PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 61, 5 December 1907, Page 7

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

(FROM OCR SI'ECIAL CORItKSPONDENTS.) : ; PALMEIiSTON.' • j J)r. Frcngloy and Mr. O'Brien (inspector for tlio Health Department)-visited llongotca .yesterday and iuspeeted premises with a view to a rranging" f&r'-a' - bettor -'system of sanitation. Tho present stato of things hag lon 8 been a source ;pf troubles to the ,'fown Hoard. Dr. Frcngloy' also: visited .Lpngburn and returned by the ..Wellington express. At the Hospital Board statement showed that the net increase over tbe amount provided in.-..t1i0 estimates-..was £5201 10s. yd. The expenditure on .charitable aid showed a not deoi'easg-ot £94 Ins.■.■ During tbe past eight months rthe'. hospital account showed a debit baileei of £050 Vs.-3d.; the infectious diseases .hospital building account, a credit of £GL 19s. lOd,; the maintenance account, a "oiedit .of £110 45.; ,the charitable aid account, a. crcdit 0f,,£5-16. 'J ho protective works-to the bank of .the Alanawatu Itiver at the, approach ,to, the i now Gorge bridge site are now being carried out by the Government, 'and are Hearing completion. ... As a result of falling oil her liorso and fracturing her ssull on. Monday last, Lucy Goldfinch, aged twelve veal's, the daughter of Mrs. A. Goldfinch, of Main, Street, ,died at the hospital yesterday morning. Repairs to the l'ohangina-. bridge, damaged a few months ago by.,.the slip, are to be commenced at an:early date.' Dr. Frengley, District' Health Officer, yisited Paltnerston on Tuesday,. and inspected the septic tank, in company with the. Mayor and .Councillors. ~ ' Tlio Company',) which is receiving 2700 galloiis-.of milk" daily from 69 suppliers, paid 10Jd:-for butter-fat;- .The grading is 91. '■ ■ . ; . M'Combe, the injured , jockey,: left . tlio hospital on Tuesday. M'Gregor-is -'improvin<\ Work ill connection with' the- Gorge bridge is ' progressing expeditiously!..The .■first. cylinder is now being in. position. ~ ' Ali the Trustees have bec'ii re-elected for the Wairarapa Hospital, namely:— Messrs. 11. G. Welch, W. IJdy, M. Martin, J. Brown,'A. Booth, W. J. Nix, and' M; Ross. ... ibe cost of the extensions.,to., be. made,to the Wairarapa'. Fanners'. Co-opoVativo 'Association's premises, is estimated at £4000, not £40,000, as has boeii previously stated.'. The firm lias altogether expended,. £40,000. on buildings and improvements. , FEILDING, ; ; Bishop Wallis conducted,,,a. : confirmation service at Stanway ,on ,Tuesday evening for seven candidates. -At-' Feildiiig. -torday His Lordship will confirm-, thirteen male, candidates and four females. The Rev. J. F. Mayo, the uewly-appointed Vicar of Kiwitea, will be formally licensed. • ■ .-. • A meeting of the committee of, the Feilding Athletic Club was held! on .Monday' night. Thero were present: Messrs.. Pryde. (Chairman), Sporle, Sutton, Short, ltcidj Barry. Jones, and A letter was received from the secretary, of the New Zealand Wheelmen's Association enclosing:-a: permit to hold cycle' races.. Arrangements 'were made , in connection with tlio forthcoming meeting. . ...... Mr. W. J. Bramwell presided :at tho monthly meeting of the Feilding District High School Committee on Mijinday night, and Messrs. Bowatcr, M'lntyre, Miner, Dunlop, Cornfoot, and the Revs. Budd and Stent were also present.: Tho ltcctor's monthly report showed the attendance.' to be 324,' a substantial increase.:., i'l'lie. prevailing epidemics during the past'nino mionths-appeared to be dying out. Tho Chairman-reported that the Board had favourably considered , the question of connecting the school with the water and sewage systems,, and: the ■ work would probably be done during the holidays: Tho sum of £100 had Ibeen. collected and promised towards the cost of buying'a-picco of land for onlarging-'tho'-playground. •Tlio inspector's report wn-siiread- and., discussed; It showed that out pupils in Standard VI, sevcji' passed the' proficiency and ten the competency examination.' The roport on tho secondary department was a good one. The Chairman said tho'report was not satisfactory. Mr. M'lntyre\tliought it was, and'moved in- that direction, but ultimately withdrew his.motion.in favour of tho following from tho -That this Committee, taking' into, tho ; amount of the-year,'is-satis-fied with the report,-.-but hopes -that "during the ensuing year special ■ efforts will be liiado to improve tile higher",:standards i-ofv the school." This was adopted.. ; The Apiti special • "of-'"tho ■" Feilding " Star " states "-'that:'-s''shearing-progressing slowly, I->As "Bhearo'rsare -very scarce, so are workniori 'gcrierally. The stock inspector, lias been 'of• tlio settlers to keep the ox-oye daisy grubbed oiUi The Californiaiv thistle and'-the.-ragwort arc gaining ground throughout this "and'the rounding districts. - 'At-'present- the-majority of the patches are- 'not- large,'- and '-would easily be. eradicated .vnrith ordinary care. Tho Bunnythorpo'" correspondent "ofythe "Star" says that'thc-variat-ions in>the weather have been most beneficial 'to-tho dairy farmers here.' JilsfcAVhen " rai'iV'was needed it came, encouraging' the. growth of grass and giving promise-pf-'-gbod hay crops, and filling empty tanks..-'-- ; Measles has made its; appearance amongst a fow families at liunnytborlie.'" ■ Messrs. Nathan • aiid-'-Cov''have enlarged their cheese factory at, Bunnythorpo by erecting a new packing-roO'rii: Further extensions 1 are probable. ' •" " 111