DISTRICT NEWS.
(From Our Own Correspondents.)
CARTERTON. Mr R. King, who has for a considerable period held a posit'.CP- with Mr Jas. BaiJlie, chemist, aai lately with Mr. Baillie's successor, Mr L. Aplin, has accepted a po-.ition with M- A. y. Sykes, che.-j:st, of Plymouth. Mr King, during h»s long residence here, has made many I friends, who. will w?sh him success in his new sphere of labour. Yesterday the secretary of the South Wairarapa Poultry Society received a message from Martinborougfr that!'.--a carrier pigeon had strayed there since Sunday, and had returned again on Monday. "'An india-rubber ring on one leg, bears the number 5898, and' an aluminium ring 222, 0.H.5., 1910. It is presumed thalTthe bird belongs to the Ohristchurch Homing. Society, 1 ", and the secretary of the society has been communicated. w r »ii. ■'■■}■■::,: :.' Members of the Carterton Gun Club are discussing the possibility of holding a live pigeon match at an early date. '.-.." On Thursday nest the local Territorials will begin a shooting •eompej tiiion for a trophy presented by ', Messrs Shaw and Cole. » ' -' ' ':■''■■,-'■ ■'-■ ''' ■'
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10199, 29 March 1911, Page 5
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178DISTRICT NEWS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10199, 29 March 1911, Page 5
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