DISTRICT NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, 8 November 1924, Page 5

DISTRICT NEWS.

SOUTH WAIRARAPA ITEMS. (Our Travelling Reporter.) ij>g r ■ _ * „ Filling tty. '* : . * Old settlers along the Waioliintriver are satisfied that the bed of the stream is filling up, and that every flood now is worse than the last. It is suggested that a conference of local bedy representatives be held with the object of e volving some scheme to obviate serious trouble in, the near future. Hard Luck. (Since disposing of his dairy herd early in the season to engage in lighter farm work Mr. W. Thompson, an indurtrous young Morison’s Bush settler, has had. a run of misfortune. It started when he was forced to send his v. ife to the Greytown hospital. While she v.s- in the institution he developed a “ floating” knee, and himself v«is forced into the hospital to und( '.go an. operation that has left the limb very v.c tk. Mrs Thompson was 1 seut to the hospital a second time, and Dr. Btout, of Wellington, was called up to’ perform a serious operation a fortnight ago. She is still in a precarious condition, but is now showing signs of improvement. Maney in Pigs. A Morison’s Bush settler informed the writer yesterday that in five years he had ck-.red £.lOOO from pigs as a side line to dairying. He went into the business in a systematic manner, providing an pie .and clean housing accommodation. 1 Serious Setback. The soldier settlers at Ahiaiuhe have received a serious setback, • As a result of the recent flood their grass is now covered with a thick coating of silt, and lack of feed has sent the cows back in their milk. The 4 Hong paddock” has been eaten out, and unless heavy rain soon falls a nd-cleanses the grass many of the settlers will be in a bad way. The Booth brothers, who had sown several acres in rape and grass,‘found when the flood had subsided that there was none of the ploughed land remaining. The plough had all been swept away by the swiftrunning waters. Quite Coot One of the Ahiaruhe soldier settlers, whose bachelor apartments. are wear the Ruamahanga river, exhibited unusual coolness during the flood period. On Saturday night, when there was 2ft of water in the house, he went to bed, but took the precaution to tie his pony in a room for use in case the water reached his reposing quarters. Again Postponed. For a third time the Carterton Tennis Club has been forced to postpone the official opening of its courts. Visiting Carterton. The Bevs. W. B. Black and E. J. Tipler are visiting Carterton.