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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3150, 30 March 1909, Page 6

the cansignedjthe have °% the the arrived a as the the on be the to the Pdst Office prominent exhibition of bowls last in the challenge match, "Colts" (Messrs Asl> Mills and Mcßratncy) Bf is the theme o£ talk in bowling V circles. In every portion of the F ' game the older bowltra were outgeneraled by the ynuuger players who never gave them a chance from the fifth head, the game being the hast seen on the bowling green this season. The victory was a very ■popular one. The annual harvest thanksgiving services in connection with St. Paul's Presbyterian Church will be held next S-J'iday. T a Secretary of the Pahiatua Ce"lr .i Branch of the New Zealand Far:i.r-' Union (Mr J. A.Walsh) ha i received nomination forms from thi Cjmmissioner of Crown Lands in connection with the election of a membera to the Land Board, necessitate! by the retirement of Mr A'C.jit. As there are a few Crown te; unts amongst the members of the Central Branch, Mr Walsh has written to the Eketahura and PoMgaroa Branches, suggest* i -j to ti-em u <■ advisability of nominating "i candidate for the vacant position. Mr Ai\z. MeCardie has been apj,r<m «■ o. Jsiit 1 understand that he deciiri.u *n ulluw himself to'be nominate. lAv.ig-to pressure of business, , "Harvest thanksgiving services in Connection • with tho Mtjtnfdtes Church were celebrate yesE.'rday. The congregation, both at the morning and-evening services, were very large—in fact the largest seen in the Church since the opening ceremony. Hymns appropriate were sung by the choir, and the pulpit was occupied, in the morning by Mr Carr, of Ashhurst, and in the evening by the Rev. Mr Jones, who at one time was stationed in this district. Both gentlemen delivered impressive ser- ' mons, and remarked on the splendid harvests this season, for which they said one and all should tender their earnest thanks to the Almighty. A feature of the services was the splendid singing of the choir. AN INSPECTION OF THE BACK- , BLOCKS. ' The Hon. A. W. Hogg, M.P., Minister .of Roads, Bridges, etc., arrived here by the express train today. Before leaving for Makuri, two deputations waited on the Minister, . one from the County Council consisting of Messrs Thos. Hodgina, A. Ross and H. Cornelius, asking for a grant to metal a deviation at Matheson's bridge, Gorge road, the other fro'n the Pahiatua Chamber of Commerce. This deputation (Messrs W. Toaswill, D. Crewe, W. Norrell ande V. i Prosser) placed before the Minister the advisability of com- ' pie ting the remaining six miles of Mt. Marchant road, and also the Kohuuui-Coonoor Gorge road. ' / the Hon, Mr Hogg said be was always pleased with representations of this kind, and the requests asked * were reasonable. There was a large ' amount of ground to cover with a small amount of money, but he would give the matters referred to his earnest consideration, when making up the estimates. Mr Koss, M.P., was also in attendance.

After the deputations withdrew preparations were made for the trip to the back-blocks, and at 4 p.m. three buggy loads, consisting of the Hon..A. W. Hogg, Mr Ross, M.P., Mr Nathan, Government Engineer, Mr Thos. Hodgins, County Chairman, Mr Milne, County Engineer, and Press representatives, left for Makuri. The day was wretched, and the worst we have experienced this year; nevertheless, Mr Hogg was in a jocular mood, and remarked to the Age representative that he was rather pleased it was wet, as when on his last visit to Pongaroa the people of that district said it was always fine when "he visited "them, and he always saw the district and roads at their best.