DISTRICT NEWS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10496, 6 December 1911, Page 5

DISTRICT NEWS

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

CARTERTON. Mr D. C. Smart, who has* bean praetisikig here for some time past as a solicitor, lias disposed of his' or u> tdce to Mr M. D. ttornsby, of Greytown, and leiaves at the end of the week to join an> eistab&'hed praotkv in Hawera. Mir H. S. Moss, secretary to the Wlniraa-apa P. and A. Society, has been. lai 1 up during t/,he past fortnight with a .veje att-.<.-.'v .<.f influenza. His many i'r .•<.".!.•!* v ill ia< pleased o hear that lie i: i...\> a'le to get iiboui. aga:r Tine judge (Mr A. R. Ha,d J i;M<l) of tlhc school' gardens, der /the au.spiees. <:f the Waiirarupa P. and A. Society, has again atva.rd.ed fkist place to ibhe 'Gladstone S.-hool ; , Fearthanstom beSng second, and Belvedere third. A ballot for £3C() in ocniKctinn with the Waitrarapa Tea-mimating Building Society takes place on Thursday, Deoenuber 14th. Mr AxeU Knutsen., of South Carterton.;, had the mdisfioi'tun-e to have his- cow-"sail!isi, together with inalikdng pliant, destroyed by fire on Monday morning.

The privileges for the TaratahiChrtccrtoii Racing Club's, meeting on Boxing Day were sold by auction on Saturday. The mside publican's) booth reaJiisiedv £2l Ids, Mr O. 0. W'hyite, of Gireytowm, being the purchaser. The outside booth was bjpught by Ma- R. E. Hallford, of Carterton, for £ll. Mr N. Bouzaid, of Chrtertoh, secured the fruit and fancy staJl for £2. An entertaan meant in- aid of thfc fund of the local Boy Scouts' takes place at the Victoria.' Hall, on Tues>day evening. The lads held a paradeat St. Mark's; Church on Sunday evening. In* tte Oantei-tton; Police Court on Monday morning, a young man named Ernest Sinclair, with several aliasies, was brought before Justices) of the Peace, charged with the jfchtefffe of £2O from Mr C. E. Brewer, publicam, of Martimhoa'ough, a» Saturday. On the application of the police, accused wia® remanded to appear at Martinboroug'h on the 12tH> amist. For making himseltf a nari'sance art a local Chfinajnan's shop on Saturday evening, while- under the inftufence of liquor, a man named Begg •was. penalised to the extent of '.aosi KAIPARORO. Farmers throughout the district) are taking full' advantage of the present! spell l of fine weather to push, forward shearing operations. There was quite a Qieavy mortality amongst newly shorn isheep during the cold snap at the end of the montli. Quite ii gloom has been east over iihe. district on. account of tllie aeci-•de-nt to- Mr L. Parker, the popular owner of the Kaiparoro sawmill. Mr Parker's- condition is at present extremely critical', and Mrs Parker..and family have the sympathy of all in ithe anxious time tlhaiough which they are passing.

In cases l of accident such as that -of Saturday week, the need of a telephone service as keenly felt, and. probably an effort will now be made to urge upon the Department the, requirements! of .the district in; ihig tf'sjpect.

The School Committee met on Monday night, ampV after pi«sing a n.cttion,of siynipathy with Mrs Parker over the iserious illness of her fcas■band, who was one of its- most actolve members, adjouirtned the meeting for a week asi a mark of regret. The Road is at (present receivfing a heavy coat of •metal, which,, though touch needed, will' probably not meet with the approval of motorists and cyclists. Tho short cut between Masterton, and Eketahiuno. i& now frequently used by motorists). The (road is now in splendid order, the only drawback heing the ford over the unforidged Makakahil RJiiver.