CARTERTON.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1156, 27 April 1894, Page 16

CARTERTON.

Mr Smith, atationraastor of Featherston, has b«en laid up with congestion of the lun?i for aome days, and is likeJy to be ofl'duty for some time. Mr G. Robieion is relieving. • • • • A swagger stole a pair of watertight* from a Carterton shopkeeper the other day. A Grey town sto ekeeper was reading; of the occurrence in a local paper when the thief walked into his shop ai:d offered to sell him a brand-new pair of " undsr standings." He u smelt a a mice," and put the local policeman on the acenr, with the result that the J ramp, who proved to be an old offender, got three months.

Over j£2o was coileetod in aid of the hospital ba'l here by the ladies exclusive of tickets, and promises of provisions, poultry, etc. The latter will be sold by auction the day after the ball, next Friday, 27th April.

Reports of recent stock sal a show a slight improvement in demand and pricei for sheep. C ttle are at sound rates with moderate demand. Pigs are fetching very high prices. Horses are unsaleable.

A Taratahi farmer, Mr Ackerman, intends going in extensively for linseed growing.

A race meeting, promoted by the Maoris of Wairarapa is to be held at Akura, near Masterton, on 17th May.

An enthusiastic meeting presided over by Dr Johnston, *aa held on Thursday night, when it was decided to hold ambulance classes during the ensuing winter. Over thirty names of intending membors were handed in, and it is anticipated over 50 persons will eventually jo n A committee of five gentlemen and five ladies, with Miss Grace Brann as Secretary, was formed to carry out arringements.

A pigeon shooting match, confined to roidents of South Wairarapa is to be he Id at Tauherenikau on Thursday, 26th itu*.

Four horses in a brake belonging to Mr Sexton bolted from the Carterton station yard on Friday, but w-re pluckily itopped in full career by Mr Meyrick.

The Rev J. Gibsou preached in the VVealeyan Church to night on the unique subject *'Graßshopp*rs and Giant*." The occasion was the annual harvest thanksgiving.

A great deal of work is being done with ■tump extractors on the properties around Carterton, with the result that an allround improvement is visible.

Local sportsmen are talking of liberating hares in this district, chiefly for hunting purposes.

Mr H. H. Jacks n, of Stonestead, has produced a third of apples on several of his trees this summer. The latest fruit is well matured but not equal in quality to the first or second growths. Mr Kempton, of Grey town, has had two crops of figs from one tree this season.

The local orchestral society is making good progress with the rehearsal of the oratorio a Judas M&cca? aaua."

Mr P. C. Rutherford, who has been nine years in the Bank of New Zealand hero, has been promoted to Suva, Fiji. He was secretary of the Tennis and Rifle Clubs.

Main street Greytown, is being relevelled and metalled. The footpaths are to be asphalted immediately.

The annual report of the Carterton School Committee is to hand, showing a credit balance of £7 9a 2d.

A huut took place afc Featherston on Thursday over the properties of Messts flodder, Dransfield, Worstey, W. Nicholis, Pharazan, Jackson, Burt, Willis aid Nix Messrs Hodder and Pharazyn hospitably entertained the huntsmen. Several equine candidates for the Wellington steeplechase meeting were prominent, in eluding M. 8., Dromedary, General Gordon, and Iroquois. The latter is now owned by Mr W. Buckeridge.

Captain Hill, of the ship Himalaya (now lying at Wellington to ship wo >1), who has been on a prolonged deer stalking expedition to Gladstone, and who made himself very popular during his stay there, entertained the settlers at a ball in the town hall on Thursday nigh*, pronounced the most su3cessful ever held at that place.

The fire at Pointon's shop at Featherston is now said to have been due to faulty brickwork in the chimney.

TheWairarapa Jockey Club propose to spend over .£3OO in forming a new training track, and making other improvements to the Tauherenikau premiees.

Since Mr Kaye took charge of the Carterton School the attendance has increased wonderfully. The first week he was there the attendance was, taking the aggregate of half days, 2012. These numbers have

increased gradually, till last week 2645 was recorded.

Boring for artesian water is -being vigorously prosecuted by many settlers in the Wairarapa, and with very satisfactory results.

The local School Committee purchased utonsils to the value of .£1 2s 6d from Christchurch the other day. The freight on them was 7s 3d.

A crickot match between, respectively, the Lawyers and Honest Men of oreytown was played at tliat place on Saturday, Strange to say the legal fraternity came off second best, being defeated by eleven runs on the first innings. The Mayor of (ireyfcown (Mr Heagerty) and Mr W. C. Buchanan, M.H.R., were the umpires. There is a strange malady going the rounds here at the present time, its principal symptoms being severe pains in the forehead and abdomen. The doctors prescribe fasting as a cure. The Carterton Library Committee have forwarded <£ss to Mr Carter, who is in England, to purchase a mixed selection of books for their shelves. • • • * Mr Booth will ftart operations with his newly-erected mill next week. It will be remembered that he lost his plant and a quantity of stock by fire a short time back. A meeting called to establish a bachelors' ball fell through for want of support. • • • • Dr Johnston intends forming an ambulance class for the coming winter. • • • • The potato crop in this district is an abnormally prolific one. . . • • A swagger got three months at Greytown to-day for purloining a pair of watertights from a shop door. . • • • Very frosty weathe*' has been experienced here of late. • • * • Two local residents, Messi-3 J. and G. Christiansen, intend starting for Utah next week. . • • • Arrangements for the Hospital ball are in full swing, and a great amount of money has been collected by means of a canvass conducted by ladies.