DISTRICT NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 23 October 1913, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS.

Our Own Correspondent MIKI MIKI.

Docking is* about finished in these parts, and some large percentages are reported. Shearing operations have commenced on some of the stations, but rains' will put a. stop to- shearing for several days.

Mr J. Campbell, jun., is .having an up-to-date woolshed built. Messrs C. E. Darnells', and Son are the contractors.

Quite a number of enthusiasts journeyed to Masterton on Thursday evening to witness the boxing tournament.

MAURIOEVILLE WEST.

On Monday, 27th inst., a trucking of "fat bacon pigs for Mr B. R. Rayner,' the first of the season, will be sent away from the Mauriceville railway station. ['.' The local Cricket Club are putting in a regular week-end practice, and are showing good form. Miss Forsberg has been spending a few days with friends at Lansdowne.' Two storm Sf appeared to'" meet a little to the west of this township on Saturday at 3 p.m.—one from a southerly, another from a westerly direction—and as a result, thunddr, lightning and heavy rain followed, some of the flashes of lightning being too close to* be pleasant.

The stables which have stood in the old County Council yards have been removed to a more suitable site at Hastwell.

The local butter factory is taming out nearly a ton of butter per month in excess of last year's output. The soaking rains of last week have made the pastures'and growing crops look first rate. The district right through; is looking remarkably well.