LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 12192, 13 June 1907, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Some <>1 C.r ...i.Id.PS -Met..- in ■•!- MiMon l..«\e -'-'.led :i hall per cent, to Ibo intor.-si oji sln.it-d.it. d det-.Mts ... mx ;.nd thiee months, making the iate» 1. ]"-C cent. A conference ol Taianaki Dairy Factory employer.-, and employees was held in camera at Kltham yesterday lor ten hours. It i;, understood that by concessions on both bides an agreement was arrived at to be rcterrcd back to the Union. A settler who has recently taken up a piece of land near Jerusalem on the \\an-o-anui Kivcr has 10.-.t so many pack-horses riirough the rough nature ol the country to be"traveised th.it he is now doing hi* packing with mules which he has bred oh anoiv--'r ol his propeities in Hawke'3 Hay. !'• is a wonder thivt these'suretooled . l i.i.:a |l s are not made. nioro use ot i do hilly lands of the colony. Wanganui is already deriviug a benefit from the opening up of the Ohoto Block, although most ot the .sections have only been taken up within the past two ycairi. The Wanganui Freezing Works have received two consignments ot sheep from •the Ohoto settlers, and each year will show an increasing quantity. At the present time a largo number of men are employed, buslifclling in the interior, and next year there will be many thousands ot -heep depasturing on the new land. Last Thursday's Gazette notifies tlm setting apart for .settlement of 53,664 acres of liiiul Ttaturuke.Kawaiitehi, Hikimutu. and Khikau blocks, on the right bank of the Wsmgauui Hivcr. in the vicinity of Taumarunur. The llataruke block comprises 1:5, (H2 acres, which has been divided into l:i sections, ranging from 71!) to lU3 acres. In the Eatarnke block the acreage is 10,033 acres, made up of 14 sections of from 074 to 1731) acres. Tho total acreage of the Ivawautahi Mock is 7,077 acres, which has been cut up into 11 sections of from 416 to 1129 acres, while in the Hikimutu Block of 10,290 acres, there arc 22 sections. Clio area, with I l>o exception of two sections, being within «)9 and 95)!) acres. Intending exhibitors a) Die forthcoming Wanganui Poultry >liow-. to be hold in ilu» Drill Hall on the'-lth and 3tii of July nect, are reminded that entries close on Saturday. Jine 22nd, with the secretary, Mr l\ Ts'aldcr. F<-r the convenience of those wiio cat.not make their entries prior to tlmt, date the secretary and his assistant will V* in attendance at Mr A. Towusend's «hop in th- Avenue, on Salurdav evening. 22nd June, till 10 p.m. to enable intending cv hibitoi-s to make their entries. The North Island Poultry Association's championshins for white leghorns and -.how homer? wi!l be competed for at this Show. Thr> l Wanganui Show has the reputation of be- , ing ono of the leading ones of New Zealand and the executive has left no stone unturned to uphold its reputation, its schedule disclosing quite a host of valuable trophies and specials. In addition, the. Xew Zealand Leghorn and Minorca Club (Noith Island) is holding its first special prize competition with this fixture. The "Home Industry" classes call for special ment ion"and all those who have not vet entered ior the same should do so aa eaily as possible.