PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 28, 28 October 1907, Page 7

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

PALMEBSTON. ■■ 'Tho-Holiday 'Association has decided that shops are to close on November 11 instead of on the King's' Birthday. , The Butter and CJieese Factory Workers Union has engaged to meet representatives of the 'employers' at a conference hero on October 30. -■■■'■ -■ ■ About £1-10 has been raised by the Broad Street 31ethodisfc bazaar. - ■ •' -• ' Active preparations-are being made- for a. Dominion bazaar during lihow weok. : : • Local enthusiasts have umier consideration the. matter of producing an oratorio here early next year. A deputation of ' Fitzherbert East settlers waited on the Mayor on:.(Saturday, morning in reference to the proposed 1-lokowhitu bridge. After discussing the matter it \\;an decided to wait on the 'Borough' Council at the next meeting, and urge it to take over tile erection and control cf the proposed bridge--on behalf of the settlers, as tho'Kairanga County Council had refused to take ; ajiy action in the matter. . ~.,.,., Visjtors. are already arriving for the Sbp)V. '.'.''Anew'social hall for the fire Brigade yas opened by the Mayor on, Saturday evening.^'

;;..-.■,; .;.vfeilding. . ; ,;s- ---'■_;■ EXTENSION OF THE RAILWAY. ;; A well-attended meeting of Apiti was held there on 'lhursday night;-to consider the question of asking the Government to construct a railway from Feilding.to .■ KKimbolton. Mr! 11. 11. Stephens was voted to the chaii\' Messrs. Crab'b and Fowler,; chairman and representative of the Kimbolton Railway League, wore also present. ' An interesting report favonr.ible to the extension was read.- Tlie report was written by the-Engineer-in-Chief (Air.: R.' W. Holmes) in 1903. It gives these particulars;—" Feilding is a town, situated on the through line of railway between Foxton ami New Plymouth, about one. mile north of the Oroua River. Apiti is a township situated, on a higb/Tc'r---race, one milo', south of the Oroua River, about twenty-four miles higher up. The country between these two towns; and tho land surrounding them is. of first-class quality, suitable for all classes of agriculture. There are. no largo holdings, :as, are, known,' in Hawke's'..Bay;', and Uiinterbury, and the climate is excellent. Kimbolton and Chetr ■, tenhariiare two small townships situat'ed;;betwetni Feikling and. Apiti, the pup being eiglitebn miles and the latter eight, miles ■ from Feikling. ,'Tho whole of tho country couth-east' of Feilding—i.e., towards Apvti, was originally covered with forest. Now the groat bulk of it has, disappeared, but round Apiti there still remains sufficient timber to produce a considerable revenue for the railway, but owing to the long road carriago it does not at present pay lor cutting.-.'fhe ■principal sources of revenue 7/ould be tho car-l-iago of sawn timber, firewood, dairy produce, sheep, would-root and cereal crops. On tk-i whole, I consider that the lino would nrove a valuable feeder for'tho preso:it main lino." ._ Mr. Holmes-made np the following estimate of the cost of the lina from Feildihg to Cheltenham,'-eight'miles, at £3500 a mile, £28,000; Cheltenham to two and a half mile point; (seven-and a 'half at £6000), £45,000; -two 'and a .half mile point to eii'd (four and a half miles at £10,000), £45,000.; total cost (twenty miles at £5900), £118,000! The subject was discussed at much length last night; and tlio result was the unanimous decision-, ".that this meeting is willing to sup- , port, tlio'agitation for a railway to this.-dis-.. trict! provided .that. tlio'.Government take steps, to choose tlio best route and the: one most .suitable to: the. requireinents of those concerned.''-. . ' '~ . . _. . "...., ' Thoro are a number of small slips'oir the •road between Apiti and tile Oroua River. The roadmen are.clearing them sufficiently to enable traffic to proceed. . ~,

■■•■.- ' : -mastehton;-' •■"■■••■■* •:M!V JOll"; - ■ ■ i ■ ,-lOiiT.i '■ '••• ■■ 1.. '■■- Dr.'HvT. Spratt, of Greytown, ■ who has. ibeenn'llifor'some timo; now jios in a critical , condition. Dr.NSpratt is 'bhp't of tho- , oldest' physicians: iii the Dominion, 'and also ouo of the oldest resideaits in Gre/town: .He is ; eighty years of age,, and for; over half .'a century ho has resided-in , the Wairarapa. There has been 'an' alarming outbreak of 'Scarlet fever in : Carte'rton. • :v Sixteen cases are' reported.' : It: is- stated- that the disease - has been spread through-neglect-to-report casos to tho Public Health authorities, with the result- that patients Oiad been permitted to '.wander, about tho public streets when in a ,convalosqont. state, which is allowed to bo tho most dangerous stage of the disease. Dr. i'r'engloy,.. Chief Health Officer, is to pay.'a ■ visit tq Carterton to-day to report on''.tho outbreak., If:the. allegations aro pjoved prosecutions: ..will be instituted against thp'so who. have made,-a. point of concealing tlio outbreak from the health officers. , : . /; ;,: ~-.Mr; .15. S. Mauusell,. a well-known Wairarapa resident for niany years, is at present lying.in a critical, state' at Napier, suffering 'from'an. internal.trouble which will .ucc- ' , essitate: an .operation. ,\. '■[. ■ :'.. .'/,- ..■; Early..on Saturday evening a man and woman, .apparently; in a state of great menial oxcitenieiit, galloped through the town in'.a gig,. to • which was attached a mettlesome hack. The couple, who had come all the way from tlic-ruoacoursoji'torq.'tlirougli tho {own; satia-groat pacu, pursued by two policemen. ,A large, number of .people on the roatMiad inifaculpus escapes, from being run.'down, and fpr'ai.-bricf.intiprval 1 thura was a state.'of pandemoniui'ii. "Eventually thfe police caught up their quarry,'.and ..tho captives; kicking ;and struggling,.were deposited in tho loclaip, hi. tho. presence of .hundreds of spectators.":

■.::;.; \..,.,;:;,v. : 'oTAKi.' r : v. ■•,,r; . Ambulance classes, to , bo presided over Dr. Huthwaite, sire'to commence hero to-day. '■ It-is ■ stated that-another-Girls' Friendly Society Club (Anglican) • is to bo stalled hi Otaki. The club recently formed is. making great headway, : and musical evenings and debates:aro to bo held. ■-.- ■'.;■•■■-«• Mr. W. James, jun., who was operated on at the Palmorstoii North hospital on Tuesday,, lies' in' a' critical condition, which is causing bis relatives and friends great anxiety. ■; The cause, of his illness ■ is - appendicitis., - ■• ■..' .-'".'-...■■'.■ ■ ■ ' ■ ■':■..:■ An cltort is ' being, made to.resurrect -.the Orchestral Society, , which has been defunct, ■ for somo time. . ■ ■ . ■.•■ -.-!, -Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.,-re-cently erected, pig pens at their, sale: yards here. So successful havo their efforts been in. this direction that it has been found necessary to add to the number of the pons, the present number-being-inadequate for the pigs yarded. The '(inn's last sale was tho most 'successful,yet. held at Otaki by .the lirm. • .•■:■,-... ■:■-.■■■ -. It is probable.that' Mr. Hyde, Government Poultry Expert',will tako up> his residence at-l'araparaumu. .■(..,- •. ~ ' ■■-..>' :- Owing to an outbreak of measles the Committee of the Parapara school have . decided to 'close dowii" for threo-weeks. ■« , -iMakinr ■ has si: fl'orfti somewhat sovoiely through tho recent unseasonable weather. The ground is in a .very■ bad state, ami the filming operations are'much delayed ■ Tho stotk, too, has: suffered.■-, Sevmal- Making rosidents aro laid up with.influenza. • .. ... woppyiLLE. A complaint-.that was mentioned before the school committee—that the white pino timber in the school is-the. cause' of cortain children being rather too thin to lio justifiable! Several years ago the committco had tho building, , or the greater portion of it, re-lined, so that thorn can bo very littlo white pine in the school a'.- the present timo, and tho idea that it -.would affect just one family'savours of tho ridiculous. Tho committee do not intend taking any action-until a complaint is lodged in propel order. Mr. Sliaw, as a member of tho committee, had the 'matter reported him, and considered it his duty to speak in committeo with referonco. to it. ■The Hey. Mr. Maslin has returned from tho-South.;- •■ ' - / ; ■' I Tho coimnitteo nv-charge of tho All Nation's Fair 1 aro working up a largo concern, and;report great success in tho disposal or Art Unioir tickets! .The funds raised at the fair aro to be subsidised by the Borough Council for tho purposo of erecting a grand stand ou the Recreation Ground. The fair is to 'bo held,on November 21 to 23