DISTRICT NEWS
[From Our Own Correspondent.}
MAURICEVILLE WEST. Several sharp frosts have occurred, and the weather c.» I utterly cold. Owing to an outbreak of diphtheria, the* school lias (been closed, and tlio butter factory is doing likewise. Up to the present six families arc affected, some of the patients being in n critical condition. A brilliant meteor, of 'a : purple Ime, was seen here at 6.15, travelling from east to wesit. . A special meeting of Hie School Committee w(as held laist night, there being la tftill attendance of memibers. March important .business was gone through, including consideration of •the present outbreak of & : :ok>iK?ss 'amongst the scholars. Reidents begin, to express themselves as feeling much safer Ifroro for-, eigin attacks mow, as quite <a, large number of young men journey to the Morris tube practice twice a week, while the lads an Territorial drees are by no means rare.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10632, 10 May 1912, Page 7
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149DISTRICT NEWS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10632, 10 May 1912, Page 7
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