ELTHAM.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144714, 24 June 1915, Page 4

ELTHAM.

FROM OTB OWN CORRESPONDENT. June 23,—The weather continues damp and disagreeable. The rain lias been persistently steady, and those who are obliged to move, round arc beginning to growl at the absence of sunshine. Usually June is a good month as far as weather conditions go. but the middle month of 1915 has so far been Wet, very wet. Over £2!i(X) was paid out by the Eitham Dairy Factory for milk supplied during May. This is the slack time of tiio year, and the factories round hero are only working with small staffs. It is pleasing to notice that the young men leaving for the front are. generally assured of their jobs on returning to the Dominion. Ibis is as it should be. Several cheese-makers from tins district are now many thousands of miles away, from here. To meet possible shortage of labour, I believe the Kaponga factory trill have the services of two young women next season. Work at the cheere vats is warm and solid toil, and if the girls sea the season j through they will do remarkably well. At any rate, they are to be commended for their will bigness to have a try. I

Meantime those employees who conjured up visions of getting away, perforating the Turk like an old jam tin. and seeing tho gallant Belgians sitting on the doorsteps of the Royal Palace at Berlin are beginning to find its a long, long way to go before final victory is in sight. The picture proprietors are going hot and strong for public patronage. Both arc prepared to give performances at popular pi iocs for poor people. Tito band are now to have a benefit, later on probably the Fire Brigade—both deserving institutions—and then tho picture men. in their desire to popularise their particular palace, will probably ho prepared to give entertainments in aid of, say, the .Masons, tho Massey Government, or the sugar industry. The list taken up in Eltham in aid of the Wounded Soldiers’ Fund now totals £137. Not bad, considering the many other calls made on tho public. The men behind tho noodle are becoming numerous. In Holland tho Britishers are showing how handy they arc making articles with wool, and their example has .been followed here. -At any rate,, there is one man here who during the day earns a livelihood by removing stones from the river and crushing _ same, now profitably spends his evenings making Balaclava caps, socks, etc. The cribbago board has been packed away, and wool and needles are now on the table.