PALMERSTON NORTH.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 4734, 16 August 1902, Page 2

PALMERSTON NORTH.

(By Our Special Reporter.) Friday. Mr F. Aivhor has been appointed relieving cflicer cf the local Charitable Aid Board. The football inarches to be played to-morrow are;—Terraco End v. I'al merston, on the show ground, and Institute v. Orona Bridge, at Terraco Knd. In the junior contest Oroua Bridge will meet High School and Kia Tea will meet Terraco Knd on the sports ground Mr E. Ivunnerstrnm, of the- Fresh Food and lee Company, has been ajt pointed manager of the lloiva Co-opera-tive Dairy Company. There wort thirty-six applicants. Three new cream cries have just been established by lbs Rena Company, making seven skimming .stations connected with the main factory. After incurring an expenditure of over £ll4 for its late show, the Feilding Poultry and Dog Society will have a profit of £25 as a result of tha exhibition. Towards the next show of tho society £4O worth of cups and trophies has already been promised. Tho honorary secretary was voted £5 for his services, but that energetic official immediately returned it to the society as a special prize for the best Wyandotte cockerel at next year’s show.

The attempt of the Aorangi settlers to establish a dairy factory of their own has fallen through. Some time ago these suppliers to a creamery of the Cheltenham Dairy Company decided to secede from the successful co-operative concern which had served them from tho time their perpetual lease sections were cleared' sufficiently to enable dairying operations to bo carried on. But the factory they wished to establish on their own account has evidently jirovod a much move expensive and difficult undertaking than they diad bargained for, and a modest creamery lias been decided on. The cream will probably be supplied to a proprietary concern. At a meeting of the College street School Committee last evening a circular was received from tho Timaru School Committee in regard to the financing of School Committees, Boards of Education, etc. After some consideration the local committee passed tho following resolution :—“ That this committee is of opinion that tho statutory payment of Education Boards under the Public School Teachers’ Salaries \ct, 1901. subsection b of section 5 is inadequate to meet all the purposes to which it is to be applied and that after defraying the administrative expenses of tho Board the remainder is insufficient to supply School Committees with a reasonable allowance for incidentals; the annual Parliamentary vote for building purposes is also insufficient to meet tho requirements of the education districts in repairs, improvements, additions and new buildings. That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the member for this district, with an earnest request to use his influence in the House to secure the allocation of larger suras of public money for these purposes.” It is pleasant to see that the esteem in which the late Mr Grant was held by those who benefited by his precepts and example is to be permanently recorded. For many years Mr Grant controlled the College street State School, and a number of former pupils have taken steps to fittingly commemorate his memory. A fine tablet is to be placed in the quadrangle, after the unveiling of which, on the 3rd Septejnbor, a iheeting will be held for the purpose of forming an Old Pupils’ Association. At tho same time, a framed enlarged photograph of Mr Grant, subscribed for by the present pupils of the school, will be unveiled. Two glass cases, one for a school library and the other for a museum, are to bo presented to the school by the friends of Mr Grant. The object of these presentations is to continue two excellent institutions which Mr Grant inaugurated in connection with the school.

Grass is coming on well in the Ka:ranga district, and everything points to an early spring. Notwithstanding the recent floods, the land in this district is much drier than it was during the corresponding months of last year. To-morrow (Saturday) the local branch of the Fanners’ Union will meet to select a Parliamentary candidate, two of its members having declared their intention to contest the Palmerston seat at tho next election.

The large black pigs recently imported to this colony for the first time by Mr J. Jarvis, of Rongotea, are apparently great flesh-formers. The boar, now seven months old, scales 2741 b live weight. These pigs present more the appearance of a crossbred than any other breed, and with little shoulder and flesh on the right portions of the carcase, for commercial purposes will evidently supply a baconer of considerable value.

. Mr A. R. Young. M.R.C.V.S., has arrived in Palmerston in order to take up the practice of his profession in this district. Mr Young is one of tho veterinary officers tho Government brought out from Home, and accompanied two contingents to South Africa. He was for over ten years inspector of milk and ’airies of the city of Glasgow. Tlmre are prospects of a good season for tho bacon trade. An early spring is ;robable. and a large number of stores ■-re coming forward,- indicating that •here will be a very great increase in ihe number of baconers to be fattened this year. Farmers are apparently satisfied with the past year’s results, and have consequently an increased confidence in the business. They have also come to recognise that quality has a I

great market value, and arc endeavouring in consequence to grade up their herds by the introduction of purebred stock.

Tiio loading spirits of the Manawatu Poultry Association have great faith in the future of the business. Their faith is about to be put to a severe test. They are issuing the prospectus of the Manaivatu Co-operative Poultry Export Company, with a capital of £BOOO, in £1 shares. A central site has been purchased. on which it is projtosod to build a hall for holding poultry and other exhibitions, premises for preparing, killing and grading poultry, and as an exchange for the .sale of purebred stock and cool stores.