WAIRARAPA NEWS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 110, 11 May 1909, Page 8

WAIRARAPA NEWS.

■» (Br Teiegkaph.— Special to The Post.] FEATHERSTON, This Day. Mr. W. Card, sen., is at present on a holiday visit to Auckland. The wedding is announced from King I Island of Miss Althea Allison Cundy, ] sixth daughter of the late Mr. William Cundy, to Mr. William E. Bowling, of King Island. The Wairarapa Bacon Factory at Carterton, which draws supplies from throughout the Valley, last week j slaughtered ninety-six pigs, and only six of them were found unfit for human consumption by the Government Inspector. The Wairarapa Ladies' Hockey Association have abandoned the proposal to establish a junior competition, on account of insufficient nominations. The Dalefield Club, recently started, has been admitted as a senior team, an.d the fixtures revised as follow : May 13 — High School v. Huia, at Masterton ; Ramblers v. Greytown, at Greytown; Carterton v. Dalefield, at Carterlon. May 20 — Carterton v. Ramblers, at Masterton ; Huia v. Dalefield, at Masterton. May 22— High School v. Greytown, at Greytown. May 27— Greytown v. Carterton, at Carterton ; Ramblers v. Huia, at Masterton ; High School v. Dalefield, at Masterton. June 10 — Carterton v. High School, • at Masterton ; Ramblers v. Dalefield, at Carterton. June 17 — Dalefield v. Greytown, at Carterton. At Martinborough on Saturday, the Porirua football team suffered defeat at the hands of the local team by 12 points to nil. For the rest of the season the Tauaha Co-operative Dairy Company has decided to run its factory every second clay. The Wairarapa Rugby Union's Classification Committee is Messrs. A. B. Charters, J. M. Nicholls, and E. M'Kenzie. -

A gift of 40 tons of coal was made to the trustees of the Benevolent Institution to-day by Messrs. J. Staples, Ltd., brewers. The coal is for distribution among the poor of Wellington during the winter. Not a single case of intoxication occurred last year among the 9000 inhabitants of Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. Messrs. Bertenshaw and Evensen announce particulars of their weekly sale of horses at Watts's Horse Bazaar, Dixonbtreet, to-morrow, at 2 p.m. A number of horses will be' submitted, including hacks, saddle and harness, etc. ; also a set of heavy harness, to be sold by order of the bailiff 'of the S.M. Court. Further entries are solicited. Messrs. J. H. Bethune and Co. announce in our auction columns that to-morrow, at 2.30 p.m., at their rooms, they are holding a property auction. Under instructions from Mr. T. E. Donne, who is leaving for London, they are submitting his family residence, Wellington-terrace. The land has a front-age of 34ft 4-in to Wellington-terrace by a depth of 103 ft 9in, widening to 58fl on the back boundary, and adjoining Harbour View right-of-way, leading to Bouloott-street. The house, No. 223, contains 10 rooms, with balcony room and storeroom, and is fitted with electric light, electric bells, hot and cold water, and other conveniences. Sea anemones can live for three or four jeare without any nourishment other than that which they extract from the water.