DISTRICT NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10545, 30 January 1912, Page 6

DISTRICT NEWS.

[From Ovr Own Correspondent.] KAIPARQRO. After several weeks ctf broken weather, a dry ft arm spell has now set ni, ami'farmers are hoping that it will t-outiiuie in order chut they may do their ham toting. ■Shearing operations throughout the district have only just been completed, as the work has been considerably delayed owing to the wot weather. Haymaking has been postponed ior the same reason, but as tlio grass is retaining its greenness, crops will not have suffered through remaining so long uncut. i TheVoolY of milk at the cheese \ factory is "keeping quite up to expecj ftations. _ , , . • j] The annual Sunday School picnic '\vas held on January 11th. Ike clay was lino, and there was a very lair attendance. Prises were awarded tw follows:- Host attendance, Katie Lozell 1, Myrtle Thomson and Bryan Lozeli 2, Ivy Sunnex 3; Good conduct —Annie Palmer. Before the gathering (Wsed, Mrs Thomas who has had charge r.lf the Sunday School for the past three years, and who is leaving the distri-t to reside m Hawke ;: Bay was' oreseiuted. by her scholars and'their'parents with . a cheque General n>grot is felt at Mrs Thomas departure'from the district, as she has always been to the fore in helping with' Church and Sunday School work, A long, night dance was held- on January 18th, but as the night was a very rtormv one the attendance was small. Excellent music was supplied •by Mrs Udy. •Mm Lozell has left on a holiday to the Auckland district. Mas Frances Smyth, a -pupil at the local school, was amongst the successful candidates at the Junior ! Civil Service Examination field recently. . , f - There have been quite a number ot accidents during the holidays, but "'fortunately none of the injuries have been of a very serious nature. Mr A Harvev cut his knee rather, severely whist purveying, and the wound lhad to be stitched. Mr T. Sunnex <:■ little daughter cut her nkle with [■broken glass. Her injuries necessitated several'stitches being gut in.

IHURAUA. | ' During the oast fortnight we have' experienced almost perfect weather, which has been a boon to those with hay to harvest. Local' pastures are looking excep- 1 tionally "frc&hi and green, and will easily remain so without rain for another five, or sis weeks; and yet there are those who contend that, the Ihura.ua land is unsuitable for dairying .purposes. I understand that it is the intention of the Department of Lands to offer, in May next, for close .settlement, some two thousand', acres of first-class land at present held hy'two. individual!?. This Jand is being situated within a mile of a good metalled road, and nine miles from a railway, (besides being,,well watered ..by permaiic'iit'.p'rings and streams,,is eminently, suitable for close .settlement},also ; ther'e" is a good supply ; .. of fencing timber on the property. I'understand .that..'Mr Anderson, the. local sawmiller, has .acquired; . a ,lease covering sorae. years, of .some hundreds, of acres cif good milling tiiriber adjoining this property, and intends to instal his plant therein at an early date. The .suggestion made at a recent meeting, of the Masterton OliamVer of Commerce of supporting a motor service between Masterton and Pongaroa is well worth consideration, and 1 feel, convinced, that if started would pay' handsomely. The mails alono along .the ' proposed route should be ■sufneieit- inducement for any motoiing firvMi.'to give the scheme a trial. would,, I am sure, wholeheartedly support the service, andas Pongaroa is.no longer the "canvas town" of years gone by, but a wellpopulated and rapidly developing district, a much needed communication would be estahlidlied. The opening of the newly erected hall 1 at Ihuraua, Ea's been fixed for the 2ndjprox.\ The event.', will be marked a. ball, which, judging ■from the increasing rapidity with which tickets are selling, promises to ibe at least a financial success. An elaborate programme is being arranged, and a record attendance is anticipated. il understand that a, local resident is about- to erect a store and bakery premises. During the month over twenty thousand) sieep.' have passed south i through Ihuraua.