DISTRICT NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10262, 14 June 1911, Page 6

DISTRICT NEWS.

(From Our Own Correspondents.'

CARTERTON.

Tilie half-yearly election of officers in connection with Totara Lodge, U.A.0.D., took place on Monday evening. A social evening followed.

The local branch of the. Wairarapa Egg Circle sent away 80 dozen eggs to the market on Tuesday morning. Weather of a very unsettled nature is 'being experienced in the district at the present time. Mr A. Mcßenzie, mho some two years ago was .manager of the Taratalii Dairy Ocmipany, has ibeen on a visit to Carterton during the past weak. Mr McKenzie now holds an important managership in the Taranaki Province. A wedding of interest to Carrington folk takes place next week. Excellent progress has 'been made with the erection of a private dwel-

Iling at the southern end of the town for"Mr W. A. Kitohen, and the \ building, will shortly be out of the contractor's Jiands. The carpenters have all but finished, the painters and paperhangers now being busily engaged. Consequent upon the unsettled and moist nature of the weather, tlie roads in various portions of the Borough are in a very sloppy condition. EAST MAURICEVILLE. Keen southerly wind has prevailed here since Tuesday, being interspersed with heavy isihowers and fleeting glimpses of the sun. We are to be favoured by a visit from Professor Webb on Thursday and Friday. This gentleman is a medical man of high standing, 'judging by the number of first-class unsolicited testimonials from patients in various parts of the Dominion which he has in his possession. Those wishing to consult liim about amy long-standing complaints may id;o so at Hoffeins' Hotel. Eight members of the Rifle Club fired a, one-range shoot against the Miniature Cluib on Monday night, in Mr 'Fisher's Hall, the latter winning fey 12 points. The following -were tihe scores registered:—Miniature Club: W. Fisher 33, W. Farmer 32, C. Brooks 32, F. Parkes 30, G. Bnaggins 29, J. Burnett 29, G. Tlhrupp 28; aggregate- 213. .Rifle Club: F. Tildsjley 33, F. Rummer 31, W. Payne 31, R. Wilton 30, C. Blewett 27, C. Jensen 2-6, F. Wilton 23; Aggregate 201.