LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XV, Issue 4089, 15 November 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On a recent occasion a pounded steed cost the ratepayers of Inglewood 25s for advertising and feed. The isaid steed realised under the hammer the sum of 2s fid.

A young man named Frederick Yule fell off a building at Feather-s----top yesterday, a distance of 14 feet, and sustained a number Of 1 contusions as well as a severe shaking. 1 The Foresters’ Hall has been booked for a Convent school concert on Tuesday, December 12. The concert will be in aid of the building fund, and the pupils are now busy rehearsing instrumental and other items. The Masterton County Council yesterday decided not to appoint a delegate to the conference called by the Akitio County Council, to discuss the question of adopting a uniform rate of wages for Council roadmen.

The following were amongst the estates of deceased persons placed under the charge of the Public Trustee during the month of October: Charles Edwards, Pahiatua ; Urapane Pakaha, and Bihi Huapango, Ngawapurua.

During the heavy thunderstorm which passed over the Marima district on Saturday, the 4th, writes our correspondent, a flash of lightning split up one tree and set fire to another on Mr J. Morton’s farm. Fortunately no damage was done to stock.

Some curiosity was aroused in town yesterday by the sight of a wellknown Kaitawa settler driving about the Main street in a gig and armed with a horn. On either side of the shafts of the vehicle was a calico sign containing an inscription relating ro no-license.

A meeting of members of the congregation of the Church of Christ was held in the church, Mangahao road, last evening, jir J. Hay presided. Tlie meeting was called to discuss the financial position, and consider ways and means of dealing with it, also to receive the report by Air F. J. Goodwin on the work done in the district.

A cattle dog pup was yesterday auctioned by Alessrs Abraham and Williams at the Pahiatua stock sale on behalf of the Irving family, and realised a sum of £8 os. The animal was submitted to the hammer several times, there being thirteen bids at 10s each and seven at five shillings. A cheque far the amount has been sent to Airs Irving. The fortnightly meeting of Court Pahiatua, A.0.F., was held last evening. Bro. J. Alatthews, C.R., presided. A grant was made to a brother who recently sustained a bereavement in his family. Next Lodge meeting being “pound night,” it was decided to extend an invitation to members of the Druids’ Lodge to attend. Amongst those present was a visiting member, Bro. Crawford, P.C.R., from the Canterbury district. In the Alagistrate’s Court at Alasterton yesterday a youug man named V Horace Carter was charged, on remand, with tlie misappropriation of goods and cash, to the value of £7O 0s bd, the property of J. L. Murray, mercer, of Alasterton, by whom he had been employed as a traveller. The accused, who reserved his defence, was committed to take his trial at the next sitting of the bu- <• preme Court. Bail was allowed in accused £IOO, and two sureties of £SO each.

, The secretary of the Lalianee Cooperative Dairy Company has just re- - ceived a cable stating that the com- > pany's shipment of butter ex s.s. i Ruapehu has realised the high price , of 134 s per cwt. or equal to i3id per ib here. This figure, according to the High Commissioner s cable on the • London produce market publislied in l the Herald on Alonday, is only Is [ per cwt less than that quoted for Danish, and must be considered extremely gratifying. A Alasterton lady went to her fowlhouse with a nuinoer of eggs recently with tlie intention of 'setting" a i broody hen. She made her prepara- [ tions in the usual way, and then tried to persuade the hen to shilt her quarters. But the hen displayed a great unwillingness to leave the nest in w hich she had entrenched h<: self. So the lady caught her by the tail aud glanced into the nest as she did so. there, active and squirming, were a number of small black kittens! During the examination at Stratford of a judgment debtor, counsel asked what liatl become of the proceeds of a sale of certain property. The debtor said lie hadn't got anything out of it, that the whole of the property had been mopped up by tlie second mortgagee. ' And w ho" was the second mortgagee.-” persisted counsel. The debtor promptly named a well-known firm of solicitors, one of whom was in Court at the time, and who drew the whole of tlie atten- * tion of the Court for some seconds. \ The lawyers smiled. An Association known as the F.ketahuua Districts Cricket Association lias been formed. The following officers were elected: Patron, Mr F. C. Tumor; president, Air L. H. Bradstock ; vice-presidents, Alessrs Tripe and Premie vi lie (Eketnluina'. Cecil Kebbell (Alfredtou), ,1. McKenna (Newman), A. Y. Udy (Hukanui), neehurst (Nirealm), Gregory fHastwells), and B. Alorriss tKongokoknkn); secretary and treasurer,'Air i{. (<t enfell; protest and l*ostponement committee. Alessrs Prcndeville MeGarry and Vile. It was decided to commence the contests on the first Saturday in December, and a further meeting is to he field to arrange the fixtures. Ihe pinus insignis. common and valued in years gone by as a shelter tree, has been considered useless in that, respect, and also to he a menace Vk to good land. However, "the dav when pine trees are out down and burnt ruthlessly has evidentlv ended in the district of Avondale. An enterprising resident has installed v saw-nulling plant for the purpose of cutting pine trees into fruit, potato am other cases. After a great deal ot trouble in getting suitable machinery, the mill is now in good running order, and pines and niaeixiearpa ire being turned out into first-class mist's. The timber is said to lie excellent lor boxes, while the cost is much loss A than for other timber. "

Election news, containing tlie points oi different candidates’ speeches from smart sayings from the hustings, appear on page 6. Marima and Mangahao notes appear on page 2. A report of a meeting of the Paliiatua-Akitio Association last night at which improvements to the new show-ground were discussed appears on page 7. Messrs Weeds (Waione) and Harvey (Weber) were elected members last evening of the Pahiatua-Akitio A. and P. Association. The secretary reported the membership at date as being about 250.

Our Marima correspondent writes that docking finished there some time ago, but the percentages are mostly pretty poor. Only two settlers that he knows of have over 100 per cent. There may be one or two more, but there are not many.