CARTERTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 August 1940, Page 7

CARTERTON

ORDER OF DRUIDS TOTARA LODGE MEETING ("Times-Age” Special.) The quarterly summoned meeting of the Totara Lodge was held last night, Arch-Druid Bro W. Fryer presiding. The proposal from Grand Lodge Executive that the Grand Lodge meeting to have been held in March. 1941. be postponed to March, 1943, was discussed, after which it was resolved that the proposal to postpone the meeting be supported.

Contributions for members on active service were received from Grand Lodge. It was reported that Bro E. Matson was still an inmate of the Masterton Hospital, and that Bro Geo James was in Greytown Hospital. Both were making good progress. Bro P. Reid was welcomed back after having been in Hospital where he underwent an operation. Bro Reid thanked the Lodge for the welcome extended.

Sick paj’ and accounts amounting to £63 18s 8d were passed for payment.

First Consignment of Cheese

The first consignment of this season’s cheese was loaded today at the railway station, being the output of some of the factories in Carterton. The milk '.field continues to increase and second and third assistants have been taken £n at local factories. Personal Items. Mr Noel Groube, son of Mr and Mrs F. Groube, Swamp Road, Carterton. has found it necessary to enter the Greytown Hospital where he will undergo an operation. Method of Treating Posts. The following method for making *• softwoods suitable for fencing timber has been sent in by a correspondent. The timber must . be thoroughly dry and seasoned before being placed in the ground. The treatment used is a solution of lime water, mixed in a tub or trough for from 12 to 24 hours. After treatment the timber should be. dried and’ painted with diluted' sul-* phuric acid. The part so treated becomes as hard as stone and is much more durable than when coated with tar. It is claimed that posts so treated and used for fencing off turnips or rape show no sign of deterioration for years.