DISTRICT NEWS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10299, 31 July 1911, Page 5

DISTRICT NEWS

U'roiu <»ur Own Correspc-Kduats.)

iii WfiARA'J.

I Rain has fallen, here .almost con-tin-uously for the past week. The ! road., in many places are in a bad | etate owing to slips, the Kaiwhota— J Te iWliarau, road being temporarily , blocked, for traffic. A number- of j extra men' 'have been pi;i on to keep ; the roads clear. H is nrcbur.c that ! the road at Jackson's Creek, on tke Masterton—Te AVhara-u :;oad, w:m be deviated to avoid the slip tU>re, wlKoh has been causing the oi aty a deal of trouble fo rthe pas,; few years. Lung worm amongst 3iogg<>i.-.. J 9 manifest in. this district owin;.: to the wet -winter, and on one or irwo stations-' there is considerable tmortality amongst hoggets. The many friends, "of Mr and Mr? Buiimy, of Glenbum, will be pleased to .hear that thei rilttle boy, who lia-d his leg broken some time r<s.o, has made a splendid recovery, nn.l the Mraiib is as 1 sound as ever. Work in this district fairly plentiful, 'but owing to the wet ■ -weather, 'contractors and woi liors generally have (had an enforced spn] of idleness. Mr A. Cooper, of Whakataki, has secured the contract to build buildings for Mr F. Richards in T« Wharau, and is waiting for the weather to break to commence operaions. Mr M. Sharp, of Petone, who is at .present on an ■extended visit to 'i& Wharau, left to-day for Kai"whata. , Mr Lees, of Glenburn, returned! last week from a few months' sojourn' in Sydney. ■The Te Wharau Football Club exp>?ct to play the Gladstone team, their return annual match this. month.