WAIRARAPA

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 34, 9 August 1921, Page 2

WAIRARAPA

(BI mEfiRAr-H.—SPECMI TO THE POST.)

MASTEETON, Bth August.' Matron B. Nurse, of the staff of the Masterton Hospital, has been placed on tho retired list of the New Zealand Army Nursing Service.

The storm of last week was one of ithe most severe experienced for some time. In some instances roads were impassable for three days. Lambing is now in general progress throughout the Wairavapa district. One cheese factory in the Cartertom< district has been, offered Hid per lb iat ite output. This is understood to be the highest price yet offered locally. Rata-na, the Maori faith-healer., is staying at the Native pa at Te Ora Ore, near Masterton. He cirrived from "Carterton, yesterday, whore ho was the guest of Major Tunni Arangi, He will .probably leave to-day by car en route to Taranaki.

Masterton and district were covered with a mantle of snow last night. This is the first full in the town.this year.

At the annual meeting of the Feathorsbon Club officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows :—Patron, Mr. A. Matthews; president, Mr. E. It. Sinclair; vice-presidents, Messrs! H. \V. ■Ayre and J. Adamson; treasurer, Mr. J,| M. M'Renzie: lion, secretary, 'Mr. E. R. Sinclair; auditor, Mr. D. J. Webster ; committee, Rev. J. G. S. Bartlett, Messrs., W. Barton, F. W. Smith, J. Cross, H. Dixon, G. Player, C Elliott; delegates to centre, Messrs. F. W. Smith, J. Mj M'Kenzie, and E. R. Sinclair. The -delegates wore instructed to support the Shield and Booth Cup matches being played in one section. Lieutenant Stanley Temple, formerly of Masterton, but now of Auckland, ha-s been transferred to the reserve^of officers. .

Mr. W. H. Twohill, o£ Eketahuna, is an innmto of a private hospital in Masterton, where an operation was performed yesterday. The Eev. W. Black, of Dargaville, who is visiting relatives in the WairaTapa, was a visitor to M&sterton yesterday. He l'etufris to the North in about a week's time. JUSTEBTON, This Day.' Mr. W. H. ToohiU, of Eketahuna, who was operated on in Masterton yesterday, is roiwrted t^ be making satMactory progress. Ratana, the Maori faith-healer, with a retinue of twenty-five persons/ spent the week-end among Wairarapa Natives. The visit was most unexpected. He .left yesterday -morning for Palmerston North. Ratana effected several cures at Te Ore Ore, where he spent Sunday night. He was accompanied by a number of South Wand cases, who were under hk personal observation. ,

Mr. A. AY. George has been re-elected chairman of directors of the Tawaha Dairy Co. Ltd. The little steamer .Putiki called at Castlepoint on Sun/day, and carried away a quantity of settlers' wool for tho^ Wellington sales. '

At an informal meeting of Natives at Te Ore Ore on Sunday, Batana, the Maori faith-healer, said personally he preferred to cure white people, as they bad more faith and determination tban his own people, who were more liable to despondency. But his duty was first to tho Native people, after which he would be prepared, to meet white people; until then he advised them to write to him at hi? home at J/arton. Tho Natives'must come first.

The Canterbury footballers arrived in Manawutn yesterday from the North. They play Wairarapa on Wednesday. Ford, the half-back, left for Dunedin, wider instructions from the N.Z.R.U. He may possibly-play against the Springboks.

CARTBRTON, This Day. A meeting of the" Carterton School Committee was held last evening, Mr, J. M. Nicholls presiding. It was decided that the attention of the Education Board be directed to certain necessary repairs, and to ask that the work be authorised. ■ It was reported that a meeting of delegates from the district ■schools had been held to discuss the central library scheme, and it had been decided to circularise all the schools interested, sotting out the proposals. A vote of thanks was accorded Mr. W. Howard 'Booth for arranging for the children to inspect the war trophies at Masterton, and to express regret ■ that the unsatisfactory train arrangements prevented the children from taking part. Applications are to be invited for the position of school cleaner. The recent children's dance showed a profit of Sl9. The board's attention is to bo called to the fact that the school is overcrowded through ths lack of the overdue accommodation.

A meeting of the Waii'arapa Electric Power Board was held at Ca-rterton this morning, Mr. J. C. Cooper presiding. The treasurer reported a balance of £2670 2s lid, and that the bank charge on overdraft, to September would be 6 per cent.. The question of a -store sito was deferred until next meeting, the engineer to be asked to submit proposals of a suitable building. The Public Trustee advised the. board to renow thoir application for loan- after the end of August, when conditions would probably be more favourable. The question of issuing debentures later ou,. in preference to the present time, is to be referred to the Public Trustee- and the Bank of New Zealand. ;It was decided that the remuneration to members of theb oard be £1 Is per meeting, as provided for by jhe Act, and Is per mile one way. travelling allowance if approved, the latter not being provided for in tho Act. The Chairman's remuneration was fixe dat £50 per year. The proposal of the Mauticevillo Comity to join the Tararua Electric Power District was approved, and a-n application from settlers of the Rangitnmau district to be included in the inner aresi was hold over till nest meeting to enable the boundaries to bcdefined. No report was received in connection with the Featherston Camp plant.