PIRINOA

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 January 1941, Page 7

PIRINOA

MILK SUPPLIES AFFECTED BY HOT WEATHER. ("Times-Age” Special.) ) The weather is still very hot anc {conditions, particularly j’ur dairying. 3j do not look very promising. Ti'.<- m,.J lense heat experienced here during the ,; week has been most oppress.ve ano "] pastures are getting well parched. The ' j supply ol milk at the local factory has - i dropped considerably as compared 1 < with the same period last year. ; Home Guard. The Home Guard held ns first par- > j ade of the New Year in the Memorial ’Hall last night. There was a large 'at-, 1 i I tendance. I Personal. I Mr J. R. Spencer is the guest of Mr j and .Mrs J. R. Te Whaiti. ■I Mr lan McHugh, who is laid aside’ 'with a serious attack of pneumonia.' I is showing a decided improvement. I Mr G. Tarau. who has been visiting] ; Porirua, has returned home. i Mr A. Manihera. who has been in; ITaihape for the past year, has enlisted | ’ and has left for Papakura Camp, where; ' he will join up with the .Maori Bat-! i talion. I Mrs W. Adams has entered the Grey- I I town Hospital for treatment. ) Mr D. M. Didsbury left on Monday ; for the training camp at Waiouru. Messrs Condon. Upper Hutt, and] Griffiths. Wellington, were the guests' of Mr and Mrs Thomas during the] I weekend. i Mr Noel Hume was a visitor here for] ; a few days. Mr and Mrs D. S. Warren and family! I are staying in their cottage at Cape] I Palliser. I Mr and Mrs Sutherland. Wellington, i were the guests of Mr and Mrs Guy i Gillies over the holidays. { Mrs O’Neal. Pukerua Bay, has re- { turned home after staying a few days I with Mr and Mrs Fred Busch. Mr and Mrs Matakatca, who were. I visiting Levin for the holidays, have] ' returned home. , j Mr and Mrs Allen have returned to] ] the Lower Hutt. They spent the holi-j

days with their daughter. Mis J. A. ! Sutherland. Messrs Neil Hume and Hiram ] I Marsh were among the recruits who I

i went into camp yesterday. The latter) | is going into training with the Maori) | Battalion at Papakura and the former; | proceeded to Trentham. j i Child Scalded. 1 The infant son of Mr and Mrs Chas.: ] Busch, Otaraia. met with a painful ac-] | cident when he was accidentally scald-; | cd with hot water. j Heat Stops Shearing. , ■' The v.Gather during the New Year! week was exceedingly warm and Sal-1 i urday was considered the hottest day ) experienced. It was so oppressive that | at one station where shearing was in 1 I progress the shearers had to discon- ! tinue work owing to the heat It is ; ! long time since such a happening nas ] occurred in this district. Lamb Traffic. Lambs are being carried in large , numbers to the vmious works. At tb.e) weekend lorries were occupied in this : work from early morning till late m j the evening.