DISTRICT NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10550, 5 February 1912, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS.

1 [From Our Own Correspondent.] CARTERTON. iMir W. G-. Irvine, who has been manager of the Carterton branch •!', the firm of Messrs George IJavis. .Ltd., modern t a ilors, for seme time past, severed his association with the establishment on Saturday, to take up his residence in Wellington. Mr A. E. Doro has been appointed his successor. A runaway occurred at the Belvedere Cooperative .Dairy Factory on Saturday morning. It appears that the blinkers on a horse belong! ig i.i |Mr J. Byers. of Carrington, came off, and the animal became frightened at its surroundings, and mad-? off. Fortunately the milk had boat unloaded, and orly empty cans remained to be toppled out, as well ;,f. the boy driving. It .negotiated the \artl corner safely, and a fence a little distance further'''along brought the animal to a standstill. A. swarm of bees created a little excitement in Carterton on Saturday morning by settling on a tree in the busy portion of the town. Needless | to mention people passing up and. 1 down gave them a wide harsh. The local dairy factories hv.v been consigning cheese away this week far the Home market. Peculiar trucks were, supplied by tho Railway Department, being open trucks with tarpaulin covers, which serve as passenger j ears at race or excursion time. Sure-, By, when the dairy farmers are expected to take every precaution in | the milking surroundings, and dairy j (factories likewise, the Railway Department should be compelled to make proper provision for the conveyance of cheese. To make matters worse, the trucks were pulled up alongside the sheep yards for load- J ing. • . A't. the request of 'a number of f citizens, tho Mayor (Mr J&. Feist) has , convened a public meeting for Wed-! mesday evening .next, to deal with j tho matter of arranging a public i .farewell to Mr J. T. M. Horn shy. ! Mr J. T. M. Hornsby leaves Car- f ■terton this (Monday) morning, to take up his duties on the Petone Chronicle. ' •' Harvesting operations on many farms in the district "are still in a , backward condition, principally due J to the unnatural condition of the i weather. On Saturday one Dalefield farmer commenced to stack his crop, i which had been in the stook for a J week, and .before much- had been j done, he found it still damp. Mr H. ' R. Bunny has had his crop at South j Carterton threshed from the stook. j