CARTERTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 July 1939, Page 9

CARTERTON

FARMERS’ UNION MEETING OF LOCAL BRANCH. ("Times-Age” Special.) A meeting of the Carterton branch of the Farmers’ Union was held in the P. and A. building yesterday afternoon. Mr W. G. Thomas presided. Most of the business was taken in committee. The chairman made reference to the remits that would be discussed at the Dominion conference to be held in Wellington on Tuesday next at which he and Mr L. Daniell would attend as delegates. He reported that the appointment of a new secretary in lieu of the late Mr J. Watson would be made at a meeting of the Union in Masterton on Monday. A report on the recent ball disclosed that there had been a small loss. It was decided to hold a dance at Parkvale in the near future in an effort to make good the loss.

YOUNG FARMERS’ CLUB MONTHLY MEETING. Mr A. Fisher presided at the monthly meeting of the Carterton Young Farmers’ Club when there was a fair attendance of members. An apology for absence was received from Mr M. Thompson. It was decided to hold the fourth birthday party of the Club in the Bandroom on Thursday, July 13. The annual table tennis match with the Masterton Club will be held in Masterton on July 27, providing the latter club is agreeable. An officer of the Defence Department is to be requested to address the members at the next meeting of the club on August 14. Particulars were received from Mr N. Lamont of an essay competition for young farmers, closing on July 31. The subject is “Why I am a Young Farmers’ Club Member.” Mr W. F. McLaren has donated a £3 3s prize for the competition. Considerable interest was evident and there will doubtless be several entries from the Carterton Club. Mr M. J. Scott, supervisor of Pig Husbandry, was present and exhibited very interesting films touching on hereditary and reproduction and on diseases such as tuberculosis and worm infestation. There were several older farmers present and after Mr Scott had satisfactorily answered several question he was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. CARTERTON RACING CLUB MEETING OF MARCH 9. The Carterton Racing Club has been granted by the N.Z. Racing Conference March 9 as its race day in lieu of March 10. An application for an extra day’s racing was refused. ANIMAL DISEASES IMPORTANT ADDRESSES TO FARMERS. The dairy farmers and sheepbreeders of the Wairarapa and other centres have been for some time faced with a serious disease among their dairy herds and sheep flocks which breaks out in the mouths of July and August and during cold weather at the time of calving and lambing. The animals become paralysed and milk fever also occurs. In many cases the beasts are so afflicted that they cannot rally and, of course, die. It is this aspect of the disease that farmers are at a loss to understand and the speakers at the meeting at Carterton on Friday. July 14 at 1.30 p.m., will be glad if owners of cattle and sheep will attend in large numbers and give information which may lead to beneficial results. By attending this meeting cattle and sheep breeders will not only be studying their oWn interests but be given information that will probably save them worry and considerable expense. The addresses will be given in the Dalefield buildings, Carterton, and the speakers will be Drs Filmer and Hopkirk.

P. <2. A. Society. The next monthly meeting of the general committee of the Wairarapa p. and A. Society will be held in Carterton on Saturday, July 15. at 10.30 a.m. Personal. Mr Les Tunnicliffe. who has been on holiday to the Rotorua and other districts, returned to Dalefield yesterday. Many of Carterton's early footballers are in Carterton for the Jubilee, which commenced this morning. Among them are Messrs Wally Waterson, of New Plymouth, and Keith Armstrong. of Palmerston North. Unique Birthday Cake. There was on view in Whyte and Co’s window yesterday an iced cake representing a football field with miniature kewpie dolls dressed in the respective colours of the Carterton and Greytown Football Clubs. This cake will' decorate the festive board at the Carterton festivities. Death of Mrs H. Every. Mrs Henrietta Every, whose death occurred at her residence. Alton Street, Nelson, this week, was one of New Zealand's few surviving pioneers. She was born in London and came to New Zealand with her parents, the Rev. and Mrs Charles Jeffreys, by the sailing ship Maori, which left England in September, 1851, on her maiden voyage. Mrs Every had her ninth birthday on board and' arrived at Nelson on Christmas Day in the same year. The Maori later left for Dunedin, where she arrived in March. 1852. Mrs Every's early years were spent in St. Clair. Dunedin, with her six brothers and sisters. She married the late Mr Frederick Every, Anderson’s Bay. Dunedin, and spent most of her married life in Oamaru. Mrs Every was

left a widow in 1892 with a family of five sons and four daughters. She paid a visit to Great Britain and Canada in 1908. returning to New Zealand three years later. She settled in Nelson in June. 1922. Gifted with a remarkable memory, to the end she retained keen interest in world affairs, and was ever ready to talk of the early days of the pioneer. Mrs Every is survived by four sons and four daughters, her youngest son having predeceased her last June. One of the sons is Mr R. H. Every, of Carterton.