DISTRICT NEWS

Wairarapa Age, 2 January 1913, Page 5

DISTRICT NEWS

' CARTEKTOX (Our Dim Correspondent.) It is understood ih.it the amount clca-.-<-,i .bv tl u > Taratahi-Cartertoa Ua;:mg Club o\e.r their recent meeting was about £,' M). Mr Hebley, a South Wairarapa apian st. is meeting with great success wit.i Jus queen bo o rearing, .and is receiving inquiries ihroiijrhout the l>omi::urui for his boes. Mr Hebley is doing „eli a t |,„tli of his farms, one of which is at Oovtown, and the other at Fern side.

The fact of opening the Waihorm Bridge for li-rlit traffic unll prove of groat convenience to tho public. On Mondav an interesting tost was •held at tho Waiohino Bridge to'-' ascertain u-li:i+. effect different vehicles liad on the weakened structure. A Talbot motor-car, weighing about twenty hundrodwoitrht. was driven over at th Q rate of ten miles an '.hour. Although +here were several planks up off the deck causing a fair number of jolts, thorn was practically no movement of the bridge. A lishT, gig was next driven over at a trot, and the bridge immediately 'becan t"> vibrate, and tlio top structure shook and swayed' considerably.

MAUIUCEVILLE WEST

A crowded audience assembled at the local cuurcn on Monday evening, to ivitness i:io muiucion of tho resident minister cfastur who has just arrived from America. The •formal ceremony ivas performed .'by Pastor Keis, uno wan ably assisted by Pastor Christensen. In the course of speeches made bv the.so reverend 1 gentlemen, many matters i;> connection with ehurcli "work weiv touched upon. Mr .Ralph, who haw been, conducting services, in the absence of the resident minister, also .spoke a fe»v words of welcome to Pastor and Mrs Haeh. Mr Mattson then spoke at some length on church. matters, and the Sunday school, of which he has been superintendent for many years. After the singing of one or two Xmiis hymns, a Xmas tree, provided for the children, was lighted up. and prizes won during the year distribiitccl. A dainty supper was provided in the old schoolroom, where a SHcial evening was arranged. Tho programme was as follows:—Violin Sffllo (Holy City), E Larson; chorus, (Jesus, My Kock). choir- solo. Children's Home, Mi'sMelvav; chorus, (Take My Hand), the chi'ldren ; duet, (A Summer Song), Misses Eriekson; cornet sc!o. ("He "Wipes the. Tear from every Eye), 0. Petersen ; .solo ('Twill not be Long), Miss Lafolley : quartette. (Nearer My God To Thee). Pastor and Mrs Bach, and Mr and Mrs Jensen. Mr M. JSeilson, who competed so successfully last season at various sports .meetings, had tho misfortune to strain the sinews of his left foot while practising for the high ,iumr>, and he is now compelled, to cease training. Havmakins.'- is in full swing. Fields of newly-mown hay, or small stacks, are to be seen in every direction. The weather is ideal, and the crops si.ro being harvested in excellent order.