MANAIA.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8614, 28 October 1889, Page 2

MANAIA.

[FBOM OUB OWN COBREBPONDKNT.I October 26. — A movement is on foot hero to close all places of business at noon on Thursdays. Some that favour the idea of having the lmlf-holiday object to the dayproposed on account of its being the day upon which Nolan, Tonks, & Co. hold their sale of stock. A long-felt want is at last supplied, Dr. Pairnian, with his wife and family, having taken up his residence amongst us. Tho doctor, who is an M.D. of the 1{.C.5.,E., will be heartily welcome here, as the loss of time and anxiety caused through having to send to Hawcra in every case of sickness has been very greatly felt by the friends of the sufferers. Mr Charles Rogers' lecture on Insurance, put oft' from last week, was given on Saturday evening last, in the Drill Hall. There was only a very moderate attendance. Mr Rogers made out a very good case for the office he represents, and enlivened the lecture with recitations, &c, in his usual happy manner. Tho choir of the Wesleyan Church here had a capital pructice on Tuesday evening, and having succeeded in obtaining boine very valuable vocal and instrumental assistance .from the Haweru Choral Society, iuclmiiug Professor Higtow, they taw

decided to give the sacred cantata "Esther" ou Friday, November Ist, in the Drill Hall. It is to be hoped they will be rewarded by having a good house. The cantata, while having the advantage of being a very pretty, simple little composition (thus Avoll within the range of amateurs), is also exceedingly tuneful and catching, and is well worth hearing. The members of the choir and their friends nre also deserving of a good attendance for their perseverance in sticking to the practices under considerable difficulties. Mrs Swinburn, of Hawerti, will act as Queen Esther; Mr James Law as King; Miss Bobin, the organist of the Presbyterian Church, lias kindly consented " to act" as organist; Mrs Patterson as pianist; Messrs Miller and Richmond assisting with the violin and 'cello; about fifteen other ladies and gentlemen taking the other parts and choruses. I do not know what particular fund the service is in aid of, but seeing that the last published statement of the general circuit fund showed a balance on the wrong side of over £200, the wellwisheis of the circuit should welcome this opportunity of doing something to restore the equilibrium witn much pleasure to themselves. The Egmont Fanners' Union held their first sale here, in Messrs Budge and Good's yards, on Friday last. There was a good attendance, a large entry of stock, and fairly good prices were realised. Mr A. A. Fantham, wno acted as auctioneer, Is to be congratulated on the success of his first Manaia sale. Messrs Higginson Bros.' horses did a run away with their butcher's cart from the front of their shop on Monday, finally bringing up in a wire fence. The horses managed to get so entangled that the wires had to be cut in several places before they could bo extricated. Beyond the horses being cut about a little, no serious damage was dono. That the dairying industry is an important factor in this district is evident by the output of the local factory. Some time ago the settlers at Kaponga held a meeting to consider the forming of a Butter Packing Company. Since then Mr George has started buying butter at the Manaia Factory, which has met the difficulty of getting a market for their butter ; only last week I reported that this factory had sent away 67 kegs as the result of about a fortnights work ; for the week ending Saturday, 19th October, they put clown another 47 kegs, or about 30001bs of butter. ! Referring to the first mentioned fortnight's output the Hawera Star makes an interest- i me calculation, showing that the cash value of the factory to the district is about £2000 on the season, and there is little doubt the Star's estimate is a very moderate one. Its value in other ways must be also very great, both as an outlet for heifer stock, and also as a producing agent. Roughly speaking, it must take something like 600 cows to keep this one factory going. It is generally allowed that it takes some three gallons of milk to produce one pound of butter, that is, allowing for waste, calves, &c, which | would give a total of 9000 gallons to make ; the week's butter; divide this by the ] number of days in the week and the | number of gallons from each cow per day, and it will work out as above. Or course there will be a difference of opinion as to the amount of milk per day from each cow, but making due allowance for inferior ! cows and heifers, several large milk j suppliers whom I have consulted do not think it will average more than two gallons per day from each cow. The Manaia Lodge of Oddfellows is arranging for a picnic for the 9th of November. As this Lodge is very popular here, they will doubtless have a good day if the weather is suitable. The Lodge has made good progress during the Bhort time it has been opened, having now over 50 members.

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