OVER THE RANGE.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 14206, 3 September 1919, Page 3

OVER THE RANGE.

[The “Times” car leaves Palmerston at 4 o’clock each morning and runs via Aokautere and Wooaville, to Dannevirke, and returning via Te Rehunga and Kiritaki to Woodville, Pahiatua, and Ballance, and thence to Palmerston via the Gorge, 105 miles each day. These Notes below are supplied by our Travelling Representative, with headquarters at Dannevirke. Office in Ward Street, or Box 155, Dannevirke. J DANNEVIRKE DOINGS. Mr E. A. Ransom has decided not to stand for the Pahiatua seat. Mrs M. Gray has been appointed temporary assistant at the High School. She will fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Smith. Mr Thos. Patou, a member of the High School Board of Governors, has resigned. The Board passed a vote of sympathy with the widow and family of the late Dr McAUan, a former secretary of the Board. Miss Marion Wilson, late teacher at Matahiwi School, and Mr James Philips Penny were married in the Anglican Church to-day by the Rev. G. B. Stephenson. Miss E. Wilson was bridesmaid and Mr John Wilson best man, and father gave Marion away. The bride received several gifts from the pupils at the school. Mr and Mrs Penny are leaving for England. At a Dinner given by the directors of the stock department of the W.F.C.A. in Masterton, Mr P. O. Clark, who has recently resigned'from the stock department in. Dannevirke, was presented with a complete golfer’s outfit and eulogistic reference was made to Mr Clark’s services to the firm. Mr Clark is commencing business as a land and estate agent in Dannevirke. The publican’s booth privilege at the forthcoming races has been secured by Mr S. W. R. Evans, of Palmerston North, and the catering by a Feilding firm. Mr Herbert Booth, youngest son of the late General Booth, is being invited to conduct an evangelistic mission in Dannevirke early next year. Messrs Gillespie Bros, intend leaving Dannevirke. One contemplates returning to Australia and the other entering a warehouse. Dannevirke A. and P. Society and the local provincial branch, of the Farmers ’ Union have decided to appoint a joint secretary whose remuneration from the A. and P. Society will be £250 per annum, the secretary to provide office accommodation, and from the Farmers' Union £l5O per annum, also 5 per cent, commission on all new members’ sub-> seriptions and 2% per cent, on otbfer subscriptions collected. Applications close on September 18th. TiiQ (solidarity of Dannevirke from a r commercial viewpoint is again exempli- | tied by the fact that it is now some j considerable time since any bankrupt,i «.;«« wcr.Q recorded locally. Rain, hail, eaftli-SkfikS aiid snow, all within a few hours, have been our lot here. The hailstorms were heavy, the quake short and sharp, and the snowflakes very chilly. September has opened in bleak fashion. | There, -were 17 days’ rain in August, total 3.49 Titties, . Bishop Sedgwick, of Waiapu, conducted confirmation services at Dannevirke, Te Rehunga, and Mataraau. Altogether, he laid hands on 35 candidates. Dannevirke Sub-Union is set down to play Wairoa Sub-Union, at Napier, on September 13th. Messrs Gilchrist and Co., auctioneers, etc., have moved southwards, into the premises lately occupied by the Dannevirke Motor Company. Mr John Todd, formerly with the H.B. Farmers’ Association, is in charge of the produce department. Oh behalf of the Borough Council, Mr P. A. Wallwork, of the Public Health Department, is to make an inspection promises in the borough. TE" REHUNGA TATTLE. It is reported that Mr F, Sedcole, formerly of Pahiatua, has sold out at a substantial figure per acre. Mr Galloway has bought Messrs Jacobsen Bros. ’ farm, and the Jacobsen, snr., homestead has been bought by Mr O’Connor. Very few of the original Te Rehunga settlers will be remaining, the way changes are going on.

KIRITAKI KERNELS. Messrs Jacobsen Bros, and A. Howell, of Kiritaki, have bought farms in the Waikato and will be leaving this part shortly. Messrs Jacobsen Bros, have acquired property near Te Awamutu, and Mr Howell at Te Kowhai, near Hamilton. The party recently made a three weeks’ motor tour via Napier and Taupo, and were greatly impressed with the fine appearance of the stock in Waikato and the general conditions of the country, dairy herds there bringing as much as £25 per cow r . The roads they travelled over did not provoke any blessings as they were very bad in places. Nor was the trip made all in sunshine, for parts of the journey were in a Polar-like atmosphere. Hon. G. W. Russell’s big estate, 60,000 odd acres, w'as passed, and on it were running numbers of wild horses. The party left Putaruru for the Rotorua line at 6.30 a.m. and arrived at Kiritaki at 11.20 p.m. the same night. A new Cadillac put up this record —a distance of 262 miles from Putaruru. Mr Neils Jacobsen and his family have already gone through to their new farm' near Te Awamutu. Mr Charmley, Jersey breeder, of Papatawa, has bought Mrs Clausen’s place at Kiritaki, which has been leased by Mr A. Jacobsen, on active service, and which has been managed by his brother Lon. Messrs Starr and Dron (the latter a returned soldier) have purchased Mr Howell’s place at Kiritaki. A dance will be hold in the Kiritaki schoolroom on Wednesday night in aid of the funds of the football club. As the promoters always cater well for all visitors, it is expected that the schoolhousc will be crowded.