DISTRICT NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10256, 7 June 1911, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS.

(From Our Own Correspondents *

MAURICEVILLE WEST

A numoer of young pen j]e drove out to< the iiall at Mauriceviili East for itihe p.irpf so of seeing some moving pictures last week. 17a.v< \er disappointment was thru- 'ot, for , 1)«> pictures did not put in ni appearance.

The monthly meeting .J :he 9choo! Committee was held m 1:10 room on. Saturday i •rft last. All ■the members were present, and some important business was gone through, including arranging for some work to. be done on the grounds and the appointing of members to assist on the night of the concert, which takes place on the 16th inst. It was -also decided to obtain forty good prizes for the children, to he presented at the concert. On Saturday, June 3rd, the Mauriceville dairy factory had seen another season through. Taken right through, it has been a fairly good season. The yield of butter does not quite reach last year's tally. The dry weather in the early autumn caused the check in the milk supply much earlier than usual, from which tlie cows never recovered. EAST MAURICEVILLE. Miniature rifle shooting has com© to stay. Every male member of the community knowing the difference between a rifle barrel and a broom handle is now a life member of the Miniature Rifle Club. The .subscription is so small, the ammunition so inexpensive, and the prizes so- tempting, that it is worth while for shootists to come along and test their eyes at 60 ifeet on the inch bull'seye. Mr Cameron, Patron of the Club, and Mr -Blewett, President, have each donated a substantial sum to the Club's funds. The trophy given by Mr Roiga.rd was an excellent sample of the baker's art, and' was won by Mr J. Barnett. The match Miniature Club versus Rifle Club was fired on Monday night, the ! former winning by 52 points. Appended are the scores:— MINIATURE CLUB.

KOPUARANCA. The New Zealand 1 Dairy Union's skimming plant lias closed for the winter months. To pass the long winter evenings, a committee of ladies and gentlemen is running a dancing class with a monthly social, which is .proving successful and enjoyable. The shearing machine (is coming fast into, favour about here. Three sheds have installed them since last year. >

30ft 60ft T1 J. Barnett 28 30 58 W. Fisher 29 29 58 C. Brooks 30 27 57 M. O'Brien 29 26 55 G. Braggins 29 24 53 G. Tlirupp 29 24 53 W.;/Fisher junr. 29 26 55 W. Farmer 26 26 52 C. McKeown 27 24 51 Aggregate 2-56 234 490 RIFLE CLUB. 30ft 60ft T1 C. Blewett 29 25 54 R. Wilton 30 24 54 ' F. Tildsley 28 26 54 B. Young 28 26 54 C. Jensen 27 27 54 R. Oliver 27 26 53 W. Payne 25 18 43 R. Tildsley 21 17 38 E. Tildsley 18 16 34 Aggregates 233 205 4.38