DISTRICT NEWS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10668, 25 June 1912, Page 5

DISTRICT NEWS

[From Our Own Correspondent.}

IHURAUA.

At the timo dS writing w© are ex» periemcing ytterly cold southerly we<u * ther. Snow (Ml throughout the - district oi; Sunday, Tout owing to the wetness of Uxe graiuid, did not fay long. The roads throughout tli3 district 1 are in a very bad s L .n.te, Bewton's Line in particular, being a veritable quagmire. I understand that three-s-Jbilc-vs who lire in the worst part of this read, and whose combined contribution ps in rxtzs total cvor £7O per year, arc poetically hemmed in,' during the; winter and spring inionifchs.i To t'ho befit of my knowledge the. I County Ccundl have spent less than/ j £SO in repairs on .lihis road during; the past two years. As the road gives access to some two thousand acres of land, recently sub-divided % the." Lands Department, it is high time' that Gome active interest was taken in the matter. ■ Two petitions are being largely signed throughout the district, on© to the Postal Department-, re .the estrfblishmeint of a daily mail service from EketaJiuna at the expiration of the present tri-weekly coiiibract from Mauricavi'lle; the other, to the Hon. : W. J. iS. MacDouaid in reference to moMling the road from Ihuraua to Master ton. ;

Skirting from Aifredton, the- lineconstruction, party ..have made good' progress with the erection cif the Alf-red'ton-Macterton telephone line, thework now being completed as Jar m Tikitapu. WJiorn this line as oompis ted Iliuraua willl 'be connected- with-. Masterton and Eketaliuna with one: private and on© public line, to eaclii of these (places. -4 Find mira-.ingementts Slaving been made, the newly formed 'Morris Tube Olub expect to fire tth-s first sihoot during the present week. • The ladies # cif the distinct have formed themselves-lnto a sewing bee, the. ufttimialte object being to open a bazaar in .November next to provide funds for a Hall p:aub. A grand social will he held in the. local hall on July 2nd, tfe proceeds of which are to be used in providing material for" the bazaar! In view of tßie district's progress, Mr Jensen' is erecting a .-tore .and accommodation house. As ovdr 'two thousand pounds' •worth of dairying machinery and plant a>re lying idle 1 owing to a dearth elf suppliers, it is hoped that the Government will offer if or selection the recency sub-divided dairying land in time to get at least a late start during the coming season.