WAIRARAPA

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7026, 14 January 1910, Page 7

WAIRARAPA

rSOU OtTII OWN COBBBBPONDBNt. MASTERTON AND DISTRICT. i January 13. I Mr A. J. Stone-Wigg, of Masterton, 1 has purchased the property of Mr 1 Ckirkson, of Lower Valley. A crop of oats on Mr W. Zabell's property nt Belvedere is estimated to I yield TO bushels to the acre. The : straw is over G feet High. I The Martinborough Caledonian ■ Society mode a profit of £2 14s Gd on their recent sports meeting, and £8 3s £9 on the concert held in the evening. • Mr. J. Waterson, who intends removing shortly to AVaverley, has leased his farm at Dalefield to Mr A. Gallon, and exohanged liis property at Matarawa with Mr Jeffries, of Waverley. I Mr E. "NV. Toogood, of Featherston, who is leaving shortly to take up his residence in North Wairoa, was entertained at a social by members of the Featherston Golf Club and friends last night. A tangi on a largo scale is being held at Martinborough over the remains of Hene te Maha. Tho deceased belonged to tho Raki "Whakairi tribe , and held high rank in it. His great-' grandfather, Te He Ha, was the head chief of the Wairarapa, which he had ] conquered and over parts of which ho. placed many of his under-chiefs. j Annie Hiko wife of Wi Hutana, a I well-known Lower Valley sportsman, is \ in the direct line of descent from Telle Ha. Hughic Danger, also of Martinborough. is another descendant. Mrs Hutana and Hughio Danger are now the only remaining members of

this once great and dreaded tribe of Maoris.

The Masterton polioo have roceived information that ail efforts to trace the whereabouts of the missing halfoaste Wairarapa Maori girl Oenuke Sutherland, who was reported to have boon soon .in tho Wanganui district, have failed. The Maori Kaipo Hemi, who supplied the Masterton police with tho information that led to tho search, now states that ihe saw the girl at a native dance at Jerusalem, on th» banks of the Wanganui river. She was not a resident of that plaoe,_ b*fc he is still of tho opinion that she is in' tho district. Kaipo Hemi intends re-, turning to tho Wanganui district to further search for the girl, whoso, dig-' appearance has caused a sensatiom amongst tho natives in Wairarapa. CARTERTON. The Carterton Methodist Chwxli choir hold their annual picnic tfoW afternoon. The weather being fine en-, aibled the good attendance to enjoy a, pleasant time. ' It is stated that Mm H. Home h*» disposed of her interest in the Palaos Boarding House at Marfcmborough, to ! Mr Brown, a recent arrival from the Old Country. i The daily supply of milk ait ths Featherston Co-operative Dfciry Else-' toiy is 4500 gallons. The company paid out £1849 15s 5d to the suppliers, for the past four weeks' supply. The I/oyal Unity Lodge of Oddfellow* hold their first meeting of tho year at Featherston on Monday evening next. The balance-sheet for the past year will be submitted, showing tho positions of the various funds as follow: —Sick ami funeral, cr. £1764 lGs Id; manage* ment, cr. £ll 8s lOd; benevolent, £3l 0s 9d; medical; cr. £lO 14s lOd; hall management-, £6 10s lOd. The funds are invested thus: —On mortgage, £l2-50; land and buildings, £194 10s fid: furniture, £4B 4s 7d; cash in Post Office Savings Bank, £245 lis lOd; cash in Bank of Australasia, £BB 4s sd.

Mr and Mrs V. L. Fairbrother hav« returned homo from their visit to th« South Island.

The estimated cost of the new goatordered by the Featherston Volunteer Fire Brigade will be about ,£lB.

Fireman J. Cross has been appointed delegate from The Greytown Volunteer Fire Brigade to attend the United Firo Brigades' Conference at Hastings.