THE COUNTRY.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16206, 8 May 1918, Page 3

THE COUNTRY.

. NEWS AND NOTES. j KAIKOUItA. | The site of the rccont firo has how ! been cleared ol debris, and the 10building of the Adelphi Hotel and tho burned shops "will soon he commenced. The new buildings nre> to be a substantial addition to the town in reinforced 'concrete. ' , , The weather of late lias been exceedingly inclement, and the ranges are rapicllv assuming their winter garb. Weather prophets predict a severe winter., CULVERDEN. A meeting of. trie jeturunui Rabrnt Trustees was. held .at Culvcrdon on Saturday. L're^ont: J as. j>ouglas, Ci. 6. lUitlierrord, and Inspector Alunro. . -Mr .his. 1/ouglas was voted to the chair. Leave ot absence . was granted to Messrs Chapman* c. .Robinson, and • Mcllae. 'j he Inspector reported that during the month the Med bury, Hurunui, Bal- . moral, Cheviot, Stonylnirst, and Rotherham districts were inspected. Rabbits were found plentitul in the Medbury district, and various owners were..-re-quested' "to carry out destruction at once. In the Hurunui, Balmoral, and llotherhani districts satisfactory workwas being carried out. Proceedings were being taken against ail owner in the Cheviot district, and one in the .Stonvliurat Settlement. It was resolved'to -write to a stoekowner m the Medbury district whose horses had been damaging tho. fence. It was resolved, in answer to the Fields Supervisor's letter, that.-Messrs Chapman, Douglas, and Robinson meet him in conference in Christchurch as soon as convenient, to discuss methods of dealing with the. increase of rabbits. The Police Department wrote, that stops were being taken to prosecute persons, leaving. opon the gates' q'i the main • roads between the : hours of sunset and sunrise. .j UAXGIOEA. ]i;i i .\ Wu.u been statiouctf iii Jor iujout cignteuu mOIIUIS, 111 Cli.w&e Ol UIC iuui^luia ijranou or tho wnvation Army, iea jcalcruuy mi' fo.itiiorston, wneio no uas appoiniou second iii command ul lue Sanation .Anny Jiostoi. JYusign JlawKms- \>as> veiy popular while iu Jiaugiora, and iu patriotic worii iiu will be very lnucii missed. lie was a member ol the Patriotic Committee, and gave valuable assistance in collecting ioi tho various lunds. .•. lie was iareuel led at a social on Monday evening by the Army.- ' The branch •of the lied Cross Society, assisted by a number of lady friends,, field a very successful flower day yesterday in aid of the Red Cross .hospital Comforts fund for wounded soldiers and sailors, the sum of £4.3 10s being realised • by the sale of flowers, [Kit plants, etc. A case of apples sold at tho yards brought in £-1-lite, a basket of sweets £4 Lis 6d, and a basket of flowers in a guessing competition £1 9s. At. the fortnightly meeting of the Bud of Hope Lodge, 2C.D.0., of Druids, a motion of . sympathy was passed'to the relatives of Brother A. Ramsey (killed in action), and to Mrs Winifred Lace, daughter of Brother ~\V. Bridget, whose husband, Captain W. Lace, had died, of wounds.

KAIAPOI. At a meeting of the Kaiiipoi Tennis Club, held oil Monday, Miss £. Wells was elected secretary, iu place of Mr "Robin Wright, -who was transferred to vlio Defence Office, Wellington. It was decided to close the ladies' tournament on the 20th inst. A sitting of the Assessment Court for the Borough of Kaiapoi was held in the .Magistrate's Court yesterday. Before Mr T. A. B. Bailey,' S.M. There were no objections to the valuation list. MARSHLAND. A number of the residents of Marshland Lave latciv been victimised •by midnight marauders. Onions, potatoes, cauliflowers, and broccoli, have been commandeered, and the culprits have so far eluded detection. One fanner spent the night recently in the open near hi-, cabbage patch, with his dog beside him. In the early hours of the morning, he made a suspicious "bag," and he does not anticipate further .trouble in that direction.

A meeting of the Marshland Hall Man»memenr Committee was hi: Id on Monday evening. Present—Me->rs -T. Voss (chairmani. TV. J. Walter, D. (ioode G. Chisnall, J. Boloski, T". ItofiaQ, J. Hannan, and i. Wilson. A

vote cf sympathy with Mr and Mrs J. Boloski Ih thoir recent bereavement was carried. Correspondence was read from the "Waimairi County Council, stating that it had decided to remit the rates on the hall property, and to make a grant of £o towards the management fund. The chairman and Mr Chisnall were appointed a snb-commit-tee to draw up a new schedule of caretaker's duties.

ROLLESTOX. Threshing is about finished in this district. The yields have been very disappointing, especially with the solid s-traw Tuscan variety, crops from 8 to 25 being about the average- Oats has been very poor also this season, suffering either from blight or rust. In spite of three bad years there is a considerable area being sown in wheat. Potato crops are turning out ffiir, some plots being pretty free from blight, while others arc badly affected. There are a few good crops of turnips, but the area is small. There is a fair amount ol feed, but if we have a hard winter it will be scarce l>efore tho spring. Red clover crops have been reaped and stacked, and are waiting for the sheller, but it would be hard to forecast the yield this year. AIvAKOA. An election for the return oi' ilivee members to the Akaroa-Wainui lioad Bourd was held on Monday. There were four candidate.-,, thrro oi them being former member.-. The keenest interest, was manifested by the ratepayers, and the polling was comparatively heavy. The results are:—l'etfigrew, Robert Allan. J88: McKay. T>onald, 180; Wilkins, Thomas "Waller, Io4; Wiljiams, "Walter William, 117. The first three were declared duly elected. DAIIFIELD. A general meeting of members of the local Miniature llille Club was held last Saturday night, Mr W. T. Cooke presiding. before business was ti-ans-acted a motion of sympathy was passed to i the relatives of the late Private T. J. ' Clinton, recently killed in action. The following officers were elected: sident, Mr "W. T. Cooke: captain, Mr K. Worthington: sub-captain, Mr D. Mrßeath; secretary, Mr T. I. Mcllwraith, and Messrs D. McLaughlin, I'". Taylor, F. J. Narbey, W. IS. "Wilsteed. G. Ileveley, S. Jliggins, and .T. Findlay were added to the officers as a. committee. It was decided to hold a social and dance on May 24th. Shooting is to be held on alternate Wednesday and Saturday nights, so as not to clash with the euchre parties-. TEMUKA. At the annual general meeting cf the Tcmuka. Golf Club, Mr J. T. vSmart presided. The annual report regretted a loss- on tho year of £11, the creiiit balance having been reduced from £28 to £17. The total receipts had been L'S9 10s. and the expenditure £99 los. The election of officers resulted in Dr. Curtis being chosen as president, Mr H. Smith as captain, Mr T. J. Smart as vice-captain and secretary, Mr C. J. Hilton as treasurer. It was decided to raise the ladies' subscription to los, and the men's to 255. Messrs Smith, Bi'.ton, aiid Smart were appointed to go into the question of new links. The opening dnv was fixed for May 10th. WAIMATE. Tho Hoard of Trade sat in the Borough Council yosterdav to hear evidence on the question of lixing a maximum selling prico for potatoes. About a dozen Studholme and Willowbridgo growers were present. , ! A four days' sale of work in aid of | the Movven * Catholic Church torminaited successfully last night, when further good business was done. The effort has been a decided success. This evening a -wind-up social is to be held. Tho Waimato police yesterday arrested a deserter. Ho had cycled from tho "West Coast here via Nelson and Blenheim.

Hail, rain, 'and snow fell at the. week-end. Toil degrees of frost were registered on Sunday night, and 3 degrees last night.