DISTRICT NEWS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10457, 23 October 1911, Page 5

DISTRICT NEWS

[.From Our Own Correspondent.] TINUI. iMa* J. McGregor is sepaking at several places in this district in the No-license cause, and is being well received everywhere. It is expected that when docking is finished, it will Jbe 20 per cent, below the usual average; but to make \;>p for the loss in numbers, the lam)b,s are well grown and strong. It will be remembered that last year the lamibs were weedy. !MJr H. Mdlsaacs had the misfortune to lose a, valuable yearling colt after an operation. CARTERTON. Mr George Armstrong, late of Opunake, who has just returned from a trip to England, the Continent, and America, is paying a visit to his people here. . lAt the annual meeting of the Wairarapa Brick, Tile and Drainpipe (Jomjpany, the report and balancesheet showedi a profit of £975 15 s lid. The Directors' recommendation to pay a dividend of six per cent, j was approved, and £ls-5 16s 6d carried forward to the reserve account. Five per cent, was written off for depreciation. During the year the company purchased a new pipe machine at a cost of £l3l, which has proved a very satisfactory investment. Messrs J. A. Dudson and A. Booth were re-elected directors, and at the meetihg of directors held subsequently, Mr Dudson was re-elected chairman. There are now 96 subscriber® in the Carterton telephone exchange, the latest addition being 'flicker's Book Arcade.' It only requires four more to enable Carterton to have a 10 o'clock service. A somewhat serious accident happened to the train conveying stock from Hawke's Bay to the Carterton Show on Friday night. During the journey the engine driver, looking back along the tram, noticed smoke, rising from' one of the trucks, and he at once stopped the train. Upon hurrying to the truck it was found that the straw in the truck was ablaze, probably through a spark firom the engine. There was fortunately water at the side of the line, •where .the train stopped, and the fire was quicß-lv got under. The truck contained a Shorthorn bull, first prize winner at the Hawke's Bay Show, and some heifers, belonging to Mr Douglas McLean, of hlawike's Bay. The bull, which is valued at 6(H) guineas, was rather badly scorched on both sides, but the "heifers were only slightly singed. When discovered, the truck had commenced to burn, and there might have been a serious disaster if the fire had secured a strong liold. It" is not known whether the bull will be fit to be shown on Wednesday.