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Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143808, 5 June 1912, Page 3

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(From Our Own Correspondent.) Mac 3U.—The milking season is over for us all and we arc very pleased to get away from the cow-yard, for this stormv weather seems to allow tho milking yards and roads to get well coated M all mud. Some of us have had a first class vear, and have found out what an advantage it is to carefully test our herds, ami gel rid oi the du.ier. inertis no (iuLil/.'that many dairymen could improve their herds; vends uy 30 or ! :u per cent, if their cows acre, tested systematically. What are oar councillors doing that they allow a traction engine and trailers to come into our district with heavy loads at this time of the year ami do such an immense amount of damage to the roads. Surely they can stop such traffic in the, winter months. 1 was told that fully £2O worth of damage was done to the road on one trip in, and I venture to say that £IOO would not recoil]) the council for tho dan.age Uiat has been dene since, fin roly the settlers are entitled to some protection from this sort of traffic in the winter. Wo hear or rather read a lot about anti-militarism. If this unpatriotic let-ling was shown by tho Territorials of this district ono could not be surprised. We all agree that the Compulsory Training Act is a good thing for the rising generation, providing it is not made a farce of. I believe I that on two occasions the boys have been called to attend parade, some of them having to ride no less than 40 miles from and to their homes in mud up to their horses girths, only to find 'on reaching their appointed drilling place, that there was no instructor to pmt them through their work, and it did not seem necessary for those in authority to oven send word that their services' would not he required, and utir future noble defenders were kept waiting about in the rain and cold for hours expecting the officer in at any minute. We do not know who is to blame for these im-onsiderations, but if compulsory military training is to be u success nets oi : this disoriptioii must he avoided in the future. Another first class concert was held in the hull on May 30. A good programme was rendered and there were many encores. The Militant Band came out in motors and played some very choice selections which wore much appreciated by the largo audience. Some local items wore also contributed. Song, -Mrs M'Kemde; song Miss Mount (encored); song. Miss Mansoly; Airs. M‘ ivellar and -Mrs. AfTvenzie sang a duet which was very nicely rendered and they had to jvspond to an encore; Aliss A. Smith and Alisa Jnppcontributed a very nice pianoforte duet. At the close of the concert Air. limit, who had made all the arrangements thanked all those who hail so willingly helped to make it such a s U CC 0 ss,