DISTRICT NEWS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10305, 4 August 1911, Page 7

DISTRICT NEWS

(From Our Own Correspondent*.'

CARTERTON.

.Mr J. M. Kiciliolls, manager for the Wairarapa Brick, Tile and Drainpipe Company, was a passenger for Weluingwin. by yesterday aftornoon'is 'train, on a health recruitdng (holiday. A few days' ago Mr •Nictoolls ■sustained an unpleasant .slhock iby ibeing caught in some .belting, and his nerves have not yet recovered .their normal condition. His •medical attendant has therefore ordered him a change cf scenery with the object of driving away the operations' of (the factory from lids .mind for a 'Short time, and, thus cnahil'o the nerves, to recoup. Mr- Nicholls will .most probably spend the holiday in the South Island.

Tine local branch of the Wairarapa Egg Cirole thes week'■■ sent away 189 doxen eggs, for the past week. One new supplier joined the Circle during the week, which :;• a 'healthy sign l of iprogYe&s. The ima.ny friends cf Mr Robert ! Gallon., of Matarawa, wiii hear with regret that he is dangerously all with pneumonia. A couple of motor cars word witnesrad at the .southern end cf the tow.li travelling at an. excessive c.ppcd. One was a good deal in the lead, «nd it appeared as'if there Was a race on. Moior cyclists are I also fond of toting their speed (at tibia poiition of the Borough, 'and it ir. perhaps just as well to remind thorn rtjh'at ithere is a limit, and to ove.r-ride'that is breaking the 'bylaws. They not only endanger their own lives, ibut make it unplea.sant for others. I

There wore thirteen births, four marriages, and one. death, registered in Carterton for June. The August issue of the !N T e\y Zealand Farmer contains soma fine reproductions of .giiaoetssful 'birds at the recent show of the South- Wairarapa Poultry, Pigeon and Cage Bird Association held at Carterton. Yesterday Mir W. Tucker reoeived ■a fine specimen, of a- black Leghorn •cockerel, imported from Mr W. C Davies, of the new model (utility poultry -plant, Napier.' The bird as from Australian stock, and Black leghorns are conisidered to be a coming Ibreed. They are hardier than the wlhite, and are constant egg •producers. A number of Natives from here were present at Tablelands yesterday at the funeral of the late Mrs Anikania Heremaia, widow of the late Heremaia Tomaihotua, dhief of the and Ngatd Hikawera ttribes, who passed away at Grey:own oa Thursday night. Deceased vas the •mother of Ninewa Heremaia, well-known Native lady, and was />8 years of age. She belonged to iae .HftmiKi, Ngata-Koma and other ha.pu®. Having been an invalid for 'some years, she preferred to live a quiet and retired •life. Mr B. Roberts, of Carterton, wrote to Mr F. E. Nottage, Goyern- , merit, orchard; instructor.,-. concerning the ravages of the grass Mr 'Nott','age ( replied as under:— "I t' m sorry to say that the information I can give you on, the above subject is very limited. It is alhvays worse on- light soife, and no means are yet known- for its thorough control. On .lawns the use of a heavy roller *just about dark or in the- early morning is useful, or if possible- flood rlflio ground for a- few hours. Encourage starlings and all insect eating birds. Carbon basailphide may also bo used, but- is expensive. Holes 2£in. deep 1 should /be made two feet apart and 1 oz. carbon, bisulphide <ii*.>pped in, and the holies covered over. A 'dibber' .made from an- old spade handle is useful for this work. Top dressing the land: -with kainit hasi also given good results, using from two cwt pea* acre upwards. \R<e istrawIberrieSj ; I do m>t'think you will bo ', sß6' "to crestore '■ badly- -infected plant's. ; 0r..; jfsrtiiisers; ~ will, ~pf,'' -courso the plants if once the grabs ' ,are-destroyed. >, Boiling will do good, and as the aground becomes' consolidated? the pest" decrease. Ales i;"s 'C3o., ; sell a mixture called ''Vaporite,'' which is claimed to do good work, and you could get particulars from, the New. Zealand Farmers', Distributing Co., Wellington. Among the best strawberries for your district are Melba and Royal Sovereign).''