RONGOTEA.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1010, 13 November 1917, Page 2

RONGOTEA.

(Fkom Our Own Correspondent.) • The illustrated lecture of the war oil seven fronts, given by Mr Gerald Anderson, the war correspondent, was fairly well attended bust Tuesday evening in Hie Coronation Hail, and proved very inter esting to bnili old and young, and wins greatly appreciated. At the conclusion Mr ,(. li. .McCall, chairman of the School Committee, moved a. vote- of thanks and culled for thnv cheers for the lecturer. The ladies cl the Rongorea Red Cross Guild forwarded a box to Wellington last week, which was conveyed by Mr 11. B. j Saunders’s motor lorry, containing 14 drawsheets, 8 towels, 38 pillow casts, 26 face washers, 20 dusters, 4 bed jackets, 20 surgical veils, 1 head bandage 15 bags, 8 pairs sox, 2 Balaclavas, 3 dressing gowns, 1 pair slippers, 13 sets pyjamas, 9 handkerchiefs, ' and 65 surgical towels. . i Much sympathy is felt for the relatives , of two additional Rongotca lads who have ' laid down their Jives for their King and , country. They are Private W. \ allendcr ■ and L.-Corp. I•. Kynsetl. i Extensive alterations are at present tak- , ing place in the factory of the Rongotca, . Dairy Co. Owing to (lie growth of homo, separation, the company I’mds its 100 h.p. ■ boiler too large for its requirements, and ha.s just disjxrsed of same The sale affords a striking testimony of the enhanced value ■ of machinery on account, of the war. Alt though the boiler has been in use for over live years, the company obtained practically the price paid for it. As a result of tue sale fho directors have decided to put in an up-to-date coal producer, to be run in connection with the suction gas engine- as this will effect a great economy in fuel. ■ Preparations are also being made foe jho installation of the two dynamos and station battery, still to come to hand in eonie-et urn with the electric truck;; used for ereum collecting. The. company finds that when the battery is installed, it will have a considerable quantity of current available after charging the trucks, and it has at present a. scheme under consideration to dispose of same for lighting purposes. Two probable consumers (one of them a farmer) are prepared to pay the company illoo per annum if this surplus current is made available to them, and they would use only a very small portion of it. The directors do not fed inclined to allow this unlocked for source of revenue to remain untapped,_ c - s ". peciallv as. requests have been received ■ from the Town Board and local tradespeople, the churches, and private houses, j In view of the Government's proposed by | dro electric scheme, the Dairy Company will probably apply for a franchise to supply electricity for a radius of several miles, j as is done bv one or two dairy companies j in die South Island In connection with the i Lake Coleridge scheme. The innovation j ha.s proved a tremendous boon to the Gan-j KM-'bury farmers, huh for lighting and power, and any steps taken by the inn-1 "ves.-ive directors at Rongolea- to reticulate the district in readiness for the Government scheme will he welcomed by the settlers in these parts. , , I Tittle Claude Hurst, who was seriousy kicked in the head by a horse six weeks ago, has made a marvellous recovery, am has returned home again, although at in'i i.he doctor had very little hope. Mr ami Mrs Hurst’s friends will be ph as'd to hear that he is running about, again-. ..