Upper Waitohi

Temuka Leader, Issue 2965, 28 October 1902, Page 1

Upper Waitohi

A TENNIS CLUB F uRMED. A very woV attended meeting was held in the Uppci' Waitohi schoolroom on Wednesday evening last for the purpose of forming a, tennis club. Nr T. Orr, junr., being in the Chair. On the motion of Mrs Imvood. seconded by Miss OonnelV it was unanimously agreed to form a. club to ble known as the “ Upper Wa|itohi Tennis Club;” the following were then elected office-bearers for the ensuing year : President,. Mr C. Inwood ; vice-presidents. Misses CrowIcy and Connell and Messrs W. Connell, E. Williams, R- Baxter, L. McCormick ; hon. sec., Miss Campbell ; hon. treas.. Miss Crowley' ; Committee :— Mrs Inwood. Misses Williams and N. Co-nnoV. and Messrs McCabe, Jas. Connell, R. Williams, and W. Pearce, and officers and ex-officio, it was decided to hold a social in connection with, the club at an early dale The meeting then terminated with the usual vote of thanks to the chair and also to Mr Williams for his services us secretary for the night.

A? unci el Notes (From our own Correspondent.) Mr Maslin addressed a meeting of electors in the Hall. Arundel on Thursday last There was a. very small attendance, owing no- doubt to the bad night Mr Maslin spoke for about at hour on«t he same lines as at other places. He also answered sesei'al questions, and at the close of the meeting was accorded a vote of thanks for his address The Arun.de IGun Club hold its second meeting on the bth, and as it was a very successful meeting the Club is thinking of having a, third match on Boxing Day, and it is expected to be in a position to give prises of about £5 and £2 for first and second place and one for third [dace. A meeting i.s to be held shortly to consider the matter.

We are having some, very wielery ■weather hero lately. On the 18th wc had a fall of about 2 inches of snow and for several mornings afterwards we had a sharp frost, which done a iot of harm to the gardens and also- to the young grass and clover. Feed, too, is not very plentiful, but the stock a.ro leaking fairly well. Some sheep, dry ones, have been shorn, hut I have not heard of any loss. There is fortunately, plenty of shelter on most farms, and consequently the stock does not sutler as much as would be the case if it were otherwise. The crops are looking fine, and promise well. There is a good deal of land down in crops this year round this district-

! hear that a petit ion is being signed asking the Government to buy Cracroft estate, belonging to Mr G. McMillion, on the Rangilata, for entiling up for 'sot Horn cut/. it is very good light land, and if cut up into three or four hundred acre blocks no doubt would he taken up V'n-y quickly.

There has been a very fair lambing about here. Plenty have 100 per cent, and some tip to 115 and 120 per cent., which with the bad weather is very good. There lias been a number of lambs killed, but not many of the owes..

Mrs Ritchie, who has a. farm near thg bridge lias the misfoirUme to lose a splendid draught marc and foal the other day. There is some first doss fonts about here. It pays to breed a good • Hie now' at the prices they arc bring-

The Mad Mi!lSah<

BUDA PESTH, Oct. 33, Karl Inger, of Buda Pesth, in a letter to the Pester Lloyd, signed “Emir Solimar Inger Abnillah,’’‘describes the Mullah as “ rny brave and most faithful subordinate, fighting for a free and independent Sonia Ml and. ” The writer wishes to place Somaliland under Austro-Hun-garian protection. LONDON, Oct. 23. Colonel Swayne has reached Bohot--1 c!i without further attack. Air Manning, the principal officer of the protectorate, advises the authorities not to cancel the reinforcements, since developments are awaited. Oet. 24. The Aden detachment has landed at Berbera. Additional African troops from other Protectorates have been ordered to Somaliland. An Indian native field hospital lias been sent. The Second Sikhs at Simla are warned to be in readiness.

CHINESE AFFAIRS

LONDON, October 22. Dr. Morrison, the Times correspondent. has spent two months in Mar. churia,. He dcscrilbos t'he. wonderful transformation that has u-aten \ bice : it has virtually become a Russian province. The steamers in the Saugari are as busy as they arc on an American river. He suggests the appointment of a British Consul at iUu.k den, and stationing - a gunboat at Nuiclrwang. Russia, he says, adheres to the tetter of her promise ><. c'-ac-uatc, but evacuation is a mere displacement of troops into permanent garrisons along the railway, and more strongly installed Guv bevro commanding - every Manchurian city, and all the water-ways under her control. Oct. 23. Mr E. I) - IT. Fraser, Consul-Gen-eral at Hankow, demands the execution of the military offijcin.ls who were directly responsible for MiLewis’ death, and adequate punishment of other offenders. .