CARTERTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 March 1939, Page 7

CARTERTON

, NEW ZEALAND DAIRY BOARD WARD CONFERENCE. SIRE SURVEY AND PRODUCTION. ("Times-Age” Special.) The annual Ward Conference of the Dairy. Board xyas. held on Saturday af- . ternoon. Mr A. Linton, board member for the ward occupied the chair, and there were also present —Mr W. E.. Hale, chairman of the board; Mr T. C. Brash, secretary, and Mr C. M. Hume, herd testing supervisor for the board. There was only one nomination for the position of delegate to the : Doming ion Conference, which will be held in Wellington on April 19, and Mr W. Wilson, of Carrington, was declared elected. Mr Hale gave a comprehensive sur- • vey of the activities of the board during the past year and Mr Hume reviewed the activities of the herd test-' ing section of the board, making particular reference to data on diseases collected from farmers whose herds have been under test. He stated that it was safe to say that 50 per cent of the dairy cows in the Dominion were affected by mastitis. Touching on sire survey work of the past year, Mr Hume said the information collected pointed to the belief that about 70 per cent of the sires in use had no beneficial effect on production. Production had been stationery for the past six years, and an interesting fact was that grade cattle were on the same production plane as pedigrees. There was great room for improvement. In the. United States of America vendors of pedigree bulls gave definite guarantees that their stock would improve' production by stated amounts, but New Zealand breeders had quite evidently not arrived at a stage where they could imitate the American breeders. “The best way to reduce costs,” concluded Mr Hume, “is to increase production.” Replying to Mr A. Elkins, Mr Hume said that there was no reliable data to show whether mastitis was more prevalent in high producers that in poorer, cows, but he was of the opinion that there would be little variation in its incidence. A resolution was passed expressing appreciation of the way the board had placed evidence before the committee which sat recently to consider the guaranteed price proposals and commending the-board on the stand it was taking in relation to the proposed price next year. Mr Linton mentioned that the board and the Government were sti]l negotiating on the price. Their rela/ tions/had been of the most amicable nature, and it was desired to maintain that feeling of friendliness. SILVER WEDDING. MR AND MRS SIMON DALGLIESH. ’ . ■■ ■ ■' ”• ' ■ ' . ■ ■. Mr and Mrs Simon Dalgliesh, of Longbush, were visited, by a surprise party of old friends on Sunday afternoon to felicitate them on the celebration of their silver wedding day. Among those present were Messrs W. C. Deller and J. A. B. Lawrence, who were ' best man and groomsman respectively at the wedding 25 years ago. There were about thirty in the party, which proved to be a most enjoyable one. As Mr and Mrs Dalgliesh entered their residence after attending the Presbyterian Church service at Longbush, Mrs V. Robinson, one of the party, played a few bars of the Wedding March. Mrs Dalgliesh was presented with a bouquet and Mr Dalgliesh with a buttonhole, and the visitors crowded round them offering congratulations. The “wedding breakfast.” provided mostly by the visitors, who also decorated the table and the room, was then enjoyed. The "wedding cake,” with 25 candles, lighted by Mr Deller as best man, was made by Miss Betty Dalgliesh, daughter of the house. Mr Deller proposed the health of Mr and Mrs Dalgliesh and wished them many more happy anniversaries. Mr Lawrence recalled some happy reminiscences of past times, and expressed the hope that the host and hostess had many happy days before them. Mr Dalgliesh thanked the visitors for their presence. By special request Mrs Dalgliesh sang a favourite old song, “My Ain Folk,” which was much appreciated. ODD FELLOWSHIP. LOYAL HEART OF OAK LODGE. The fortnightly meeting of the Carterton Odd Fellows’ Lodge was held last evening and was presided over by Bro A. R. Tankersley. A vote of condolence was passed with Sister D. B. Nilson in the bereavement sustained recently in the loss of a son by drowning. Sick .pay to the extent of £ll 10s and other accounts amounting to £8 17s 10d were passed. One new member was initiated into the lodge and given a hearty welcome. The secretary was instructed to forward a letter of sympathy with P.G. Bro H. H. L. Meyrick in his illness and wishing him an early recovery to health again. P.G. Bro G. S. Bruce who represented the lodge al the District Conference at Wellington during the last weekend, gave a resume of the business transacted and was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. The lodge was notified that its officers would be examined in ritual work next lodge night, March 20. Military Equipment. Yesterday three large military wag- «' ons passed through Carterton going north. Their destination was probably Waipukurau, where military manoeuvres are to be carried out. Carterton Water Supply. A commencement was made yesterday morning with the building of a groyne in the Mangatiritiri Stream to create a fuller head of water from this stream for the intake pipes of the Carterton water supply, thereby assuring a better supply of water to Carterton. Personal. Mr L. H. Smart returned to Carterton on Saturday from a holiday spent at Waitarere Beach, Levin.

Fire Alarm. An alarm was given on the fire siren yesterday afternoon when the fire brigade was called to South Carterton to extinguish a grass fire that was dangerously close to a residence occupied by Mr Salisbury. Fortunately the fire, which was caused by a spark from the washhouse, was noticed in time and a pas-ser-by assisted by others from the hotel opposite had the fire practically out when the brigade arrived. * OBITUARY. DEATH OF OLD RESIDENT. The death occurred at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr J. M. Nicholls, Richard Road, Carterton, at 6.45 o'clock this morning of one of ihe early pioneers of the Wellington district in uie person of Mrs Mary Marshall at the age of 84 years. Born in Efigiand and married before she left the Old Country, she migrated with her husband to New Zealand, landing in Wellington in 1874. She and her husband saw many vicissitudes of early Wellington life. Her husband predeceased her 40 years ago. Mrs Marshall reared a family of three daughters, Mrs J. M. Nicholls, of Richmond Road, Carterton, the late Mrs J. E. Raisin, of Greytown and Miss Marshall, of Wellington. The late Mrs Marshall has been an invalid for the past seven years, six of which she had been totally blind. There are seven grandchildren and 26 great-grandchild-ren. The funeral will take place on Thursday and will leave the residence of her son-in-law, Richmond Road, at 11 a.m. for the Clareville Cemetery. Pipe Band. The Morison’s Bush Hall was filled to. capacity last evening- when the Wairarapa Pipe Band held a euchre tourney and dance. The function was a most enjoyable one. Mr Stan Hall acted as M.C. for the dance and the card arrangements were in the capable hands of Messrs C. Holland and W. Hall. During the evening the band rendered a pipe selection and played extra waltzes in the dance programme. Miss Arcus, Carterton, won the ladies’ euchre prize with Mrs Simmonds, Featherston, second. The men’s prize went to Mr A. J. F. Whitehead, Carterton, and Mr Yeomans was second. Monte Carlo and spot waltz competitions were held. An excellent supper was provided by the ladies’ committee of the Pipe Band and was much enjoyed. The dance was concluded just after midnight. The music was supplied by Mrs Rogers and Mr Bowles. As a result of last night’s.function the Pipe Band uniform fund will be considerably augmented. Labour Party. At the Band Room on Saturday night the Labour Party Social Club held its usual card night. There was a large attendance. The ladies’ first prize was won by Mrs Challis and in the draw for second prize between Mrs K. Hodder'and Mrs Brown, Mrs Brown won. The men's first prize was won by Mr Morris and the second went to Mr Regan. Supper was provided by the ladies’ committee.