joke -.was enjoyed by. some and resented by • others ' with strong threats against the perpetrators, and lon Sunday evening/ whilst proceeding to : church, a gig containing three: persons was capsized, fortunately without serious results, by the horse, taking fright at one of these gate* ' 'V ; The state of Mrs .O; . Mascelle's. :health has necessitatedi her removal, to the Cambridge Sanatorium. Mueh ;: sympathy is felt for the young "couple. .., . ".;•,.-- ;'■.;. ''■'';" ■'■'■)'- . : , .Rabbit-poisbnjrjg.has already, been : taken in. hand, ; ■ and.fthe^enct::.bf•; the week will see a. large, amount of poi-_ c son down. Settlers; promise, a real . good* dressing, as "bunny" has had, a favourable season, and is a little more numerous than usual.