SOUTH WAIRARAPA NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 9069, 15 May 1908, Page 6

SOUTH WAIRARAPA NEWS.

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The monthly meeting of the Featherston Town Board was held on Wednesday evening, Mr J. W. Card in the chair. The treasurer's report showed that the receipts since last meeting had been £46 3s 3d, and accounts amounting to £54 14s 7d were presented and passed for payment. The general account was reported in debit £219 17s 10d. F. A. O'Neale was granted a plumber's license. Messrs A. Donald and W. Hodder were appointed delegates to attend a meeting in connection with the matter of urging the Government to accept the offer of £6000 from Mr W. C. Buchanan for an experimental farm iv Wairarapa. The date of holding a ball in aid of the Town Hall improvements was altered to June 11th. It was reported that the recent flood had done considerable damage at the waterworks, and the Board decided to visit the scene next morning. The tender of T. A. Willis at Is od per cubic yard was accepted for the delivery of six hundred yards of metal. The motion levying a general rate as Is in the £on the capital value, a library rate of l-16d, and Charitable Aid rate of %d, was confirmed.

Mrs Grant, postmistress, Gladstone, i-s- at present on her annual holiday leave. Miss Stewart is on relieving duty. Mr J. Mackie, chairman of the Dyer School Committee, has received a communication from the Wellington Education Board to the effect that the application that a school district be delined at Dyer, has been crauted, and a meeting will be called shortly. The Wairarapa Hunt Club intends holding a run at Featherstou ou Saturday, when the course will be over Mr C. B. Pharazyu's "Longwood" property. Mr J. Howlett, of Maryborough, who was injured in tiie RuahiueMartinborough football match, a fortnight ago, lias had to spend ten days

in a hospital in Wellington. He returned home cv Tuesday night. _ Ou Tuesday evening Mr Jas. Bye, an old settler of Featherston, was found lying inside a fence on Oarkeek's Line, having been seized with a paralytic stroke. He was removed to his son-in-law's resideuec, aud attended by Dr Deamer. Ou Wednesday the sufferer was a little better. - Mr W Gardner, at one time rosideut at Oartertou, died at Levin ou Friday. . Mr S. Nicholls, of the Working Meu's Club, Greytowu, has accepted an offer ot the position of chief steward of the Petoue Working Men's Club. Another case of typhoid fever has been admitted into the South Wairarapa Hospital. The Greytowu Fruitgrowing Company has let a contrnctfor pkraginng fifty acres of its Moroa property. An experienced orchardist has been employed to supervise the tree planting Dr Bey aud Mr H. T. Hawker have donated £1 each to the funds of the Greytowu Fire Briagde, which has decided to procure four helmets for the use of branchmeu. Mr Teu.ua.ut, Inspector of Schools, has been on a visit to Maryborough. Forty trucks, containing 2300 head of sheep, left the Featherstou railway station on Wednesday for Ngahaunmga. Constable Hammond, of leatherston is at present on a health recruiting v : sit to Rotorua, aud during his abseuce Constable Blackie is in charge.