DISTRICT NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10581, 12 March 1912, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

KAIPARGRO. Wry heavy rain, accompanied by r-trong nor-th-westeriy gale?, have boen experienced throughout the wtvk. The weather is now much cooler, and the wind has subsided. Pastures uro making an almost phenoint-nal growth, but tlio grass is too soft to satisfy farmers who, go - 11 for fattening stock. Sheep dipping i.v being delayed owing to the continuous wet, and a few weeks of line weather would new be very welcome to sheep-owners. Several dangerous. places along the river bank on the ,u>*v Road to Ek-e----tahuua have been rendered considerably .safer by being U 1 need. M lie !i:cn:!ily meting of the .School Committee was Held last Monday night, there 'being present-,—■ Messrs F. Rankin:-:, W. ?vii!!er, _(). Falkiier and C. B'.inon isecretary). The head teacher's repot",: was read and adopted, and a number of accounts were passed for payment. The. school was j closed for tue Eketahuna ilortieultu-. ral Society's show. I Quite a. number of residents, sever-) al of whom were exhibitors, faced the | rough weather on Thursday last, in | order to attend the Eketahuna Show. The outing was somewhat marred by the drenching which' most of them got. Owing to a mistake in sorting the mails at Eketahuna, there was no de-j livery of the mail lier-e oil Wednos- j day. There was a distinct sense of i >'' something wanting," 'but Thursday'. > I budget made up for' the disappoint-1 ment of the previous day. Mr and Mrs Udy and Mrs Parker, with their families,'left 011 Wednesday for Carterton, to take nart- in the family re-union, 'which was to bo held 011 Thursday to celebrate the golden wedding of Mr ■avid Mrs Udy. senr., old residents of the Carterton- district. Miss Falkner and Miss Y. Falkner\ are spending a holiday ill Wellington.

Mr Herbert Renall lias just returned from a short- holiday, spent in the Auckland district.