SOUTH WAIRARAPA NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LIX, Issue 9932, 31 July 1908, Page 3

SOUTH WAIRARAPA NEWS.

(Special to Daily Times.)

A special meeting of the Cartertou School Committee Avas held ou Tuesday night to discuss the matter of iilliug the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr A.""P. Roydhouse. At the Jjjgrmeeting of the Committee, the BoarWorwarded the names of a number of candidates, and asked the Committee to select three from them. The Committee did so, recommending that the first named in their choice be appointed. The Board had sent a reply, appointing the third mentioned on the list, giving as the reason that "under the circumstances tlie third name selected had better be appointed. The first mentioned was young, and another two years' schooling would fully qualify her for the positiou. The'testimonials for the third seemed to be very good." The acton of the Board in' over-riding the Committee was nnauimously condemned, and the following resolution carried :—" That, seeing that the Wellington Education Board had invited the Cartertou School Committee to nominate two or more names of persons qualified to fill the position in the school reudered vacant by the resignation of a pupil teacher, and that the said Beard had appointed the third name on the list in direct opposition to the unanimous choice of the Carterton School Committee, this Gommitee strongly protests against the action of the Boarom selection committee; urges that yW ßoard carefully revieAVS the matter, and respectfully requests that it be referred back to the Carterton School Committee with the Board's reasons °for over-ruling the Committee's selection."

Tlie first annual report of the Tawaha' Co-operative Dairy Company shows that after making allowance for depreciation there is a net profit of £148, besides initial expenses, wliich are non-recurring, paid out of working account £100. The a> r erage test of the milk supplied Avas 53.1)6; the output for the season was between thirty and forty tons of cheese, average grade 89.04. Cheese on consignment averaged GOs per CAVt in London, and cheese sold locally at (!d and G%d per lb. The season Avas well advanced before the factory could be opened, and the long continued drought necessitated closing down two months earlier than might have been anticipated ; but there is a good prospect for a much increased supply for next season. Various improvements iv the sanitary conditions of the factory are to be dealt svith before the season opens. Messrs E. R. Macdonald aud F. Tilyard are the retir'ng directors. avlio are eligible for re-elec-tion. Ml.O. J. Kent-Johnston is the retiring«p<litof. Alreaoy five thousand apple trees have been planted in tho orchard of the Greytown Fruit GroAVing Company at Moroa. A meeting of the Paka Koura Hockey Club Avas held at Featherstou on Tuesday night, Avheu a credit balance of £9 10s 8d was reported from the recent social. Mrs Lepenski was accorded a vote of thanks for her donation of 7s Gd. It was decided to arrange a match with St. John's, Wellington, for August 15th. A vote of thanks was accorded to all avlio had assisted at the social.

At the Marton Poultry Show on Tuesday, Mr Charles Canton, of Carterton, avou the North Islaud Championship for Fantail pigeons.