COUNTRY NEWS AND NOTES.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14760, 2 September 1913, Page 9

COUNTRY NEWS AND NOTES.

M ?/ A. AND P. j f - ASSOCIATION. I § -' aN XUAiTmEETING. I mectins of members of A. and l'- Association I W the president CMr fe showing a 8s A P The main items were :-KeS £65 10s Gd, dona- | «OeM l-s 6d. tr y fees £191 13S ' R 'SStfS Os 7d, balance forward I &7d; Espenditurc-Pnzc money f .™', v* £51 5s Cd. sundries £32 Os od. I over Labilities, £171 1 -iS and it was decided to increase S InigKJ forlhe cnstiing year were I Jf&crford. Ja.. Little W W. 1: S; R " e W. Macfarlano. S. B. Gibb, J. f &&STCoI. T?. A. Chaffey, and J. I SSTpresidcnt. Mr George Arres; • ? Sdcnts. Messrs 11. M. Anoer- | c Br:dson ; editor, air $ 8V E«.ns. A General Committee «f I J'fcbers. with an hxccutivo of /4, I the ohnir, the retirI ifeK»W«it (Mr John Allan) heartily I ferted tho members ami coniinittecs I £r tbeir loyal sujiport. and took the I -JUtuiHtT of presenting to Mr Jruj. I Site of I>almouey Park. Woodgrovc, I Se tiro silver cups riven by Mrssrs J • I Melds and O. F. Clothier for the gist points paintxl throughout tho I and in fat sheep and lambs reS flLtiTclv, and to be won two years in I [Session, or three' at intervals. The I ifMident eulogised the winner's many 1 lLr*m to the society, and congrattit -ttediiaj on his sianal success. Mr I litUe suitably replied, the I Vembers for the reception accordeil I liin.M.thc donors. I The meeting -derided to ask the I jiwentive of tho .Farmers' Union in » (iiristclitircb to endeavour to arrange -■ for a cottoned gathering of farmers to I Tvcfcoose th? ne,v Commissioner oF ' KailiraTS to .Canterbury.- ----.; 4 suWomfflittee was appointed to iatemetr. thf Directors of the local i Sjie Yards Company in refprence to tho |; proposed building of a produce shed on $ .ijpvfcroo'nds.. X vjt.was resolved that the 1914 show bo I 'ijtii in the first week in April. I ASSOCUTIOX. |. ' —— I general meeting of the I 'Cftgaol. "Agricultural mid Pastoral AsI l jjj(jSftßin, was held hist Sla'turday. Thore I jpj;i very large ■ attendance of I tkaaevs. ~~ 1 Ji?ioro proceeding with tho business, t i role >y{ sympathy was passed to Mr r uOfrs G. Heard in their sad be:eave- , *?.» lialanro-sheet showed:—Receipts \ fai, expenditure £398, cash -balance at i Usk £l<o, other asioLs, property, etc., - tH2; totol assets, £512. -Before .nioving the adoption of tho. i the.(.Mr J. j Fkiing) feelingly referred to tho loss f tfc had sustained <lunny 5 &» rear by th« duatlis of Mr A. Mc- • Oueea. and Mr P. Childs. Before roj teing from tlie chair, Mr Fleming wiid ' la would like to suggest to the ineosing committee that tbo interests : s the ihow bo 6ervt>d by tho • faction of n g«»Qstand, offices, and Irochopii rooms, ;.' -iIrT.C," Robinson ewxnkled tbo Bot : on -f or -tie. adoption of tho balance4i«M. whicivwfls oarriod. 'W cation of officers resulted as follows:—Pat«>ne; Sir Chas. Campbell, Sir Goo. Clifford,-Messrs G. W. Forbesj 3|.P.,A. W. Rutherford, senr., and W. .Hic/ar/ane; president, Mr T. C. Kobin-ia:""H«?-i>rosident9, Messrs 11. €. Wifeoa,:,W. Payne, and A. W. liutterIbreHaßr.; committee, Messrs J. J. SlcGrath. C. Mowa.t, L., Paton, P. l>. ;(|3ds|" H:' Giesen, Rev. Seaion, D. :ktt; G- Heard, J.. C. Blackley, C. XttfJeek, P.-Djilton, ■J. H. Hiatt, A: R. jfenton,-T, Wi'knason, junr., A. Evans, Ribrtin. E. J. Jaekman J. l>. MaoIwtene, G. Limbrick, J. T. Read, J. Waggart, W. Latftle, J. McLaren, and |.:*Uivan. o-fl'Vote of thaalis was.passed to theInuring officere. ■ ffc3lißT,C Robinson offered £2 2s to Wfocal lady making most exhibits in 0 cookery classes. . •ijaesrs Flemiog and Steveneon were a oonrmitten ■to inspect fsOTtjht etallioas suitablo 'for tho FOR FAHMER9. fOlie'expefi mental test-acres which yhe ilgnenltural Department are instituting :b.Ckitjterbary.' for the" instruction of ■pitarbwers are proving a most useful jiwfijvat'on.-. At Akaroa last. week, jSrsJardists attended in large ;feWitntts the plantine and pruning of ;sws',jby'Mr W. J. Courtier, Governinstmctor, and were keenly ingrated in the instruction given them. [ miStotatdxy' next. Mr Courtier is voting ".half an acre at Oxford. gOar Grey mouth "correspondent telowpna thab the Kckatahi. Arahura. wrihari, and Kumara Butter "and ■VWB6 Factories will commence opera|Ste about the first of next month. It :■■'■•■,■■'• " ■■'.': "

Is expected that tho new Wataroa and "Waitaha factories will also be ready to start this season. It is estimated that .tho factories this season will pay out to the suppliers about £35,000. Changeable weather conditions continue in the Malvern district. On Sunday a fairly strong nor'-wester set in, but gave way to a sou'-westcr early on f Monday morning. Light showers fell l intermittently till 2 p.m., whon a r steady downpour set in. with indica- , tions of a continuance during the night. As lambing is not yet general, no harm is likely to result, and crops and grass- ' lands will be improved. The rainfall » for August registered 4.5 inches, as - against .77 inch for the corresponding . month last year. ' A settler in the Eko:ahuna district I possesses a very profitable pet ewe, • (says the "Express"). For the past . three seasons she has given birth to twins, and again this year two lambs ' aro running at her sido. The lambs ■ are always bespoken by a local butcher, who pays up to 15s a piece for them. ' Xot only does the ewe rear her own 1 progeny", but every season she fostermothers two other larnhs, which also ' find their way to the butcher's shop. • Apart from the lambs she rears, the ewe clips from 101b to of wool 1 every season. With the object of educating farmers and others, and warning them of the dangers of weeds, the Department of ■ Agriculture has prepared three sets of ' specimens of every known weed in -New \ Zealand. The con:plrte plants, witn th:ir common and reientifie names, have ■ .boon mounted on sheets, and arc sa : d to be in great demand amongst ■ agricultural and pastoral associations, farmers' unions, and country schools. 1 One S'>t has bren borrowed by the Kast 1 Oxford A. and P. Association, another by the Waitnki Boys' High School, nnd i a third by the Christohurch Civil Servants' Association, for use in its instruc- > tional classes. After 12 degrees of frost at Ashbur- >■ ton on Saturday' morning and 10i ' decrees on Sunday morning, followed ■ by a, beautifully warm, springlike day, ■ it started to freeze again during Bun- " day nvxht. but Ahcre was a change in ' tho early the morning, and 1 at nino o'c'ock 0.10 inches of rain had been registered. This was followed ! by a heavy and unwelcome, downpour t during the day, and at a late hour last j oveniTiir thnre was no sisc-n of the i weather clearing. As both tr-o arable ' and pasture- lands have now received a thorough soaking, ami as lambing is > jronernl all over the Plains, a spell of bright, warm woather is much needed. i All 'farm work is well forward. A m<K'ting of the commit too of the i North Canterbury Ploughing Match was held at Rangiora last week. ZMr A.. Mcintosh, chairman, and twelve members were , prc-ent. The balance-sheet showed receipts—Subscriptions £7(U. gate £'7 17s, dinner receipts £7 11s od, and entries £17; total £103 12s fid. The expenditure was—Prizes £10t 7s 6d, printing and advertising £11 10s; expenses £30 11s 3d, total £146 8s 9d. There was a deficiency of £37 lGs 3d. The treasurer. "Mr J. L. Wilson, e-aid he hold a balance from previous years of £52. The accounts were adopted. A discussion took plr.co on the recommendations for adjustment and revision of tho programme for next year's committee. On the motion of Mr T. Wyllie, a hearty vote of thanks .was carried to Mr Mcintosh as chairman, in conducting the affairs of tho match, and to Mr James Ashworth for use of tho land for ' tho laet match. WATAU. Mr David Jor.cs. the Reform Len.guo orgnniser. is addressing two meetings ai Waiau on Tuesday, one in the aftersoon and ono in tho evening. The idea of the two meetings is to enable women to attend in the afternoon. The first rrecting of tho newly-c'lrcted school committee was held on Wednesday evening, Mr C. Olttman in tho chair. The itfa;rter (reported an averattendance .of 71 out-of. a roll of 79. Accounts amounting to £2 £s were pafeed for payment in addition 'to outstanding accounts amounting to £7 19s 5d tliat required payment. It was decided to write to the creditors asking thorn to allow the committee to defer payment tmtil funds were secured, and ' also to write to tho Education Board ' explaining the pecuniary difficulties the committee were in. It was, decided i to hold a coßOcrt and dance to raise funds. It was decided to write to tho . Board for funds to erect" a new, fence. , It w«s ai<rrced to secure a text'beevrinj? , Captain Scott's Insfc message to hang • on" tHfl well. ?«lessre Oldman and; WootVal offered to ta-im tho hedges, , which offer was accepted. ; KAIAPOL A largo Tinmbar of pupils of the Waltham School visited the Kaiapoi Woollen Milk and also had a motor trip to the beach, where they v werd nnfortunately caiiglit in tho heavy r rain. . . I TAI TAPtT. , On Friday last the annual military s "ball was.held in tho hall. The evening F wns firfe, and thefo was an unusiially - large attendance. The hall had been • tastefully decorated for the occasion, . and the bright uniforms of the Terri--3 torinls. ivith the costumes of the bttttes, presented a brilliant and beautiful sight. The music was sunplied by Cusworth's - Band.. Sergeant G. Withers was M.C. j WAINUI. . The school children of Wainui gare a £ very successful concert in the Library

Hall on Friday evening m aid of the school tennis racquet iund. The children entered into the various songs, dances, drill, etc.. with great zest, and thorough enjoyment, and their performances reflected great credit on their instructress, who had evidently given them very painstaking coaching. Tho coon songs reyind the camp tires were particularly well given. At tho conclusion of *lhe concert programme supper was handed round, after which the floor was cleared, and a pleasant little dance terminated a most enjoyable evening. After a long sp?H of cold, wet weather, a very severe frost was experienced on Saturday morning.