COUNTRY NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 236, 2 October 1920, Page 12

COUNTRY NEWS.

r " > TE AROHA. 3 The Boy 'Scout movement has been re- • vivetl in Tβ Ar'oha, and a Troop Committee | elected, with Dr. K. Gordon chairman, , Rev. iHopper vice-chairnian, and Mr. G. H. I Nlcholls secretary- Over 40 boys liave : already joined the Scouts. Surgeon-Major Gordon, presided at a meeting of tie committee of the Returned •Soldiers' Association. The statement In connection with the recent ball showed a Dominion executive urged the convening of a meeting of returned soldiers to pass a resolution asking the Government to increase the rates of pensions to partially and permanently disabled soldiers. It was derided to hold a meeting as requested. The men's senior championship of the To Aroha Golf Club was won by Mr. J. Kenny, who defeated Mr. W. (Mdin,gay. i Jlr. F. W. Walters occupied the chair at 1 the monthly meeting of the Waitoa Drainage Board. The Board's engineer reported • on the proceedings at the sitting of the t ! Arbitration Court In Auckland. The engineer was authorised to make an amended I classification of Mr. Walsh's property on ' I No. S 'Road, a portion having 'been sold to - ! Mr. Smetuurst. An application from Mr. - iMdlurdy for a separate drain was referred . to tne engineer, -with power to act. A meeting of suppliers to the glaxo faci tory was held at Te Aroha West on Wed- - nesday evening, whpn various grievances I were ventilated et length. Additions nre at present being made at the factor} , , which • Is therefore not yet ready for the manufacture of milk powder. Most of the i. farmers have very few calves to rear, and consequently the skim milk has to be - thrown away. Suppliers arc demanding ; glaxo price for ithelr butterfat. and are greatly averse to throwing away the skim ' milk. A legal opinion is to be obtained on 1 the position of the suppliers of the company. It was derided at the meeting that j a eow-tesring association be formed In the I Waihou Valley district, and Mr. Singleton. ; of the Department of Agriculture, is to be > invited to give an address on the subject , of "Cow Testing." The butter shortage is being keenly felt 'in Te Aroha. Consequent upon cheese prices liavlng exceeded those for Imtter for , a considerable time so far as the dairy " farmer is concerned, the majority of the 3 factories are manufacturing cheese. This, - of course, makes for a shortage, but the f ! decision of the dairy -companies not to sell ianv new season butter at the present 2 gazetted rates naturally accentuates it. b A property of 04 acres at Te Aroha West, a portion of w.MHi requires considerable improvement, has just chanced hands at flKi 3 per acre. The buildings on the property - would cost fully £2000 to erect, and this , fact is to a certain extent responsible for ' j the record price paid. • PAEROA. 1 At a l:irzely attended meeting of returned soldiers nnd dependents, he.i! in : Club Rooms. Paeroa, on Wednesday evening. 2f)th ult.. a resolution was paused unanimously calling upon the Government to increase the pension payable to a totallT and permanently disabled soldier , and to increase the pension payable to n partially or temporarily disabled soldier j nud to a dependent In a similar proportion MORftINSVirXE. „ At the lasi meeting of the Morrinsvilie r Town Tloard the retiring chairman (ilr. K. | l McGregor! was re-elected chairman for the a present term. 0 Cheese factory returns show an increase ; over the corresponding month for last year. s The figures are (last year's being Riven in 1 parentheses):—Norfolk Dairy Co.. milk I 344.07111> Ci'il.TSoltO. hiitterfiife 13.4431b j «8341Vb). payment* aT 1 n £117<3 I'ftKK): Tntnn . Dairy Co.. milk 03f1.5361b M2o,GSrih), hotter. ifflt 20.577.rb O'S.SS"jII)K payments at !■$ flß2n f.£l3st>>: Sunny Park T>alrr Co.. milk lOn.ffHlb (4T.5411h1. butterfilt 4'J7.11b (ITSolbl, payments at II £4*l (•£l3Ol. ' i The condition of the road to Tahuna na* '■been very bad this year, and a meeting of i settlors was held this week to discuss the 1 position. The trouble has been in the past ' ' that. !ho settlers woro not unanimous as i • to what should be dorm. and. though assent j 1 2iad been driven .t-> raising a loan there was , 1 a diversity of opinion about the matter i 1 Tin -meetinsr. was fairly lively at times.; jlMlt at the finish there was an agreement to | i : push on with the metalling during the ; 1 ' The problem of securing the deepening! 'i of the 'Piako 'River far as Tahuna has I 1 I come prominently Into view of late, pos--1 I slbly on account of the Thamrw Harbour • rHonrd Bill. Sntilprw. <.f the distrl.-t 'are beginning to re.iii.~e tlia.t it the I'iako River werp deepened it would he a won- ' J ■ derful asset to them, and tiicy feel that it , : would be bettor to n-iy rates or have money j expended on .this work than no In for a har- i 1 > liour at the Thames. A meeting Is to be - i lii-Id. shortly to discuss thp matter, and it . t ! senilis probable that an organisation will j be set up >to pusli ahead with a scheme. i ■ ARIA. At the first annual meeting of rim Aria Settlers' Association, Mr. George King, the a president.. gave a report of the year's work, i, which was considered most satisfactory. „ many subjects conducive to the welfare of • the district hnvin;* been fwcssfully , bandied. The balance-sheet showed a r credit of £I 32 "A. After business hnd lieen i-tAiolnded tiro.-eedini.-s took the form B of a smoke social. A number of songs . were sung by Messrs. Ward, Hogs-, and :. Way. Uvi.-r T\) m-re (ircwut. 3 ___________