PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 62, 6 December 1907, Page 9

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

e (FROM OTJR SPECIAIi CORUESrONDENTS.) 0 0 * 1 PALMEESTON. e Tho Manawatu Drainage Board has rc- '_ solved that Messrs. Guy and Clnusen be a , deputation to wait upon tho Borough Council and tho Kairanga County Council with a view to obtaining financial assistance for e the carrying out of tho Mangaone works. it Tho Palmcrston North Swimming Club will !, open the season on Wednesday week by hold- " ing two races for junior and senior members e of the club. • '•' . p Mr. J. Pickering, signalman at Palmerston n station, has been promoted to Morton, and ;- his placo will be filled by Mr. Noold, of Wano gun'ui. Mr. Dunn, of Longburn, has also r been transferred to Palmerston.

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i" Tho quarterly sitting of tho Masterton :- Licensing Bonch-was held yesterday. Tho j- police reports on all hossss. wore. good, • exn cept against the licensee of tho Mauricevillo. o Hotel, F. M. Ross, against whom, it was )f stated that ho. had been charged '. with. porg mitting drunkenness and gambling on his 1. promises in October. The cases wero dis3, missed, but the police said the evidence was' L. conflicting. Mr. Pqwiiall, lor the. licensee, :s said a matter mentioned by the police was j. to bo the subject of a Supremo Court action, and no action ■ was therefore taken by the Bench. The police opposed "tho granting of the licenso to Ross tor a booth at: the Mauricevillo sports on Boxing Day, but after consideration of tho matter tho application was granted. Several repairs were ordered to bo carried out to the To Nui and Whaka- , taki Hotels. Tho annual statutory meeting of the Wairorapa District Hospital Board was held on Wednesday. Mr.. K, G. Eton was reelected chairman. Only formal business was transacted, authority being given to the I, Pahiatua Hospital Trustees to raiso an overa draft of £250. ' e Efforts aro to bo made to form a strong d swimming club in Masterton, as tho Park J" lake is very suitable for aquatic sports. . '; Ail old ~ offender, named Frater, with !J. soveral.aliases, was sentenced to five months' imprisonment yesterday—three months , for „ obscono language and two for assaulting, the r . custodian of tho Park. ■0 -.:-.. , . ■ ■ OTAKI. ' The sale of workj held on Wednesday a afternoon and evening, in connection with' 0 the Anglican Church, proved highly successL- ful, and tho promoters deserve every credit. L- Tho following presided over tho stalls: — Jumblo, Mosdamos Swabey and PowtoSj and Miss Daniel; needlework, Mrs. Wilson; sweets, Mcsdames Ohorley; produce. Miss ii. Simcox: guessing, Mcsdames Hartmann and D'Ath, and Mr. J. Linesay; and refreshments, Mrs. Best. In tho sheep-guessing competition, Miss Daniel and Master D. Wilson tied, and divided the prize-money, i- . ' ' |! FEATHERSTON. ;t The total export of wool from tho Feathers ston railway station last week was 703 bales, 'i A shoot, undor tho auspices of tho Feathern ston Gun Club, takes place to-niorrow week. 5' Plans have boon prcpareiL with a view to constructing swimming baths at Feather^- " ston. ...... ....■ , 1 Mr. J. Shaw has been appointed clerk of lV tho course for tho summer meeting of tho ~ Wairarapa Racing Club. Improvements aro s boing effected on the course for the meeting. s_ Haymaking operations aro well forward in t* this district. e _^^_^^^_^^_